It doesn't matter how cynical you are, if you have something to say that's changed your life, or made you lose yourself in thought that can affect one of us, then share it with us, anon.
if someone is really fucked up it's most likely because they got molested as a kid
Here's a couple:
>Your health is affected by your diet, and it will be increasingly more clear to you in the future.
>Everyone should read more books. Period.
>Hearing someone tell me their dream after waking up is one of the most boring things to sit through.
>You can often tell a lot about the people around you based on how they treat strangers.
Doctors don't care about your health problems; Your health is in your own hands.
Don't trust anyone who has ever sent nudes, or cheated on anyone. Don't even bother with them.
Owning property/land, commercial or non-commercial, can give you a huge financial break as a passive income if you lease or rent it to someone.
Swimming is a great exercise overall, and it's extremely low impact on your bodies joints compared to running; If you're looking to get fit but you're a couch potato, than start with this to so you don't injure yourself from weak muscles.
Anymore, anon's?
you can help yourself
Life is more like poker than chess.
Not deciding on something is actually a decision
You must take risks in life
Nothing happens unless you make it happen, there's no such thing as fate
>>29600439
To begin with, I'm a pretty cynical fucker. Your average pessimistic depressed guy who hates normies and hides his pain with offensive jokes and making fun of others.
Making fun of other people used to make me feel better about my own fucked up self. My parents abused me so whenever I went over to my friend's houses I would rip on them for having supportive parents and would think they had everything so easy. But every time I try acting tough and cold around people I care about, I just don't feel the same as I used to. I feel hollow.
I'm so numb from the things I've seen and experienced I can't even relate to people anymore. I'm too insensitive and totally desensitized. I've tried weed, it only makes me paranoid. cigs are a shitty drug, they only make you feel worse. Call me a faggot but I don't enjoy drinking and getting hungover, it's the worst feeling ever. There is nothing and nobody that can make me feel.
How can I be fixed?
>>29600439
Oh ho.
Here's my recent favorite.
>Life should only get harder. The current step of whatever you're doing is the easiest step you'll take.
Cheat code for finding a good relationship: someone who's parents are still happily married.
Red Dead Redemption has the saddest ending for any game in the last 20 years.
>>29601331
When you're truly in love with someone and they with you it'll be so perfect you won't even realise the immensity of what you have until its over. It may even destroy you.
If you ever develop a strong relationship with someone whom you trust implicitly hold onto it, build on it, and never betray it or allow it to fester by being silent or cold.
>>29600439
Self-pity and blaming others for your problems will destroy your fucking life. This is not a joke motherfucker. They're as bad as cyanide or crack cocaine. They will end you.
Do you hear me you DUMB FAGGOT!?
solve your problems before they grow too big.
>>29601473
Which is why 90% of this board is cancer.
Masturbating allows you to see everything in an unbiased way for about 30 minutes after orgasm. Have a little jerk to see things more clearly.
>>29600625
>>29601089
>>29601153
Solid advice anons. I agree completely with these sentiments.
There is no God, because in this world you are your own God, friends. There's no hell or heaven either. Don't allow yourself to fall victim to religion and fanaticism. Never surrender your existence for the promise of an afterlife or some connection we all no isn't there; one in the hand is worth two in the bushes.
Tell your family, your will lawyer, to cremate you. Tell them to launch you into space, if it exists.
Women are all bitches and whores. Disregarding them will make your life at least 10 times better.
Don't ruin your life to spite someone else.
Don't romanticize anything and that includes being cynical.
Your identity is stupid.
Procrastinating will just make you feel anxious and you'll still have to put in at least the same amount of effort so you might as well do it now. It seems harder but it's actually less effort that way.
Say thank you instead of sorry.
Avoid self deprecation. You might think you're being funny but you probably just look miserable and makes people uncomfortable.
Take responsibility for your emotions. You have emotional reactions to things. How you act when you feel those emotions is up to you.
No one's going to save you.
