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Fuck the capsWhoooo! Another hockey fan! *bangs on the glass*
Go Wings & Caps!
Lets go pens
Fuck the capsWhoooo! Another hockey fan! *bangs on the glass*
Go Wings & Caps!
Yes, completely agree with the disconnection thing. It is a real problem and getting worse and worse. Economic independence gave us the delusion we don't need each other, or even nature. Really twisted. If we go on like this they are going to have to change the name to the previous dark ages. Some people maybe should take drugs to stop their delusions.I agree The Hypnotist, and would argue that the disconnection experienced in modern "first world" life is one of if not the main factors. Disconnection from nature and the wilderness, disconnection from our food ie. where it comes from and the work and love it takes to grow, disconnection from our neighbors and those around us, and on and on. This is a much different world than 100 years ago.
Really twisted. If we go on like this they are going to have to change the name to the previous dark ages.
We didn't evolve to be happy and calm, we evolved to be hunted and fearful. We've created a "safe" world but our hardware doesn't know this. What choice do we really have?
I think you're spot on with this.I think the increase in depression has a lot to do with the end of religion beliefs and the weirdness of our modern life. Evolution is much slower than the industrial and technological revolution. The path we have to follow in life is very blurry and culture is telling us all the time we have to be successful in everything we do. In the first world, we have more or less all our primary needs covered and crave for things we don't really need, but as social animals seem if we don't have them, we are not good enough in other's people eyes. All the advertisement temptations bombarding us everywhere are not helping either.
I won't even get started about how busy and under pressure we can be.
https://www.amazon.com/NHL-Greatest-Moments-Stanley-History/dp/B000UPMZ2GYa. The penguins are the only team I actually dislike ? FIGHT!
I think you're spot on with this.
As I've aged the past two years, I've slowly moved from communistic, idealistic beliefs about society and where it can go, to "I only care about me and my own," and it frightens me. All of a sudden I'm upset that I'm not meeting a certain income criteria that just two years ago wouldn't have phased me. I'm scared I'll have skin cancer and be unable to pay the fees to have it removed. I'm scared my guinea pig or snake will get sick and rack up 1k in bills. I'm scared my car will break down and rack up thousands in bills. I'm scared my new apartment will flood and my renter's insurance won't be enough to recover my damages. I'm upset with our new place only being 700 sq/ft. I'm scared I'll never be a home owner. I'm scared I'll never get a salaried job that can care for my fiance and I.
I am scared. I am not meeting the security part of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and that's pretty darn low on the pyramid. And yet here I am having a job, a loving fiance, an apartment, a vehicle... technically I have it great. I even have wiggle room in my budget so I don't have to quit drugs. And yet I'm unhappy... something is very wrong with society, and something is definitely wrong with me.