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post 10000043149 02-07-2026, 07:04 PM
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lets talk about this

Has anyone truly hated their life and come out of it without changing anything? You just accept the shit that is causing the hate and discontent and somehow be happy? Is that possible?

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post 10000043151 02-07-2026, 07:06 PM
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post 10000043152 02-07-2026, 07:07 PM
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Probably possible with drugs.
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post 10000043153 02-07-2026, 07:07 PM
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Whats the problem?


In a third world country there's currently starving kids to death because they cannot get food. Imagine being born in India, crowded, dirty, lots of poor, bad healthcare, etc


Not say you have no room to complain, but you need to appreciate the little things you have because someone somwhere has it much worse. If you were born in this country you were blessed
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Whats the problem?


In a third world country there's currently starving kids suffering. Not say you have no room to complain, but you need to appreciate the little things you have. If you were born in this country you were blessed
I hate my job. I think that if I could quit I would be happier. I just have something that prevents me from being able to work a full time job that isn't remote. Right now my job is like 80% remote so the thing that most jobs probably wouldnt be able to work with isnt a problem. I think my job is trying to fire me anyways- they are a shit show and when I try to point out issues the issues get reframed as problems with my cognitive abilities which seems very fucked to me. I was hired because of my lived experience...so its weird for them to treat me that way. Everyone there has degrees so yeah..??

I see what youre saying though..things could be worse. I sent my boss a structured email with every task I have this week and for feedback on anything that I need clarity on. I am just going to robot through my work and figure out a way to enjoy the rest of my life.
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post 10000043165 02-07-2026, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Whats the problem?


In a third world country there's currently starving kids to death because they cannot get food. Imagine being born in India, crowded, dirty, lots of poor, bad healthcare, etc


Not say you have no room to complain, but you need to appreciate the little things you have because someone somwhere has it much worse. If you were born in this country you were blessed
American ghettos are just as bad as the poor parts of India. Probably even worse.
post 10000043167 02-07-2026, 07:17 PM
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Nah i have my health thats all i need and i found the secret to livinf long and being healthy.so im winning no matter what.
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post 10000043170 02-07-2026, 07:19 PM
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Every day of life of health without sickness, disease, struggling to breath etc is a good day. Ask people on their death beds at 40 dying of cancer if they would trade another few years of an office job they hate for their state and they would all take it in a heartbeat.
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Originally Posted By MichelleLnne⏩
I hate my job. I think that if I could quit I would be happier. I just have something that prevents me from being able to work a full time job that isn't remote. Right now my job is like 80% remote so the thing that most jobs probably wouldnt be able to work with isnt a problem. I think my job is trying to fire me anyways- they are a shit show and when I try to point out issues the issues get reframed as problems with my cognitive abilities which seems very fucked to me. I was hired because of my lived experience...so its weird for them to treat me that way. Everyone there has degrees so yeah..??
Have you tried applying elsewhere? Not saying its easy, but nothing comes easy.

Working 5 days a week sucks. Hell I had to work today. But we all have to deal with it until we make changes.

If I were you I'd maximize retirement as much as possible. Look up r/fire. Eliminate all of your debt. Read about dividends and ETFs. Invest something into crypto. Smart investing is the only real way out of this rat cage.

Doesn't sound like you have kids, so you already have an advantage. If you could find a good spouse who's also willing to invest, that puts you even more further ahead.
post 10000043180 02-07-2026, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted By MichelleLnne⏩
I hate my job. I think that if I could quit I would be happier. I just have something that prevents me from being able to work a full time job that isn't remote. Right now my job is like 80% remote so the thing that most jobs probably wouldnt be able to work with isnt a problem. I think my job is trying to fire me anyways- they are a shit show and when I try to point out issues the issues get reframed as problems with my cognitive abilities which seems very fucked to me. I was hired because of my lived experience...so its weird for them to treat me that way. Everyone there has degrees so yeah..??

I see what youre saying though..things could be worse. I sent my boss a structured email with every task I have this week and for feedback on anything that I need clarity on. I am just going to robot through my work and figure out a way to enjoy the rest of my life.
Do you have any real hobbies after work? I think that's most people's problem with being wageslaves. Everyone just goes home and rots. I admit that's my problem too, I have no real hobbies.


