You're still walking. For whatever reason you haven't killed yourself, though you have the option to do so at any moment. That's the "happiness" being discussed, not the emotion of joy. For whatever reason Sisyphus chooses to roll his boulder instead of opting out. For whatever reason you're still walking around. You and Sisyphus both continue to find some kind of meaning in continuing to exist, and in continuing to suffer.
, though you have the option to do so at any moment
nah i reject that. maybe in i could apply for MAID but I have an intense aversion to causing myself pain or distress and i did not choose to have that. I'm physiologically capable of doing lots of things that I don't do, sure, but i can't override that aversion to pain or the intertwined risk of becoming much much worse off that I currently am and I don't think that's a free choice or has any business being called "happiness".
yeah i'm a walking refutation of that particular idea
You're still walking. For whatever reason you haven't killed yourself, though you have the option to do so at any moment. That's the "happiness" being discussed, not the emotion of joy. For whatever reason Sisyphus chooses to roll his boulder instead of opting out. For whatever reason you're still walking around. You and Sisyphus both continue to find some kind of meaning in continuing to exist, and in continuing to suffer.
nah i reject that. maybe in
i could apply for MAID but I have an intense aversion to causing myself pain or distress and i did not choose to have that. I'm physiologically capable of doing lots of things that I don't do, sure, but i can't override that aversion to pain or the intertwined risk of becoming much much worse off that I currently am and I don't think that's a free choice or has any business being called "happiness".