Does it ever get better?
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Does it ever get better?
>>677687005
it gets a lot, lot worse ... all you have is yourself - the world is fucked - be your own source of power and purpose
>>677687005
Yep, if you put in the effort.
Yes, but only if you abandon expectations, abandon hope, and see the world around you as something to manipulate--and manipulate with costs. Your world is what you make it.
Source: Grew up in a Rust Belt trailer park, ultra poor. Now I'm an ex-professor, hold a PhD, and am training in intelligence. Don't take no for an answer, and don't ever stop.
>>677687005
dumping btw
>>677687005
Yes, it does. You have to fucking fight for it though.
>>677687478
Oh fuck... this one hit home anons, it hit home for real.
>>677687404
How old are you now?
My mother has dementia.
I haven't slept in 3 days.
still dumping.
I have to write something because duplicate comments
>>677687813
I would have visited her.
>>677687813
would destroy
Fuck I hate these sad birthday threads, I can't help laughing at these poor fuckers but they also make me sad. Massive cognitive dissonance dude
Those are all the birthdays/celebrations I have.
Here, have this.
Never. I saw that pic at 18. Now I'm 26 and in a worse mental state and a failure.
We only exist to annoy autists and shitpost on b.
oh wait I still have a sort-of birthday related thing
>>677687852
30. Have worked my ass off, but it's worth it, because traveling is the most fulfilling thing ever. Been to many, many places, no kids, and a wife with a similar world view / ability to manipulate as I have. It's awesome.
And one other tip (although nobody asked for it): Cut out those who abuse you or mistreat you. Never let them set that precedent. I have about three real, true friends, and everyone else--family or otherwise--has been cut loose. Once they establish a conscious effort to mistreat you, you have to end it, and keep up that absolute standard. If you don't, you don't value your time, and you're forgetting to lose those expectations and hope that I referenced earlier. You have to work with the world that is, not as you would like it to be.
>>677688465
That's because you let life control you, you didn't control it.
>>677687005
No one is ever going to want me.
>>677687005
Some day this kid will realise just how lucky he was. All you self-centred entitled millennials should probably kill yourselves now before the huge black empty void of loneliness that is your future swallows you whole into it's pit of endless despair, spare yourselves that pain and do the world a favour, we'll all be better off without you tbh. Cheers.
>>677688823
Fucking bingo. There are two kinds of people in this world: Movers, and those who let themselves be moved. I've never met a single person who has been the latter and been successful or happy. A good life usually doesn't happen upon anyone.
>>677689031
If I were a weaker man, this speech might have worked on me.
>>677689031
Would you like a hug? You seem grumpy.
>>677688823
>>677689101
>people on 4chan thinking they are fucking 'movers'.
Fuckint TOPKEK
Then enlighten us, how to be a mover?
>>677687478
No wonder the guy with the cake is a fucking faggot
>>677688622
Dude this is true af for me right now. How did you get started? I have nthing really. I need to leave this place
>>677689031
>implying I haven't already tried and failed
>>implying I'm a millennial
>>>implying this kid was ""lucky""
>>677687005
>>677689649
This guy above pretty much summed it up
>>677687404
>>677689031
Hey, he got free cake, free cake is always good.
>>677690001
lol
>>677690151
The cake is a lie. His future was trashed after that picture was taken.
>>677687707
His facial expression ):
>>677689649
Have standards and change what you don't like. I'm speaking in reference to people in bad relationships, but they don't change them. Don't take care of their car, and wonder why it fails them. Don't get an education/trade, and wonder why they have a bad job. Don't work out or eat right, and wonder why they're fat.
I started at a community college, and worked my way up through a doctorate at JHU. I lost 99% of everyone along the way, but it's a matter of to what degree a person will compromise.
And I know it's a running joke here, but 4chan is comprised of all kinds of people, usually bored, so I don't think it's all as many lazy, fat, stupid people as the stereotype suggests.
>>677687813
would rape the hell out of her
>>677690151
>This guy gets it
The world is a pretty selfish place, if you're lucky enough to still have someone who gives the tiniest slice of a fuck about you, you should be grateful or at least appreciate that some day, there wont be a cake.
>>677688195
>Captain Crunch and notebooks
>>677690237
But what if the cake was actually a square pie?
>>677687005
No.
not after that age.
...
I wish I died in that crash.
>>677687005
birthdays just piss me off because basically society forces you to set your expectations to the point where if you don't have a great day, you want to kill yourself
>>677690462
This is what post that we needed in the thread, but not the post we deserved.
>>677690562
I get that the world isn't perfect and that life will kick you in the nuts occasionally. I get that a negative attitude will only make it worse, that's why I try and keep a positive attitude. I guess it's easier to have a positive attitude when I live a quite comfortable life though.
>>677687813
I don't get what's wrong here, she seems more than happy that gran and gramps came over to give her a birthday kiss, and that cake looks nice too.
>>677687005
>>677687611
>>677687478
>>677687707
holy shit...
where did you even get these horror-tier pics?!
>>677687478
sigh. you know... if that's a woman...
i gotta imagine she at least has some real options for getting companions.
it's not like she's hideous or antything.
It gets better.
>>677688195
>>677688040
>>677687813
they seem to have some sense of "togetherness".
it puts them light years apart from the other pics, asshole.
>>677690985
That's a man.
>>677688361
Fuck. You.
>>677687005
yus
>>677688610
at least...
that's not the stuff of horror.
i don't think.
