>its my birthday today
>mom calls me this morning and tells me she cleared my credit card balance and is letting me spend $500 as a gift
>go to gamestop to buy a new console
>card gets declined
>call mom to ask about it
>she calls me back to tell me they thought it was a fraudulent purchase
>she's very disappointed in me for spending it on video games
>tells me she wanted me to spend it going out with friends and being social
>the disappointment in her voice was soul crushing
>don't even know how to tell her I'm a complete loser
>sitting in my car in a GameStop parking lot feeling like shit
I'm 22 years old and I'm a complete fucking failure. I didn't want this guys.
>>24085444
Well at least I got trips I guess.
>>24085458
yeah you're definitely a loser
>>24085508
Th-thanks senpai
>>24085508
He already knows that senpai
If he didn't buy that console maybe he can buy some of us drinks wherever he is
Man, your mom sounds like a seriously neurotic bitch. And I'm not one of those ungrateful cunts that's bad to his parents but jesus.
>>24085444
what if u play online games and talk to teammates over the headset? is that still antisocial?
>>24085549
She just wanted me to not be a complete fuckup like I am. I'm grateful for everything she's done for me, and what she did for my birthday gift is great, especially since my family is tight on money. I just wish I could've been a son she could be proud of.
>>24085444
what a bizarre thing to stipulate, fuck her desu
>>24085603
I like your attitude anon but consoles and videogames aren't some nerd thing anymore. Everybody owns a console. Your mom is neurotic.
>>24085444
That's like the opposite of me but I'm a shut-in NEET 22yo as well currently
>tell my mom not to get me anything for my birthday
>always telling her not to waste her money on stupid shit
>don't buy vidya cause I can pirate it or buy it on steam sales or some shit
>waste money every other year on computer parts and she thinks I'm some genius because I can put adult legos together
Hey bro
How about you try not to be a fuck up
>inb4 just bee urself
No seriously,try to get a job somewhere
Feel the need of responsibility
You know ,those who do not worry about survival are the pronest to depression !so find a hobby or a job and things will get going . If not ,we'll atleast you would show your Mom that you tried !
>>24085664
I guess so. It just hurts knowing you're a disappointment to your family like that. I wish my mother could've had a chad as a son instead of me. She deserves it. I was really bothered by turning 22 all week too. It feels like I'm at the point where there's not much hope of turning things around and I've already fucked my life up.
>>24085734
I did try, I just have trouble holding down jobs and doing well in classes because I'm stupid and clumsy and manage to fuck things up. Needless to say, she's disappointed by this too. I'm working at McDonalds now though, just started that job.
>>24085444
>mother just tries to give you money and expects you to be socially apt
Helicopter parents are complete shit. If she actually spent time getting to know you in the TWENTY FUCKING YEARS OF YOUR LIFE she'd know you wouldn't have friends and that reason is because she never supported you.
>>24085741
There's always suicide anon and thank God for that.
Not trying to be mean either. I share most of your feels except I'm older than you and it's my escape plan for when things get too much. It was actually really liberating when I came to terms with it. You can do whatever you want in this world. Being in trouble is a fake idea.
>>24085444
You're mom's a cunt nd you should tell her so. You contrived cash as a gift then try to dictate how they spend it.
Personally, crap like this is why I always keep $2-300 to treat myself with between birthday and Xmas
>>24085603
your family is tight on money and you still accept this and want to spend 500 bucks on vidya?
you're literally human trash
>>24085741
I'm literally in the same position as you except I'm turning 29 next month. My parents have given up and just accepted that this is who I am. I actually do all the chores around the house (cooking, cleaning, laundry, gardening, caring for siblings, etc) so that I don't appear completely useless. I'm also getting /fit/ so that I'll double as the security guard of the house and keep everybody safe.
I used to just be a giant 13 year old but now I'm just a lonely jobless adult.
>>24085444
Happy birthday anon
Original comment
>>24085444
Happy birthday sempai
>>24085444
lol, most video games are just like a sport and they help people socialize, there's nothing wrong with it.
there's only something wrong with video games when you're a cliche rager or addict.
playing video games with someone isn't much different from playing catch or something.
Sorry bud, I agree with mum. I feel bad for you though OP. Can't say I'd spend $500 exclusively or in any capacity on "being social" either, but you're 22 now. It's the principle of it; scurrying off to the candy store with your allowance?
I hope you rethink your life and what you're doing with it long and hard while you sit in your '94 Chevy.
>>24085444
I know this is incredibly hard for a robot (if not impossible) but drive back home. call an ubers (which forces interaction) go to the nearest bar. Watch the game, have a beer, talk to people in the general vicinity. Worked for me, now i have lots of friends i still chill with to this day.
