/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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You hangin' in there, /jp/?

[Anonymous No.]

Not yet.

But getting closer every day.

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>>37373765
no

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can't take it easy on /jp/ anymore.

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If I still haven't done it yet, maybe I never will. I don't know what else life can bring.

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virtual mod won't break my fighting spirit

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I got a talk with my social worker on thursday, I'm afraid she'll make me apply for jobs again.

I don't want to work. I want to take it easy.

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>>37373765
no

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>>37373765
Yes.

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>>37374991
I know how you feel. I've been in that situation for years.

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I just want to disappear.

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not even justice, i want to get truth

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>>37377404
10/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK8uWBp5L44

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>>37373765
Barely.

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>>37374991
>>37375708
Don't fall victim to that scam. I wish you the best

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>>37373765
>You hangin' in there, /jp/?
I want to date a woman that has Borderline Personality Disorder.

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>>37373765
Not really.

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>>37373765
pretty pissed off to be honest, the best general on here got deleted yesterday, I feel there is no point anymore

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>>37374482
>>37374630
>>37383545
don't do it!

there is so much, and we care about you here on /jp/
we need you here

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>>37389488
Which one?

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I cant even take it easy on /jp/ anymore thanks to the new "friends" we have here. I could handle the new generation of brony lookalikes but they're so clearly malicious for the sake of malice its unreal, and the faggot jannies arent doing shit about the bumbers either
I cant even tell how /jp/ oldfags deal with it
Thankfully i have some other niche boards, im kinda looking forward to christmas there

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>>37392879
I bet the oldfags moved on to Discord lmao

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>>37393521
you are correct

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>>37392879
It feels like our moderation just actively try to screw us over at every opportunity. Funny when the users are basically the last thing trying to hold together the last vestiges of /jp/ culture and not the people who are supposed to be actually managing it. It's like they want to see this place burn.

I've been here so long I can't really go anywhere else though. It's just a daily ritual by now.

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Any tips for finding motivation for hobbies? These days I just do passive activities like watching videos and browsing this god forsaken website. Maybe my dopamine receptors are fried.
>>37394772
As shit as /jp/ is, you can still find genuine discussion here from time to time. It hasn't completely been taken over by the ironic culture plague.

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>>37395358
>you can still find genuine discussion here from time to time
genuine discussion gets deleted, all you can have is meta threads. it's so fucking over, it's not even worth it to shitpost anymore, much less post normally

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>Master's degree and fulfilling stress free job
>High level of fitness
>Active social passionate hobby (not weeb shit)
>Regular social interaction with friends and new people
>Depressed and suicidal
Idk what I'm doing wrong. I'm following literally every advice I've been given and I still just feel like there's no point to this. Also women find me disgusting.

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>>37389508
I said I doubt I'm doing it.
>>37396115
>Also women find me disgusting.
I'm no expert, but I have a feeling this could be a factor.

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>>37396329
Indeed but whenever I point this out to friends, strangers, or professionals they tell me it's just a confidence thing. Unfortunately acting confident doesn't seem to make me more attractive, somehow it seems to make me even more repulsive

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>>37396355
My theory is that women can naturally smell the /jp/sie in your soul and are naturally repelled by it.

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>>37396115
What kind of job is it anon? Also if you truly have passion and fulfillment then depression and suicidal ideation should be passing feelings that come and go. I think about dying constantly but the way I see it I still have business being on earth.

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>>37396355
Is it on a physical or mental level? If physical and you say you're fit, and since you're socially active you probably know to take care of hygiene, I don't think there's much that can be done if you're just ugly. Mental problems might be workable, but again if you're sociable, I have no idea what to tell you.

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>>37395695
If by deleted you mean overtaken by the usual shit threads and pseudo generals then sure. Funny how niche threads can't survive on the "otaku culture" board due to lack of interest.
>>37396115
Depression can be genetic. Does it run through your family?
Also at least use "weeaboo" if you're gonna throw that useless term around on /jp/ of all places. Have some standards man.

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>>37396378
It only takes less than a second for a w*man to get a first impression of you just by looking

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>>37396395
Simulation consultant. Currently working from home 100% and I seem to get my shit done in about 6h/day.
I genuinely love my hobby but I cannot help but feel it's a pointless endeavor. I guess I might have gone overboard with calling the job totally fulfilling. It has shit moments like every job. But it has decent amounts of satisfying challenge and on some level it helps actual people. But it still feels like it doesn't really matter much.
>>37396410
Physical, I guess? I'm downright hideous because I have a facial deformity.
>>37396428
Can't really say because I'm not close with my family. Sister seems to be living her best life though.

