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Damn Ezra Klein comes out on top

I’m tired of losing, and I’m tired of hearing cope about how elections don’t matter or how Bowman was uh bad actually.

Common GS W.

Incredible dedication to the Mayor Pete bit lol

Listening to Salem and sending reciprocated slurs in my group chats and zoomer scolds can’t bully me.

It’s deliberate recuperation. They’re rubbing it in your arrogant little face.

I dunno. I have access to nearly every piece of digital media ever created and I pay no one, and yet, everyone else goes throughout the world and pays oodles on monthly services, all to avoid the “cost” of learning what soulseek is, what mutorrent is.

I guess I didn’t read your final sentence in your OP, and maybe we’re saying the same thing, but this just doesn’t need to matter to most people here-- but yes, it continues as a means to squeeze money from the unresourceful.

Does that matter? Your ability to game an only roughly accurate algorithm only indicates that the value of your time is less than other potential buyers. They’ll be happy to let you pay less, as they’re making a killing selling to uninformed or lazier people who have inelastic demand.

Damn, look at those goofy breaks! zoomer pants have finally hit the world leaders.

Chuds screaming and stamping their feet demanding to lose all those electoral college votes and usher in a Biden imperium.

Neoliberal subjects absolutely seething.

Based uniparty

sure thing. people love to help people who are trying to help themselves.

therapy - that’s the most difficult truth here but you’re right

yes. honestly, this should be the next step. there are many things that can go wrong with the community college classes – classes won’t start for a while: you might get ill, your car may break down, the class may be cancelled, it may be too expensive, etc etc. it feels nice to intend to start taking classes, as this gives you a plan and a horizon, but, in the meantime, it would behoove you to start with a therapist. i would make it a goal for this week to find one (i assume if you’re in the states you qualify for medicaid, which will cover costs) and set up an intake appointment for next week. this could be agonizing, but after you set up the appointment, you will feel a rush of relief.

again, i’ve been in similar shoes; feel free to contact to me if that would be helpful.

thank you. i wish more people would recognize that my comments are frequently the most sensible, and the funniest.

good ideas from comrades RE particular job opportunities, but i’d just like to broaden the scope of advice: you’re facing a thorny problem that requires a holistic solution. if it were as easy as going down to the temp agency, or the union hall, you’d have done it by now. the fact is, you’ve made it this far on this path, because you’ve become incredible at avoiding and protecting yourself from psychic distress. but any move from here will be highly distressing; you need to build up the capacity to endure this.

• you need to see a therapist. if you make excuses here, you’re frankly not ready to be serious (i have every confidence you can dig yourself out of this hole, but have little confidence you can do so without seeing someone). you need someone whom you can develop a relationship with; whom you can confide your pain and anxiety; who can help keep you accountable; who can teach you how to show yourself/your past self grace; who can provide you w/ healthy techniques for dealing with psychic pain /anxiety when it arises; who can put you in contact with a prescriber in case you’d benefit from pharmacological intervention.

• walking is good. add more intense cardio or weight lifting: this will alleviate psychic pain; make you stronger; give you more confidence; provide a template by which you can see yourself struggle and then arrive at progress and improvement, which you can take into other facets of your life.

• take some classes, online, or better, at a local community college, that are related to your interests and past education. this will strengthen these skills, which have atrophied, and will put you in contact with people related to your field and interest. and, importantly, it will give you something to say – if you’re not working or learning, every interaction is a potential site of humiliation, as you may be asked, what do you? but if you’re taking classes, you will be able to say that you are, and you can talk about your interests in those areas.

• volunteer and/or take a low-commitment part time job. volunteering is as good as everyone has described it; you will feel useful and good. and a part time shit job is just fine – it’s part time, it’s not the totality of your identity-- and there’s a dignity in working and getting a paycheck, even for doing shit.

• frankly, i really like the idea of going out for agricultural /seasonal work. it will get you out of the fucking house and get you some fresh air, you’ll meet people, and costs will be low, you can bring interesting books for the evening and will have the opportunity to see and develop different aspects of yourself.

• journal, or do mindful practices, or meditate. too much scrolling, too many screens, you need to practice sitting only with yourself, if only starting at a little a day.

as you engage in the above, you can develop goals /ambitions, about what larger projects you want to pursue. you surely have a lot to give, but you need to put yourself in a position where you can give it. rooting for you bro.

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I’ll still be miserable with a job, just a different kind of miserable

there’s truth in this, as when Morrissey sings, I was looking for a job and then I found a job, and heaven knows I’m miserable now. and yet, i can assure you, as someone who once felt very much like you do now, you’ll feel so much better and stronger on the other side.

okay. let me just convey, i mean to come to you with compassion:

asking your parents to borrow a car, or for gas money, so you can start taking the steps to move on with your life and out of their house, wouldn’t be a imposition, it would be a gift. if you’re serious about making things easier on your parents (financially, psychically), then it’s time to take some responsibility and swallow your pride, and make some moves (easier said than done! surely! but it’s within your control and you’re stronger than you know).

Would your parents be open to subsidizing these expenses, if you can show that it’s moving you in a positive direction?

WSJ concluded that results boost Ursula’s chances for a second term, so probably just indicative of blaming all the woes on immigrants

Zaluzhnycucks seething