Also, if you have 500 dollars, spend it on nice clothes or shoes. fuck your games.
>Inb4 Generic normie comment and shitposters.
>>24085444
Do you honestly still find videogames fun?
I usually turn them on, get depressed after 15 minutes that its no longer 2008, turn it off, sit in my dark pathetic room and drink until I fall asleep.
but normies spend MORE than that on a smart phone and nobody gives a shit when it's used solely for social networking bullshit & tinder hookups.
>family is poor
>both parents still spend hundreds a month on cigarettes
They receive zero fucking sympathy from me and when they die from it I won't feel the least bit sad. Yeah, yeah, edgy as fuck.
>>24086431
>severe social issues
>just go sit in a bar alone staring at a TV screen :^)
dumb normie
>>24085444
>not getting a good pc and pirate games
>>24085444
>>tells me she wanted me to spend it going out with friends and being social
>console- years of fun
>night out with mates- hours of fun
why tf do parents not understand this?
>>24086727
I just dont understand how people with "severe social issues" can just literally wallow in their issues instead of taking steps to overcome them. Its honestly as if you contracted a slow soul crushing cancer you cant fight. How do you just surrender and lay down and die? Somebody fucking explain this to me.
>>24086972
>hurr durr why can't you just b urself and make friends like me, it's so easy
>why can't you just snap out of it broski? It's all in your head xD
FUCK OFF YOU PIECE OF SHIT. THIS PLACE ISN'T FOR YOU. GET OUT.
>>24085444
>I paid your credit card bill for your birthday gift
Do Ameridebts really do this? If she wants to give you $500 couldn't she get a prepaid card, or put a credit on the account if she's too lazy. Why are you racking up credit card interest charges if mommy has to pay it off?
Since the card company called your mom I assume it's in her name or it's NEET Express.
>>24087010
No good sir, you are truly the piece of shit. Always remember that.
Ill do what you wish, ill leave. Just remember you are better than this.
>>24086972
>I don't get why people with a broken arm can't just bench press as usual
You seem to not understand mental illness, there are some people who go "I'm so socially anxious" and have 1000 friends on FB and meet up and just have a fringe. Then you have people who just don't talk to anyone, I don't say hello, I try not to go outside, as my mind tells me it's something I don't want to do.
It's engrained by now, I can't beat it, I could spend a ridiculous amount of money on councelling, or just be socially autistic, as I don't have ridiculous amounts of money i'll just be a shut in.
>>24086972
decades of consistently bad social experiences can't be turned around by going to the pub and hoping to find some mates. you're telling us to keep hitting out head on the wall because we'll eventually overcome the bricks that hold it together. it's been 27 years anon, i'm tired of trying. even once/if one makes it through, there's so much more distance to be covered
accepting the anxieties as they are, is one pain. having those anxieties, and being dejected by even more folks to get more anxieties, is another. you may as well be telling someone in severe debt to get out of it by gambling.god damn norman
>>24087079
Funny you mention the facebook thing. There was someone the other day(I read normiebook sometimes so I can get a grasp of time) that 'came out' about having social anxiety and being depressed he got 300 likes and women orbiting his dick about being brave. As I'm looking through his pictures(curious) they're of him going to the bar and beach and laughing and shit and looks like a Chad
I felt like I was being mocked
>>24086431
How the fuck do you go to a bar, where people are already chilling with their friends and group, and just sit next to them a start a conversation? This isn't like in the movies where you sit down next to someone who's alone and chat about life with them and the bartender. I've been going to bars with my normie cousin and his normalfag friends and never seen anyone do this.
>>24087190
I've got a small facebook with double digit friends, got one friend on there who jokes about being socially anxious and depressed, easily meets up with friends/girls 3-4 times a week, parents pay for his own apartment, gets every new game that comes out.
The worrying thing is you see girls saying they are lonely with like 5 digit followers, apparently it's "cute". Glad I rarely go on facebook as it just makes me sad.
>>24087079
huh. Good answer. This oddly makes sense to me. I guess i never really thought of it that way.
Still curious though... Is there any real hope for robots then?
>>24087192
lame as fuck
stay at home if you can't handle social interaction with strangers
>>24087190
There's lots of people here on /r9k/ who wouldn't even be able to put a picture of themselves up. It's like tumblrites who pretend to have some sort of illness so they can pretend they're oppressed. Downright disrespectful.
>>24087274
Win the loterry and pay for counselling
Meet a girl/friend who gets you and somehow pulls you out the hole we've got ourselves in
Die
As sad as it sounds only one of those has a 100% probability as time tends to infinity. Maybe some of us are just meant to be alone anon, godspeed to you.