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>>37396444
>I'm downright hideous because I have a facial deformity.
If it's genuinely that bad, unironically consider plastic surgery.

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>>37396442
Ironic how they think men are the shallow ones. They love to believe their own lies, it falsely empowers them.

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>>37396444
If you really do have a facial deformity then I'm sorry, anon. I hope that life goes well for you

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>>37396444
I'm interested in how that job can be stress-free like you said. What kind of hobby do you have? It probably shouldn't feel pointless to you. If you've been given a lonely life then you can take advantage of that to build something that has meaning.
Have you tried finding girls as ugly as you?

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>>37396472
Thanks but I'm kinda feeling worse every year that goes by. Was kinda hoping getting my shit together and reaching "milestones" would change things. Like graduating, getting that cool job, getting that apartment, etc. But no I just feel worse every year that goes by.

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>>37396428
>If by deleted you mean overtaken by the usual shit threads and pseudo generals then sure
>>37393767 was a legitimate discussion and it was deleted for no discernible reason.

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>>37396513
>>>37393767 was a legitimate discussion and it was deleted for no discernible reason.
you made an /int/ thread on /jp/. It invites nothing but shitflinging and dogpiling on one country out of an unhealthy obsession.

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>>37396545
what about vtumors creating /vt/ threads on /jp/?

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>>37396494
>how that job can be stress-free like you said
All relative I guess. The employer is chill and I have a weird sense of confidence in that while I'm never exceptional at anything I have also always never been the worst. If I can't do it, then I can't do it. I ask a more experienced coworker for help and we try to solve it. If I'm not meeting deadlines then the deadline was underestimated, and whether the deadline gets moved or I get additional help is the manager and client's choice. It's not like I completely sleep all day but I do my stuff and then stop at the end of the day.
>What kind of hobby do you have?
Climbing. Did "powerlifting" for quite a few years but never got big or strong. Tried climbing on a whim and holy shit so this is what passion actually feels like. Suits me perfectly physically and mentally. Met a lot of people through the sport and I regularly do outdoor trips with new and familiar people. I'm honestly mad I found the sport so late in life because I feel like if I had actually picked this up as a youth I would have committed to going pro.
>If you've been given a lonely life then you can take advantage of that to build something that has meaning.
I don't actually know what this means
>Have you tried finding girls as ugly as you?
Sorta? Haven't really had much luck finding any? Haven't exactly gone hunting for ugly women specifically, I admit. But I feel as if they're not exactly the easiest to find since they don't go out as much and personally I don't see many of them on online dating platforms.

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"confidence" is a scam, it's the "just b urself" model of thinking you can magically start unsucking overnight with this one neat trick

for most people who suck, whether socially or job-wise or anything else, have a huge interlocking network of problems that's extremely hard to fix because there's so many facets to it, and it's not even clear to the person all the ways in which they are deficient. most people don't have anyone who will point it out to them and it's very hard to figure out yourself.

(for example, someone told me thirty years into my life that i sound like an autistic whining buzzsaw whenever i'm talking about literally anything and before i had just assumed i sounded retarded in recordings because that's how recordings work, and that's apparently just one of like seventeen problems i had.)

t. person who sucks

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>>37396545
I didn't make that thread though. I suppose it might've been better suited to /int/, but I don't think that it was entirely out of place here and the content of the thread certainly wasn't just "shitflinging and dogpiling on one country".

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>>37396593
it's a politics thread that always inevitably degenerates into immigration and culture war discussion which has been had a million times on a million boards and is never actually about japan.

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>>37396558
They don't belong here.
Those threads are made out of spite. What more do you want me to say that I haven't said already.
It took you faggots 11 months to understand my words when you don't even remember them.

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>>37396571
Confidence is only part of it. It's helpful if you're at least average, but it just makes you look like a clown when you're undesirable and act like you're hot shit. You have to improve yourself sufficiently to actually have some pride, then and only then confidence helps.
It's true that it's getting to the point of "just bee yours elf" (which works better worded negatively) that just gets dropped as a silver bullet with no context.

