How does a girl like this not find a man (or woman if she's into that) to help give her purpose in life?
What a waste.
Quote: (02-01-2019 07:24 PM)Penta Sahi Wrote:
How does a girl like this not find a man (or woman if she's into that) to help give her purpose in life?
What a waste.
Quote: (02-01-2019 07:17 PM)Heuristics Wrote:
Quote: (02-01-2019 06:46 PM)SaintLaurentJake Wrote:
It’s the ultimate first world problem, I get it. I often felt detached while in a room full of my favorite people; I also felt absolutely nothing during what should have been the happiest and darkest times in my life. No single conversation or situation has led me to make this decision, so at what point do you metaphorically pull the trigger? - TLC
Social Media probably played a big part in this along with societal expectations. People are more connected than ever through the web yet loneliness and isolation is on the rise in the developed world. Many friendships and relationships seem to be artificial and only exist because one party wants to extract or acquire something out of it for self-benefit. I have had this feeling before. Indeed it is a 1st World problem because if you notice, in less developed countries friendships and relationships are forged through true connection[/align] and care for one another, something that is becoming less prevalent in each day as social media cancer grows..
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/poli...559961002/
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style...11781.html
I’ve just started to get plugged into the thoughts of women that are on social media, and I can tell you it’s real troubling. Women have serious complexes—asked for the opinion of a close female friend— and confirmed how cognizant they are of needing validation from social media. In many cases they’re taking hundreds of photos for the one perfect one, and they pull it down if it doesn’t achieve their goal, as dumb as that may sound to us. This goes for men as well, I started asking millennial male friends about it, and I can tell they care almost as much, the younger they are the more conscious of it they are.
It’s somewhat funny that we’ve all banded together on this forum to actually achieve a real brotherhood, friendship, whatever you want to call it. Self-censorship is so onerous in my day-to-day life, I just take it as the new normal.
Friendships definitely seem more transactional, especially once you get outside of your first social circle and have to deal with transitions of moving, school, the workplace, and so on. I can’t tell you how autistic many millennials seem to me. It is a struggle holding conversation with many. In contrast, people older than myself are much easier to engage. Recently I’ve been having beers with some men 40+ and holy shit it’s just so enjoyable to shoot the shit with them. Some of them are keenly aware of the changes that are happening: their sons are addicted to instagram, video games, or internet porn. Many are astutely directionless, and the fathers have an awareness that things are no longer the same, and your life can be decided on a split-second decision from social media or one fuck-up. Shoot man, some of these older dudes crashed multiple cars, but never got arrested, much less were prevented from getting a job.
First world problems are of a different level of magnitude than 3rd world problems, but take a look at Japan, Korea, China, etc to see how much pressure there is on people to succeed at all times, much less confirm to rigid norms/ standards of behavior. Hell, the number of suicides there are astounding. That or men shut themselves in video game cafes or the home and never come out. Something like 1/3 of Japanese younger generation are sexless.
It’s official really: facebook, instagram, et al can do no wrong. The inflection point would have came long ago, but it didn’t. This is the new normal. The only thing that could change it is some massive global conflict, civil war, or shutdown of the internet.
Quote: (02-01-2019 11:04 AM)RIslander Wrote:
This story is pretty much made for this forum. NYC Dietitian, single and childless, posts a dramatic suicide note on her website before hanging herself. She had a great job and in my opinion nice looking. She has a slew of photos on her instagram and even her suicide note was a clear attempt at post death attention whoring.
I feel bad for her and her mother. I imagine she was medicated with anti-depressants and brainwashed into believing being an "independent childless woman" was the key to her happiness. Had she been born into a traditional patriarchal society she would probably be a happy wife and mother.
Quote: (02-01-2019 11:13 AM)Investment Bro Wrote:
It's just sad all around whenever you see something like this.
Poor woman. I can't imagine what it must feel like to be so alone. I don't know that the patriarchy would have saved her, but perhaps some genuine human kindness might have. Women need it, especially.
You can see it in her eyes. You can always tell when someone is genuinely happy from their eyes. There's no zest there. There's no life. No broader meaning. Children might have helped.
You can see the difference on her instagram. The picture of her with the two kids is the happiest she looks, even when compared to traveling, or GNOs and all that.
That said...
I wonder why her father isn't mentioned at all in any of these? I wonder what role that played?
Quote: (02-01-2019 03:31 PM)Lunostrelki Wrote:
Living in New York is a soul-sucking experience. I spent four years there getting a little more worn out every single day from the sheer ugliness of it all -- the dysfunction of the subway, the crap everywhere on the streets, the mindless pedestrians who cause traffic jams because they can't be bothered to wait five seconds for a red light, the antlike character of its globalized population -- and the fact that there's basically no escape from it if you're a person of ordinary means. Sure, there's lots of nice places to eat out. Lots of places to go shopping, if that's what you like. Then what? You're still an atomized Deep Fried Human Nugget in a fetid cage of urban grid.
