Notices by veff :trash: (veff@poa.st), page 7

economists will talk about how bailouts are a moral hazard and then defend fiat and keynsian economics in the exact same breath like they're not the same thing

I couldn't shake the feeling that there was something wrong with this mindset I have, and I think I figured it out:

When I live like there's no tomorrow, that necessarily means I have nothing to live for tomorrow.

RT: https://poa.st/objects/b4a61aad-3e41-49bf-b10c-2d6fce3d23ed

I could definitely see myself overdosing on drugs in ten years. I should probably correct course but I don't have a sea chart.

I think that's the essential weakness of hedonism, and why true hedonists all kill themselves. Novelty is a really terrible reason to stay alive, but honestly it's kinda all I got right now.

Thanks to the total cultural isolation which Zoomers are submersed in, the primary way to make connections is to dig to a more fundamental level and find those things which are near universal. Base emotions and desires bubble up and start to be identified, and this becomes identity, because it's more "real" than bonding over media consumption. That's why people say they are "incels" or "bipolar" or "doomers" or "autistic" or "asexual" et cetera. These are the only universals which zoomers can point to and say "omg I've felt that! That's me!"

While this base identity has staying power, it is completely lacking in genuine character, so everybody ends up feeling shallow to oneself and others. The Zoomer didn't do anything to arrive there. There is no meaning or purpose derived from it. The more easily influenced can be handed prebaked "character" like religion or democracy, but peel away at the layers and you'll find that most are wearing someone else's character and LARPing. Generally, they are only donning those robes because they know not what else can make them feel whole. We need something to be complete.

Say what you will about LGBT bullshit culture and the societal harm it causes, I actually do think there is some merit in attempting to identify and articulate different forms of attraction beyond "normal" and "abnormal." At least they're trying, and it's why they recruit so many young people who struggle with self identity. There is no such avenue of support or discussion in the broader right wing and that's entirely to its detriment.

If the Internet were to disappear forever tomorrow, would social life and community become better or worse? What about years after the fact? Who would be most affected?

My life was significantly better before everyone got smartphones. I didn't want cyberspace to destroy meatspace, but eventually everyone else hooked up to it and there was nothing to be found except online. If that went away, eventually everyone would have to crawl out of their room and be human again. I miss humans.

I'm fine being single forever. The alternative seems to have one upside and a million downsides.

@themilkman I literally thought I was lucky or clever because I got hired twice during a job crisis but turns out that means jack shit when you're also fired twice just as fast

@themilkman its not me thinking I literally lost it all man.

@themilkman I avoided LITERALLY EVERY PITFALL. I didn't take out huge loans. I didn't get a useless degree. I haven't loafed around. I haven't burned bridges. I literally did everything right and I'm still fucked over for it.

@themilkman I'm upset because I thought I was better. I genuinely gaslit myself into thinking "hmmm other people have this problem because they're not willing to degrade themselves enough" and then I swam in shit for years only to end up at square one