Shit like this is what makes me question if this is our first run around or if we are looping a creation/destruction loop.

Ancient astronauts.

Younger dryas.

Unified flood myths.

Objects out of place in the larger historical context.

No historical records past cave paintings.

I’m just a bit of a nutter on this. Maybe alchemy was us trying to re-enact what our more advanced ancestors could do before something reset us. Maybe we were so advanced everything was digital and that’s why there’s no records. Books break down. Digital media breaks down. Know what doesn’t? Stone. But you can only do so much to tell people thousands of years from now. So you do what you can do. Oral storytelling, but then languages get lost and evolve but things persist.

It’s a great concept for fantasy or sci Fi.

Anyways I digress.

Bingo. This is really dark but we used to do this as kids in the 90s when there was a similar fear of WW3 with Iraq. Shit hits the fan what can you do? Is your job worthwhile in a society where shit hits the fan? All the techbros are fucked. If you can fix a tractor? Or garden? Or sew? Build stable structures?

Computers were a mistake 🤣

Because I’m not a bitch? Life ain’t easy. Shut up and nut up.

GenX did not see an increase in living standards… Shit has been rolling downhill since the 80’s.

Lol. I worry about money all the damn time. I have 3 kids. Divorced. 2 boys on the spectrum and one of them will probably never be independent.

Point being before you talk walk a mile in someone’s shoes. I have busted my absolute ass off to get where I am.

What im reading from this is not new but i don’t want to discount your sentiment. What I am assuming is the difference is for me and those older we are the frog in the pot of water with the water being brought to a boil. Because we grew up before The Internet we are effectively better grounded for the overstimulation now? The shock for those younger is far more jarring especially if they have not been adequately prepared by their support systems.

I understand everything you’re saying… I don’t see this as burning out though. This is more existential or nihilism. Welcome to experiencing life as a GenX 🤣

It’s always been pointless. I work in Finance everything is smoke and mirrors. If you want real meaning it’s all those jobs none of us care about. Social workers. Nurses. Construction. Cashier’s. Farmers.

This is why IT people like me end up dipping out before retirement and shifting careers drastically. It’s all bullshit. It always has been.

Making your bed, bills and errands around us new? Commitments at work are new? I’m not being factitious I genuinely don’t understand.

Yes the world is different. My dad at 82 had a vastly different world than me at 48. But here’s the rub, you peel back the technology advancements it’s the same world. How are kids today not seeing the same world? Parents may not have failed but someone/something has.

Doing dishes shouldn’t be burning you out.

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We have truly failed our children when they can’t even manage life without burning out. I don’t say I have an answer, but I am genuinely curious as a 48 year old man what it is.

Is it that you never had chores as a child? Are parents withholding responsibility too long making you isolated from that norm when you become an adult?

I just bought this for the first time last week. It’s now done. Toum is like a spiritual awakening

Gambling.

It’s disgusting but not necessarily illegal.

Oh no! I’m -7 in made up points!

She finna peg his ass in that power imbalance 🤣🤣🤣

You do realize that upvotes/downvotes are just populism in action and time and time again people have been proven to be dumb? I mean look at America.

As someone who has reached various stages of self-congruence in their life (most recently this month) more people would benefit from understanding that deep down we are all hypocrits in some way or another. That does not make us bad people, but ignoring it prevents us from growing.

Friendly reminder that despite the flaws this is the best system we have the issue isn’t the system it’s human nature. We (collective) need to grow up.

The older I get the more I wonder if the drive for more power, more money, more control… It’s all just mental illness. We should not be applying laurels to the likes of Musk or Bezos. We should be addressing the underlying mental issue that has made an unhealthy disconnect from humanity.

Anecdotally but you’re not wrong. Everyone talks a talk not many do. That’s irrespective of political beliefs.

It shows you lack wisdom and maturity.

Assuming that kids living in poorer parts of the world are neglected. Spoken like someone who has never once faced adversity in life.