>>677689742
The biggest two things I learned: 1) Patience, and 2) Fuck belief systems, ideologies, and go with objectivity, no matter how difficult of truths you may be confronted with.
When I was living in a trailer park, at age 24, with my parents still (doing a masters program at a nearby college), it was a form of meditation. I felt like complete shit. But I learned what it meant to be patient. It's especially difficult when something is set into motion, and you know the change will come, but have to wait for its arrival.
And yeah, objectivity is a fucker. You MUST be truthful to yourself, above all else. Confront your hard-line beliefs, question why they exist, examine your insecurities/hostilities, and move forward. If you see something truthful/backed by data and science that is counter to something you belief, and you avoid it, or rush to doubt it and make excuses, question why that is. Keep doing that, and keep learning every day. Whenever you don't know something, or something confuses you or makes you wonder, research it on the internet and fill in those gaps.
Knowledge is what we know, and intelligence is strategy/tactics. You canNOT be intelligent unless you have a great wealth of information to work with. The more knowledge, the inherently better the strategies/tactics you use to make your life better. And you're never done. Not at 30, 50, or 70. Socrates said that true knowledge is knowing how utterly ignorant you are. Even Christopher Hitchens said that, by definition, the more you know, the more you know how little you know, because you've opened up and expanded even more avenues that expose your own ignorance.
>>677691124
yep.
he's fucked.
>>677690985
>holy shit...
>where did you even get these horror-tier pics?!
from browsing. just lurk and download the ones that stick out to you.
>sigh. you know... if that's a woman...
i gotta imagine she at least has some real options for getting companions.
it's not like she's hideous or antything.
Man or woman, either way, still would.
>>677688195
notice that machine on the left? Thats a drip. This was taken in a hospital. They probably set this up for somebody there who had nobody.
>>677691224
I'm sorry...
My sisters are 30 and 31. I found out they still have these cheesy ass parties at my parent's house. Im younger than them and spend my bdays going out with my gf.
>>677688040
That's what you get for using drugs their's side effects to everything
>>677688361
Damn, i wish i got to shoot cecil, i would've skinned him and cooked him up on the spot. Fucking hate cats.
>>677687813
>>677688040
>>677688195
>>677688998
How are any of these sad?
>>677691601
You think I didn't notice the drip? Or are you just speaking to everyone in general?
>>677691473
>the more you know, the more you know how little you know,
You just fucked my mind anon. I saved your post to read when I'm feeling down btw.
>>677690964
Happiness, I've found, is a choice. If a person wants to be unhappy, they will be, and if they want to find happiness in life, they will. I've met people with decent lives, cars, a modest family, decent job, etc, and they're unhappy as fuck. I wondered what happy people knew that I didn't, and it's that happiness is a choice above all else.
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>>677687005
sigh.
i'm held back my a whole host of mental disorders.
not the very worst of which is OCPD. to the extreme.
my hoarding is digital, otherwise it's little different from what you see on that tv show.
now, i'm trying to fight it.
for a man with my conditions -- and believ eme, they're real conditions -- my willpower and sense of resolve is pretty solid.
but, the future isn't that hard to predict.
I've got a lot of things going for me... on paper.
but then when i study those "case examples" that had those same things on paper, and similar pasts and similar failings...
Yeah, that's a clear sign I'm pretty much fucked.
The willpower MIGHT be enough to give me something worth living for.
It might.
But we're talking about casino odds here.
And we all know the house always wins.
Pic related.
It's an insane bastard that had real courage. It's why he gave no fucks about what happened to himself, and wore only home-spun cotton.
No... this bastard cared for others. Pretty much only. That's probably more couragous than even caring for nothing at all.
And if some old dude in a toga can do that...
Whether fated to be profiled on some sort of cringe-tier show on A&E or not...
sigh.
I'm gonna try.
Kinda wish the Vegas odds were a litlte nicer though.
>>677691779
You lack empathy.
>>677687005
You can choose one of two paths
Path 1: Accept that the best portion of your life has already passed by
Path 2: You take the reigns of society and dictate your own desity
Path 3: You have alcoholism in your family and you are fucked
>>677691873
Thanks dawg. Another good one I learned, just in the last year, and helped me when an alcoholic best friend of mine severed ties: If you understand a person's actions and how they treat others as a relationship with themselves, and not as anything that's about you, you begin to see the world as a far different place. The woman who's a bitch to the cashier, your fucker of a dad, your girlfriend who was abusive, are all these people outwardly expressing their relationships with themselves. It fucking blew my mind, despite how simple it was, because I used to put a lot of that shit on myself. Then I started researching emotional intelligence, and realized how sorry I felt for so many people who were damaged, and couldn't help but express it by harming others.
>>677692652
How is a picture of two old people eating a giant pizza sad? Or a girl taking a birthday photo with her parents?
>>677691562
>Man or woman, either way, still would.
well of course there's always a COULD.
but it's all about the odds.
if you're a woman, your chance is a fighting chance.
if you're a man...
well, it's pretty hard to get clear when you're already up to your knees in quicksand.
>>677688610
I feel you anon. My family chuckles at me consistently. They remember me as a teenager. I'm 32 now.
>>677692699
>one of two paths
>gives us three paths
>>677692837
>he didn't notice the drip
>>677691683
>female siblings
>their lives pretty much suck compared to yours
Wow.
You glorious, amazing motherfucker...!
I don't know what you're doing...
But it's working! Keep it up.
