ewJul 17, 2021
@amnesiac not endlessly, I had despair when I was younger. you probably just drank yourself away and now have to deal with it. seriously just get over it already life isn't that horrible
Show threadgot a sdr?Jul 17, 2021
@ew @amnesiac nothing makes you realize life rules like an internet person asserting to you that life is good
Show threadewJul 17, 2021
@rats @amnesiac maybe so but what definitely makes things worse is a depression hug box where you pat yourselves on the back reaffirming that it's normal and factual to be depressed
Show threadgot a sdr?Jul 17, 2021
@ew @amnesiac its maybe (apparently?) not normal but i dont see how anyone could find our material circumstances not insanely depressing, the solution is to alienate yourself from them. iirc your suggestion to me to solve this without medication was to brainwash myself into not thinking about them.
Show threadewJul 17, 2021
@rats @amnesiac gee, maybe you know.. stop thinking about it all the time? you know where depression doesn't exist? in poor communities where people have to work hard all day just to provide for their families and don't have the leisure time to think deeply about life. depression and suicide are lower in poorer countries.
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@ew @amnesiac im acutely aware that first world lifestyles are deeply unnatural what is your suggestion
Jul 17, 2021 at 11:04pmWeb
Show threadewJul 17, 2021
@rats @amnesiac kierkegaard would suggest you find a higher purpose that will outlast you so you can distract yourself. give the denial of death by ernest becker a read.
Show threadgot a sdr?Jul 17, 2021
@ew @amnesiac yes its all distraction from the fact that life fucking sucks im glad we agree on that at least

i think about this a lot but i find it a struggle to envision anything further out than 24 hours in the future with any seriousness. i'll look at the book
Show threadewJul 17, 2021
@rats @amnesiac >yes its all distraction from the fact that life fucking sucks im glad we agree on that at least
it doesn't suck it's just unknowable which can cause you to become stir-crazy
Show threadgot a sdr?Jul 17, 2021
@ew @amnesiac one of the nicest jobs i ever had was one where i just had to clean shit and dig holes all day
Show threadewJul 17, 2021
@rats @amnesiac you're missing the point by focusing on whether it's natural or unnatural
Show threadgot a sdr?Jul 17, 2021
@ew @amnesiac your thoughts are scattered. my thoughts are scattered.