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>>37396567
I just meant that more time alone = more time to work on accomplishing something with meaning to you. I sort of understand your love of climbing because I love mountains and steep rock scrambles. You called it an almost pointless endeavor though, so maybe you want something more out of life?
And about finding "ugly" women I feel the same way, you'd think it'd be a blessing that all the women around you are hot but that means I don't feel like dealing with them since they think their looks are worth the world. Wish there were more below average girls out there, then I'd bother trying.

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>>37396567
>I don't actually know what this means
Not that anon, but I know where he's coming from. The loner life gives you more free time to pursue a creative hobby like drawing or making music. You put effort into practicing and end up with a meaningful product for yourself and/or others. That is if you're interested in doing that sort of thing.

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Well, I'm alive. I guess that's something.

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>>37396672
I feel like this lack of having something that feels meaningful to me is a core part of the problem

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>>37396676
That is precisely what I meant by that. I actually actively isolate myself in pursuit of art at this point because I'd rather leave some cool shit behind before I die than go out and struggle to get laid or something. My mental health is deteriorating and sexually I become more desperate as time goes on but I'm tempted to say I'll become a good artist even if it kills me. I've reached the point where I keep considering trying to fuck this old lady I know that lives alone (with her consent of course)

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>>37396733
I could go off complaining about having no artistic talent, or being too old to start, but I think the premier problem is that I'm not an artistic person fundamentally. It just doesn't inspire me.

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>>37396733
Stick with it my man. I've also been learning how to draw on and off for years, but my issue has to do with attention problems and perfectionism, an absolute motivation killer combo. I want to get these ideas onto paper before I die and maybe give people something nice to look at in the process.
>I've reached the point where I keep considering trying to fuck this old lady I know that lives alone (with her consent of course)
Can't relate there though, good luck anyway.

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>>37396783
It doesn't have to be literal art like painting or sculpting. You could take up carpentry as a hobby or making other practical stuff.

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>>37396115
You're what's called a failed normalfag.
So close yet so far.

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>>37396783
It doesn't have to be art. Also you're probably not too old to start something if you have the drive unless you're like 70.
Talent's a myth too, it's more about perseverance and really knowing what you want.
I mean climbing could be totally fulfilling to some too. Or maybe you really do just want to be with a woman, you'd have to search harder for one then I guess.
>>37396817
Interesting, I also have moderate attention problems and am a perfectionist, but I badly want to succeed and I think about it constantly. The more I fuck up the more it motivates me to learn. I struggle to finish things for fun though. I find a hole in my knowledge and go off on long study tangents. Hopefully this naturally takes me to a good skill level. I often wonder if others have suffered this much while learning art. When things go right I get a massive sense of euphoria.

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>>37396862
Everybody fails, but if they give up because of it then they're guaranteed to never succeed.

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Jesus Christ this thread is like trap night at the motivational speaker farm.

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>>37396887
I love climbing and it's the only thing I really want to do. It's just that it feels like effectively masturbation. I like doing it but it doesn't matter.
I started too old to become a great climber. And the time I can actually put into it so short. I'm already approaching 30 and my peak potential is probably degrading already. In not too many years I will probably not be able to continue either way, and it will feel like I invested all that time into nothing.

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>>37396910
Doesn't matter as long as it helps

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>>37396923
Helps what? Take your fucking hugs r us hotline back to fucking homovanland.

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>>37396115
What are you even doing in /jp/? Go cry about your not-quite-perfect life somewhere else.
Why are you normalfags always such ingrates?

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Yeah. I'm relearning how to read books. I need to reignite the spark of learning again.

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>>37396920
30's not that old actually. I'm not sure if it's too old to become a professional athlete for that specific sport though. I thought maybe you savored the experience and the adventure could have meaning to you.
I've had a lot of really happy moments by myself out in nature and at a certain point I got accustomed to them and thought it was pointless self gratification if I couldn't show someone else that same joy. So maybe it's kinda like that. I wanna make a difference in the world somehow even if it's a tiny one.

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>>37396934
Fuck you leatherman.

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>>37396934
Just sharing stuff that was practical to me

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>>37396959
>What are you even doing in /jp/?
Browsing too much touhou threads mostly

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>>37397015
I apologize. I just really want a cigarette despite wearing a goddamn patch.

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>>37396887
>The more I fuck up the more it motivates me to learn
Opposite for me. I started off on the wrong path for drawing and stayed there until a year ago. Made me apprehensive of failing and now picking up a pencil is harder than it should be.

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>>37373765
pls rember that time you were aware of Bitcoin in 2009 and didn't buy even a single one

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>>37397055
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9jC0TP-Yug

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Life does not get better. That is only a cope used to prevent others from committing suicide.

