what’s telling I suppose is that I fucking hope the end is near. i’m exhausted, depressed, sad, and generally realizing at 46 I am watching “peers” and family retire at 62, 64, 67, or 72 an then die a year later. While capitalism just eats up all it can of these people.
“I got people waiting for me” is what I say when I mention I don’t care if I wake up tomorrow; yet I’m certain there is some sort of Orpheus and Eurydice level trickery too.
I am watching “peers” and family retire at 62, 64, 67, or 72 an then die a year later
That happens, usually when people retire because they can’t go on anymore. The other group that it happens to are the ones whose job is their whole identity. When they quit, they lose the will to live.
Then there are people like me. I retired at 55, did a lot of travel and volunteer projects, then went back to work four years later because I found an interesting job with good working conditions. Now I’m 70 and will probably work another year. I didn’t quit the first time because I was unable to continue, I had other reasons, and I’m fully able to keep on keepin’ on now too. I don’t have any expensive vices and don’t buy into consumerism, so I’ll be able to retire late next year with a higher disposible income than I have now from working. I still have things I’d like to do that’ll be easier if I’m not holding down a job (e.g., going on month-long bike rides). Nobody knows how much time they have left, but I’m fit and healthy and enjoy life, so chances are reasonable that I’ll get quite a few more years with decent quality of life. And if not, no use fretting over what you can’t control.
If fewer people thought like this, and we came together to fight what’s happening, then it wouldn’t be this way. But everybody just wants to sit around and be sad about it instead of actually trying to make a difference.
And I get it- it’s overwhelming, and it’s a lot easier to say “I told you so,” than it is to say “We fought hard and won.”
But everybody just wants to sit around and be sad about it instead of actually trying to make a difference.
This makes me a little indignant to read because it shows me that you understand absolutely nothing about declining mental health and how much of an impact it can have on people, their well-being, and their ability to do … things.
If fewer people had your mentality, maybe the sad, depressed, and chronically stressed out people suffering from very real trauma could get the help they so desperately deserve.
Life pro tip: when someone says they are tired, they don’t mean they’re sleepy or lazy. It means they are beaten down so hard that their only sane course of action is to simply stay down, lest they get beaten more.
Soup kitchens and food banks are not usually looking for more food, but they’re ALWAYS short on hands. Food Not Bombs is also a good one if there’s a local chapter in your area. There are often tenant’s rights orgs out there that can use time, money, or expertise in legal matters (sometimes also just handyman skills).
Thank you for the information, but this is what the person I was replying to should have put in their first reply instead of just “do something”. Again, though, thank you for your reply, it’s genuinely useful.
what’s telling I suppose is that I fucking hope the end is near. i’m exhausted, depressed, sad, and generally realizing at 46 I am watching “peers” and family retire at 62, 64, 67, or 72 an then die a year later. While capitalism just eats up all it can of these people.
“I got people waiting for me” is what I say when I mention I don’t care if I wake up tomorrow; yet I’m certain there is some sort of Orpheus and Eurydice level trickery too.
So we just wait and watch the world burn.
That happens, usually when people retire because they can’t go on anymore. The other group that it happens to are the ones whose job is their whole identity. When they quit, they lose the will to live.
Then there are people like me. I retired at 55, did a lot of travel and volunteer projects, then went back to work four years later because I found an interesting job with good working conditions. Now I’m 70 and will probably work another year. I didn’t quit the first time because I was unable to continue, I had other reasons, and I’m fully able to keep on keepin’ on now too. I don’t have any expensive vices and don’t buy into consumerism, so I’ll be able to retire late next year with a higher disposible income than I have now from working. I still have things I’d like to do that’ll be easier if I’m not holding down a job (e.g., going on month-long bike rides). Nobody knows how much time they have left, but I’m fit and healthy and enjoy life, so chances are reasonable that I’ll get quite a few more years with decent quality of life. And if not, no use fretting over what you can’t control.
If fewer people thought like this, and we came together to fight what’s happening, then it wouldn’t be this way. But everybody just wants to sit around and be sad about it instead of actually trying to make a difference.
And I get it- it’s overwhelming, and it’s a lot easier to say “I told you so,” than it is to say “We fought hard and won.”
This makes me a little indignant to read because it shows me that you understand absolutely nothing about declining mental health and how much of an impact it can have on people, their well-being, and their ability to do … things.
If fewer people had your mentality, maybe the sad, depressed, and chronically stressed out people suffering from very real trauma could get the help they so desperately deserve.
Life pro tip: when someone says they are tired, they don’t mean they’re sleepy or lazy. It means they are beaten down so hard that their only sane course of action is to simply stay down, lest they get beaten more.
Implying my mental health is perfect. You don’t know a god damned thing about me and my struggles. When I said everybody, I was including myself.
Fuck yourself.
or you could do something
such as
Feed homeless people or help tenants keep their housing. Like it just depends on what assets and skills one can bring to the table.
How does one go about feeding homeless people, or help tenants keep their housing?
Soup kitchens and food banks are not usually looking for more food, but they’re ALWAYS short on hands. Food Not Bombs is also a good one if there’s a local chapter in your area. There are often tenant’s rights orgs out there that can use time, money, or expertise in legal matters (sometimes also just handyman skills).
Thank you for the information, but this is what the person I was replying to should have put in their first reply instead of just “do something”. Again, though, thank you for your reply, it’s genuinely useful.