>>677688195
Fucking Doom on 3.5" floppies.
>>677690462
what is your doctorate in, if you would?
>>677692837
Yeah, seriously.
My physical form isn't trainwreck-tier...
but pizza is one of the FEW bona fide joys I can regularly h
....
god, please tell me i didn't jynx myself
>>677693472
wait... so despite the insane, racist fucks on /b/...
this happened?
in september of 2015?
when the psychopathy was already in full-swing?
you sure that's not a sh00p?
Jesh the only thing worse than just feeling like shit is feeling like shit and everyone who is around you knowing you're feeling like shit. When they don't want to let you know they have that knowledge because they think it would make you feel worse so they pretend like everything is fine. But that obvious attempt of pretending is what hurts the most.
Anyways, how's everyone's day going so far?
>>677691689
Like you wouldn't do it, if it was the only food source available to you.
Fuckin fat American Drumpf loving hypocrite.
>>677693843
Well we're not lions, ARE WE, ASSHOLE?
The fact there's creatures that exist like this makes me wonder -- if only at first -- if they should just be culled.
>>677692645
If nothing works for you, travel west. It also works. You either die on the way there, die at your destination, or live a new life that you never knew you wanted.
>>677694179
Humans are the worst.
RIP world
>>677692099
I've chosen to be happy the last 5 or 6 years, and now it is catching up with me. While others were working, hard, worrying, making plans, I was enjoying myself. Now I have a terrible job, I'm getting older, tired, and reality is starting to set back in. I think in many ways choosing to be happy is choosing not to confront harsh reality
>>677687478
>apple user
>>677694182
>travel west
Yeah. That's part of the plan.
i've already taken the professional exam for certification in honolulu for my field.
and i live in pennysylvania.
the idea is simply that if i'm damned to a life of misery...
at least it'll be misery in hawaii.
>>677693843
Nope, I love watching this, I'm wondering what a Bison/Lion meat triple barbecued burger would taste like, the shotgun shrapnel should make the meat taste extra smokey.
>Select all steak images in the captcha
>>677693756
no... I was in the thread. This really happened.
>>677694480
Fuck off
>>677687005
yes.
But it takes an incredible amount of effort.
You can't count on luck, or hope you'll be successful if you just open an youtube let's play channel.
You need to work hard and define your goal, what is success to you? is it money? carrer? sex? a simple life? art?
you need to better yourself, you need to become an amazing and skilled person so you can surround yourself with amazing people. You need to be funny, be respectful, be kind, generous and above all strong willed
you need to improve everything around you, you need to question the way things are and think if you really need to do it like everybody else. If you really need to spend you time, money and life the same way others did.
You need to stand your ground. make yourself worthy of respect, and when you are denied it, take it, teach it, punch it, even if it's your family.
You need to be able to recognize your illusion and mistakes, and how to overcome them.
You need to overcome this neurosis that keeps telling you you're failing. this neurosis about not having sex, about not having your shit together, about being broke. none of that matter, there's no finish line, there's only the road.
you need to do it one step at a time.
this applies to everything, it doesn't matter if you're going to finance school, if you are an athlete, a garbage man, an artist, soldier whatever
just getting a job and moving out won't cut it.
You're the only one who can drag yourself out of your pool of misery and self-sabotage. believe me, out there, it's worth it.
You'll only become an adult, when you start creating your own answers.
good luck anon, we'll wait just ahead..
>>677694409
Are we?
We at least have SOME sense of conscience.
Gratned, animals aren't machines capable -- or at least rarely known to express -- cruelty and malice.
But the pain and agony they inflict upon other animals...
even if only to feed....
is real pain and real agony.
Meh. I don't know if I advocate full-blown vegetarianism...
But... well... I dunno.
Maybe we can at least aspire to be part-time vegetarians?
Or vegetarians that sometime cheat?
For all my flaws and resentability...
i'd at least LIKE to be a better man, if possible.
>>677687005
Yes it does. A million times better. But you have to work at it. I tell this to you all youths of /b/
>>677694553
Yeah? see? that makes you an asshole.
it's freaks like you that make life difficult for the rest of us in the first place.
kind of makes me wonder if you're worth keeping around at all.
>>677693329
It's in "Humanities," but focuses on interdisciplinary analysis. There is a misconception that the humanities/English are shit, but it depends. English is comprised of grammar, linguistics, literature, writing, analysis, etc, and mine background is in critical/interdisciplinary analysis. My MA and BA were also in English, with a focus on analysis. Pound for pound, the analytical side of English is probably THE most useful aspect of the field. Law schools love it, advertising and marketing, etc. Hard literature, for instance, is almost fucking useless.
Right now I'm in training to be an intelligence analyst, after being an English prof for a while, and they honestly fucking loved my degree focus. It's one of the reasons I got it, because I knew I wanted to go into intelligence analysis someday.
Right now I'm taking other coursework in intelligence, on top of my training program, so it's been quite the fucking ride.
>>677687005
Life's a garden... Dig it
It only gets worse, I don't have any fucking idea of what I'm I doing with my life.
Fuck everything.
>>677689855
mmm babybel cheese
>>677694927
You are some of the better ones.
Humans hurt other animals for pleasure. Happens every minute, I'm sure.
>>677694857
lol. yo, let me try.
But it takes an incredible amount of effort.
You can't count on luck, or hope you'll be successful if you just open an youtube let's play channel.
