There are East Asian Jews https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaifeng_Jews

Let’s not aspire to happiness. Your brain is not wired to be happy all the time. Everyone will always come back down to baseline it’s programmed into our biology/psychology. Maybe it’s better to be content and accept the things you already have

So it’s essentially a fee

It’s similar to the difference between toilet paper and facial tissues. Size, texture, materials, thickness… etc.