Post: #1

Even though he's an A-list wealthy celebrity and can have as much sex and beautiful women as he wants, it didn't give him fulfillment. I assume when sex isn't something that you need to put effort in and is truly abundant, the joy and thrill from it diminishes and it becomes like anything you have a craving for regularly, like good food. Thoughts?

https://www.etonline.com/will-smith-says...ppy-105510

Post: #2

The article...

Quote:Will Smith is getting extremely candid about his personal life.

The 49-year-old superstar recently appeared on TIDAL’s Rap Radar podcast, where he talked about his 20-year marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith as well as his long-lasting career. Smith also previews his upcoming rap album, including a song called "The Mountaintop," which he says describes where he's at right now.

“I’m granting myself the freedom to not give a f**k when I don’t give a f**k," he explains.

Smith later bluntly talks about the perks of being an A-lister, and why the song is called "The Mountaintop."

"The idea is... I’ve been to the top of money, I’ve had all the sex that I’ve ever wanted, I’ve had all of the adoration,” he notes. “I’ve been to the top of all those material world mountains and nothing makes you happy other than being useful to others. That’s it. That’s the only thing that ever will satisfy that thing, is that what you’re doing is useful.”

The intimate interview also had Smith addressing his nice guy image in Hollywood.

“I haven’t maintained my authenticity per se," he says. "I’ve maintained the character of Will Smith…[who] signs every autograph, is always happy, and wants to see the fans and that’s not actually authentic. I do want to slap somebody every once in a while.”

The former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star actually did slap someone at the 2012 Moscow premiere of Men in Black 3, when notorious Hollywood prankster Vitalii Sediuk attempted to kiss him on the lips. Smith recalls his close friend, rapper JAY-Z, calling him after the highly publicized incident.

“I get back and I’m pissed that somebody thinks because you’re famous, they get to do whatever they want to do to you,” he recalls. “So, I’m in my room and I had 10 urgent messages from Jay-Z.”

“So I call him and say, ‘What’s up?’ He sounds winded,” Smith continues with a laugh. “He said, ‘I just saw the video of you slapping the dude in Russia. I just want you to know you’ll never make a better piece of entertainment. It’s the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.’ He said, ‘Me and Bey, we got a show tonight, and we’re thinking about cancelling it and just staying in and watching you slap this dude.’”

However, Smith does admit that he's been bothered with criticism that he's "soft," specifically when it comes to his music.

“That was a difficult time coming up. … It was always difficult [to hear] people say I was soft and my music was cotton candy," he acknowledges. "I always wanted to fight to prove myself. Fighting yourself to maintain positivity is the hardest fight you ever gon’ have. That struggle to just stay my course, be the person in the world that I wanted to be no matter what people said. I started to call it offensive positivity."

On a less serious note, the father of three recalls Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West's reaction to his son, Jaden, infamously wearing a Batman costume to their 2014 wedding.

“Ye was cool. ‘Yo, I love that!’" he says of West's reaction. "Kim was a little bit like, ‘Jaden…'”

Post: #3

I had the same experience as Will Smith and so did every other player I know who's been with hundreds of women. Same thing will happen with everything that one gets in excess. If you study historical characters, hedonism has never been the road to fulfillment. This is why so many billionaires start giving away their money when they reach old age.

Who knows if that really did anything either though. It is also possible that we are either born miserable or born content. Only the miserable people will feel the urge to improve their living situation. But no matter how much money, fame or pussy one gets...you'll always be doomed to a life of misery.

Post: #4

Maybe he's referring to the things he had to do to become a movie star?

Post: #5

Did you honestly need Will Smith to tell you that lots of sex and beautiful women won't necessarily bring genuine happiness?

Post: #6

The kind of sex he is talking about is not the kind you want to have.

Will Smith is gay, his first wife left him when she caught him with another man, and now his son wears a dress.

I wish I were joking/trolling but google it and you will see.

Post: #7

For me the process of wanting to bang a lot of girls has made me a better man overall, so I can say pursuing game has made me happier eg going to the gym, eating health and meditating which if not for the love of sex I would be doing computer programming, playing games and watching porn.

Post: #8

I get what he means. If you're fucking to prove a point to yourself (like many dudes) and you bang enough women to prove that point but you keep going, what do you expect?

I find that I'm happiest doing things I enjoy. I recently got back into some old hobbies and I feel more centered. I still tag a new chick here and there but that doesn't excite me in the same way that a new book does. We all grow.

Post: #9

To me, men enjoy self improvement. Sex is an indicator of being a desirable man. Hell even if u pay for prostitution you’re desirable because you can afford to use her....

With that said too much of any good thing means you’ve reached a plateau...Will already had most of the sexiest black actress of the 90’s, he’s already seen as the epitome of the funny cocky kinda lame guy, he’s on the Mount Rushmore of cool....he can’t improve anymore, he has lived life...