You need to work hard and define your goal, what is success to you? is it money? carrer? sex? a simple life? art?
you need to better yourself, you need to become an amazing and skilled person so you can surround yourself with amazing people. You need to be funny, be respectful, be kind, generous and above all strong willed
you need to improve everything around you, you need to question the way things are and think if you really need to do it like everybody else. If you really need to spend you time, money and life the same way others did.
You need to stand your ground. make yourself worthy of respect, and when you are denied it, take it, teach it, punch it, even if it's your family.
You need to be able to recognize your illusion and mistakes, and how to overcome them.
You need to overcome this neurosis that keeps telling you you're failing. this neurosis about not having sex, about not having your shit together, about being broke. none of that matter, there's no finish line, there's only the road.
you need to do it one step at a time.
this applies to everything, it doesn't matter if you're going to finance school, if you are an athlete, a garbage man, an artist, soldier whatever
just getting a job and moving out won't cut it.
You're the only one who can drag yourself out of your pool of misery and self-sabotage. believe me, out there, it's worth it.
You'll only become an adult, when you start creating your own answers.
good luck anon, we'll wait just ahead..
Vid related, motherfucker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpxn57m1Mmw
>>677695272
You're floating in the middle of the ocean with no map.
>>677695162
Eat some meat retard, the lack of carnivorous activity is why you can only get off to scat and shemales.
>>677687893
That's legitimately creepy.
>>677695172
thanks. I'm also interdisciplinary humanities. Nice to know there is hope post-doc. How'd you get in to the intelligence gig?
>>677695416
well, hey.
the lulz... or least the memes.
are one of life's better pleasures.
in the right circumstances... nice, banal, harmless...
but the fun is very real.
>>677695531
quite the contrary, retard, that stuff causes me to reflexively wish for blindness...
AND STRONGLY CONSIDER BLUDGEONING THE GUY THAT POSTED THAT SUFF WITH A BAT
well. at first. at least.
>>677691098
>>677691779
I'm response to the two old people eating a huge pizza, I think it's sad because it looks like they were expecting a lot of people to show up, and most people bailed.
>>677695232
life's a grave... dig that
>>677695531
>>677695830
oh, FUCK.
YOU ASS. WHY DID YOU TELL ME THAT??
>>677695500
I thought I had one, wrong again. Another fucking time anon, another fucking time.
>>677690490
Geez dude take a chill pill
>>677695500
And you're on a giant spaceship encircling a huge ball of flame.
Whats up with that?
>>677695830
Yeah well, that doesn't distract from the fact that the only meat you put in your mouth is dick.
23
Has only gotten worse
Only change is more work and recurring back pain
>>677687611
Is he fucked? he has a nice jaw and skintone and he could fix his fucked up nose to become a 7 or a-
>receding hairline
nope, he's fucked.
>>677696025
It's not his fault. Some people just have no chill.
>>677694436
I should have been more specific. You're absolutely right. But happiness transcends being productive and building a life. You can be happy and content, but never build, or you can be happy and content, and work hard and be exhausted. It's the tendency with which you perceive the events around you.
Plenty of people choose happiness in the form of not doing school work, not trying to a better job, etc. Yet, there are students studying their assess off every night until 2-3 AM, exhausted beyond measure, happy that they have the opportunity and the chance to even be a student.
It's why your life doesn't determine how happy you are. There is a higher tendency to be happy if you're rich, good looking, have a beautiful wife, etc, but there are also plenty of completely miserable rich fuckers out there.
It's actually a form of bias. It's why some people always judge everything in terms of how negative or bad it is, as opposed to how good it is. It's the person who eats a meal, but the side dish was bad, so then the whole meal was bad. Or there's always that ONE thing that ruins a day, trip, night, etc. It's a negative cognitive bias. Miserable and happy/content people will generally be that way regardless. You'll be how you want to be.
>>677696305
Still young.
Had back problems from work when I was in the early 20's.
Still can move around all fine. Just make sure you walk heaps, does more than sitting and lying down ever will.
>>677692751
think im in ur situation, but at the waiting part, hopefully end up as happy as you seem to be. thanks for the morale boost, was starting to lose sight due to family issues and confidence
>>677696457
I guess my problem is that one day I'm completely content doing the hard work, and enjoy even small things, but then the whole apparatus crashes in a cycle of mania / depression. I try to even out my expectations, and limit the possibility for too much positivity or negativity, but that means I spend too much time in my room, sleeping, or otherwise.
>>677687893
So does mine. She doesn't know who I am anymore. A few weeks ago, I brought over an old scrapbook she obviously put a lot of time and effort into making, and she doesn't remember any of the pictures inside.
I miss my mom.
>>677696065
Not the fucking vegetarian you're arguing with, clown. Go shitpost elsewhere.
>>677687005
Thanks for reminding me op
I stopped celebrating because it makes me feel at least a bit better
>>677687005
Every single time I see one of these threads I tell myself that I will change from this point on. I follow a good routine for a week, then after that I end up falling off, back to my lazy and slothful ways.
Why is this?
>>677697229
>Why is this?
Changing is hard.
>>677696361
also, that's the haircut for the hopeless.
the kind of guy that has so little control over his own life, that even combing is more of a chore than most would ever suspect.
urgh. see?
god probably IS all good.
well, if he's the real deal.
But, I really doubt he's all powerful.
That said, he screwed-up bigtime when were bestowed with enough intellect to be miserable...
but often lacking the intellect to do something (or enough) about it.
