49 points

Because, goddammit, a better world is possible! A lot of the time shit sucks and everything is expensive and I wanna just go to bed and never wake up.

But most of my problems are problems millions or even billions of other people struggle with, and those don’t get solved by opting out of life.

What’s more, those problems are man-made. They’re the result of systems designed by mortal men just like me.

So, I stay alive. Because the only way to out-vote, out-number, overpower, and / or annihilate those bastards is to be alive.

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Damn right.

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a better world is possible!

No it isn’t.

Because the only way to out-vote, out-number, overpower, and / or annihilate those bastards is to be alive.

One person railing against 7B isn’t going to do shit.

Life and the world are a lost cause. In my 20s I thought I could do something about it. Now at 40 I realise I’m impotent against the world.

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And what exactly did you do about it in your 20s?

Sip IPAs and complain? And then nothing changed? I’m shocked.

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Is it possible that people could give up after actually trying to make an effort and see that it’s worthless, or would you say that nobody ever bother to even try?

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In my 20s I was politically and socially active. I’d founded two businesses before I was 30.

I’m speaking from bitter experience.

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33 points

Fear. I know it gets worse if I stop.

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27 points

My dog

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Spite.

Not even kidding.

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i saw a picture with a bird and “i live to spite god”. this has been my prime motivator.

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Was it a seagull? It was a seagull, wasn’t it?

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it’s an Aldabra rail. an extinct bird which evolved itself back into existence.

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5 points

Same, Can’t let life and others win just like that

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Honestly I don’t know, I give up on life time ago, then this last year I start “living” again by having a daily activies and job. But I deal with this like someone dead inside, I don’t feel any joy. I am not even looking for a goal. I see nothing in other people, I interact with then know that i get forget as soon the day end. I am just too scared to kill myself.

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11 points

Have you considered you may be depressed?

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I do, but I don’t think so.

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Well, there could be something else going on too. Might be *worth talking to someone.

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