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I shift between periods of blind happiness at what entertains me or doubt & anxiety.
I do not have any particular desire to do anything productive yet need to do so to survive.
Maybe someday i'll figure things out.

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>>37397055
The time like that didn't existed

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>>37397055
I'm mostly pissed I can't get a GPU now.

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>>37397023
Understandable. I quit years ago and I still want one.
>>37397024
I get pretty mad at myself for failing sometimes too, even though I know it's a very necessary part of learning.

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Life is horrible but anime is good

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>>37397055
No one with a brain would have. It's the same thing as people 20 years ago lamenting not buying Apple stock when they were going bankrupt. Sometimes you get lucky on bad decisions.

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>>37397087
Suicide's usually a waste though. Do something epic if you've got nothing to lose.

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>>37397145
>anime is good
I wish

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>>37397055
even if i did buy it back then i probably would have cashed out when it hit like 20 bucks

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>>37397055
even worse, i bought 1 right before it took off like 5 years ago
every day i ask myself why i didnt go all in
now i just have to sit here and wait and unironically pray the the "le bitcoin to $1M" comes true sometime before I die

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>>37396920
Nowadays, people consider 40s young so you still have time

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>>37397243
It'll be good again once the Isekai trend finally stops.

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>>37373765
For now yes, i don't know how much longer i can keep going but for now yes. Everything sucks ass, once again i have problems even getting myself out of bed for whatever reason, there are times i consider lying down and wasting away but i can't do that to my brother, hes basically the one person who ever actually gave a shit and i can't leave him here to deal with my irresponsibility. i also need to live specifically because of how many people hate me i need to outlive them entirely out of spite out of the promise i made to myself, but fuck it's hard.

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>>37397892
Everything else is shit too though.

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>>37397173
I seriously don't get people who quietly kill themselves. If I ever got to the point where I didn't want to live anymore I'd at least try to go out with a bang,

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>>37397968
I mean a lot of people who kill themselves are simply exhausted, or in too much pain to give a shit anymore. Still though, think of all the things you could accomplish by sacrificing your life. Two birds with one stone.
Just don't harm any good people.

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>>37397948
Maybe but the Isekai wave sure as fuck isn't helping.

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>>37396115
Maybe it's just how shitty the world or internet is. No matter how much I improve myself there's still nothing I could do to feasibly change things to what they used to be.

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>>37373765
Not really. I'm just here, coasting through life

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>>37397055
I mined them for a few weeks when bitcoin was brand new and totally worthless and figured it was a stupid waste of electricity and stopped. I found my old wallet file and recovered it a few years ago only to realize I had long since thrown out the key I had written down.
>>37397552
I would have cashed them out at a few bucks for game money no doubt which is why I don't feel too bad.
>>37397173
>>37397968
people who are so depressed they want to die don't have the will to turn into the punisher they don't even have the will to get out of bed or to eat

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>>37397968
Since they'll already be dead they don't care what happens after they die. That's what I thought anyway.

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>>37398059
>Just don't harm any good people
>good people
No such thing.

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I'm doing OK. I make close to 6 figures, working from home in a rural area. But I feel like my life is... over. I've felt like that for a long time, actually. I'm a coward; unlike other /jp/sies, I actually have no excuse for not graduating to normalfag status, I've known multiple women that told me they were into me, but I turned them down, because I thought I was too weird and it would never work. I could have been right, but still, I should have at least tried. I can't believe it took me so many years of me telling me I didn't care about what other people thought, only to realize I was scared of other people getting close to me because I didn't want to get hurt, emotionally. It's an excuse. I think I genuinely am brushing off and not caring about what others think of me, but at least part of the reason for that is because I fear rejection. It's not just women, but any potential friends.

It's amazing how being different can turn into a vicious cycle of isolation, and in my case, career success. Some of my family members are even jealous of me.

Despite all that whining, honestly for a /jp/sie I turned out OK.

>>37398494
There are good people, but they are hiding and rare.

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>>37396625
I dont understand why mods dont move those threads to /vt/
If a pokemon thread were to get made on /v/ it would get moved to /vp/
There might be exceptions here and there but full blown generals should stay in the boards they belong.

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This thread made me wonder what /jp/sies are like these days, so I made a poll
https://strawpoll.com/38udffp1y

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>>37399313
Choose all that describe you
Choose one answer

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>>37399313
>>37399332
Disregard that link. I forgot to turn multiple choices on.
https://strawpoll.com/qh2b1uees

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>>37374506
Why not? And cute pic, source?