>>677695773
That's fucking cool. I feel like interdisciplinarity is on the rise because the world requires people to be so much more analytical than before.
I got into the intelligence gig because higher ed is a shit show. Most schools are 80% part time profs, and they don't get benefits, unions, etc. Meanwhile, the staff of the school, not the profs, get lavish pay, and all that fun shit. It's a dying career choice. Only good for a job. So I thought about applying my skill set to intelligence/military. I looked into a place, a training facility (that I can't say), and contacted them and set up phone/video/personal interviews and inquiries. I did it because I'm easy bored, and teaching offers little change. Intelligence analysis ALWAYS kicks your ass and gives you new puzzles to tackle.
There are also other places where people can train, but they're expensive, like ATIC, Pherson, and even Lockheed Martin. ATIC's program is like $10k out of fucking pocket, though.
I'm a nigger
>>677697229
Because you visit websites like this and watch too much porn.
Walk outside more
>>677687404
>manipulate
>manipulate
But are you happy?
>>677697229
Habits take around 24 days to set in. PUSH yourself to do the exact same good routine for AT LEAST 24 days. After that, it becomes subconscious.
>>677697455
awesome man. I'm Canadian, but I bet we have some similar programs. Thanks for the optimism kick
random roll
find a hobby
>>677687005
nah man 7 years later and thats still me
>>677695369
*Laughing Cow.
>>677697668
>>677697730
Will definitely try this. I have no choice.
>>677687282
this.
>>677696908
I'm going to be pedantic as fuck here: I use the word "happiness," but I mean "content" more so. I used to set up happiness as an expectation, but realized it's an impossible standard to sustain. Do what you love, and what makes you happy, but also be content with being content. Right now, I'm content with my life and how it's moving forward, but I'm also fine with the fact that I'm not waking up with a smile everyday, cheerfully skipping off to my shower and heading out the door.
Long story short, I learned not to knock being just content. Not being tangibly happy isn't a big deal, because it doesn't represent who you are at rest.
>>677687005
I've been NEET for almost 3 years now and I don't feel like a person anymore. Every day is exactly the same. I am entirely alone. I have no one. My contacts list is literally just me and my mother, and my mother never answers my calls or texts.
>>677689855
>diet pepsi
kek
>>677697730
unfortunately, it's a bit more to it than that.
the urge to throw the good habit out the window never really goes away.
it's always puzzled me what exactly is it that gives some men enough will to keep it up after day #25...
and others... insufficent will.
.... oh, GOD.
If I'm going to end it via violent rampage, can it at least PLEASE be some people that I know deserve it?
Like REALLY deserve it?
>note: not serious
>he's 20, look at how old this faggot is!
>realize I'm going to be 20 next year
fuck the first time I saw that picture I swear I was 16 or 17. time flies when you're a loser
>>677698746
You have no idea.
>>677697023
Yeah I don't have an answer for this one, because I've been there, and for me it just sort of went away in the past few years. I used to be JUST like that. Mania one moment, and depressed the next. I think what helped me, majorly, was staying busy with school/professional work, and setting goals. For me, those goals were degrees/completing semesters, but I guess they can also be other things, like climbing mountains (which I love to do), competitive running (like 5 and 10Ks), etc.
I have no idea where that side of me went. Somewhere in grad school it diminished. I swear it might be able acceptance/that I can't control every aspect of life like I want.
>>677692751
>s: If you understand a person's actions and how they treat others as a relationship with themselves, and not as anything that's about you, you begin to see the world as a far different place
I like your post. Can you recommend some more readings into emotional intelligence? I only heard about the book The Naked Man.
>>677698589
Sounds like me last year. I gained a lot of weight doing that, but now I'm trying to take my life back. Sometimes it's hard to find the motivation. Little by little.
>>677687005
This picture always gets me.
>>677698746
>time flies when you're a loser
Indeed, it does. Hahaha. Goddammit.
>>677693472
This is what brings hope in me
>>677697546
/thread
/4chan
/internet
/life
>>677687005
I have never been a religious person.
My life is bad generally, but it was once really good, and this is my only advice: Keep faith that things will improve. Sometimes life, maybe God, wants to take you all the way to the bottom - right before he takes you all the way up top. Once there, you will be capable of appreciating it.
This is the only book and particular passage of the bible that has kept me going:
Job
23 Then Job replied:
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter;
his hand[a] is heavy in spite of[b] my groaning.
3 If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!
4 I would state my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would find out what he would answer me,
and consider what he would say to me.
6 Would he vigorously oppose me?
No, he would not press charges against me.
7 There the upright can establish their innocence before him,
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
10 But he knows the way that I take;
when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
11 My feet have closely followed his steps;
I have kept to his way without turning aside.
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
13 “But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He does whatever he pleases.
14 He carries out his decree against me,
and many such plans he still has in store.
15 That is why I am terrified before him;
when I think of all this, I fear him.
16 God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
>>677691473
This guy fucking gets it
>>677687813
How is this sad? Just because you can't see the 20 friends she has behind the camera while she gets a pic with the grandparents doesn't make it sad.
>>677694761
That's incredible.
I'm glad to hear it.
How was something that intricate executed over the course of just one /b/ thread?
>>677687005
Im 25 now and yea it does get a bit better. Im pretty numb to everything at this point.
>>677697693
I'm mostly content, but fuck yeah there are aspects of my life that make me incredibly happy. My mom always told me that happiness isn't found, it's made and constructed, and that you don't find yourself somehow, you emerge into a person with an attitude and persona.
