> Oh no. Comfort. How will we ever suffer it!
You jest, but this is the human condition. People in comfort suffer all the time. It's the basis for the expression "familiarity breeds contempt".
You might have someone who has everything they ever wanted, and yet they will still say, "And yet..."
This is why people react so strongly. They sense that having their every need taken care of is a special type of Hell. There was a episode of the "new" Twilight Zone in the 80s that used this device, I believe.
And the "masochism" is part of that. There is no light without the darkness. People at the equator will never feel the joy of springtime; one must have known the cold of winter in order to do so.
> You jest, but this is the human condition. People in comfort suffer all the time. It's the basis for the expression "familiarity breeds contempt".
Humans are diverse. There are humans that climb tallest mountain for no objective reason, getting frostbite for life and still feeling unfulfilled. And there are humans that happily and contently live their whole life in one house. There's no universal "human condition".
> There is no light without the darkness.
Human narrations are full of false dichotomies. In metaphorical sense light and darkness are nearly completely orthogonal.
History of our species was filled with incredible amounts of suffering. It's normal to have circuits in the brain and associated narratives that embellish, glorify and legitimize suffering.
> People at the equator will never feel the joy of springtime; one must have known the cold of winter in order to do so.
Yeah, you'll never experience the joy of healing if you don't impale yourself on that sharp object.
You don't have to experience everything in life. This also goes for pain induced pleasures. It's perfectly fine to choose not to experience something (when existence awards you the opportunity to pass on it).