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>>37395358
>Any tips for finding motivation for hobbies?
Best to stop worrying about it, if it doesn't come naturally then it starts to feel like a chore
You need to take it easy first. If you have the opportunity and find yourself bored, leave the pc and go to a different room (or just turn the screen off) to enjoy some tea and get away from It All (TM).
I also like to watch japanese tv that's streamed online, and not switch channels unless it really sucks. Sounds counter productive to what i said earlier, but the main problem with the internet is how you feel the need to constantly search for something better, you're under constant subconscious strain by doing non stop quality inspection and thinking about other shit

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>>37396378
>>37396442
I remember reading somewhere that women are 3x better at reading body language than men. Somewhat relevant: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111255/

They all have a knack for sniffing out men that are..."off", and when they do they can be ruthless. I've been on both sides...

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>>37396974
Man, I LIVE for the outdoors. Shit, I even go out in the woods in the middle of the night because the adrenaline rush is so addicting. Yes it's retarded/dangerous but I feel ALIVE. I live in backwoods that doesn't have any dangerous apex predators aside(well, not including real nia-shit like serial killers) from moderately-dangerous snakes like copperheads at worst.

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>>37399888
>the main problem with the internet is how you feel the need to constantly search for something better
Internet addiction is no joke. Sometimes I find myself refreshing the same few threads out of boredom. Or jumping from video to video even if I'm in the middle of something else. Maybe I should set up a site blocker so I can spend more time on meaningful things.

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>>37397892
Isekai hate is a massive meme
>most laid back non pretentious stories
>usually themed around the author's hobby to an autistic level
>cute girls
I'd argue isekai is one of the few modern vestiges of pure lightcore otaku culture. Dont fall for the pretentious gays who think theyre drinking quality wine while watching anime, learn to enjoy yourself

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>>37397943
Be syrong anon. Remember to spit on others who spat on you, don't let them win.

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i work at fast food and it doesn't mix well with high school, thinking of finally firing myself because i'll have to work 5 days in a row again after ONE day off while managing to study. also thinking about becoming a local english tutor

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>>37400090
was biking outside in dark woods yesterday evening and today in early morning, it felt really nice

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>>37398494
Some people bring happiness and health to others, killing them is robbing what little joy there is in the world and is more than selfish. Just because you don't want to live doesn't mean that there isn't any reason to.

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>>37399209
I've been banned by them for asking the same questions. Mods have always hated /jp/ since it's conception.

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>>37373765
>no family
>no friends
>dead end job
>slowly losing interest in hobbies

I don't blame anyone who takes this route, doing this thing for years just sucks the life out of you

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>>37396558
Idols are otaku culture.

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>>37398494
That's the kind of mentality that makes the cycle continue.

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>>37400879
eat shite out of my arse retard

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>>37400879
Makes sense.

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>>37400315
not only is the board flooded by normalfags but children as well
sad

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>>37398059
>>37398407
>>37398455
I guess I don't get it because I've never felt like killing myself, but I figured that anyone who feels like they have nothing left to live for would at least have enough spite or someone or something that they felt ruined their life or what have you to attempt to do something about it, no matter the cost.

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>>37399334
Only one NEET so far? I guess employed/student introverts are just more miserable.

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I have the same best friend since I was seven, and our relationship is almost as strong as it was back then in the more carefree years. I say "almost" because now that we're approaching our late twenties, I feel like it's only a matter of time before he marries and has kids. And while I know that I will be able to be happy for him, I wonder if that means my purpose would be done, and that it would be okay for me to... quietly disappear? I do have other hobbies like writing and jogging but those are glorified passtimes at best, just a motive to avoid drinking away the part of the day that I cannot sleep away(tm).

It's really hard to avoid thinking that people would be so much better without you. Just living is so goddamn exhausting, and like some other anons pointed out, I don't think it's going to get any better... yet hope refuses to die.

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>>37403824
To be fair, I've been a full-on NEET for almost eight years now, so that should balance things out!

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>>37403824
Maybe all the other NEETs have left. The last of his kind, what a sad, yet majestic creature.
>>37403935
>would be okay for me to... quietly disappear?
Even if he were to get married and that resulted in you not being able to be as close with him anymore, if you ever just killed yourself he would be wracked with grief and would forever wonder if it was his fault and that if he had just been there for you more you'd still be around.