I don't expect anything from others, have no hope that anything or anyone will change to suit me, and see everything as a puzzle to make work for my advantage. I have a brutally mechanical view of the world and how to manipulate it, and it has worked very well for me. It's colder, but the only meaning in this world are the surface level narratives we put over brutally mechanical change. It has been hard fought, like others have said in this thread, but the only thing I've lost are friends and family who inhibited progress/efficiency. Right now I'm who I want to be, do what I want to do, and am headed where I want to head, and I'm so incredibly thankful for the life I've built (and that I was lucky enough to have someone like my mom to teach me these things, which is something many people go without).
>>677699533
Underrated post. I love it. Thank you. It made want to read the whole Job story again.
>>677687404
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>>677695423
For once I am glad that I visited /b/ today. Not saying that all of the other posts weren't as good, but these are just the ones that stuck with me the most. Thank you guys for possibly changing my life.
>>677699533
that's real perseverance, you know. it's the kind of perseverance that takes in the full knowledge of it being futile.
it's in violation of god's covenant, though.
>>677700621
Thank you, I personally struggle to lose friends or family who might be inhibiting my progress, because I think they are the ones that determine my happiness for a great deal. To have a good relationship with my friends
>>677701337
good luck.
oh, and take a look at your post#.
:)
I think you'll be pleased.
>>677698686
How old are you?
>>677699182
For me, I just read a bunch of internet articles, journal articles, and things like that. I didn't use an actual book, unfortunately.
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>>677698192
I told myself I'd try this 5 years ago. Still haven't succeeded.
>>677687005
no
it gets worse
unless you man the fuck up and alpha yourself which is in your power
took me 40 years to do that, dont wait as long as me
>>677701495
I'm up there by 4chan standards.
i REALLY rather not say
>>677701633
give some quick advice to a 18 year old aspiring to be an alpha.
>>677687478
that looks just like me at my 16th
>>677701583
Here's to not giving up.
>>677701864
go to /fit/
stay there
study in a field where you can make $$$
thats all you need.
>>677701687
You essentially just did
>>677687005
Is it your birthday?
>>677701864
oh, also, learn how to fight. I learned krav maga and nothing boosts your ego like dropping someone twice your size like a sack of shit
>>677701864
Validate yourself and don't give a fuck. Be neither a dick nor a pussy.
>>677701337
I sincerely appreciate it. I'm the first 5 of those posts, and have spent a great deal of time in my teenage and early 20's depressed beyond measure, so when I see threads like this I try to help people instead of lurking /pol/ and here for boredom relievers. I think feeling like utter and complete shit is a right of passage, and some things have to be experienced, but threads like this might provide people the tools to make it a little easier.
>>677691473
Fucking this. Patience is one I have learned from a life of waiting for the outcome as I worked through the hard shit. Was homeless for 4 years, been in bad places mentally and physically, but also experienced some pretty amazing things that have built and reprogrammed the way I think. As long as you are doing something to create a life you want, those things will eventually happen. Unexpected things will also happen when you put yourself in situations that are uncomfortable. Ride a bike, take a fucking tango class, find a local coffee shop and people watch.
Another thing I have learned from watching others is that people will often have premature goals that aren't checked. Like, the feeling of loneliness being connected to not having another in one's life. Do not ever try to be in a relationship if you are not happy with yourself first.
>>677702111
Yes. I'm alone.
>>677702563
It's my birthday to bro. I wasn't alone but I am now. Fuck it man it could be worse you know. I'm gonna hit the gym tomorrow and seize the fucking day. My life has fucking sucked. The past few years but I'm gonna make it better man. Let's both suck it the fuck up and make next year great. Happy birthday motherfucker!
>>677701687
Then you've seen /b/ change throughout the years?
>>677691473
Hey, what PhD do you have?
>>677703439
Thank you. You're the only person to have wished me happy birthday today...
>>677702287
not that dude but this is what i've been doing
it has worked so far. I'm only keeping people that are actually worth my time and forgetting about shit people.
It only became hard recently when i had to get rid of a girl friend that I really cared about, but did a shit ton of hurtfull things, trying to justify with"This is just who i am. I still like you a lot and don't want you to leave"
fuck, it still jurts but i know it's for the better
>>677687005
It really doesn't.
>>677693756
Most of the racism is ironic m8, except for the newfags that take everything too seriously.
>>677687005
Just find a reason to be happy for yourself, find something you love and pursue it, and expect nothing from anyone
>>677702557
This is a major one. Do what makes you uncomfortable, for the love of Christ. People like to retreat or huddle in places where they're familiar, but to what end? Stepping out and doing shit that you wouldn't ordinarily do, to whatever degree (traveling, hiking, speaking in front of others, jobs, degrees, etc) is the best fucking thing for growth. You don't want the compartmentalized growth that huddling in familiar places brings.
And I don't know why it is, but when I've "reprogrammed" myself, and had tough building years, they were so intensely emotional. I get that 4chan likes to act alpha, etc, etc, but I've had two rebuilding years, where I had to confront some hard truths in myself, and there was a lot of crying. The path forward is not easy, and it's hard fought because it sends you to some vulnerable, unfamiliar, and frightening new places.
This has been the most insanely positive and understanding thread. Took screenshots of several posts. I love you bros, we're all gonna make it.