Id try looking into Yoga. Salsa? Or It could be biking. It could be hiking. Its cold right now but the great outdoors always makes me feel revitalized.
post 10000043181 02-07-2026, 07:25 PM
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Venezuelan’s were forced into prostitution in Colombia due to Maduro. They had no opportunities. You think they enjoyed getting railed by fat old men on the daily? Nope.

This is a giant suck it up buttercup thread. You have it way better than you realize. South Americans, starving Africans, etc. are wondering wtf are you complaining about.
post 10000043183 02-07-2026, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted By Imnew1⏩
Venezuelan’s were forced into prostitution in Colombia due to Maduro. They had no opportunities. You think they enjoyed getting railed by fat old men on the daily? Nope.

This is a giant suck it up buttercup thread. You have it way better than you realize. South Americans, starving Africans, etc. are wondering wtf are you complaining about.
Suck it up is the wrong answer.


The best answer is to adapt. Wageslaving sucks, it sucks even more when all you do is go home and rot the next day.
post 10000043186 02-07-2026, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Have you tried applying elsewhere? Not saying its easy, but nothing comes easy.

Working 5 days a week sucks. Hell I had to work today. But we all have to deal with it until we make changes.

If I were you I'd maximize retirement as much as possible. Look up r/fire. Eliminate all of your debt. Read about dividends and ETFs. Invest something into crypto. Smart investing is the only real way out of this rat cage.

Doesn't sound like you have kids, so you already have an advantage. If you could find a good spouse who's also willing to invest, that puts you even more further ahead.
I don't mind working full time- its the people I have to work with that are making it very difficult.

I have kids-

I don't think I will ever get married. I have work, kids, and school right now and I think I just need to take each day as it comes and get through it.

I took on a responsibility that is probably a lot more than I can handle. Its really rough. So I hate my job and then home isnt a reprieve.

I cucked myself. its ok. maybe therapy would help or something .
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post 10000043189 02-07-2026, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Suck it up is the wrong answer.


The best answer is to adapt. Wageslaving sucks, it sucks even more when all you do is go home and rot the next day.
Again as long as your healthy you live in the USA to have the opportunity to try anything you want. Did I make as much as I wanted in my 20s and early 30s? Absolutely not. Now I do at 41 and it’s how life goes. Ironically I liked being broke with my peers in my 20s more than now just starting out in life. Now I’m remote and it’s boring. I liked goofing off with people at the office and making friends and chicks that way.
post 10000043198 02-07-2026, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted By MikeLowrrrey⏩
Do you have any real hobbies after work? I think that's most people's problem with being wageslaves. Everyone just goes home and rots. I admit that's my problem too, I have no real hobbies.


Id try looking into Yoga. Salsa? Or It could be biking. It could be hiking. Its cold right now but the great outdoors always makes me feel revitalized.
Maybe thats my problem. Its been so cold outside maybe it's just making me miserable
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post 10000043199 02-07-2026, 07:43 PM
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Imagine being born blind

Or being homeless

Your life doesn't suck

The way you think about it does
post 10000043205 02-07-2026, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted By wasp9166⏩
Imagine being born blind

Or being homeless

Your life doesn't suck

The way you think about it does
well yeah haha im trying not to
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Originally Posted By MichelleLnne⏩
well yeah haha im trying not to
Dont try

Do
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Originally Posted By wasp9166⏩
Dont try

Do
OK maybe i just start over tomorrow. wake up ready to love life. ok great yay
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Originally Posted By MichelleLnne⏩
OK maybe i just start over tomorrow. wake up ready to love life. ok great yay
One minute at a time

When negativity knocks ,tell it to go away

Its hard work

People dont wana put in the work ,they want a pill


The bullshit won't stop

Until you stop the bullshit
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We all had rough times and the older I get, the more ghey I might get.. but really try to appreciate small things more. Can be anything really. Just being grateful for something may help.
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Everyone on this forum.....


....Except for the be happy part
"One day I won't be able to lift any more. Not I won't want to lift. I mean physically unable. That day could be decades from now or it could be tomorrow. All I know is that's the day I'll wish I could lift more than ever. The day I'd give anything for one more workout, one more set, or one more cardio session. So go hard and enjoy every workout, every set, every rep. Because one day you will wake up and you will never get it back."
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You're not wrong to feel this way.