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>>37403824
Well, I just put mine in. I'm a NEET, I just really don't want to go back to work. Every time I have a job, it just ends in disaster and I end up disliking human interaction even more. I'd be a hikki if I didn't enjoy going out, but I've walked almost everywhere within a 10 mile radius of where I live, so it's really boring.

[Anonymous No.]

You don't have to become a normalfag to become happy

Here's what I did:
1. Get /fit/
2. Remember that LESS is MORE. Money and consumerism will never make you permanent happy
3. Don't give a shit what others think about you. Life is too short for that.
4. Be happy with who you are.

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>>37404310
You sound like a woman

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>>37404423
you sound your urethra with electrified spoon

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>>37404423
How

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>>37404310
Someone that's happy sounds like a woman to you, I'm sure there's a joke to be made here.

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>>37404744
Meant for
>>37404423

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>>37397055
I learned my lesson and bought ETH

[Anonymous No.]

All thanks to G-d.

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>>37397107
im sorry gta OP sama......

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>>37404821
Good ol' Mr. G-d.

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>>37400879
I'm totally fine with idols but vtubers are just retarded e-celeb gamers

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>>37404423
You sound like you're in denial

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>>37396464

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kinda feel like an absolute outcast who doesn't fit anywhere, including the internet

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>>37406592
same
the internets become to oversocialized just like irl
even different platforms or protocols can't save it, whether it be a small imageboard or someones emailing list, it's all the same people
afraid of being genuine and lacking humbleness, they make it all about themselves and their "social" issues
all i wanted to do was talk about dojin games...

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>>37374630
>>37374506
>>37374482
Metaverse is right around the corner
Augmented reality is getting better
You get to live in your anime world just in a couple of years mate

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>>37377404
Based and anime and /x/ pilled

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>>37389508
I love that you responded >>37383545 like that.
Yes anon, don’t put your dick in crazy

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>>37393521
The old fags became tranny and roll out?!

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>>37407409
>Metaverse
Pretentious, corporate, sterile ripoff of Second Life/VRChat is not for me.
>You get to live in your anime world just in a couple of years mate
I won't be able to afford a VR-capable GPU if this keeps up and there's no way I'm putting up with the streaming/rental bullshit.

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>>37395358
>Maybe my dopamine receptors are fried.
You are correct to assume that
You need a dopamine detox

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>>37396115
You either have legitimate chemical imbalance or your dopamine receptors are fried
Or maybe you are just like me.
I get depression whenever I achieve something (get a promotion, draw something really good, a girl GENUINELY likes me, etc)
Heck, I even get bored whenever I am close to finish a game.
Example:
>wk totol war, defeating my main enemy, the rest of the world is ripe to take over. Stop playing the next day
>ck2: my main rival is defeated, my empire is unchallenged. Stop the next day etc

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>>37396862
Anon he is clearly made it in term of money and physical body.
That’s not a “failure”
He is not depressed because he is a Burger King wage cuck with a useless degree. It’s something else

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>>37407461
I though dopamine detox was pseudoscience? If it helps at all I'm willing to try.

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>>37396502
I think you are feeling depressed and your goals and hobbies as pointless because at the end of the day, they are not fulfilling your final objective, getting a girl.
You are akin to a bird constantly keep making elaborate nests and keep improving then, in the hopes of a bird to settle in with you, but year after year, no one does
Ofcourse making better looking nests not gonna cut it, and becomes pointless.
Same with your goals and hobbies.

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Kinda bad. I spent the past two years on my Japanese, thinking "maybe where I live is the problem, maybe I'd be happy in Japan". So I kept practicing the language every day. I started using their websites. And I realized they're the same as us. Yeah people are polite in public, and anime is mainstream, but they're disappointingly the same when you get down to it.

I feel stupid for hoping it would be different, but I only did it because my life sucked to begin with. Japan was sort of a "last hope" for me. I won't go into too much detail, but my brain is kinda screwed up so that I can't enjoy stuff or feel emotions anymore, and I can't really smell or remember things and stuff like that. When you have a problem like this, no place on earth is an escape. I guess all you can do is be patient and stay hopeful.

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>>37396733
>(with her consent of course)
Oh good you said , I thought you are Chris for a second

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>>37407409
>Metaverse is right around the corner
It's just VRchat but cleaned up for normalfags so it's literally nothing new.

