I mean, honestly, looks like you’ve got it pretty easy, don't you? You claim you’ve got everything you want, you get along with the elders, you’ve got a solid circle of friends, you're killing it in school... Look, I'm saying this from the perspective of someone who's older than you and, frankly, has seen a hell of a lot more of how the world actually works.
It’s painfully obvious there’s zero friction in your life; everything just slides right into place. That’s the problem—you have absolutely no drive or motivation because you haven't had to fight for a single damn thing. Nothing is earned, nothing is hard. Maybe you should pick up a sport, and I don't mean some casual weekend hobby, but something competitive where you actually give a damn about winning? That might actually jumpstart your system, you know? Chasing a win is supposed to be fun and demanding, and it's exactly what you need to actually see who you are when things get intense and start building some actual backbone.
The vibe I get is that you’re living a double life—on the outside, you’re totally fine, but deep down, you’re just miserable. And let me tell you, that’s a bad way to live. Why bother being ashamed or running away from who you really are? You're basically setting yourself up to lose friends, because if they ever actually caught a glimpse of the real you, they might just walk away. Just something to chew on.
The second the CEO of that outfit ended up behind bars at the biggest federal penitentiary in the country, I knew things were about to get messy. Something is definitely going down behind the scenes. Isn't USPS basically a government entity? If that’s the case, then why on earth does Walmart charge like half the commission just to pay utility bills? And now we’ve got The New York Times Company throwing around claims about stuff being free, though who knows if that’s even true. I mean, if people actually catch on to that, how are they supposed to pull in any customers? Why would anyone bother paying for something when they don't have to?
Jacob Mitchell3 said:But depression isn't the cause; it is the consequence of becoming aware of that perceived void. Consequently, such a condition cannot be cured by psychiatrists or medication alone. It can only be resolved when an individual discovers their own purpose in life and work—a task for which no one else can provide the answer. It is a cornered, inescapable feeling, which explains why so many people desperately turn to faith. What else is left for them to do?
You're hitting the nail on the head with a lot of this. Every coin has two sides, right? Life itself and everything spinning around us is just fundamentally meaningless. I truly believe we all fall into that trap eventually, it's just part of growing up, maturing, and finally facing the music. A lot of these facts are just unchangeable reality. People call it disillusionment, but really it's just being slammed from the clouds down onto the hard pavement. If you've got even a shred of common sense left in your head, no one can help you but yourself. I can give you my own example from back when I lost my job; regardless of the fact that I had a little kid to worry about, it took a hell of a long time before I finally got back on my feet. You have to give yourself space to deal with reality, the self-pity, the grieving, and all those other nasty emotions; they need their time in the sun.
I figure everyone has this basic survival instinct buried inside them, you just have to flip the switch again after you've been stuck in that lethargy, giving up, and feeling like nothing matters. I found mine—and don't laugh at me—by blasting Metallica at full volume because my son egged me on. In my opinion, someone who sings like James Hetfield, with that much fire, that much life, and that much raw passion... it's enough to wake the dead. I really believe everyone finds their own way to rehab themselves and keep moving forward.
Who are we actually to decide who gets recognized? Look, half of the European Union still treats us like some disorganized tribe that can't make up its mind—one day it's a "yes" on a policy, the next day it's a total "no"... whatever the reason, whether it’s humanitarian, moral, or just plain right, we have to recognize the State of Palestine, just like everyone else eventually had to recognize us.
The average American doesn't have a clue who we are. They know we're tucked away on the continent of Europe, and they're probably scratching their heads wondering how we can be part of Europe while speaking such different languages. Didn't the rest of the world used to look at us and our neighbors like we were just some tribes in Africa? That really stung, honestly. So where does it give us the right to deny someone else's existence, especially when they've been there for thousands of years?
Steven Allen9 said:Back in 1990, nobody even knew what a stock was. Thieves and rebranded communists who had been rigging the system for generations just grabbed the reins of power. Do you have any idea what happens to a country when former party hacks who lived off everyone else for decades—scammers and grifters—suddenly take over, and a few naive honest folks follow along with them? They don't know anything besides how to steal. They really don't. And honestly, neither do we. The ones who actually know better either left or refuse to step into the mud with these scammers. America didn't deserve this, but A. Stračević made it pretty clear forty years after 1848 exactly who these people are and how they think.
