this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2025
125 points (96.3% liked)

NiceMemes

706 readers
263 users here now

A place to post memes & images that won't absolutely obliterate your mental health! Memes must not stray into hopelessness and be generally positive or neutral.

I made this with my kid in mind, so that they can have a good, safe place to look at memes, just made to make folks laugh and smile!

Only goofs & silliness. (:

founded 5 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] shplane@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What sorta struggles have you been experiencing?

[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't have a job for more than 2 years. I am struggling with feelings of uselessness. I am a|so struggling with loneliness.

[–] shplane@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ugh, I’m sorry to hear. The job market sucks right now. When I was unemployed, looking for a job, I spent my time volunteering. Then the food bank that I was volunteering at hired me for a job so it worked out. Not sure if that’s your speed, but it’s also a way to spend the day, feel purposeful, and meet a lot of good people.

[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If I lower my standards a little bit, I might get a job. But, the issue is that most programming jobs make me miserable. So, here the trade-off is whether I should work a terrible job, make money and be miserable or not work at all and be miserable. A handful of jobs, that I am actually interested in, are not willing to hire me. So, I am left with basically no choice. I would have a lot more opportunities in the West, especially US, compared to India. But, well, you know what went wrong with that.

[–] shplane@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not sure how passionate you are about programming but I would still strongly recommend getting involved in community service and looking into the nonprofit field of work. I worked in corporate law for a couple years, hated my life and felt no sense of fulfillment, then switched to nonprofit work and everything changed.

[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I will definitely look into it. Thank you.