What are green flags for being alive?
Not for dating, just for living?
>>27419005
That is probably subjective but many people share the same ideas.
Buy-one-get-one-free sales
Always a green flag
>>27419005
Uhhh. Green flags for life.
>Having a best friend who understands you.
>A healthy amount of /out/
>acquaintances who aren't constant social climbers
>Knowing what you're about without getting down on yourself (for example, I know I'm boring to most people, don't talk a whole lot unless I deem it neccessary) but occasionally I run into someone who shares someone of my interests or skills, and when that happens, you can't shut me up, I have plenty to say.
There's a start OP
>>27419005
>get forced without being asked into a world in which you must labor endlessly just to put off the inevitable
Fuck no.
How was being given life considered a privilege?
>>27419119
>>get forced without being asked into a world in which you must labor endlessly just to put off the inevitable
That's such a weird way of thinking. I don't know how to argue against it, but it seems very weird.
>>27419005
>living in a first or second world country
>Good family
>Looking on your work and seeing it's good
>>27419463
>>Looking on your work and seeing it's good
Ecclesiastes bro
>>27419217
Its weird because you have no comprehension of the act or its complication until much later in life. "Consent" is meaningless in this context, only the resulting positive and negative feelings in hindsight.
>>27419550
I rarely recommend Chinese cartoons, but Haibane Renmei approaches the idea of inherent guilt, unconditional existence, existential anxiety, etc. in a very heartfelt manner.
>Parents are proud of you
>Graduated from college
>Married/in a relationship
>>27419463
>starfish
I read that in high school and have never met anyone who's read or ever mentioned it.
Would /r9k/ be rifters?
>>27419005
> Feels nice when you've been holding a wee wee in for a long time and you finally get to unleash the river like Treebeard in Lord of the Rings the Two Towers.
>>27419550
But, if you're already here, why not make the best out of it? Why not accept the pain, instead of fighting it mentally? It seems that's what really creates the suffering, and it's something you ultimately choose to have.
>>27419658
A small percentage.
There's alot of crossboarders, kids, and confused twenty-somethings on here.
beyond the robots, wizards, cyborgs, and normies there's only a few who really think outside the box, creatively maladjusting, constantly.
>>27419777
These are the types of 'freaks' that can never fit in anywhere. They're too fluid, too unpredictable, and too opaque to ever understand completely. People might even call them frightening, even though they're not necessarily violent.
>Oxygen
>Carbon
>Food
>Blood
Probably other things too.
>>27419923
We have a smartass over here
>>27419777
>>27419831
Suffice it to say
>Carving out your own niche
is a green flag for living, for that sort of person.
And a good one overall, for anyone who's tasted the life of an outcast. You build the house of your own belonging instead of trying to find it in other people's homes.
>Having a solid self-esteem
>Skilled in at least one marketable domain
>Healthy network of friends
>Dating and getting the pusi aren't an issue
>Having dreams, long term project and a positive outlook to live
Needless to say, I don't meet any of these criteria
>>27420150
incorrect faget
>>27419965
Bet that is the type of guy who thinks the reason noone likes him is because he's not dumb enough to relate to other people or some shit. When really it's because he makes shitty jokes like that
>>27419744
But people tell me to be grateful for a burden I never wanted. Thats the reason why the only winning move is not to play, anything else just fuels this existence and enables the birth of more unfortunate people.
>>27420580
Yeah, he's probably a figurehead for the whole fedora personality type. I wouldn't be surprised if he's a regular r/atheism poster and unironical fedora enthusiast.
>>27420625
The idea that life is a "burden" is purely a subjective thing. It can't be otherwise, it's too wide of a generalization. So you need to evaluate your thinking process. Why do you think it's a burden?
>>27421114
Life is a state that requires continuous effort to maintain. You can't just sit there and be a mind, doing nothing and taking nothing.
>wake up without being scared or close to tears
That's it for me. Another indicator is me worrying about not having a girlfriend. Now I will never have one, but whenever I worry about that is when I'm doing fine as there is nothing else to worry about.
>>27421221
So you think because effort exists, life is a burden. If it didn't, you wouldn't be here in the state you are now, concluding things about life. When you were a kid you probably didn't have these abstract thoughts. Or even just when you were in the moment, enjoying something. The mind that says "life is a burden" is the mind that was forged out of the burden. The solution is to move beyond it.
>>27421523
>>27421523
>When you were a kid you probably didn't have these abstract thoughts
I cried myself to sleep when I was eight trying to contemplate the ideas of eternal existence and eternal non-existence. I heard voices shouting in my head at night when I was a little kid, they stopped when I was 12. When I still believed in god, I was bitter and angry that someone would punish me for my ancestors sins. I also was scared because I didn't care about god, and I thought I would go to hell because of it.
I've always hated life, when unwashed ten I wished I had died as a baby so that I wouldn't have had to worry about being bullied.
>>27419615
>parents arent proud of me
>failing out of college
>no gf
>>27421690
*I was* not unwashed
Fucking hell
>>27421690
My point is that you either accept pain in its many forms is inevitable in your daily life, or attempt to fight it with abstractions which leads to neurosis (suffering). This is the challenge of being alive as an intelligent being. For us it's very hard to accept pain because the brain tries to find solutions against it, and emotions get in the way. The key is learning to control our emotions.
>>27421690
>I cried myself to sleep when I was eight trying to contemplate the ideas of eternal existence
No you didn't you faggot neckbeard
Video games
Origami comment
>>27419005
>If you have an income, saving at least 10% of it every check.
10% is just the baseline, more is absolutely preferred. This is one of many money management greenflags.
