[Sephus]

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I just think that at times there are more important things than being happy.

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then we do disagree on the definition. things are or aren't important to you because of how they affect your happiness (or how you perceive them to do so).

edit: if you begin to define happiness as "the thing that results when i get what i want" then you will see why i'm saying you can't "prefer to be less happy."