>>24087263
Pretty much the same situation here only reason like I said that I go on normiebook is to get a grasp of time(progression? I don't know)
>>24087277
Not him but I'm agoraphobic so thats pretty much my situation atm I take benzos to be 'normal'
>>24085444
I would just give her the money back then. Being social doesn't make you a better person.
>spending $500 on a social events lasting three hours is better than spending it on videogames that could easily provide 80+ hours of entertainment
>>24087190
>I felt like I was being mocked
That's because you are. Normalfags love to mock people with actual problem by pretending they have that problem and getting sympathy. No one cares about people with low social status, they will always either lower it for you even further or at least try to cement it, no matter what the first few layers of interaction look like on the surface. The underlying social communication always does that.
>>24087277
I'm asking how it happens nigger.
It's not normal, at least in my country, to randomly start socializing with strangers in a bar. People usually go to a bar with their friends or group, I think you're full of shit for thinking you can just join a group of people you don't know and start a conversation. How does that happen?
The only place I've seen stuff like that happen is in clubs or parties where Chads and Stacies get approached by drunk strangers asking them to dance, but I've never seen that in a bar.
>>24087181
But... uh... Fuck. So what do you do? how do you live your life? So much confusion it makes my head hurt.
>>24087192
But thats great, getting out and doing something as simple as hanging out with us normalfags should at least do something for you right? Anything?
>>24087312
Alone... huh... Thank you anon for the better description of this instead of doing the "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
>>24087277
>social interaction with strangers
to me that means small chat while waiting for something or when getting an order, not crashing a group-of-friend's night out and potentially getting told to sod off. you amerilards are chatty folks so I guess it may be a cultural thing, but i'd imagine that you'd get told to fuck off proper at least half the time you randomly approached people, unless you offered to buy them a round, and even then they'd likely be suspect.
the only thing you got in common with folks at a bar is alcohol man. that risk->return is horrible. robots would be far better off going to a concert for a band they like. still overpriced drinks, but at least they'd have a conversation topic to fallback on once the pleasantries were outta the way.
>>24087467
>>It's not normal, at least in my country, to randomly start socializing with strangers in a bar.
It's not normal anywhere. Anyone who tells you it is simultaneously has dozens of stories about that "creepy" loner at the bar who tried to approach him and his group.
Why not tell her you don't have any friends?
>>24086579
I built myself a pretty good pc about 4 years ago, haven't played any games for about 2 years
they're all the fucking same
just like working, except you get no money for it
shitposting is more fun
>>24085444
I don't know how to make new friends either, but yeah, if she's dissapointed you want to spend it on vidya, just don't spend it. Although I see the other side too, why give you money then complain what you spend it one
do you have any interests apart from that?
>>24087534
Im the guy who made the original bar comment, Nobody was implying you should walk up to a bunch of assholes and start talking. I was just suggesting to go out and get out of the house and doing something that is remotely social. I personally went to the local bar when i moved to the city, didnt know anyone, didnt know what would happen. All i did was grab a beer and asked to play pool with a group of people and it took off from there. playing pool is a great ice breaker if you dont know anyone. Now everyone knows me and they are all my honest friends
You are also right, it may be a cultural thing. Not sure how you people over in whatever-the-fuck country you hail from does things but it can work here.
>>24086413
I drive an Accord, but thanks.
>>24086579
Yes I do. I don't really play video games that often though. I mostly just play fighting games like street fighter and mortal kombat.
>>24087438
Seriously. I don't even know what the fuck I was supposed to spend $500 doing. She mentioned going on a trip or visiting Chicago or something, but its hard to spend $500. I still have more than enough left over to get myself a nice dinner and buy myself some drinks.
>>24087479
>But thats great, getting out and doing something as simple as hanging out with us normalfags should at least do something for you right? Anything?
Not at all, sorry bruv. We're different breeds of people, the only reason I hang out with normies is because my cousin pressures me into it, and I feel like a dick whenever \i decline his invitation in front of his friends. I much prefer to be alone and I'm perfectly content with being a loner, these social environments just make my anxiety worse and make me feel completely out of place.
>>24087673
>nobody should walk up to a bunch of assholes and start talking
>just walk up to a bunch of assholes and start talking and intrude on their game
Genius, normie
>>24087630
I actually do have friends (not very many or enough to call myself a normie), but the friends I wanted to see were all busy this weekend. That said, I try to make it sound like my life is better than it really is when I talk to my mom
>have dinner with my mom
>make shit up about how well I'm doing and make it sound like I'm not a total failure
>tfw she says "I'm proud of the man you've become" because of the lies you've told her
It makes me want to die, but both of our lives are shit, and all telling her about it would do is make her feel worse about how much of a failure I've become.