>>677703620
This was from an earlier post:
>It's in "Humanities," but focuses on interdisciplinary analysis. There is a misconception that the humanities/English are shit, but it depends. English is comprised of grammar, linguistics, literature, writing, analysis, etc, and mine background is in critical/interdisciplinary analysis. My MA and BA were also in English, with a focus on analysis. Pound for pound, the analytical side of English is probably THE most useful aspect of the field. Law schools love it, advertising and marketing, etc. Hard literature, for instance, is almost fucking useless.
>>677703582
I have. It really has gotten worse.
It used to be that when you were on page0, it was hard to choose which was the thread that was really cool you wanted to dive into.
Now... you can press F5 4times, before seeing something decent
>>677687005
8CH IS DOWN! brb killing myself
>>677704194
an0n.
where. the hell. did oyu get that?
>>677704271
As foreign to language studies, I found "language and symbolic power" by pierre bourdieu very interesting. Is this what you mean with THE most useful aspect of the field ?
>>677704194
Indeed, I had to screenshot the entire thread. More motivation than I've felt in a while.
>>677704045
makes sense.
brb.
throwing myself down a flight of stairs to see if it makes me a man.
or a vegetable.
>>677704194
I hope so. I'm feeling quite bad at the moment and this thread helped me a bit, thank you.
>>677704540
God I dunno, I suppose someone else posted it on 4chan years ago.
>>677694857
>Just getting a job and moving out won't cut it.
Fug
>>677704634
Share the screenshot with us?
>>677687005
It gets a lot worse.
But you care less.
So it gets a lot better.
>>677687005
Id come to ur bday, send invite
>>677691601
That's a floor fan, with a power cord coming out the bottom and 4-button speed selector.
>>677687282
/thread
Fo reals
>>677687282
How do I gain power myself and how do I find purpose in my existence?
>>677687005
We shud lan doom and ventrilo
>>677705595
i'm in for this
>>677688361
>>677687404
>am training in intelligence
literally what
>>677705558
I'm empowered by the fact that there is no purpose. It's freedom to do whatever I want, live in the moment, appreciate the little things.
>>677687005
Not for him.
>>677705037
Ahh, sugar wafers and miller highlife, truly a diet fit for a champion
>>677705100
It gave me this:
>"FireShot Screen Capture #001 - '_b_ - Does it ever get better_ - Random - 4chan' - boards_4chan_org_b_thread_677687005.png: Image too large (image: 29764x1345px, max: 10000x10000px)"
>>677706189
Are you enlightened by your own intelligence?
>>677706189
Are you in this moment... Euphoric?
>>677706515
>>677706690
I don't know what the fuck that means. I'm not trying to be edgy, just to capture a feeling.
Just look up at the sky at night. It's an infinite abyss, but there are fucking stars in it.
>>677690151
Free cake!
Free cake!
Free cake!
>>677706933
>>677706189
But can we really live without a purpose? I mean there has to be a reason for our existence. Our creation and evolution can't just be a result of some biological processes, there has to be something that we aim for, something that we try to achieve...
I don't even know, it's very late and I'm really done atm. I hope it all gets better. Have a nice day anon.
>>677704613
When you tackle critical analysis, it lets you structure your thinking in ways so you can investigate individual aspects of something, and how those categories interact. So, you don't just listen to a speech, but see it for its: historical, gender, racial, class, religious, psychological, postmodern-based components, and so on. You break the single thing you're analyzing down into many different compartments. No one or two of those will give you the full picture, so you use as many compartments as you can, and somewhere in there you may get close to the truth.
Interdisciplinarity does the same thing, but compartmentalizes into different fields, professions, domains, and so on.
In my opinion, this is the most powerful part of an English degree (if you choose to focus on analysis). Especially in comparison to just learning literature or something. Learning how to write at a very high level is easily the second best part.
But I think, what helps people more? Reciting Shakespeare, or writing a poem, or being able to dismantle everything from policy to ads, and from legal arguments to business strategies? The analytical side of English is its powerhouse.
And right now I'm getting into intelligence analysis, which adds on a further means of breaking down and compartmentalizing your thinking. But that's partly irrelevant to English.
>>677706465
The thread is too big. :(
>>677707044
I guess I've just dis-involved my feelings of despair from the question of existential meaning. We still value things regardless, all the things we've ever loved are not drained of their splendor.
What do you REALLY want from life? Material possessions? A spouse? Children? Education?
Find out what you deeply and truly want. Embark on some serious soul searching. Before you know you will be stumbling in the dark.
Then set out to meet those goals.
Remember that hapiness comes from within, and that you alone decide if you want hapiness or not. Cast away all expectations. Don't let preassure from society/family/friends dictate the way YOU want to live your life. You alone have the power to find YOUR hapiness.
My own happiness comes from a healthy body, time for a small and select group of loved ones and time to develop my hobbies. I'm currently working on strategies to minimize work, which is hard, but I think I will succeed eventually.
Oh, and don't let hatred consume you. It will inevitably destroy you.
>>677707569
Ok that's a good point anon. Just my curiosity: How old are you?
>>677687005
Had to move out of my house at 17 because my mom couldn't financially take care of my siblings and I. I've overdosed before, watched my mom attempt suicide, slept on my friends floor for two years when I had nowhere else to go. I finally saved up enough money from working five days a week to move out of this shitty situation and I'll be one step to closer to my dream job. It only gets better if you want it to.
>>677708150
Just about 24.
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>>677706053
You're retarded
>>677687478
That's a dude right..?
