Life is active thought. I don’t space out to music at all, I don’t “space out” period, I stay engaged actively with the world.

I agree with basically everything you said, but let’s be real - I’m not the one doing the tearing down ITT.

The stoics are morons mostly. Yes I have ADHD, and I’m fully medicated for it, thanks.

Why do you assume I haven’t? Of course I have. I enjoy listening to the sounds of an environment, once, twice, thrice, just not 500 times over and over and over.

I don’t need to connect to the real world, I’m more connected to it than I’d like. I prefer the entertainment industry because it stimulates intelligent thought, and judging by the level of intelligence ITT, y’all need it more than I do.

Really? What emotion have I been feeling since the age of like, 5, up to the age of 30?

Lol he’s not avoiding living in the present, neither are we, take your armchair psychologist crap outta here. It’s you who’s so simple you’re okay with bored contentment. It’s no wonder you people get hijacked by algos so easily, shit is hardly exciting to me because I cherish and nourish my life.

I don’t “struggle”, it’s just a bit annoying.

I literally said in the OP that it’s obviously not a big deal.

Already have, I found it’s well managed when it’s directed at assorted internet morons setting new records in retarded shit they say.

It’s not so much anger though, more like disappointment. Do better.

How have I proven your point? Did you even read what I wrote? Or is that too much to ask from your buzzword spouting ass?

Yeah there’s always a limit for me though, once every ounce of dopamine has been extracted from the song/environment, it’s kinda over. Eventually it becomes nostalgic and returns, briefly.

I am not. I am very obviously correct. Check sources. Validate the argument. Think. Stop being in denial. Seek help. Stay blocked.

Yeah if being runover was a concern I’d definitely also not listen to music for sure.

I do actually like those sounds as well, just not every day on my way out for chores obviously.

It’s interesting how some people by way of their responses seem to suggest “a walk” and “a run” are something special a unique, and not their main and only way of getting around, probably as a result of car-centric design of some places and zoning laws?

I take it that’s the case for you as well, because of how you phrased “a walk or a run”? I’ve personally never gone for “a run” as an adult, but I rack up thousands of steps daily just getting my groceries home so I can eat food.

Nah I’m fine now, this was all over a decade ago.

I think if anything being humbled by some random website that showed that suicide wasn’t a good idea not because it’s wrong to die or some sentimental bullshit about being loved or whatever, which no one can really tell you as they don’t know and for all they know it couldn’t absolutely be true that you’re unloved and unneeded but because statistically I’d fuck it up and be in pure agony for minutes with most methods - actually prepared me for how harsh life could be quite well.

Rare insult

But what if I played UMvC3 against LTG and he told me

Actually being shown truthful and detailed information about suicide methods helped me avoid it as a youth. That website has since been taken down due to bs regs or some shit. If I were young now I’d probably ask a chatbot and I’d hope they give me crystal clear, honest details and instructions, that shit should be widely accessible.

On the other hand all those helplines and social ads are just depressing to see, they feel patronising and frankly gross, if anything it’s them that should be banned.

Yeah that’s a tough one. Honestly in your shoes for me it would depend on the casus beli.

If Trump invaded China or was the one heavily escalating shit diplomatically, I would feel morally obliged to not support either.

If China invaded Taiwan and Trump intervened, I would feel morally obliged to support NATO even if it was led by Trump.

I don’t even have a disability or anything. I have mild ADHD at best and I’m pretty medicated for it.

Think systemically like the other guy said. Under capitalism consumption is purpose. I can’t blame people for wanting purpose. If you dislike consumerism, you need to create a system that gives people purpose in something else.

I also think that theoretically there’s not anything wrong with consumerism as long as the profits are distributed amongst the workers fairly, like with a cooperative with worker-owner-shareholders who democratically decide their own working conditions and hours and output.

With a large enough amount of stakeholders in that business (workers) who all have democratic decision-making power over the business, I doubt they would collectively decide to shit up the planet with waste or poison consumers since none of them would be shielded by extreme wealth from the effects of all that.

Sometimes people just want the shiny thing, thats okay. I think it would actually shine a bit better if it wasn’t made by slave or sweatshop labour in the global south and the profits didn’t all go evaporate in some private equity ponzi scheme.

Hope you’re asking theoretically.

In the UK, they make you pledge allegiance to serve the crown at the citizenship ceremony, which symbolically establishes that your loyalties lie with the British throne and therefore the state.

In practice, if drafted or if I for some reason volunteer, I would side with whoever I actually sided with morally and ideologically.

e.g. I’d choose the West over the current Fascist Russian regime, but theoretically back a progressive Russia against a Fascist West and so on.

This could mean anything from actively serving to dodging the draft to civilian resistance in case of occupation.

Theoretically a foreign legion isn’t anything too uncommon. There were some Russians fighting alongside Ukraine against Russia last I checked. Being in that case a Ukrainian citizen would only help.

In case of service I imagine there would be the problem of inevitable racism towards me from the natives while in service if people of my nationality/ethnicity are the current enemy, especially if it’s like the Japanese internment camps in the US level of hate, so that would be a consideration, plus more practical/logistical matters like which language I can actually speak properly enough to function in critical situations etc.

This is an interesting question though, is there historical accounts of such groups like this I wonder?

Edit: also, good jumping off point if you want to read about the Russian foreign legion and opposition more generally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-blue-white_flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Russia_Legion

Good-at-stuff != Good-person

You owe it to others to try to be a good person, or at least, not a deliberately bad one. That is the social contract we all have to sign.

You only owe it to yourself to be good-at-stuff, at least you should if not for capitalism but that’s besides the point.

Not everyone can be good-at-stuff, but everyone can try to be a good-person.

If they succeed in the latter so much it causes them to fail at the former due to a sense of superiority and over-inflated egos then they have failed more spectacularly at an easier task than you.

At least that’s my take on it.

Now with the pep talk out of the way, practically speaking - you need to start making an exit out of that environment. Once they catch on they will no doubt pick on the odd one out, and the fact you’re already insecure will make you that much more an easy target. So I’d say go before this whole thing blows up, just my 2 cents.