>>24085444
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>>24087746
Have you ever played pool at a bar? Its as simple as it sounds. You just ask if you can play the next and put quarters on the table. If they say no, you walk the fuck away.
What the fuck is so hard to understand about that?
>>24087729
I understand what you are saying but i must ask. Are you happy? Moreover, are you happy with being a loner?
>>24085991
lot of lonliness going about anon
>stay inside (>>24085444)
>disappoint family etc. (>>24085444)
>ask how to socialize (>>24085444)
>just socialize brah (>>24086431)
>but that's completely unhelpful (>>24087192)
>then just stay inside brah (>>24087277)
the ride never really ends, does it?
>>24085603
She is probably the reason why youre a neurotic fuckup
did you even have a father
>>24085444
sitting in a GameStop parking lot how low can you get what were you spending it on black ops 3 gonna start a clan and do mlg for money top kek you deserve the guilt you fucking loser.
>>24086684
good point
>>24086972
when every friend you had fucked you over in some way(even if you aren't completely blameless in all cases either) it gets more difficult to talk to strangers, and after years of not being able to interact you become even worse at it, and more scared of rejefction/making a fool of yourself
if it was easy to fix then it wouldn't be a problem
>>24087920
He passed away last year.
>>24087932
I know this is bait, but I actually did get black ops 3 with it along with mortal kombat x.
How was your card declined for fraud before you used it?
>>24085444
>3 years on unemployment welfare
>finally land a job
>job is to give out food free samples at store for various brands every day.
>its good for me because I get to learn to dress nice, interact with normies and get paid.
>may even use some of the money to get a gym membership and get fit
>life is final looking good
>ring up mom and tell her the good news
>she is really happy on the phone
>then I explain what the job is
>her happy voice turns into tone of disappointment
>I can tell she thinks its a loser job
>conversation ends
>I feel like shit, not sure if I would even turn up for work tomorrow.
>>24087860
>Have you ever played pool at a bar? Its as simple as it sounds. You just ask if you can play the next and put quarters on the table. If they say no, you walk the fuck away.
Literally no one does it alone, if you do, everyone will just gather around to look at the weirdo, and they'll resent you and drive you out for "taking up their time" because a group is always more important than one guy.
>>24087971
It got declined when I swiped it through the scanner to make the purchase.
>>24087966
Yea your right it was bait but fuck your parents what were they expecting from you to be a 10/10 Chad with a 10/10 wife with two kids along with a stem degree if this is somewhat true all hope for you is gone as far as parents go.
>>24087860
m8, i know what you're trying to get at. See, these guys have no leg to stand on. They may be able to handle the bantz here, but when that happens irl, if they get that far, they'll just spaghetti.
The problem isn't just doing it, its getting up the courage to do it. You're asking them to take a running leap over a gap. Sure, they see you and your buddies do it. But every single time they've tried, they failed. Just yelling at them to jump does nothing, and they feel as if they're past the point where they can just take baby steps and do it.
They internalize everything, and overthink everything.
The only thing that you're doing is making them want to try even less.
>>24088066
>what were they expecting from you to be a 10/10 Chad with a 10/10 wife with two kids along with a stem degree
Yes. The only time my mother is proud of me is when I'm lying.
>>24087860
>Are you happy? Moreover, are you happy with being a loner?
Yes. As long as I have high speed internet, drugs and live in beautiful and peaceful place I can be quite happy.
My dream is pretty much to move to the Alps, New Zealand, Patagonia or somewhere similar and become a full blown recluse. I need a lot of money for that though.
>>24087079
I'm not saying everyone can solve those problems, but some people have, or at least got a little better
>>24087997
do it
if she doesn't understand good it is then fuck her
>>24087997
My man, take the job. Trust me, a social job like that will help you alot.
>>24088100
Happy birthday bro but man your parents are dicks for wanting that no offense your mother should've kept her legs closed and do you a favor cheer up go home play some vidya maybe things will get better.
>>24087729
are you really happy with being alone, or is it just better to avoid anxiety?
I have a similar problem, don't really go out
>>24087277
GET OUT
GET OUT
GET OUT
GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTT
OOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTT
>>24087277
Thats what theyre trying to do
>>24087966
lost my dad 3 years ago, still miss him
hope he was good enough to miss
>>24085444
>waaaaah why didnt you waste your money on alcohol and whores?
>>24085603
My only friend is my 16-year-old fiance and a weird South African man I work with (who is moving back on the 20th), and I have a net worth of about 2.5 million and growing at 27.
Sociability is no measure of success
>>24088083
Interesting. Maybe im going about this all wrong. Im honestly trying to inquire as well as delve into the mindset of the common robot. Its fascinating. Dont get me wrong, im not here to be one of those guys that is trying to help people to make themselves feel better. I just truly dont understand but im trying to.
