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How to deal with living in a world with no future without being high 24/7? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Been high nonstop for years. I realize it's bad for my health. But at least being high feels good.

My future is on a planet becoming increasingly unhabitable, under a government becoming increasingly fascist, doing nothing but working and still not being able to afford rent or food, never traveling, never making real friends much less finding a life partner, water quickly becoming a luxury, and with zero chance of ever retiring.

So why even bother?

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[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 17 points 5 months ago

Get mad. Slowly diying while depressed and high is what they want you to do. They set up the system for you to suffer like this. It gives them power and money and they don't give two shits about you.

Maybe you can't win. But you can at least be a massive thorn in their side before you go. If you can't take them down, setup others to take them down. Maybe not this generation, but the next.

Don't forget to enjoy your life when you can. Without pain, there is no joy.

Who is "they"? You have to find out for yourself. Start by trying to figure out who is benefiting from your suffering. Keep asking questions. Try to make sense of the world. You're doing good so far.