"Lifting" will never make you confident. The things that come along with it such as pushing past a mental barrier, learning how to cook and do it consistently well on a daily basis, sticking to a routine then seeing the progress will make you confident.
Nobody is looking after you. You are the only person that can defend yourself, do not count on a police officer or security guard to come and protect you if you are under attack. If you are able to do this where you live, conceal carry a firearm and a flashlight wherever you go.
Fast food isn't cheap. In the long run, you will develop health problems and in result, have to pay medical bills.
>>29601150
I believe what you say is true, but I ask you, anon, how have you helped yourself?
Life is going to beat you down time and time again, learn to have a thick skin and don't dwell on what other people think of you. Most people are assholes who will say and do awful things to you, they're usually just trying to make themselves feel better and probably have their own problems they can't cope with. Try to stay positive.
Everyone knows. They know who you are, they know what you want, you know who they are and what they want. You lie to yourself and don't even notice when you say "what if she's just playing hard to get" but you know she doesn't want you. That girl is lying to herself when she thinks "maybe he (my abusive bf) will change eventually". But she knows it's not happening.
It doesn't mater, though. People are not gonna treat you the way they treat you because of who you are, but because of the way you interact with them. If it pleases them, if it makes them feel comfortable or desire you, it wont change a thing that you jack off to hentai every night and lost your virginity to a escort.
It mostly depends on other people, though. When someone decides they like you, it's not because they like YOU. It's because THEY like you. Just like you think
>cool I made a new friend
Instead of
>wow what an awesome person to a around
whenever you meet someone new.
>>29601331
The c'est la vie ending of metro last light was pretty close though.....
>>29602277
Interesting, never really thought of this. So you think that people are totally transparent to each other?
Sometimes I'll scroll down my Facebook news feed and completely sum a person's life up based on their two posts. I'll make judgements like
>Wow sarah is rapidly approaching the age of 25 and still has not had a serious boyfriend while all of her friends and family are married. She is posting selfies to try and get a husband before 30. Men probably don't want to marry her because she doesn't have a bachelor's degree
And stuff like
>Well, Sam finished his degree and has a decent job, but you can tell that he has weird social skills from his fucked up childhood.
I didn't know that everybody did this to each other. I didn't know that there are people doing that to me. This feels weird.
>>29600439
Sure. Why not. 3 pieces of advice.
>Dont stagnate. Balance self improvement and destruction, though you should still improve. Train physically in at least 3 disciplines. Learn an instrument, become bilingual by 18 and trilingual by 21. Dont dedicate your entire life you self improvement. You will burn out extremely fast and regress into sadness and self destruction. Instead, find a way to balance drug usage and general sloth and wrath with self improvement.
>This one may only apply to me, but its the most influential one. A good warrior does not die in bed. My extremely high risk of lung, gum, jaw, liver, and skin cancer do not matter. Money does not matter. Achievements do not matter. I know where I am going, and I know im going to get there.
>Spooks are real and powerful. There are plenty of legal things that people would like to do to make themselves happy, but never do because they get it into their head that its not ok. I need a car. I need a 2 room apartment. I need to go to UNI, who cares if I major in hieroglyphic feminism? People spend money on things they dont need and dont even like to impress people they dont even like but hang out with to impress other people. On the flip side, there are guys who believe in order to be a true man they must get married, so they find a used up fat stacy whore they dont even love, pop out some kids, and get divorced. It ruins their life and they did it because a Spook told them to.
All in all, dont be normal. Mallory was fucking insane to most people, he was completely abnormal. He wanted to climb everest, and normies around the world couldn't fathom why. His name will live in history. SOF gentlemen are fucking insane. They go through extreme hardship just to get a bad paying job they cant talk about. They remove the social aspect and focus on the glory. Alexander was fucking insane. Instead of chilling out and existing like any norme king would, he decided to conquer the world, and wept when it was over.
>>29602577
Spook? A ghost?
>>29602731
he's referring to Stimer
https://warosu.org/lit/thread/8176140#p8180932
>tfw haven't read him
>>29602731
A concept that exerts authority over the individual but has no basis in reality.