>>24088125
I like that answer. It wasn't rhetorical or facetious. I respect you because you are honest with yourself. I was honestly just curious if somebody could really love themselves and still be a shut in because there is so much negativity and self loathing here that it became a serious thought of mine.
>Enjoying Vidya makes you a loser
>Going to clubs and getting drunk and shit makes you a winner
That's some crazy great logic there OP
>>24088288
Yes.
See
>>24088125
Sucks to be you OP
I'm 22 and i've told my mom barely anything personal ever since i was 14
I don't like her, i don't much care for her, biggest reason i even visit anymore is that i've nothing else to do for the hollidays and stuff
Hey anon, I'm sitting in my car feeling like a piece of shit too.
We should start a gang
>>24088395
Your Mom sure does know what a winner is
I still have faith in women but OP's post basically show you how crazy girls can be
Enjoy your money and live that wonderfil bachelor lifestyle
>>24088416
relationships do seem like a lot of work for not much reward, especdially when so many poeple, and women, are cunts
so I do see where you are coming from, but if I'm being honest, I wish I had a wife and kids, and a dog
I am kind of happy some of the time, but sometimes I get lomely
>>24088357
>Delve into the mindset of the common robot.
I'll try and spell it out, in normie terms.
>Imagine as if you have little to no social experience.
>Imagine if that experience is bad, either because you tried and were made fun of, or just watched from afar.
>Imagine being of either good or average intelligence, but being unable to connect with people entirely.
>Imagine being not just unattractive, but ugly. Legit ugly, pimples, fat, short, bad bone structure, the whole shebang.
>Imagine your family, the only people who really know you, being sick of you and think your a waste of space.
>Imagine having more succsessful siblings who you are compared to.
>Imaginethat your friends...oh wait, you don't have any.
>Take all that, and throw in social anxiety and maybe a bad voice.
>Imagine having nothing to look back on that's good, nothing good going on now, and having nothing to look forward to.
>Therefore the only defense is escapism and isolation, just to avoid having to be reminded that you're a pathetic waste of flesh.
That's what being a robot is like.
>>24088232
Thanks for the birthday wishes, same to everyone else who wished me a happy birthday. Other than my mom and you guys, I don't think anyone has wished me a happy birthday today. I guess the guy at GameStop did when I mentioned it was my birthday, but it was probably the most insincere birthday wish I've ever heard and I'm not sure if it counts.
>>24088345
He was. I didn't appreciate him enough while he was still alive. I wish I did. I wish I could've been a son he could have been proud of too.
>>24088429
Ok
>>24088649
Thank you, but I have a simple question: is there hope?
>>24088833
Hahahaha
nope
>>24088577
I used to want to have friends and a gf badly when I was like 15-16, as the years passed though I became less and less interested. Nowadays even the thought of having friends feels ridiculous and impossible, like something from another dimension, having a gf is something I don't even think about or crave anymore. It's like I've learned to love solitude and just become completely apathetic, or maybe I've gone insane from being a shut-in, who knows.
>>24088833
Not in today's civilization
>>24087997
My parents reacted the same way after 3 years of being a NEET I got a job at KFC and now they make fun of me and treat me worse than they did when I was NEET even though I pay them rent
>Constantly make fun of me for working at KFC
>Always joking about me fucking chickens
>Bought me a rubber chicken for my birthday then put it into a deep fryer and made me eat it
>nearly choked to death
>constantly call me ''popcorn chicken prick''
>take all the family photos from my walls and put them into a family bucket that they found outside a KFC bin
I don't know what the fuck they want from me
>>24088864
>>24088910
Thats.... Thats incredibly heartbreaking.
Its like a dark void or a perpetual purgatory of melancholy and hopeless disrepair. I know i keep asking but... How do you keep living?
>>24088950
do you live with them? if not, just stop talking to them or going over to their house
>>24088833
With those digits, anything is possible.
But in all honestly, there's always hope. Baby steps are very much required. To at least survive in social situations, to try and avoid spaghetti and overthinking things, like facial expressions, voice, etc, I have some tips.
>Practice facial expressions in a mirror. Practice smiling, frowning, know what your resting face looks like and if you need to work on changing it. 80% of communication is body language.
>Practice body language. How you hold yourself, how much you fidget.
>Practice speaking a good bit. If your tongue gets tied, stop speaking, chuckle as if its no big deal, and try again. Know how your voice sounds to other people. Record yourself speaking and other things.
>Act as if you speak with your hands. It'll allow you to be silent a moment without looking like a fool.