Sorry, but America absolutely deserved this! Maybe it’s a mitigating factor that America was under someone else's boot back then (I wouldn't have put up with it) and things were messy at the start. But this "cluelessness" excuse hasn't held water for over two decades now. Couldn't the people who took power just copy the playbook from successful nations? There are plenty of them out there. And doesn't the public just keep voting for the exact same crowd over and over?
It's like taking a German Shepherd that's been trained to attack, unchaining it, and letting it loose. That's exactly what our lot is—twenty-one years of being off the leash and doing whatever they want, while they look us dead in the eye and lie about it. How can you say America didn't deserve this?
rowdygull90 said:I don't see why we should avoid it. It’s not like joining the Non-Aligned movement means walking away from NATO or the EU, nor does it mess with what everyone in this country is actually chasing: full European integration. Honestly, just showing up could be a net positive. There's no downside here.
Look, America already ships a massive amount of goods over to Western, capitalist nations anyway, so they don't even really need the Non-Aligned bunch!🙂
Joshua Gomez, I don't think you even need to see a psychiatrist, honestly. What you really need is to get your head down, find some decent work, and actually educate yourself. There are certain questions out there that nobody on this planet has an answer to, period. But then there are plenty of other questions where the answers definitely exist. You just have to put in the effort to hunt them down, because most of what we wonder about is just pure intellectual curiosity and that spiritual drive to reach for something higher, something better..... A lot of those answers are sitting right in front of you in your own Life experience, or even just by looking at what your parents and friends have gone through....
Look, I get it, you've probably got a million things on your plate and you're just trying to survive, right? Most people these days are so slammed they don't have time for anything except grinding away to pay the bills and feed their families, which is a damn shame. But I refuse to believe that's all there is to being human. We aren't just cogs in a machine built for labor and profit; we are intellectual and spiritual beings.
If you've got enough mental grit, just start thinking, start philosophizing, start digging, and you'll find the answers you're looking for.
I honestly can only say one thing: you guys are incredibly lucky if you actually got to experience something like that. It's gotta be something truly special.
It’s pretty obvious that anyone actually calling out the mess the people in charge are making around here is going to get shut down immediately. If he hadn't been lucky enough to be pulling strings as an advisor for certain folks, we wouldn't still be wandering around like lost sheep in a fog, running toward things we have no business being involved in. The people making all the big calls always seem to listen to these pseudo-intellectual outsiders instead of actual heavy hitters like Kulić.
I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason, which basically means nothing is just some random fluke. Another thing is that we usually can't wrap our heads around those reasons right away. If you actually bother to pay attention to your own life, everything starts to click and make sense. I've lived enough years now to look back at my own history and the path my kids have taken—for instance, looking at how things played out with our moves across the States—and honestly, everything that went down had its purpose.
Look, I don't buy into fate, karma, or what the stars are doing, but I do believe we end up with exactly what we expected or wanted, whether we realize it or not. Whether we actually deserve what we have (or what we're lacking) is really just an individual's struggle to deal with. At the end of the day, we're all constantly impacting one another.
The way our society was built from day one basically guarantees we’re headed for a total collapse. It isn't going to be some freak accident from space or some massive tectonic shift deep inside the Earth, either; it’s going to be caused by us humans ourselves. Everything we’ve built today is rooted in pure materialism, which just means everyone is constantly clawing at each other for cash and stuff, no matter what the cost. Nobody ever bothers to look the other way toward anything spiritual or intellectual...