2 identical men live in the USA
Both love the outdoors and are passionate ourdoorsmen
However, one man (A) succumbs to spooks, the other (B) does not.
Man A decides he needs to go to uni to make money, and he needs to make money to be respected.
Man B decides to join the forest service, because though it pays like shit, he spends all day going what he loves.
Man A gets a shit job he hates, and afterwards is too tired and pissed off to enjoy the outdoors like he used to. His plan was to make money and enjoy the outdoors on weekends and afternoons, but he cant because he always feels like shit from being forced to do something he hates. He has money, but he cant do anything with it.
Man B continues living in the outdoors. He meets a few nice girls, but decides to not get married or have kids. He spends any savings he makes on hunting/ trekking trips, as he is always energized from spending the day outdoors.
Man A decides that because in order to be a "man" he needs to step up and get married, he marries his Gf. She soon starts gaining weight and pending his money rapidly. Not to mention the kids that man A never wanted to have, but "duty" called to him and he did it. Suddenly, he is living paycheck to paycheck, and even if he had the energy to, he would have no time to go outdoors.
Man B just got back from a fishing trip in his shitty 90s volvo
Man A drives to the divorce lawyer in his mercedes because his wife feels he is not "invested in the marriage"
Man B decides to join volunteer helicopter search and rescue
Man A loses all of his money and has to work frantically to keep up with alimony and child support. No more retirement with all the money he made.
Man B decides to retire. His expenses were pretty low, and they are getting lower as he gets older. He buys a small plot of land and builds a house, and takes up reading.
Society says man B is a failure.
Is he?
>>29602916
Interesting concept. Quality post, anon.
>>29602916
>implying everything works out for man B under those circumstances
The spook theory ultimately promotes hedonism. If everybody lived like this, the human race would go extinct and we'd basically be a bunch of niggers
>Nigger A works full time at the local BBQ restaurant to set an example of work ethic despite hating working there
>Nigger B thinks working is for pussies, and decides to collect welfare and bang as many whores as possible
Who's the loser?
>>29603022
Apply it. It makes being an apathetic loser justified, and being a winner better.
Do things because you want to do them. Fuck everybody else. You are the most importante person in the world and if you do or do not want to do something it is purely your choice.
Fuck morals, fuck society, fuck ideology, fuck nobility, fuck money, fuck relationships, fuck anything you dont need or want.
But If you have a genuine love for money, make bank and be happy making it. If you truly love money you should love whatever makes you money.
Oh yeah, tell karl hes a fucking fag for me. I havent spoken to him since he blew up.
>>29603080
You completely missed the point what a spook is you silly goose.
>>29603080
The one who is unhappy.
Hedonism is seeking pleasure. Pleasure and happieness are different things.
I could sit around doing smack and fucking bitches all day, but instead I trek for weeks in the wilderness. Sure, I may get hungry, thirsty, hot, cold, trenchfoot, bugbites, woods panic, whatever. I enjoy it. Its painful, but I enjoy it, so I do it.
And if nigger A likes his job, good on him. If Nigger B is a parasite and is fine with it, good on him. Those benefits will run out though, because somebody else will take them to benefit their own happiness.
It all works out maaaaannnn
>>29602471
It's not all like that, though. It's not like they can tell specifically facts about your life, but they can tell most of your major personality traits and your intentions just from interacting with you for a while. Someone at a classroom who sits close to you has you all figured out just by making casual eye contact every day, even if they might not realize it at a conscious level.
>>29603080
Hahaha not much makes me laugh on here but that was fucking hilarious.
>>29603098
>tfw this is how I live my life and it's great
Normies are openly jealous I'm so laid back when they figure they have it all but are stressed to fuck and back every day because their girlfriend hasn't changed her relationship status on facebook or whatever verging on living satire pointless bullshit.