>>24089002
I still have food and shelter, if that runs out then maybe I'll stop living
>>24089060
Stop trying to give useless advice.
>>24088718
>He was. I didn't appreciate him enough while he was still alive. I wish I did. I wish I could've been a son he could have been proud of too.
People who are pretty and popular get an easy ride through life until they start losing their looks, ugly/anxious people who face hardships have to develop more depth and character, chads and stacies are shallow
He may well have been dissapointed that you didn't get what you wanted, but he was probably still proud of you
socially anxious people often treat themselves worse than they would strangers, they are much harsher on themselves than they would be on a friend.
>>24088866
>the thought of having friends feels ridiculous and impossible
thats not the same as saying you don't want them thogh
>>24088950
oh come on, you really expect us to believe they made you eat a fried RUBBER chicken?!
that's straight up assault, get them charged if it really happened
and if they are cunts, then fuck them off
>>24089067
then the jews win
>>24089089
damn nazis trying to make us practice facial expressions
>>24089089
That's just help for surviving in social situations. Like resturants, stores, work, etc. It's mostly just to help with the sphagetti that can fall when you try and scramble to remember what to do if you fuck up a llittle, and keep the spillage to a minimum.
>>24089067
>>24089067
Im legitimately sad now. From all the time i spent being a normie lurker on this board i never really understood untill now.
God damn this feeling is terrifying. No wonder you want us to leave you all alone. I would love to stay as a guest though.
>>24085444
what game console? there's no reason to have more than one.
>>24089139
>talking to dad about a week before he passed before the cancer fully got to his brain and he was still coherent
>hes asking me about my life
>asks he if I have a gf
>I give him some bullshit answer about "playing the field"
>he sees right through me
>"You aren't talking to any girls, are you?"
>heavy tone of disappointment in his voice
>his facial expression turns to one of utter disappointment and sadness
>I don't even know how to respond so I just go silent
That was one of my last conversations with him.
And yes, I guess I am more harsh on myself than others, but everyone around me is more successful and it makes it hard not to be disappointed in yourself.
>>24085444
Talk to her about /r9k/. She'll help you.
>>24086848
well if you spend $500 in one night something is wrong
>>24089278
An Xbox one (I intentionally didn't mention it in the op to avoid this thread derailing into a console war). Before this I've just been playing an Xbox 360.
>>24089228
Don't disparge against the NEET/wiz/robot lifestyles and be nice. If you can do that you can stay. If you try to give advice please keep it genuine, we have heard every platitude in the book.
>>24089387
What game you thinking about getting?
I know on /vg/ the Destiny General has a real nice xbone community.
>>24089426
There was a deal at GameStop where I could get a free game with the console, so I got black ops 3 as the game and also bought a preowned copy of mortal kombat x.
Games like Destiny and Borderlands don't appeal to me.
>>24087932
black ops 1 has an awesome array of guns, I looked at 2 and 3. Stupid retard future tech shit.
>>24085444
>>24089387
Happy birthday OP. I hope everything goes well! Please have a comfy birthday, If you still have the 500 you should spend some on a nice dinner and your favorite snacks then watch some of your favorite shows and just relax. We love you - Anon
>>24089480
I gotcha man. Figured I'd offer.
>>24087997
Any job is better than no job. Your mom, at the end of the day is unfortunately a women, and still bound to female-kinds cuntiness.
>>24089419
I honestly have respect for all robots. I refuse to look down on / talk down to robots. Im no better than any of you and I also refuse to feel superior. If things didnt work out for me like they did i would be in your shoes.
>>24085444
>tells me she wanted me to spend it going out with friends and being social
it's your birthday present, why would she do something bitchy like that? my mom stopped asking stuff like that off me once she realized she isn't helping with the judgemental attitude and the silence and defeatist look in my eyes every time she pulled it on me started to make her realize that she's not making it better
>>24085914
Being stupid and clumsy isn't normally the reason people can't keep their jobs. Being lazy is. Now I myself am not the most capable one when it comes to practicality. However, I have wits to some extent and, which is most important, I show spirit doing most things.
Ain't nobody clumsy enough to be unable for a normal job if he is really trying to be useful (and by normal I mean jobs you don't need much know-how to do).
>>24086972
>I just dont understand how people with "severe social issues" can just literally wallow in their issues instead of taking steps to overcome them
>severe social issues
>taking steps to overcome them
it's a catch 22 .....
>>24089331
you should make it your only goal in life to get a wife and pumping her full of kids. Then take those kids to your father's grave every so often.