It's not even like some big Asian cities where things are neat, the public transit works properly, and people behave themselves (or at least stay quiet and courteous).
Quote: (02-01-2019 07:48 PM)Heuristics Wrote:
San Francisco is a horrible place to live too, they are peddling so much bullshit there to normies (read: non-homo, who have aspirations other than career).
I suspect people are much more plugged into the matrix in SF than almost anywhere else in the world. It is a testing ground for Globalism 2.0 as well.
Quote: (08-18-2016 12:05 PM)dicknixon72 Wrote:
...and nothing quite surprises me anymore. If I looked out my showroom window and saw a fully-nude woman force-fucking an alligator with a strap-on while snorting xanex on the roof of her rental car with her three children locked inside with the windows rolled up, I wouldn't be entirely amazed.
Quote: (02-01-2019 03:18 PM)Heuristics Wrote:
I feel really uncomfortable speculating, such is the nature of modern times, that I feel like it plays into what's wrong with modern society, millisecond based judgements on limited facts, Instagram photos, etc.
It was only yesterday I was thinking of how bad it's going for people right now in the US--just so many people feeling empty and lacking larger purpose. This goes doubly for larger cities that are pressure-cookers for feeling like you're unable to keep up. That being said, no one is shedding tears for the Carnage happening to working class, and younger males in Middle America right now. It's indicative of a malaise in society. We've completely debased everything into consumerism and status contests. Anyway, the spirits of many in the cities are crushed. There's no meaning in their lives.
I keep drawing parallels to Russia after fall of the soviet Union. Massive alcoholism, drug use, suicides, violent crime, and people feeling utterly crushed. Theres really no excuse for this shit to be happening in the US. No one cares, politicians don't care, families are broken, there's no cohesion and anxiety and depression are increasing massively. Job market is screwed, and no I'm not gonna fucking code. It won't be long until coding is redundant too. The trend is disturbing and it will get much worse.
SSRIs and Xanax are being handed out like candy but they don't treat the root cause, which is a decline society where there is no spiritual, no metaphysical, no grand narrative. Self hating nihilism and a lack of proper traditionalist values were pushed by marxists, deviating us from our path to meaning and truth. I encourage everyone to do themselves a favor, and call up friends family, etc. Support systems are there for a reason. Get off social media, Netflix, etc; volunteer and help someone out, maybe an old person. Change starts at the individual level, and we have to bring back some cohesion rather than callous indifference to our neighbors and fellow humans.
My condolences.
Quote: (02-01-2019 08:40 PM)ben123 Wrote:
You're so lame and bitter lmao. Why does she need to have a child or partner to be happy? That is just beyond primitive thinking. Consider converting to Islam and moving to Egypt or Bangladesh. Those women over there are "happy" 5 kids, a mutilated vagina, and incapable of reading a menu. I actually respect women without children, the world is overpopulated. Thank You, educated and independent men/woman for making this world less shitty and not breeding. Rip to this woman.
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I have written this note several times in my head for over a decade, and this one finally feels right. No edits, no overthinking.
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I often felt detached while in a room full of my favorite people; I also felt absolutely nothing during what should have been the happiest and darkest times in my life. No single conversation or situation has led me to make this decision, so at what point do you metaphorically pull the trigger?
Quote: (02-01-2019 03:31 PM)Lunostrelki Wrote:
Living in New York is a soul-sucking experience. I spent four years there getting a little more worn out every single day from the sheer ugliness of it all -- the dysfunction of the subway, the crap everywhere on the streets, the mindless pedestrians who cause traffic jams because they can't be bothered to wait five seconds for a red light, the antlike character of its globalized population -- and the fact that there's basically no escape from it if you're a person of ordinary means. Sure, there's lots of nice places to eat out. Lots of places to go shopping, if that's what you like. Then what? You're still an atomized Deep Fried Human Nugget in a fetid cage of urban grid.
It's not even like some big Asian cities where things are neat, the public transit works properly, and people behave themselves (or at least stay quiet and courteous).
Quote: (02-01-2019 12:34 PM)RawGod Wrote:
And 20 young men killed themselves the same day. They didn't have Instagram or write suicide notes full of shitlib pablum.
Quote: (02-01-2019 07:24 PM)Penta Sahi Wrote:
How does a girl like this not find a man (or woman if she's into that) to help give her purpose in life?
What a waste.