Oh, i have some:
1. Nobody cares that much about you.
2. Most if not pretty much everyone is insecure and thinks others are judging him/her.
3. The one who attacks faster is the one who wins (im not talking only about physical fights)
4. You have to know when to give up entirely on something.
5. Always remember that nothing is really THAT important unless you want it to be.
Feel free to complain.
>>29603253
>1. Nobody cares that much about you.
>2. Most if not pretty much everyone is insecure and thinks others are judging him/her.
It's true, have had several people make reference to some embarrassing event that happened to them and no one can remember it but them.
>>29603098
I am the guy you replied to, and I have to add that I have never gotten the "fight club" rhetoric anyways, because as a 23-year-old guy working as a graphic designer, I have always strived towards identifying myself as someone who seeks to master visual arts, to become an artist.
It doesn't need to happen overnight, but I decided as a child that this will be my path in life and spooks or not, I expect to achieve success and recognition in the end. Not immediately, though, since when I have my whole life to pursue this goal, I have no hurry. Although, everything in my life, what I do, decide, feel or think is aligned with this goal, so I just know I will be successful one day. I have long-term goals planned out for this purpose, and a small list of short-term goals.
Personally, I feel sad for everyone who succumbs to the pressures of society like that "Man A". I don't hate materialistic people, I feel a little sad for them and I wished very hard to help them see that life is about being happy, not about success. Life is about doing what you love, not being respected or even loved, but I feel like there is little I can do to make them hear me out, so I try to not fuss over it too much.
>>29603102
Well the spook is portrayed as an outside force (maybe society) that influences you into doing something with the goal of fulfilling the standards of the spook.
This is a more complicated approach to saying "YOLO" or "follow your passions". A good amount of the time, this shit gets you in trouble.
If somebody decides to live their life working for the government in a nature department because they love nature, cool. But then they are frustrated when rent rises and their car blows up in the same week. They end up going into debt over these two factors. They can never afford to buy a house because they are never able to save enough to put a down payment on a housing loan, so they can never get the benefit of paying lower housing payments with house ownership.
I grew up in a hippy-ish rural community with a bunch of "free spirits" who were running from society. We had nudist colonies, full time musicians, artists, videographers, nature enthusiasts who worked at state parks ect. These are really typical scenarios for 35+ year olds that I saw growing up.
I get what you're saying, it's a nice idea, but just usually doesn't turn out to be practical. I don't think that going to college to get a boring degree for financial security despite hating the field is always the worst decision.
Now that we are adults we can decide if the ideas that we were taught when we where younger are legit or pure of shit.
We have the power to look at the best and edit which ideas seem rational and which dont, something that was impossible when we were growing up.
Trust nobody, Caesar had friends and look what they did to him.
>>29600439
Life ain't long. Do what you want, or do something that will eventually lead to something you want. Don't get caught up on the little things, focus big picture and set goals every day.
listen to your body. if it feels bad doing something or being around certain people you probably should avoid it.
the best person to make a decision for you is yourself. if someone says they know what's best for you. they want control not helping you.
try to live in the present. if you are safe alone in a room. you shouldn't be worrying about things outside that isn't happening yet.
>>29603405
>shouldn't worry about things that haven't happened yet
You should definitely be preparing for things that haven't happened yet. Wake up every day to work and make sure bad things don't happen to them in the future.
The farmer that stores up for the winter doesn't go hungry, while the farmer who didn't prepare starves
On breaking vicious cycles:
The key is not on breaking one of the factors that make it a vicious cycle, but collapsing it as a whole. I like to use this hypothetical example:
>you need to love yourself first if you want other people to love you
>you hate yourself because no one loves you
>since you hate yourself, you can't find anyone to love
The key isn't in magically loving yourself or hypnotizing a girl into loving you. You gotta collapse both ends symmetrically. For example:
>buy a new jacket
>looks good on you
>hate yourself a bit less
>get enough confidence to talk to the cashier
>she smiles as she says have a nice day
>since someone was nice to you, you feel better about yourself
>this gives you more confidence to talk to other people
It slowly builds up on both ends to a point in which you no longer hate yourself AND you found somebody who loves you. Most vicious cycles work like this.
