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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

It's a fine philosophy but it's hard to make it last. Most hedonists either burn out or become cynics.

There is a balance where you are always at the edge of hedonism, just close but not quite offsides. But almost inevitably there is that fall.