Life, The System is Corrupt :(

[kennyreid95]

Is it just me or does the system in the world make people feel depressed ? The system is not fair in Life

 

[BoomerD]

Life's a bitch...then you die.

 

[sandorski]

Life is weird.

 

[Zanovar]

Life is weird.

Nah.just you

 

[IronWing]

It's totally not fair. But our mere presence on this forum demonstrates that we are way, way on the upside of life's cruel disparity.

 

[Crono]

sfc /scannow

 

[Kaido]

Is it just me or does the system in the world make people feel depressed ? The system is not fair in Life

I do not mean any of these things in a harsh way, but here are the hard facts:

1. Life is not fair, and it's not supposed to be. It's designed to help you grow up. The sooner you accept that, the happier you'll be.

2. No one owes you anything in life. What you do deserve is an opportunity to work or contribute in a meaningful way. In America, at least, we have that opportunity, and I am very grateful for that, because I have friends from places that do not offer those opportunities. I have a buddy from an Asian country with limited job options & can't understand why we're not all working all the time in the United States. He gets off work & goes straight to Ubering in his spare time...he is overjoyed that he can make as much money as he is willing to work for here in the states. That attitude was a real kick in the pants for me, for how much I complain about my life, having grown up here my whole life.

3. Thoughts create emotion. What that means is this: your attitude controls your happiness. Viktor Frankl wrote a book called "Man's search for meaning", in which he talks about finding meaning & purpose, even in crappy situations. He was an inmate in a Nazi concentration camp, so he has a pretty good background in this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl

4. You can choose to be a Victim or you can choose to be a Creator. Compare Viktor's holocaust experience to your situation: you speak English, you have access to the Internet, no one is holding a gun to your head, you're alive in 2018, and humanity as a whole has never before in recorded history had access to so much information & so many resources & technological innovations as we have today, right now. Does that mean that we can't or shouldn't get depressed? Absolutely not, I think everyone goes through periods of depression in their lives. But it goes back to deciding to be a victim & wallow in the awfulness of the world in general, or deciding to be something better.

http://www.collegeofsanmateo.edu/bsi/docs/victimlanguage.pdf

The world is & will always be both an awful & an amazing place. The majority of humanity are your just average joes - good people - but there will always be (1) people who do bad things, (2) natural disasters that happen, and (3) personal situations like losing a loved one or getting a terminal disease or whatever that make life hard. The way to get over the awful part of the world is to find a purpose in your life that is meaningful to you personally. Some people join Doctors Without Borders or the Peace Corps. Some people donate time to soup kitchens or the Big Brother/Big Sister program. Some people start companies, and others do the best they can at the jobs they have.

It's easy to focus on all the rotten stuff that goes on every minute that this planet spins around, especially because of our 24/7 non-stop Internet feeds, but focusing on that stuff isn't going to make you happy - figuring out how to use your personal talents & skills & aptitudes is what's going to make you happy & create a better world around you. You can't save the entire world, but you can help make your corner of it better through your words & actions.

 

[sandorski]

Life is strange.

 

[Exterous]

The system is not fair in Life

Yeah and I don't think it ever will be. But on the positive side you're probably way better off than most of the people in the world

 

[skull]

Lifes hard its harder when your stupid. Same applies to being a pussy, suck it up buttercup.

 

[Humpy]

OP, stop thinking about all this shit, it's unnecessary and you are not good at it.

Start doing something. Doesn't matter what it is. Go ride your bike or trim tree branches or simplify equations, anything other than contemplating stuff that doesn't matter.

 

[purbeast0]

Having vacations planned and booked is typically what keeps me trucking along. I try to have one planned and when that one is about to come up, or shortly after, I plan and book another one.

 

[sdifox]

sfc /scannow

Segmentation fault. Core dumped.

 

[Iron Woode]

the system is down.

 

[cbrunny]

Its all the matrix anyway. computer simulation. etc.

 

[momeNt]

I agree with you Kenny, American, and maybe western in general, or perhaps really global, consumerism has put into our minds that you never have enough, it was designed that there is always something else for you to buy, or something you need. It is really the only way for the elite of this country to stay elite.

The world works as follows.

China / other asian country produces junk we are told we need to buy

American lower class - sells junk, also goes into debt to buy junk.

American middle class - buys junk, forgoes savings and sometimes goes into debt to buy junk.

American upper class / worldwide upper ruling class - invests in and owns companies that sell or produce said junk. They buy even better junk so that we can feel inadequate and buy more junk to make up for it.

Learn to find contentment outside of the sphere of consumerism. Good luck buddy.

 

[sdifox]

I agree with you Kenny, American, and maybe western in general, or perhaps really global, consumerism has put into our minds that you never have enough, it was designed that there is always something else for you to buy, or something you need. It is really the only way for the elite of this country to stay elite.

The world works as follows.

China / other asian country produces junk we are told we need to buy

American lower class - sells junk, also goes into debt to buy junk.

American middle class - buys junk, forgoes savings and sometimes goes into debt to buy junk.

American upper class / worldwide upper ruling class - invests in and owns companies that sell or produce said junk. They buy even better junk so that we can feel inadequate and buy more junk to make up for it.

Learn to find contentment outside of the sphere of consumerism. Good luck buddy.

You should send me all your money. I'll help you stop buying junk :awe:

 

[sandorski]

Life is so many things.

 

[Raizinman]

Nobody cares about you, your family and especially your kids. Even when they say they do; they don't. You must take care of yourself, your family and kids. This is a fact of life that you will learn the easy or hard way.

 

[skull]

Life is so many things.

Fucking awesome is #1, I'll give him strange though. Its one hell of a mystery, how any life managed to come from some crazy rock hurdling around a glowing ball of fire. Even fucking crazier the life turned into apes with keyboards that can talk about this shit from 1000s of miles away. While other apes are out there developing even more crazy shit. I gotta say I'm good though I don't need all the fancy shit they create. I got a house thats dry and warm, a car that can take me all over this country, a computer to bullshit with you sons a bitches, a phone to call my fellow ape friends, food, clothes, power. When I could be out in the cold scavenging for scraps of food while I'm hungry as shit, like my ancestors not very long ago at all. Lifes great, so stop the cry baby shit and enjoy it.

 

[cbrunny]

 

[BurnItDwn]

Mongo only pawn in game of life.

 

[Thebobo]

Set a goal not matter how small. Complete it and set another. Like turn tv channel to 21. done, Turn Tv channel to 23. Done. See already I am completing my goals! I am successful at what I want to do!

 

[DaveSimmons]

"The System" is rigged in favor of the rich in the first world, but less so in the last 50 years than pretty much any time in history.

Those "in poverty" in the USA have it better than 99.99% of the people on Earth did a few centuries ago. Despite our messed up health care system they have better care than the kings and high priests of that time. They have access to more information, food, clothing, toys than all but the richest had. Even with unjustified police shootings, they have a better justice system with far more rights.

So: life isn't fair but if you're in the first world then you're already in the 1%, just not the 1% of the 1%.

 

[BoomerD]

I tend to laugh at the youngsters who cry “Life is unfair.” While they’re right...life IS unfair, no one ever promised that it would be...if they did, they lied.
To a point, life is what YOU make it...and how you deal with the myriad of obstacles that get thrown in your way. (unless you’re one of the elite 1% who don’t even know what obstacles are)

If you can’t find a way around an obstacle, go over it...if you can’t go over it, go through it...if you can’t go through it, blow that sumbitch up...and just get on with life.