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>>37400879
>Idols are otaku culture.
This is correct. However I've enter each of these vtuber general on a couple occasions and found that the amount of times the discussion in those threads are about which streamer is playing whatever game far out number any sort of idol activity talk.

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>>37407530
Yes, that's what I'm saying. He has a fulfilling life by most standards yet he still feels the need to cry and whine about it on /jp/ so he's failed as a normalfag.

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>>37397055
Oh that’s alright
You probably were unaware of it
I was actually aware of cryptos importantance in 2019 and read MANY old posts about btc and eth and how people didn’t buy early and sold too early
I thought I never make the same mistake
But you know what? I did
I bought 10 million doge in 2019 and sold it early of 2020
Bought 70 eth in 2019 and sold it in Jan of 2020
I would have been a millionaire by now, but I sold too early, even though I told myself to never make the same mistake that those people made back in 2010
So don’t worry about it bro

[Anonymous No.]

>>37406262
Obviously if someone lets themself look like total shit they lack self-respect, but I think being super vain is just as bad.

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>>37407149
It all seems like insecurity to me

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>>37407611
I feel like it depends really. Visiting there, there are certain aspects I like much more than where I live, but it'd likely suck if you had to work to survive there. Humans aren't really different no matter the place though, so I suppose in that sense it'd be disappointing if you were mainly troubled by interacting with others.

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>>37397055
damn

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>>37407611
I didn't even have to learn Japanese to realize this. Still though, it's a cool place and a cool language to communicate in.
And I don't think you need to escape anon, you need to build on what you have where you are.

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>>37397892
Hahahahahhahahahaha
Good luck
Iskei is here to stay, Becuase depression is all high
As soon as functional AR and metaverse hits, it will get exponentially worse
People wanted to iskei into avatar world because it was “le 3D”, I doubt they want less of it now that that they quality looks better and better by each passing day

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>>37403824
You got 5 hikki to balance it out though

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>>37399334
Hi to the other few anons happy with life.

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>>37407457
Who said it’s going to be only related to corporations?
Web 3.0 is about decentralization of the internet, so it means MORE niche related shit with less censorship
Don’t you like to visit Gensokyo?
I think it will become an affordable sort of subscription service that allows you to live in your favorite “world” for a fee
Just imagine you get to do quests with your /jp/ friends in an anime world
>>37407624
Not just that
The augmented reality would make the world sorta like this
Ofcourse it’s just a video but it’s not really far fetched
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs

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>>37407561
Not really a pseudoscience
A lot of rich tech dudes do this because their brain is fried too
Dopamine not only rewards your for doing “important” things but also strengthen the neuron cell connections to that activity, hence you get withdrawal effect if you stay away from that activity
If you stay away long enough, the neuron cells connections get weakened and thus your addiction
all you need is to just stop those activities for a while and let your dopamine level adjust to a healthy level.

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>>37407679
You're definitely right. Personally, over time I've developed an idea that there's two different types of western otaku (or people interested in Japan basically). The first group just likes it for obvious reasons, for anime and giant robots and Godzilla and pocky, you know the rest. The people in the second group start out in the first, but they get this idea that Japan is some kinda special place beyond just producing cool shit, and start to think maybe their lives would be way better if they lived there. So a lot of these guys end up actually going there, and that's why you hear about how weird western expats are in Japan from other westerners who go there. It's guys who think Japan will give them something they lack in life, when it's really just as simple as it looks on the surface - you're closer to anime, and Godzilla, and giant robots - but not really much more than that. I don't want to pick on the second group, because it's a serious problem and it's actually really sad. I was just one of these people is all I'm saying, and it sucks to see anyone misdirect their efforts in life so badly.

>>37407704
>I didn't even have to learn Japanese to realize this
Yeah, knowing the language isn't necessary at all. Everyone starts out that way really. It's just possible to slowly delude yourself into believing the opposite, because you really want it to be true. If your happiness depends on believing a certain idea, there are ways to fool yourself into confirming that even when it's clearly nonsense to everyone else.

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>>37407611
> I thought Japan would be different
>they are just like us
Anon half of anime is about shitty people doing shitty things to others just Because they can
Pro tip: next time just look back at their history, if they ever had any type of war, they are just like the rest of humanity

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>>37407829
>Web 3.0 is about decentralization of the internet, so it means MORE niche related shit with less censorship
lolno, we're literally heading into the opposite direction.

