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Most people are idealistic dreamers in their youth, pursuing one dream or another, seeking to become an "important" or "influential" person in some way... But then most people settle down, have families, and do nothing. Some seem to remember the dream they gave up later in life, and have a mid-life crisis. Maybe I'm just a young (22) know-nothing, but what is it that makes people give up? If you have something you're fighting for, if you've pledged to struggle onward toward that shining light... how can you suddenly put your burden down and resign yourself to nothingness? What trap am I missing? What lies in wait to destroy the hopes of young humanity?
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Jul 20, 2017 02:47
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this weird thing inside my peehole, feels like something is in there kinda midway down the shaft
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Jul 20, 2017 02:49
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Harald posted:women Yup.
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Jul 20, 2017 02:49
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Trump won, so IDK what it's like to not have all your dreams come true.
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Jul 20, 2017 02:50
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Dongattack posted:this weird thing inside my peehole, feels like something is in there kinda midway down the shaft Have you tried inflating it with a bike pump?
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Jul 20, 2017 02:50
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Solice Kirsk posted:Have you tried inserting a bike pump? that will just push it further in!
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Jul 20, 2017 02:50
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Being defeated over and over and over and over and over and over until you just go gently caress it, the world can screw off, gimme steady money and a big screen TV
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Jul 20, 2017 02:52
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Harald posted:women Whew, looks like I'm safe. A women will never come near me!!!
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Jul 20, 2017 02:52
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Harald posted:women See I was gonna go with kids
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Jul 20, 2017 02:53
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public schools
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Jul 20, 2017 02:53
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scott zoloft posted:public schools
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Jul 20, 2017 02:56
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scott zoloft posted:public schools
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Jul 20, 2017 02:57
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working 9-5 for money to live
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Jul 20, 2017 03:01
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Mirage posted:Being defeated over and over and over and over and over and over until you just go gently caress it, the world can screw off, gimme steady money and a big screen TV yeah!, also all the bills are paid and to have decent health care and....oh..right. now I get it.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:02
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scott zoloft posted:public schools Elucidate
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Jul 20, 2017 03:02
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Ever present reality
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Jul 20, 2017 03:03
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I hate being alive day after day.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:03
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Every person around you who can't fathom someone doing something interesting with their life. Get rid of those people when you encounter them.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:05
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Dongattack posted:that will just push it further in! Once it's in far enough you won't feel it anymore. And I think it will become a pearl or something.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:07
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Solice Kirsk posted:Once it's in far enough you won't feel it anymore. And I think it will become a pearl or something. Hmmm.... Smells like there is money to make here! If i push it so far in it comes out of my bhole im gonna have a pearl to sell!
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Jul 20, 2017 03:08
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me.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:09
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Dongattack posted:Hmmm.... Smells like there is money to make here! If i push it so far in it comes out of my bhole im gonna have a pearl to sell! I believe that's where the term "pearls of wisdom" comes from.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:09
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Stexils posted:me. according to my parents, at least
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Jul 20, 2017 03:09
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between bills, family, and significant others, you take up something with a steady paycheck just to make ends meet. the paycheck becomes the new normal, and inertia sets in. it becomes harder to walk away than it was to get started. writing that book or taking that class or whatever is always just a little further down the line, and time begins to pass without you noticing. you get promoted at work, another tally in a column you swore you'd never care about. you try to fill the hole in your heart with items purchased on consumer credit, or by having kids, maybe taking a mortgage to keep the income tax low, which only serves to make the paycheck a bigger and bigger part of your life. before you know it decades have passed, and you're still here. you're still right here.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:11
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An overinflated perception of one's own importance and ability, fostered and encouraged during youth, eventually runs headlong into the difficulties and complexities of adulthood. This tends to result in a narrowing of horizons and a more sober assessment what can be accomplished in life.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:11
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Don't have one. Then you can't be disappointed.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:13
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Life
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Jul 20, 2017 03:15
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proctorbot posted:An overinflated perception of one's own importance and ability, fostered and encouraged during youth, eventually runs headlong into the difficulties and complexities of adulthood. This tends to result in a narrowing of horizons and a more sober assessment what can be accomplished in life. poo poo man that's pretty accurate.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:16
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Orange Cat posted:Don't have one. Then you can't be disappointed. Disappointed? I, sir, will not be giving up. If I find out that I've become trapped and my life will never get any better, I'll probably just end things right there. proctorbot posted:An overinflated perception of one's own importance and ability, fostered and encouraged during youth, eventually runs headlong into the difficulties and complexities of adulthood. This tends to result in a narrowing of horizons and a more sober assessment what can be accomplished in life. Isn't that the part where you adapt and work to increase your importance and ability? It's not like you're just born with these things.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:16
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The Unholy Ghost posted:
Towards what end? Endless striving doesn't bring satisfaction. The things that bring contentment (love, rich relationships, meaningful work, purpose, belonging to a community) don't come from ever increasing achievement. Things that I thought were important when I was younger no longer seem very important at all. Age brings a shift in perspective. That's not a bad thing. The idealism of young people is important, too. It benefits society. But that older people lack the same fervor and certainty in their convictions is to be expected.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:29
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Nintendo I cant find a NES mini, I cant find a Switch, I cant find a SNES mini, why make things nobody can buy.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:31
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Harald posted:women #gbshateswomen
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Jul 20, 2017 03:32
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having children being so foolish with money or getting in trouble that you are truly tied to dead-end employment. wasting time. from there basically anything can come comet-style into your life and crush the poo poo out dreams some dreams are just stupid anyway
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Jul 20, 2017 03:33
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Ride The Gravitron posted:#gbshateswomen lol noice but seriously, women (or men, whoever you are attracted to)
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Jul 20, 2017 03:34
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the drunker I am the less likely I am to dream
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Jul 20, 2017 03:35
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Reality, mostly. You know what I wanted when I was a kid? I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to create art. Well, guess what, I'm only mediocre as a creative. c'est la vie.
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Jul 20, 2017 03:35
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Harald posted:lol noice
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Jul 20, 2017 03:37
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choose a dream that would be considered unreasonably difficult to achieve. something you could possibly do a quarter of it in thirty years work. die while working towards it. there's no other option if you don't want to feel your ethos leave your finger tips, knowing you have decades left to live without true drive or meaning and trying to convince yourself that you'll find it again in a book, bottle or pill
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Jul 20, 2017 03:37
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moose face posted:No man, this is straight up wrong. If you believe women to be mean awful and terrible on a fundamental level, youre messed up. I say this as a person who has been put through the ringer by a woman. I judge her for being a bad person not for having a vagina you bitter nerd
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