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[–] dingus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

For me? The fact that life always changes.

A lot of times, I really really hate change. When I have a good thing going, the possibility of change makes me really anxious and sometimes depressed.

But when I'm in a bad spot? It's really really fucking hard, but I know eventually it will change. Will it change for the better or change for the worse? You can't know, but there's at least a chance that your situation will change some day, and there is a chance it will get better. It has got me going through some really very incredibly dark times where I really wanted to end my life. I still struggle with that now and then, but it's always good to have the thought of chance in the back of your mind.

[–] tronx4002@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Everything is cyclical. Its cycles all the way down..

[–] Ekybio@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

My existence being a constant thorn on the side of basically evil person on the planet

(Im queer btw)

[–] lietuva@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

We are living in the most developed and peaceful tunes/times. Our great grandparents did not have antibiotics, child mortality was very high. Around 150 years ago, slavery and serfdom was hapenning, so instead of staring itno Outlook or Teams, you would be doing life crushing and dehumanising work. Much off the stuff that was out of reeach by lower or middle class is much more affordable today, even basic stuff such as meat was scarce in my grand parents time (ussr). 100 years ago most people saw only around 30 km around their land, or as much as horse could walk in a day, but now traveling is very affordable. I am hopeful that besides all the political crap we are moving towards even more developed future

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

I wish there was something.

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

i don't know. i might have a dark sense of humor, or maybe i am just a bad person, so the world goes to shit is somewhat amusing to watch. which is a terrible thing to say, because so so many people will be/is suffering because of all this.

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Sorry to get too political, but take Trump for example. It's horrifying and depressing watching him and his rabid cult.

But...I just love the memes it can generate.

Maybe shitty of me to say/think, but you have to find humor somewhere in life. Make sour candy out of your lemons when you can't make lemonade.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I saw a screen recording of a conservative tik tok user recording a video literal moments after kirk got shot and was like "ayoo yo, there was a shooting", I just rofl'd and face palm at the same time. Dude really took the "empathy bad" to the heart, c'mon dude, have some respect, he was on "your side" 🤦‍♂️

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J3OIAXbTP7g

[–] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Movies to watch, games to play, drugs to try, not much else

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] shreyan@lemmy.cif.su 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Space exploration. It feels like the one awesome thing humanity is doing right now. Also maybe the most important thing humans are doing right now.

[–] greenbelt@lemy.lol 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The drive for freedom of the living can not be stopped. Only temporary measures are possible against it.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Keeps"?

Someone is making a lot of assumptions about how the last decade of being terminally online has gone that reality isn't willing to sustain.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My life is pretty easy all things considered, so it's hard to lose hope in my own future wellbeing... When it comes to the destiny of the world, I have more or less lost hope for at least many regions of the world, and believe their self-destruction (which will also cause pain and suffering to others, ofc) is inevitable and perhaps necessary for the human race as whole. Hopefully the world isn't completely fucked, but if it is, well then... "we" made our bed so now we have to lie in it? And, of course, the most important pillar of my emotional stability when everything seems dark is my belief in God and the Day of Judgment, and going to sleep every night knowing I did my best, I controlled my impulses and treated people politely and generously. I know many of you think it's nonsense and won't even give it a try but the benefits for any deeply existential and sensitive person are undeniable, I'd say. 👍

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yesterday i would have said my strenght but...all now just started crumbling. Every aspect of my life exept my work

[–] happydoors@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I hope the children of the future

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 1 points 3 weeks ago

!hopeposting@lemmy.world and self-brainmanipulation

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago

To hope is to be disappointed. Embrace depressive realism.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -5 points 3 weeks ago

Progress in AI. The sooner we build a machine god to judge us, the better. But seriously, it's exciting to see something so new and different being built at a time when so much human effort is dedicated to destruction.

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