>>24089331
was he disappointed that you didn't have anyone, or was it because you were lying to him? Did he feel like it was his fault? Or was he just disappointed that he had to go?
he might even have been disappointed that women today are so shitty
or that the system is rigged
who knows
my parents never asked about girlfriends, either they knew I was useless and wanted to spare the embarrasment, or they thought I would get round to it
the elites want us to be demoralized and dissapointed in ourselves, it makes us easier to control, it fits their agenda of wiping us out and replacing us with a mixed race with no heritage and lower IQ
we win by not being demoralized
our ancestors did great things, and we carry their blood
2 hrs 20 min till I'm 40, do I get another title at 40 or is it just still wizard?
Happy birthday anon!
it could be worse
my mum died recently and she was disappointed in me.
>>24089792
M8, you're showing your powerlevel too much. Let the redpill come slow, you cannot force it.
I think you're now an archmage or something.
Tell her to just keep the money then if it's that big an issue. That's fucked up
>>24085444
for god's sake, break free from your parents
>>24089792
>mixed race with no heritage
>we carry their blood
and we're dying without reproducing, killling our ancestors blood, preventing the proliferation of a pure race, and destroying their heritage
how does that do anything other than advance the agenda?
also
>our ancestors did great things
not really, they got us where we are now
>>24087997
>>I can tell she thinks its a loser job
Well, it is a loser job. It's something that kids or old people get, you can't get a promotion, there's nowhere to go up, they just replace you whenever they want. You're nothing, a monkey could do it. It's not a career and it can't be. Unless you're 16 or 75 you fucked up.
>>24085444
JUSThappy birthday
>>24087070
>you are truly the piece of shit. Always remember that.
>Just remember you are better than this.
Do normies even listen to what they say?
>>24085444
Happy birthday Anon!
$500 is a lot of money- sure you could have gone out, had some fun with friends- but you could have also spent the money on trying to better yourself, right? Maybe a video game wasn't the right thing to go for- maybe treat yourself to proper happiness, the sort of happiness that comes with knowing you're doing better than you thought you could.
Maybe put it towards that gym membership you've been excusing for the last few years? Maybe driving lessons, or a new bike, a nice suit or new clothes so you can go for a decent job? Not some bullshit burger-flip/retail job, something you want to do- carpentry, IT, maybe a course at an adult college. Nothing is the wrong answer.
I don't know how old you are Anon, but it sounds like a lot must have happened for you to be in the position you are. That feeling you have when you realise how disappointing you are- that's not shame, that's rock bottom. It's the first rung of the ladder.
I believe in you Anon, honestly. I know you can do better than a video game. Your credit card balance is clear, you have $500 in your pocket- don't you see Anon? You're at square one, you're still at the starting line. A marathon isn't over if you're not running it, it's always going until you cross the finishing line and you do something that you can be proud of.
It's your birthday Anon, it's another year, and you've been blessed with the gift of Square One.
Do it Anon, please.
>>24089383
I often do just between my wife and I
>>24090880
>something you want to do- carpentry, IT, maybe a course at an adult college.
Do people in America really get jobs in those fields after 25? Is the economy really so good? Because in Europe these things are just bullshit that the absolute lowest class does IF they're so lucky that they have an uncle or someone in the field so that they can get them in.
If I could just "take a course" and then get a job and a position in society, I'd do it right the fuck now, but that's just not how it works.
>>24090999
Either way, clearly Anon's in a position where he has nothing to lose either way. Why not better himself, accomplish something he can at least be proud of, show off, etcetera?
>>24090999
Noice trips
>>24090880
you're nice person man
enjoy your day
>>24089792
Thanks for trying to cheer me up, but I don't think that's why he was disappointed. The only thing I question is whether he reacted like that because he thought I was a failure with women and life in general or because he thought I was gay (because according to normies, you must be gay if you aren't good with women)
>>24090165
I can't for multiple reasons. I'm still pretty dependent on my mom financially (although this could be fixed pretty easily) and my family needs me. Were all in a bad place right now. I'm surprised my mom actually gave me $500 to spend.
>>24090880
My apartment complex actually has a free fitness center so there's no worries there.
I actually have a few talents (music, boxing, martial arts, writing to name a few). I'm just not really great enough at any of them to really make a living off of any of them unless I drop everything else and focus on them exclusively.
Honestly, I think a lot of my moms disappointment came from me spending that money on something that was ultimately pointless (although I'm not sure how spending $500 on booze and socializing is much more practical).
>>24091242
>>
>Either way, clearly Anon's in a position where he has nothing to lose either way.
Yeah, except the most valuable years of his life.
>>24090999
>he thinks you suddenly can't apply for jobs or learn new skill when you're older than 25
Good luck with your high school exams, anon.