Never combine pcp with alcohol and ambien, you'll end up in a stranger's house without shoes
the things ive learned and not amazing secrets
heroin is bad for your life overall
meditation cures depression
Commit suicide. The more people who commit suicide, the better. I tried once but pussied out. So the moral of the story is, use a gun.
>you're ugly
in an argument in elementary school where i called this kid out on his bullshit, that was what he said. i just didn't know how to react. it was the first time someone said something to really try and hurt my feelings. it made me very non-argumentative for a long time because how you can you be reasonable when someone can just decimate you in one blow like that. it can be about anything. "oh well your mom's dead, oh at least i'm not a virgin, oh well i get paid more."
i learned much later it's probably more about insecurity, which is why people have to try and put themselves above you by simply putting you down. they're just not content with themselves in some way.
i think it explains a lot of the behavior on this site. nobody is happy with their own life so there's just screeching matches all the time. everyone has to get the last word in through immediately trying to hurt someone that perhaps threatens them.
The world won't end with you. So spend the rest of your life not being a narcissist and actually have some kind of objectively positive impact on it. Whatever that means to you, put it into practice instead of complaining.
I can't tell you how to stop being a hypocrite, that's addictive in itself whether or not you have an opiate problem.
>>29601089
Good advice based Toon Link
>>29601615
This deserves more credit
>>29602916
what do you do when you don't know what you like
>>29603550
Problem was that you secretly thought too that you were ugly. If you were confident you weren't ugly, you wouldn't care.
For example, I am rather average-looking, and if somebody told me I was ugly, I would mark it off as a childish remark and told them something even worse.
Best defense is offense, anon.
>>29603594
Try everything. If you like everything that's not bad. You're still better than the people who like what's popular just to seem cultured.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ixRWvrkUHo
>>29603607
>I am rather average-looking
But if you were ugly you'd actually you know, have to deal with that. What is a turtle's offense when a seagull drops it onto sharp rocks?
Nobody is to blame.
If there's a problem, there's no one to blame, not even yourself.
If there's a problem, fix it.
>>29603704
I like that one, it's got the go getter attitude.
take your fish oil
>>29601153
>Life is more like poker than chess.
This is one of the most beautiful quotes I've ever read in my life.
Thanks man.
>>29601615
The Nips have a word for this, kenjataimu, used to describe the clarity you get post-orgasm.
never trust ANYBODY. no matter how kind, close, or caring they may seem. these people could be your parents, girlfriend, children, or your friends.
you have no one to rely on other than yourself. this world is all yours.
im not saying become a loner, just take everything with a grain of salt.
you're free to doubt this post, also. think for yourself weather you want to believe me or not.
>>29603080
You're the loser for leaving you're containment board. Seriously, do you fucks ever shut up about race?
You are your habits and your reflexes, from your actions to your thoughts
The mind effects the body, and the body effects the mind.
Your body will typically be much better at guiding your actions, in active or passive ways. Become aware of this, and okay with it. Have a dialogue with your body/brain-stem, and keep your inner cave-man happy as well as your intellectual side
People can genuinely change and repent, but it is rare
There is no such thing as unconditional love, or unconditional trust. They are bonds which must be earned, which can also be broken
Every day is a choice
When you are experiencing something "new" it is not really the thing/experience that is new, just a new part of your own self. Like say if you travel to a "new" country, or try learning music for the first time. These things are not new, they have been around for hundreds or more years. What IS new is the part of you that develops from being exposed to it
Some times the people who need love the most are the hardest to love. It's worth a try, but don't get hung up if things don't turn out
Don't idolize or obsess over anything
There is no afterlife, and that's okay. Life can still be beautiful. Or terrible. Really it is whatever you decide it means to you
Try it out and see what happens, your preconceptions might be wrong. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
A lot of people struggle just like you, you are not isolated in your feelings of frustration, loneliness, aimlessness, or desire to live out dreams. Try to live out your dreams in a balanced way, and help others find their own along the way
Being good friends doesn't mean you have to know every single thing about somebody, you just have to get along
Pay your bills ahead of time
Take responsibility for the results of your own life. If things go bad you can surely reprimand yourself for it, but after that you have to move on. Learn from the experience and move on
Do not haunt your past at the expense of your future
Using escapism to escape your problems will only make them worse. Of course this should be obvious.