It’s honestly pretty logical and easy to see that we’re eventually just going to wipe each other out using whatever weapons or methods we can find. There’s just an ever-growing gap between the people who have absolutely nothing and those who own everything. This obsession with material wealth has warped people so badly that they’ve completely forgotten there’s more to life than just hoarding things. They’ve lost sight of any other values worth actually standing up for. I guess I'm just bummed that I won't be around to see the whole thing go down.
rowdyharbor15 said:Torn between people I’ve been struggling with my self-confidence for a long time now mostly because people just aren't rational
A lot of them will call you out in one way or another, and then you've got those who are just impossible to please
Ratko Mercer, man, stop wasting your breath trying to please every single person around you. At the end of the day, we’re all just living for ourselves and our own happiness, as long as you aren't stepping on anyone else's toes. Personally, I just don't get those moms out there who won't let their kids go out and actually live their lives. And I really don't get that whole "sense of duty" toward a parent either, you know, that whole thing where you have to choose between your parents and your own marriage.
Someone tells you straight up that a parent has a responsibility and a duty to their child—that's just how it works before God and man. Now that you're a parent yourself, you've got that exact same obligation. Obviously, you're gonna help your folks if they need something, but you said you finally found some peace and happiness, right? So go be where that happiness actually is.
If you stay stuck in that old situation, you're just gonna end up hurting yourself, your wife, and your kid. Your parents will figure out pretty quickly that this is just how life works, and everything will settle down fine.
It turns out even when someone dies who actually helped build this whole damn country from the ground up, it doesn't mean a thing. All these protests are just noise, and honestly, everything feels pretty much pointless at this point. The people who should actually care about this loss are completely deaf and blind to it. Once again, they've proven that all they give a damn about is themselves.
You guys have gone ahead and listed a whole bunch of different reasons why we might see another war break out around here in the future. But honestly, you all totally overlooked one tiny little detail—a woman! What if it turns out a single woman is actually the one who triggers the whole war?
vividraven26 said:Even if Jaca isn't exactly crushing it when it comes to managing the shepherds, she’s actually got a point here. She just pointed out one single instance where people flat-out refuse to work, and honestly? If they just stripped away all those government handouts, you'd see people actually picking up a shovel in no time.
Look, honey, I’ve actually been in a spot where I had to rely on those social safety nets myself. Believe me, you can't do squat with them. If you're expecting some massive windfall of cash, forget about it. You get just enough to keep from starving. Health insurance? You've already got that covered the second you sign up for unemployment.
Either I missed something or nobody bothered to tell me, but I don't know anything about any other perks. Probably the people who didn't even need the help but grabbed it anyway just because it was the trendy thing to do.
And as for herding sheep? That sounds like a dream job to me. I tried it once back when I was just a kid. You spend the whole day out in the fresh air, you don't need some overpriced gym or those fancy little machines for mice, and all you hear is birds chirping and sheep bleating. Around noon, you just chill under a tree, milk the sheep, and whip up some stew. Throw a fire together, roast some potatoes, bacon... the works. If you're actually curious about things, you can bring books or even a laptop. Doesn't that sound amazing?
Honestly, the political climate here wouldn't be any better than what we’re dealing with back home in the States. It wouldn't take long at all before everyone’s true colors started showing and we saw exactly who was playing games and who was actually running the show.
Look, if Jesus actually existed, then his death was basically a total waste of time. Honestly, I don't even care about the historical proof or whether he was a real guy, what matters is sticking to what he taught back in the day, according to the stuff people wrote down ages ago.
I mean, seriously, what actually got better after he sacrificed himself? People are still killing each other in his name, and the world is still crawling with hypocrisy and all those other bottom-of-the-barrel human impulses. The worst part is that there are fewer and fewer people actually believing in Him. And hell is just ruling over us and surrounding us, way more intense and widespread than it ever was during his era.
I’m totally with you on the whole delivery thing because how you actually talk to someone matters so much, and honestly, if you just start throwing around those "you always do this" or "you never do that" type of statements, you aren't helping anyone, you're just making them dig their heels in even harder. Look, nobody out there has all the answers or a complete grasp on everything, but it feels like most people walk around acting like they’ve got it all figured out anyway. I mean, seriously, how am I supposed to actually grow as a person or level up in any other part of my life if everyone is too afraid to point out when I'm messing up or dropping the ball? I just don't get why people get so incredibly defensive and lose their minds whenever someone tries to give them a little bit of honest feedback.