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re: We're all stuck in a rut trying to do what people who lied to us told us to do
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:53 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:53 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
I like flipping burgers and regret waiting for the weekend to do my burger/chicken/pork chop/steak flipping.
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Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:04 pm to TDsngumbo
You sound like a bit of a bitch. This is some crying BS from a gen z type. Those rules below work pretty well if you arent reckless with your money.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:48 pm to Sharlo
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What country or region, if you don't mind me asking? Just curious. Found out yesterday that a good friend is cashing out of this shitshow in her late 40s and moving to Vietnam.
Currently bouncing between South America and Southeast Asia every few months .. but when im able to fully retire (hopefully by the time im 55)- the goal is to have seen enough places to decide which country i like best and settle there.. havent spent much time in Vietnam, but anecdotally- from people ive talked to and things ive seen- it seems like Vietnam is a very popular choice for expats/retirees right now- along with places like Albania and Portugal.. the healthcare and infrastructure in Vietnam seem to be top notch, also i think it’s one of the cheaper alternatives out there.. I think Cambodia’s still the cheapest though- and not nearly the shithole most people think it is, though ive heard the healthcare isnt quite on par with paces like Thailand and Vietnam .
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:55 pm to hubreb
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You live in the greatest country in world history
You have fallen for the brainwashing… hook, line and sinker .
Unlearn that shite .
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:56 pm to GreenRockTiger
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
That’s US, dude !!
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Posted on 5/2/26 at 12:37 am to TDsngumbo
So you are belatedly in need of a blue pill?
Or did you need a stiff drink with your red pill?
Or did you need a stiff drink with your red pill?
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:09 am to BK Lounge
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Currently bouncing between South America and Southeast Asia every few months .. but when im able to fully retire (hopefully by the time im 55)- the goal is to have seen enough places to decide which country i like best and settle there.. havent spent much time in Vietnam, but anecdotally- from people ive talked to and things ive seen- it seems like Vietnam is a very popular choice for expats/retirees right now- along with places like Albania and Portugal.. the healthcare and infrastructure in Vietnam seem to be top notch, also i think it’s one of the cheaper alternatives out there.. I think Cambodia’s still the cheapest though- and not nearly the shithole most people think it is, though ive heard the healthcare isnt quite on par with paces like Thailand and Vietnam .
Interesting, thanks. Never been to SE Asia. My uninformed perception of that area is loud, crowded, and dirty. I suppose there are nicer areas, too.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 8:44 am to TDsngumbo
OP you are not wrong. Sometimes i wonder how living back say 150 years ago was?Seems like if you lived out in the country and could hut , fish and farm you could provide for your family. I'm sure it was stressful but compared to today just seems much more doable.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:00 am to TDsngumbo
You sound like a woman.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:22 am to BK Lounge
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You have fallen for the brainwashing… hook, line and sinker . Unlearn that shite .
quote:what’s so bad to make you want to live in a communist country instead of a country trending communist?
BK Lounge
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:35 am to JiminyCricket
The biggest source of anxiety and burnout in the modern world is that 90% of jobs are bullshite. We’re all searching for purpose, and have so much comfort that all we can do is stew on the negatives. Prior generations didn’t have time to feel bad for themselves.
I get caught in this mindset sometimes, but I agree with what others have said - I’d rather live now than people did in the “idyllic” 1900’s.
I get caught in this mindset sometimes, but I agree with what others have said - I’d rather live now than people did in the “idyllic” 1900’s.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:35 am to TDsngumbo
quote:cuz life cost money and to buy things I need to have a job?
Why have we fallen into this trap?
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:40 am to TDsngumbo
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We're all stuck in a rut trying to do what people who lied to us told us to do
I sense a mid-life crisis is about to go nuclear.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 10:41 am to nosaj
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Prior generations didn’t have time to feel bad for themselves.
This is the biggest truth. There wasn’t sitting around all day and night to think about what’s all wrong in their lives.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 12:49 pm to Mushroom1968
You need to talk to some old folks that grew up in the late 1800’s,early 1900’s like my dad and his brothers and sisters.They’re all dead now but the stories I heard make me appreciate modern life.
They grew up in the country with no electricity or running water.Worked all day every day growing big garden or in the fields growing corn to feed the animals.Had a hayfield they cut with scythes and pitch forked onto. a haystack.Grew cotton for a cash crop.Spent a lot of time cutting and splitting wood for the cook stove and fireplaces in the winter.
Had to milk cows everyday no matter how or cold.raining or not.
Taking a bath in the winter was an ordeal,had to hand pump buckets of water from the well,haul it in the house,heat it on woodstove.
Had to shite,go to outhouse or in the woods.No tp,Sears Roebuck catalogue or old newspaper.Sometime got down to corn shucks.
On and on,Never had time to sit around and wonder if they were being fulfilled
They were lucky compared to a lot of their neighbors,they always had a car,starting with model T. to o to town.
After the war,several of them went to college or moved to town and got jobs
Not a one of them wanted to move back to the country for a “simpler” life.
Grandparents did get electricity and running water,refrigerator after WW 2.
They grew up in the country with no electricity or running water.Worked all day every day growing big garden or in the fields growing corn to feed the animals.Had a hayfield they cut with scythes and pitch forked onto. a haystack.Grew cotton for a cash crop.Spent a lot of time cutting and splitting wood for the cook stove and fireplaces in the winter.
Had to milk cows everyday no matter how or cold.raining or not.
Taking a bath in the winter was an ordeal,had to hand pump buckets of water from the well,haul it in the house,heat it on woodstove.
Had to shite,go to outhouse or in the woods.No tp,Sears Roebuck catalogue or old newspaper.Sometime got down to corn shucks.
On and on,Never had time to sit around and wonder if they were being fulfilled
They were lucky compared to a lot of their neighbors,they always had a car,starting with model T. to o to town.
After the war,several of them went to college or moved to town and got jobs
Not a one of them wanted to move back to the country for a “simpler” life.
Grandparents did get electricity and running water,refrigerator after WW 2.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 4:16 pm to TDsngumbo
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We've been lied to for generations.
We've been told to get a job with a good salary, benefits, and a 401k, so we did. Those of us who haven't done so yet are breaking our own mental stability trying to do so.
We've been told to climb the ladder, so we did. Those of us who haven't done this yet are busting our arse working harder and maybe even longer hours to do so. At the expense of our mental stability.
We've been told that it's normal to ask for permission to spend time with our kids, so that's what we do. Then we start calculating when we'll have that allotted time accrued back to do so again. Next year or months later.
We've been led to believe that taking some time for ourselves is called "recharging" so we can get back to the grind "with a fresh mind and/or clear vision" soon after.
We've been promised that a 9-6 or 8-5 or 8-4 is normal, and we're believing it.
We've been told that two days a week to ourselves is acceptable, and we squeeze household chores like laundry, errands, cutting the grass into these two days. We work around kid's sports, our own "down" time, and trying to make time for aging parents into these two days, and the evening before returning to work we're exhausted more than we are on worknights. Then we do it all again bright and early the following morning.
Before we know it, our kids aren't children anymore and want nothing to do with us. Our parents are frail and/or deceased. We're aging and hurting in places we never hurt before and can't do the things that make us happy as much anymore. Then suddenly the kids are out of the house, we're burying parents, and staring down the barrel of 60 years old hoping and praying that somehow retirement is good to us and we're wishing we had taken more time for ourselves and our families when we still had the chance. And we hope our kids somehow do things differently but are successful at the same time.
What the frick are we doing? It doesn't have to be this way. Why have we fallen into this trap?
Sounds like life to me.
"Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble."
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