>>29601331
Ouch my PTSD from that scene
>>29602577
Mallory probably won't live on in history; his fate was unknown for almost a century.
Hillary might...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mallory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary
pic unrelated
>>29601153
>Life is more like poker than chess.
What did he mean by this?
This would would be a lot better if everyone grabbed their fucking balls
>>29605447
You can change the cards you've been dealt
You can change the table you're playing at
You can play one on one, or in a group
You can play by different sets of rules
You can get ahead by playing truthfully, or by playing good bluffs
You can fold and wait for a better hand
There are more possible arrangements of cards/possibilities than there are atoms in the whole of planet earth
>>29605447
Everyone starts out equally in chess and how well you do is a direct result of how adept you are. In poker, your starting hand is all luck of the draw and you work with what you get. Maybe you fold early on, maybe you go all in and hope the river turns out in your favor.
>>29605587
>>29605447
Backgammon is a mix of both; truly it is the sport of kings, or at least well-to-do barons
But typing with one hand is cumbersome...
>>29600439
I thought this thread was going to be shit
> it's not
I'm in one of those rare moods , you know that late night contemplative times , not racing thoughts .
Weird that I find this thread
this place is a cesspool , the crab bucket , but in this moment is can't feel it's pull and I am free
I feel like sharing , but I can't think of much
I don't want to lament this instance of calm fearing the swing of the pendulum
Even if I had a unpolished gem I would be reluctant to bother here as that is so much shouting in the wind
Maybe that it seems as though the vast majority of people don't care or think at all . The terrible conclusion is living in a place overrun by philosophical zombies or worse .
>>29600439
When someone bullies you and your parents and teachers say to tell an adult, they're lying
You're supposed to kick the shit out of the kid, take your undeserved punishment and get on with life. Very few parents will tell you this and no teachers will.
>>29601326
This is a good one. It's not just that they will be inspired by their parents to try to work things trough and stay faithful, cheating has even been shown to be genetic.
>>29601089
>Doctors don't care about your health problems; Your health is in your own hands.
this is so fucking important.
>>29600439
best technique to get me out of my comfy/miserable hiding spot and start tying again:
>if i'm not going to kill myself today, i'm going to do something positive or healthy for myself that i haven't been doing. i can always decide to kill myself tomorrow but at least i'll have one good thing under my belt.
how many of us have been saying for years that we're going to kill ourselves and using that as a safe escape fantasy while we rot and do nothing with our lives?
it's literally taking it a day at a time. stop thinking about the future when you're trying to take your small steps. it's too overwhelming when the path ahead of you is as long as it seems for some of us. count every minuscule effort as a victory and eventually the little pieces will build up to a better life and hopefully, some happiness and satisfaction.
>>29603704
Winner mentality right there.
Literally think of the world as a machine, where everyone is just another cog. Cheating girlfriend, narcissistic boss, robbing nignogs, all of them - cogs. Faulty, rusty cogs, sure, but still just cogs.
You can't blame a machine. It does what it's designed to do. And with all it's faults it's still turning so it can't be all bad.
So what you do is find the best position within the machine, and every action you do should be to reach that position.
Getting angry at something inanimate is just wasting your time.
Goodnight for now, anons. I hope this thread is kept alive, there's a lot of interesting thoughts and advice we have to share, and I'm glad we're helping each other out.
My last bit of advice for the night: Get your sleep schedule in order, proper sleep is more important than we think towards our overall health and well being. An all nighter is fine every once in a while, but we weren't meant to do it every night.
