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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: tp4tissue on Tue, 03 December 2024, 22:41:29
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Nothing in Tp4's life makes sense.
It's implausible that a person with this many opportunities chooses to deliberately desire and achieve nothing.
He has every possibility to make friends, yet he un-waveringly chooses solitude. But as discussed in the previous sentence, Tp4 has no resolve to "want" anything at all, neither money nor experience. The entirety of Tp4's persona is characterized by an anxious stare into a PC screen, watching the events of the world pass him by. In relative terms, yes Tp4 is aware he's objectively quite "lucky." There are much harsher lives.
At every point Tp4 demands an OUT, ARCH, Escape, there is some new TV show or world catastrophe which arrives just in time to keep Tp4 distracted and lulls Tp4 into an un-resolving, lengthy thought, landing onto yet another repetitive stage of circularity.
If karmic reincarnate systems do exist, Tp4 must've been a terrible criminal of some sort to deserve this systematic blandness.
Tp4 certainly hopes the universe wants something, because he's completely lost and alone among 8 billion humans/ probable NPCs.
No, Tp4 has not the desire for self-termination, he is intellectually confident such act would not resolve this limbo.
What the heck is Tp4 here to do, he can not save mankind hell bent on destroying itself.
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Ah, an existential crisis! Never understood why people have those.
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In my opinion it is important to have interests that are outside of your "basic" functions in order to expand your mind.
People who enjoy their work are generally more content, but that may not be possible for everyone - many jobs just plain suck.
Speaking for myself, I find the "Arts and Sciences" to be endlessly fascinating and listening to complex music and reading serious books are essential daily activities. I also usually watch an hour or 2 of TV, sometimes mindless and sometimes serious. I usually prepare my evening meal and that gives me some minor satisfaction.
Then there are things that occur randomly. Tomorrow I am going on a hike in the woods with a couple of friends. I have 2 beehives that require maintenance but I can go weeks without touching them. I do some occasional amount of woodworking, and some "craft" projects like screen printing. In the warm seasons I keep a moderate garden, and my yard does require some maintenance (ugh).
So this all falls in the "personal fulfillment" category and I am generally a happy and positive person. But, in the grand scheme of things, am I contributing to the advancement of the human race? Probably minimal.
Lastly, I derive no pleasure from complaining and accusing, so I avoid them if possible. But as I have watched the world become a more ugly and hateful (and, let's be honest, more stupid) place over the course of my lifetime, it is ever harder to maintain a positive outlook.