>>24092017
Sure you can, in a really good economy where jobs are constantly popping up and there isn't the usual system to hire young people as cheap as possible and grind them down and spit them out and then leave them unemployable. Which is wonderful if it's like that in the US, that's why I asked. I mean Americans are always complaining about the economy, but if this is possible then the economy is still better than 99% of the world where this is impossible.
I just turned 24 today and I'm still an incel manlet. My parents called to ask what I'm doing and I lied and said that I'd be staying in working on my art, which is pathetic in itself, when in reality I'm getting drunk alone and shitposting.
It could be much worse OP, count your trips and your blessings.
>>24092012
>most valuable years of his life.
>valuable
they won't be if he isn't doing anything
>>24091904
>although I'm not sure how spending $500 on booze and socializing is much more practical
It's normalfag thinking. All that shit is overrated.
>>24092069
>le the magical economy prevents me from succeeding maymay
Literally millions of young people still studied, got qualified, and have established careers in the midst of this so-called economic downturn. Life carries on despite the excuses people who don't want to try make for themselves.
>>24093855
>>Literally millions of young people still studied, got qualified, and have established careers in the midst of this so-called economic downturn.
Yeah, and literally hundreds of millions didn't.
Also, we're not talking about young people.
>>24087467
Yeah it doesn't happen at bars but in clubs
>>24085603
Suicide is always an option
>>24093929
>he thinks "hundreds of millions" of kids in the west are just failing at life.
Calm down, you hysterical high schooler.
KEK
Mid twenties is still young, anon. Lots of people take their time to work out what they want to do and nobody cares.
>>24090538
No, most aren't actually normies. They are just robots pretending to be normies so they don't feel like shit. It's fucking sad.
>>24091904
880 here, wishing you nothing but the best Anon. I only ever come to r9k to try help Anons like you, I used to share a lot with most of the robots on here, then a bunch of stuff happened which led to me hitting 'rock bottom' (neet, drug addiction, etc)
Taking the whole 'square one' approach is one that will definitely help you as it helped me Anon. Just achieve something you can hold on to, and you'll be successful in anything as long as you have that pride.
Start going out everyday to clubs and parties, like an autist, if that's what they want...
>>24093453
HE NEVER REACHES THE FUCKING TURTLE GODDAMN
>>24093453
This is absolutely brilliant, do you know the author?
>>24085664
/r9k/ tells themself this...
trolling aside if you are over the age of 20 and still play video games you need to reconsider your life
The life of a neetc-uck
Sucks to be you :^)
>>24085915
>you don't have friends because mommy didn't support you
What a load of horseshit. My parents were the best, and I don't have friends because I am totally inept.
>>24092146
getting drunk and shitposting coulf be considered art
>>24094941
More Comfy pics?
>>24094808
another fromthe same guy I think
>>24094887
but if you watch FOOOBAAAH, life is just peachy, huh?
dickhead
>>24085444
Wow you're disappointing. I bet you mommy saved up the whole year, and decided you should have something nice. So you take the money, and spend it on shut in loner shit, wow, you're pathetic. Who knows when you get another dollar neetc-uck.
That's what you get for going to GameStop.
Any store is better than fucking GameStop.
>>24086972
>I just don't understand
That's right, you don't. Normies don't understand, they even know they don't understand, yet they're so narcissistic that they still try to apply their specific, narrow life experience to every other person on the planet. It would be comical if it wasn't so depressing
She really wanted you to get an escort with that money.
She knows you're a virgin and wanted you to lose it.
>>24085444
I wouldn't give up yet. 23-24 is the age you truly grow out of your awkward, ball-less teenage persona. It's also when I started being a useless NEET hikki (I was disgusted at myself, not due to outside normiery) and went back to school.
I have a functioning social life now while still more than enough alone time.
>>24095325
not him, but i got you covered with the comfy
>>24096293
>>I wouldn't give up yet. 23-24 is the age you truly grow out of your awkward, ball-less teenage persona
Hahahahahahahahahaha.
OP post your paypal e-mail and I'll send you $500 as a birthday, I hope that makes you feel better.
>>24097082
as birthday gift*
Sorry about that
>>24097082
The thing is, there is no way to verify its the real OP. Some random anon can just pretend it's him and get the $1500. Hell I could do that right now, but I'm not scummy.
>>24097082
donate it to doctors without boarders
>>24097505
kekold eat shit
>>24086972
They fight every day man. On bad days I'm fighting just to stay conscious. On decent days, between fighting the constant pain in my body, the fatigue in my mind, there's not much room to challenge my social skills and being more outgoing. I do manage to expose myself to new social situations though and it's nowhere near as hard as it once was but mostly I try to just be there and not force myself to participate more than I can manage. I'm so drained that at some point even the will to hate myself for not being social enough or for what people think of me disappeared. It was easier after that.
