Anon checks up on a childhood friend

https://sh.itjust.works/post/48179679

Yeah bro, how you spend your days is how you spend your life.

Clean and decorate your home. Develop a sense of style. Go out and do things and meet people. Challenge yourself to do something interesting every week. Talk to people, get out of your shell.

Sincerely, the first of her childhood friend group to get married

Clean and decorate your home. Develop a sense of style. Go out and do things and meet people. Challenge yourself to do something interesting every week. Talk to people, get out of your shell.

literally every single one of these things are things that i don’t like

  • decorating. i love no decoration, no bullshit, bare-bones approach
  • style. a way for fashion corporations to sell you a new t-shirt every week
  • just do things^TM^. an agenda to make the economy run hot. consume things. visit the zoo. be part of our great imperial society.
  • “Challenge yourself to do something interesting every week”. In other words, never just be happy with how things are.
  • get out of your shell. finally, the instruction to leave your natural living habitat and, again, contribute to our great imperial society.

Counter points:

  • I don’t have a counter point. This is just a matter of opinion.

  • Buy fancy clothes from a yard sale or something. I like to get old time formal wear because it just looks well put together.

  • You can go out and do things without spending money. Have a walk in the park, go to the library.

  • I don’t know why you associate challenging yourself with not being satisfied. I think challenging myself is fun. It has the “put in the work, reap the rewards” kind of structure. I draw as a hobby, so I mostly challenge myself by trying to draw in unfamiliar art styles.

  • This is just kinda sad. You’re aware that having friends isn’t imperialist, right? Friends are a part of every human culture, imperialist or not. Humans are social creatures, and we are very dependent on social interaction. Talking to others is the main way we compare our thoughts and perception to reality–we get a second opinion.

  • If you really feel that way, I’m sorry to hear that. It can be really hard to try and function ethically in the modern world, so you have to put in some effort to find ethical ways to do things. I hope you get to a point in your life where you feel good about your situation and your role in the world.

    Have a nice day.

    thanks for the kind words :)

    i’m actually ok with my life overall and i do talk to other people; it’s just that i think that the quality of the interactions matters more than the quantity and so i also stay at home a lot :D