The old man quietly replied “Always evil. 100% of the time.”

Nothing Stronger Than Family

Zero money, no job, totally alone and no dream that things could improve. And the worst possible level of health a living person could have.

Poor bastard.

Yea its called restart in turn start all over once your out of lives the game is over.

I very highly doubt it.

This is the opposite of motivating.

okay offs myself

I’m an old Cherokee and it’s complete bullshit. I should know; I’m not even an old Cherokee.

My complete dipshit provincial Premier, Danielle Smith, falsely claimed to be part Cherokee and the whole Cherokee Nation in Canada called her out.

You are right. That's a really fair point, for an extremely unfair situation. I am sorry and hope that there's a turning of the tide that makes life easier for you.

I don't like how this makes me feel.

Why should I care about that asshole’s approval?

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No, there are absolutely 0 times when "you", an individual, are justified in defying the majority norm. It's only ever a question of not consulting a large enough sample size.

If your 4 friends are idiots, no, you shouldn't listen to them.
But if 10.000 unaffiliated strangers say that it is, in fact, you who are the idiot; then, you are.

And that is always the case, simply for the fact that ethics and morals - the very things that decide what "doing the right thing" even means, are societal constructs. They are made up by humanity on a group basis and, historically, peer enforced.

If, at any time, you decide that "you" know better than everyone else - you need your ego checked.

Proud? Nah they'd laugh at me (but keeping a straight face, to respect elders). Then they (I) would realise it's silly to take offence from myself, young-me would grab old-me's hat and run away knowing how slow and weak I am.

Still, maybe the effect is the same. I need to train more, to chase myself down.

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Techinically the "pupa" will wake up as a butterfly. Just saying.

So health is least important in that case?

Don't apologize. I appreciate your thoughts.

No, they would not; in fact, 5 years ago I was at the brink of going down the path that would lead me to where I am today and had I forseen my current position I would have made some different choices. 5 years of my life. Gone. I can only hope they have prepared me for the 5 years that are to come, and that they will be better.

Yes you can 💛

Hell no I’m the fucking reason people wanna kill themselves. I am the problem I never used to be but when you’ve been fucked over and hurt as many times as I have you wanted to do it back to people.

Victor Hugo Quotes

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

Yes indeed! 💖💖💖

Why do people believe that if time travel were a reality, then going back in time could drastically alter the present? However, they believe that their actions today will have little impact on the future.

I see this as a slightly better illustration of the same point as the post's quote.

While I don't think of the quote as being "bullshit," I also don't question my past decisions. I feel like every bad decision I ever made was due to lack of foresight and perfect information, and consequently, I will perpetually make poor choices.

I find that true control is not worrying about the ending or the beginning... while also ignoring that shitty adage, "live every day like it's your last."

Finally, something I can agree with

There are two recommendations that I'm not seeing others offer that might be of help.

First, motivation doesn't have to be an emotional experience. Sometimes trying to run everything on our sense of thrill, terror, or adrenaline is the problem; it makes tasks exhausting to our central nervous system. Many benign tasks, like doing the dishes, really should be something we train ourselves to do without emotion.

So here's an example, when doing the dishes it doesn't have to be a thing where you've whipped yourself or punished yourself to do the task, it can be emotionally neutral or robotic. That's OK. In fact, it might be nice to let your mind escape while your hands just repetitively washing.

Second, motivation does not need to mean something like having a negative or positive connotation to the end product or reward (like fearing a consequence or exhilarated by an outcome). Instead, we can think about the experience of the task itself as something worth doing. The possible reasons might be for 'variety' or from 'curiosity.'

Here is an example of the latter; I sit most of the day, so while mopping the floor is not exactly a fun time for me, it's an opportunity to stand up, walk around, blink more, and I can listen to music while doing it. These aren't punishments or rewards, but they are different physical sensations and the sheer variety for my day is something I do not resist. So the floor gets mopped!

yup indeed