The whole family is going thru an identity crisis. With Will wanting to be the cool guy/cool parent. Will wants to be young again

Post: #10

Gentlemen, there seems to be a panacea to that conundrum, expressed by many a man throughout human history and in Paracelsus' version it means that "Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.

I like the following, brief, yet to the point, answer: Too Much of Anything is Bad For You.

An in-depth look that dovetails with the above is Aristotelian Virtue Ethics.

Post: #11

Sure - it does not bring happiness - but similarly to money - sex with beautiful women certainly doesn't hurt.

Post: #12

I agree. At my age and level of notches, sex with a connection is much more fulfilling than connectionless sex. I desire intimacy more than anything else now.

Post: #13

(07-06-2018 12:42 PM)DimeBait Wrote:  I agree. At my age and level of notches, sex with a connection is much more fulfilling than connectionless sex. I desire intimacy more than anything else now.

And that gets harder and harder to find by the day.

Post: #14

(07-06-2018 12:32 PM)Simeon_Strangelight Wrote:  Sure - it does not bring happiness - but similarly to money - sex with beautiful women certainly doesn't hurt.

Reminds me of the Ayn Rand quote: “money will take you where you want to go, but it won’t replace you as the driver.”

Post: #15

Not buying any of Will Smith’s nonsense , what he claims is like a rich person saying money is not important as they ride in first class , or a good looking person saying it is laborsome to be good looking. Having everything you can get/create is good.

Post: #16

I enjoy the chase more than the actual sex act personally. I realized it's the journey to get to sex which is so much more fulfilling to me than having sex. And I agree, sex with intimacy beats sex without.

Post: #17

The chase, talking your way into her heart, making her do things for you, for me, this is what love always have been about.
Sex is instant gratification but when you see further the gratification is endless.

Post: #18

"nothing makes you happy other than being useful to others. That’s it. That’s the only thing that ever will satisfy that thing, is that what you’re doing is useful.”

There's a bunch of psych research showing this is true - people without resource limitations (getting all the sex you could want qualifies) derive much of their happiness from constructive interactions with others.

Google "eric barker happiness" and read the articles/listicles for the references.

Post: #19

Im willing to bet one (1) US dollar that Will Smith is as gay as rainbow colored shit.

Post: #20

I think you get to that "fulfillment" people talk about once you have gone through the process.

Same with this sort of stuff.

Yes, there are more fulfilling things in life than sleeping with attractive women. At the same time, I don't feel like you get there without actually fucking attractive women. I feel like all too often guys use this sort of thing as a cop out to going out and actually trying to have success. I'll admire guys who have had their success and realized that there is more to life than that but most guys use it as a means of avoiding the tough parts of the game.

Most guys will advocate this sort of thing to feel better about the fact that they cannot get hot girls, its a cop out to sound holier than thou or like someone trying to sound enlightened. I mean if you're on a game forum, you're not here to learn the meaning of life, if you wanted to do that you would have done something else. Deep down inside, you want to fuck lots and lots of hot girls but there are different guys in this world.

You have guys who have the backbone and balls to admit they want to fuck hot girls and will do whatever it takes to succeed.

Then you have guys who know they cannot do it so they go around putting on this holier than thou "more to life than pussy" mask.

Now I understand there are guys out there who genuinely feel this way after having run through loads of attractive women, my post was not aimed at them. My post was aimed more at majority of guys who fail at it, have excessive pride anyways and then use this self-righteous "more to life than pussy" nonsense as a fucking cop out.

Post: #21

(07-06-2018 05:46 AM)Mercenary Wrote:  The kind of sex he is talking about is not the kind you want to have.

Will Smith is gay, his first wife left him when she caught him with another man, and now his son wears a dress.

I wish I were joking/trolling but google it and you will see.

Proof? I don't disagree his kid is a faggot.

Post: #22

Unlimited sex doesn't bring happiness
But
Limited sex brings unhappiness

I'm approaching mid triple digits now and I wish I could just leave the whole thing alone... but I still need some of that sweet female energy from time to time.

Maybe castration is the answer. =p

Post: #23

^ definitely the answer. No doubt about it.

Post: #24

(07-07-2018 02:10 AM)Enhanced Eddie Wrote:  Unlimited sex doesn't bring happiness
But
Limited sex brings unhappiness

I'm approaching mid triple digits now and I wish I could just leave the whole thing alone... but I still need some of that sweet female energy from time to time.

Maybe castration is the answer. =p

The analogy is very similar to money & the amenities that it helps us buy. Too much of it doesn't necessarily take you to paradise. But too little of it leads to a lot of misery.

Post: #25

My point isn't to avoid sex. Just enjoy it as much as you need to and leave it alone. Anything in excess is poison.