White-collar American work culture is pretty much optimized to make people as unhappy as possible

Most people hate their job - that's why you get paid money to do it. A lot of the people who act "happy" at work are faking it.
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Sounds like you're bored Michelle. What's stopping you from going out there and experiencing some pleasure?
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Originally Posted By Pon_Pon⏩
Sounds like you're bored Michelle. What's stopping you from going out there and experiencing some pleasure?
Not sure. Maybe some depression but I think I can pull through. I don’t care anymore. I want happy to be my baseline and maybe that’s my problem. My baseline is now “………..” which I think will be helpful. I don’t care anymore. It feels good
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I have never hated my life. I have hated my current situation at one time or another. I grew up poor and it was very uncomfortable. I didn't understand why we were poor, honestly I still don't understand why we had to be poor.

All the things adults are supposed to learn to be successful, I did not learn, as I had no one to tech me that kind of stuff. My parents worked multiple jobs and they would go off to work before me and my brother woke up, and would be home late so I'd see them maybe an hour a day.

One day I decided I was tired of being broke, living in bad conditions, etc. So I made the necessary changes to fix my life. And that worked out beautifully. I'm 11 years in and I don't have to worry about bills anymore, or whether my card will be declined, or whether an accident or breakdown will leave me without a car. And honestly that makes life so much more enjoyable.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
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Whenever I get into a funk like this, I fuck shit shit up on purpose.

I will quit jobs without notice and focus on cardio and lifting to get back into shape until my savings and credit run out, skip out on my lease and move someplace new, buy a bunch of stuff on credit then just dont pay it back, and then go from there.

By the time it all catches up to me, I will just bankrupt everything and tell all the sociopaths at the banks and property management companies to suck my big black cock, and I'm a white guy.

Then I will find a new job and start it all over.
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Originally Posted By MichelleLnne⏩
Not sure. Maybe some depression but I think I can pull through. I don’t care anymore. I want happy to be my baseline and maybe that’s my problem. My baseline is now “………..” which I think will be helpful. I don’t care anymore. It feels good
Have you ever been with an Indian/Pakistani man?
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
I have never hated my life. I have hated my current situation at one time or another. I grew up poor and it was very uncomfortable. I didn't understand why we were poor, honestly I still don't understand why we had to be poor.

All the things adults are supposed to learn to be successful, I did not learn, as I had no one to tech me that kind of stuff. My parents worked multiple jobs and they would go off to work before me and my brother woke up, and would be home late so I'd see them maybe an hour a day.

One day I decided I was tired of being broke, living in bad conditions, etc. So I made the necessary changes to fix my life. And that worked out beautifully. I'm 11 years in and I don't have to worry about bills anymore, or whether my card will be declined, or whether an accident or breakdown will leave me without a car. And honestly that makes life so much more enjoyable.
That’s great. I grew up similarly. Very poor/ she did marry someone that made ok money and had a house but he was abusive towards me so I had to move out when I was very young. I just had kids- when I was 24 which isn’t like super young but it is when you have no life skills. It’s been slow for me to grow up and I still feel immature about a lot of things . Like my job pissing me off. I feel reactive so I don’t know when Im just being assertive, if im supposed to just keep my mouth shut and do my job or what. I do mostly have my shit together at this point but quitting my job would make that not true anymore lol.


Originally Posted By BigTimeOperator⏩
Whenever I get into a funk like this, I fuck shit shit up on purpose.

I will quit jobs without notice and focus on cardio and lifting to get back into shape until my savings and credit run out, skip out on my lease and move someplace new, buy a bunch of stuff on credit then just dont pay it back, and then go from there.

By the time it all catches up to me, I will just bankrupt everything and tell all the sociopaths at the banks and property management companies to suck my big black cock, and I'm a white guy.

Then I will find a new job and start it all over.
I used to do that too but I got really tired of it at like 34 or so. I moved a lot and dug myself out of holes too many times. I’m also an alcoholic so that had a huge part in all of that. I’m sober now so that’s good lol- I still have the shit that made me an alcoholic though
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Originally Posted By BigTimeOperator⏩
Whenever I get into a funk like this, I fuck shit shit up on purpose.

I will quit jobs without notice and focus on cardio and lifting to get back into shape until my savings and credit run out, skip out on my lease and move someplace new, buy a bunch of stuff on credit then just dont pay it back, and then go from there.

By the time it all catches up to me, I will just bankrupt everything and tell all the sociopaths at the banks and property management companies to suck my big black cock, and I'm a white guy.

Then I will find a new job and start it all over.
but who was retirement?
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