>>677697229
>lazy and slothful ways.
>grew up in poverty because of of drug addict parents. At one point in middle school I was homeless
>kicked out at age 16 because I refused to give my mom money from mcd's job that she would use for heroin
>homeless from 16-18
>able to get a car to live out of (still driving actually, age 22 now)
>got an apartment at age 19
>working 2 minimum wage jobs to maintain myself.
>able to buy presents for my siblings and parents every birthday and Christmas
>few times paid electric or heating bills at parents house (not to help parents, but for my siblings)
>became manager at one job. More income now.
>can afford to take community college courses part time and even a g of grass on the weekends
My life wasn't exactly easy, but I didn't share this so you can all feel bad for me. OP, life gets siginificantly harder once you reach adulthood. You're expected to be independent and it's often overwhelming because a lot of times you don't feel confident or mentally equipped to handle it. You're gonna go through rough years, but if you play your cards right (getting a job, being punctual at your job, being an asset to the company you work for), things will play out. You need to force yourself to be mature, and accept some new things in your life. It ain't all fun and games all the time. It takes diligence.
>>677687707
Man this shit hits too close to home for me.
>>677693756
most people on here just try to be edgy as fuck and aren't that racist.
>>677709243
I'd love to be able to know for a fact that you were right....
>>677706053
Intelligence analysis at a government facility in Virginia.
>>677709396
20% of it is probably legit racism, but he's mostly right.
>>677693472
No.
This moron here made a Facebook post inviting people to his birthday the day before. And then not realizing that people often have plans, whined that no one showed up. One guy even said if he posted it earlier, he would taken the time to come, but he was busy and couldnt make it. Nope. I don't feel sorry for this guy.
>>677698498
I want to add: I think happiness as a static state, and not a momentary, finite feeling, is mass perpetuated by advertising in order to make people feel like they're broken or missing something (which is usually conveniently filled by buying shit). So, we buy, or do, and for a moment we're happy, but since it's a finite feeling, it dwindles and we then restructure buying as a drug.
It's not realistic, but being content is. Could you imagine always being happy? Like, happy-happy? It'd be fucking weird as fuck. I feel sorry for people who think generalized happiness (not just being content) is a attainable goal. It's the definition of emotional instability.
>>677688361
God danm I love Nature
>>677688622
>Cut out those who abuse you or mistreat you.
You're probably not here anymore, but what if those kinds of people are the only ones I have in my life?
Is it really better to be alone?
>>677688195
>>677711083
Still here-ish. Bob Marley had a good quote on this: “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
If you can deal with them, and they don't inhibit you, sure, but if so, you need to make a judgment call. I once didn't speak to my own brother for years on end because he developed insanely bad financial and drug habits. If someone is truly that toxic, it may be better to cut them out. For me, I just can't tolerate assholes.
>>677687005
Yea, but it'll probably cost you dearly.
>>677711083
Personally, I know I'm way better off mentally when I'm alone, but I couldn't cut people out of my life completely.
>>677710559
This. But I think its possible to have a lot more of those moments than we do, and less depression in the interim.
>>677688195
Cal poly is 20 minutes from me.
>>677687005
No, not really...by the way i'll be 26 in two days so this picture is expecially sad to me right now, oh well...
>>677687005
Your at he age where you decide if making it better is worth the effort. Most people stagnate
>>677711813
I'm just the opposite. I'm schizophrenic, and I spend a large portion of my life avoiding even the people I care about. I could live my whole life without seeing or interacting with another person in the flesh, and be happy about it. But it's not good for me, and I know it. It makes shit worse. It's just shit that I've grown accustomed to though. The reason I avoid people is that I don't want them to find out, or see me at my worst. People hear the word 'schizophrenia' and they just assume the worst about you. I tell myself that it's better that they wonder what the fuck my problem is, rather than actually knowing what it is, but I'm really not so sure.
>>677693756
Wait do you actually think the racism on /b/ isn't satire? FUCK you are dense..
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>>677711813
This. You have to find people you can be around.
Nobody is perfect, they all will make mistakes. Forgive them yes, but is up to you to ponder if you wanna keep them in your life. Evalueate your relationship with them and decide if they are worth it
IE: My best friend made fun of a personal situation i had. He found it really funny and it was pretty hurtful to me, but i know he wasn't trying to be mean. Leaving that aside he's great, and I know if he knew how i felt about it how wouldn't had done it - shit like this happens a lot but i know he's worth the occasional pain
A friend I started to date knew i was in love in her, and even so she played with my feelings. Spending the night with me and then with other people, ignoring to avoid confrontation.
She said sorry, she didn't want to hurt me. Tried to buy me by promising things she didn't do in the end
Now, She knew how i felt and even so she kept doing whatever she wanted
I know she had her own motives to do what she did (her past and such) but even when I told her how it felt she kept doing it
That's the people you don't want in your life
>>677712922
>implying a bunch of 16 year olds are capable of replicating satire en mass
Poe's Law.
It started out as satire but inadvertently ended up attracting actual racists and edgy teens.
>>677712922
It used to be. /b/ has become /pol/'s bitch in the last few years though.
>>677713207
>>677712922
>>677691601
Looks more like a pedestal fan
>>677689649
kys
>>677712689
I don't think we're so different. I don't have real isolation and I think that would be important, but on the other hand I've let literally all of my friendships crumble because I don't want them see what a shit-stain I've become, so I get it.