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>>37407829
>Who said it’s going to be only related to corporations?
>Web 3.0 is about decentralization of the internet, so it means MORE niche related shit with less censorship
If you think project backed by Facebook is going to result in less censorship and more freedom, then boy do I have a bridge to sell you.

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>>37407879
Metaverse is backed by Facebook
But web3.0 is not going to be a all under control of corporations
It will be under control of users backed by cryptos
>>37407873
We might, if people really want that

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>>37407879
Oh something interesting btw, Jews call “bad” goys, goblins

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>>37373765
I wonder why the mods don’t autosage threads that have been dead for a while now.

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>>37407847
Personally, I don't even know what I'd do. It's so fucking boring. There's literally nothing to do here. I'd end up staring at a ceiling for a week straight because that's how little there is to do here.

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>>37403824
I'm glad no one voted for extrovert. Of course they exist, but those willing to point it out are insufferable.

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>>37397055
I lost bitcoin, I ignored ethereum, I lost binance and solana, all of this in the last 10 years that I worked and lent my energy, but now I have my sabbatical year and I'm working to find that next X1000 or even X10000
>>37399334
>>37403824
>Clinically Autistic
>Neurotypical
Why didn't you put more options? I'm not clinically autistic but definitely I know my head works differently

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>>37404585
Not that anon but it's the same shit pep talks those highly privileged women give on Ted Talk or whatever shitty "advice" they give depressed or discouraged people. They are so full of themselves and pretentious on their high horse they think they can change people's point of view with vague general worthless platitudes like "Be yourself" and "Be happy with who you are" and "Don't care what others think". If you're a woman that mindset would fit perfectly. It's not genuine. Kindly fuck off and go back to Instagram, failed normalfag.

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>>37374991
>>37375708
>>37377592
Are you really happy being literal parasites? I can't believe you guys are good for nothing...

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>>37396115
Become gay and see what happens. Maybe you just need somebody who understands you for who you are.

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>>37408695
I don't blame them. It's either be a parasite to society, or let society feed on you instead.

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>>37373765
Every year my life seems to spiral out of control more and more, even though I keep on thinking it cant get worse. This is the only place I feel at home. Every time I think I've found a way out of the cycle, it falls apart; either because of my own incompetence, or because of it never being meant to be

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>>37408053
You aren't the only one. We get in a cycle and build a reliance on these habits, to the point where we have nothing better to do if we actually cut off the habits. Even if you find a different hobby - like for me, the hobby I want to invest more time into is reading literature, and maybe philosophy or learning about economics - you'll still be grasping for social connections. Unless we can somehow get that social interaction fill from elsewhere we might never escape this sight. Of course, after being on this sight so long and thriving in the paragraphs of text and arguments, it's difficult to replace that with normalfag connections.

god damn

[Anonymous No.]

>>37409014
>sight
I meant site. Goddamnit, I'm not even thinking about what I'm doing

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>>37373765
I am not going anywhere and it bothers me. I'm weak-willed and unable to make real choices, running out from any kind of responsibility. Despite being quite young, I don't think there's anything I want to do in life, I don't have the goals to pursue. I feel like a masterless slave, just lost and bored, so underutilized. Pleasures are fleeting, hard work unrewarding. At each stage of my life I had friends, but where are they now? All my relationships with people disappear quickly and they never try to reach to me nor they seem to care about our friendship. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy the ride, it's just I don't think I have anything or anyone to live for and I just don't really care about myself. People around me have those petty and grand dreams and ambitions and I just am.

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>>37408695
>literal parasites?
That describes a lot of jobs, really. Just because you've worked hard or even suffered for that paycheck doesn't mean society is better off now.

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>>37408053
What do you mean you don’t have anything to do?
Use a blocker on your pc, and turn your browser into “text only” (for a while) to avoid getting dopamine triggers by moving images, porn, image boards etc
Download some tutorial videos (code word: DOWNLOAD) and watch them ONLY with your internet turned off (don’t watch on YouTube, Becuase then you get to move around on YouTube and trigger dopamine release)
Download books and learn about whatever shit you want
The goal here is to gradually establish for your brain, to drive pleasure from THESE activities, instead of random videos and images on the internet
After a month or so, you can get back to old internet and YouTube, but make sure to not abuse it again.
Good luck

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>>37409997
I don't have anything I particularly want to learn. I suppose you could say I've always been fickle, even as a kid I picked up stuff, got bored and quickly moved onto something else. Without the internet I'd probably write a story, but I also hate my own writing so it'd never get done anyways.