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I would rather humanity have a bloody war that wipes out 90% of us than live the miserable life you have described. My life does not fit within walking distanc

I would rather humanity have a bloody war that wipes out 90% of us than live the miserable life you have described. My life does not fit within walking distance of a 110m2 box.

bee_rider 4y ago
You would rather accept a 90% chance of death for yourself and everyone you love, than live in a small apartment?
- gs17 4y ago
  Not even a small apartment, I share a ~110 sq m apartment now (with a sizable chunk wasted for stairs) and it's more than enough.
truckerbill 4y ago
Stop and think about that for just a second... (As an aside, it seems a lot of people unwittingly are making this choice which I find both curious and very depressing)
- freilanzer 4y ago
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timthelion 4y ago
That's weird. I grew up in a big house and my parents had plenty of cars, meat and travel, but I wasn't particularly happy. I'm happier now in my small apartment. I don't really understand how a big house will make you happy. Really, doing electronics is more fun in a hacker space than at home, and you can always go to a park.
- bluefirebrand 4y ago
  That's nice that a very spartan lifestyle is good for you. The house doesn't make me happy. Not hearing my neighbors music blasting through the floor at 2am makes me happy. Not hearing my neighbors screaming at each other every day makes me happy Being able to paint my walls any color I want makes me happy. Having a plot of land I can dig up and plant stuff on or build a workshop on makes me happy. Having a place that is my own that I can do basically anything I want with makes me happy. Renting apartments is shit. Even condos, which you own on paper but cannot just do whatever you like with, sucks. Hacker spaces don't exist everywhere by the way, and the ones I have been to sucked.
  - timthelion 4y ago
    Aha, sorry for my mistake. I didn't mean "apartment" to mean that you have to rent.
    - bluefirebrand 4y ago
      Funny enough, owning the apartment doesn't actually fix all of the other problems of living in an apartment. I don't want every facet of my life outside of my home to be public and shared. I want a private yard, not a communal park and garden. I want a private shop, not a public maker space. I want peace and quiet and a bit of distance from my neighbors, not shared walls. Because I've lived the apartment life and it honestly did make me want to kill myself. I don't know how people just live like that.
timthelion 4y ago
Doesn't that suggest that India should go to war with the world? I'm pretty sure that 110m2 is pretty luxurious for most people on earth.
ethanbond 4y ago
Do you, like most I've encountered who hold similar views, see this position as a testament to your courage and resilience?
- bluefirebrand 4y ago
  No, I am fully aware I'd most likely be in the 90% that died and if I did live I probably wouldn't enjoy life much after because it would be incredibly hard. I am expressing that I would rather die than live in the miserable, joyless sounding purgatory that was described.
surgical_fire 4y ago
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I would rather humanity have a bloody war that wipes out 90% of us than live the miserable life you have described. My life does not fit within walking distance of a 110m2 box.

bee_rider 4y ago

You would rather accept a 90% chance of death for yourself and everyone you love, than live in a small apartment?

gs17 4y ago
Not even a small apartment, I share a ~110 sq m apartment now (with a sizable chunk wasted for stairs) and it's more than enough.

truckerbill 4y ago

Stop and think about that for just a second... (As an aside, it seems a lot of people unwittingly are making this choice which I find both curious and very depressing)

freilanzer 4y ago
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timthelion 4y ago

That's weird. I grew up in a big house and my parents had plenty of cars, meat and travel, but I wasn't particularly happy. I'm happier now in my small apartment. I don't really understand how a big house will make you happy. Really, doing electronics is more fun in a hacker space than at home, and you can always go to a park.

bluefirebrand 4y ago
That's nice that a very spartan lifestyle is good for you. The house doesn't make me happy. Not hearing my neighbors music blasting through the floor at 2am makes me happy. Not hearing my neighbors screaming at each other every day makes me happy Being able to paint my walls any color I want makes me happy. Having a plot of land I can dig up and plant stuff on or build a workshop on makes me happy. Having a place that is my own that I can do basically anything I want with makes me happy. Renting apartments is shit. Even condos, which you own on paper but cannot just do whatever you like with, sucks. Hacker spaces don't exist everywhere by the way, and the ones I have been to sucked.
- timthelion 4y ago
  Aha, sorry for my mistake. I didn't mean "apartment" to mean that you have to rent.
  - bluefirebrand 4y ago
    Funny enough, owning the apartment doesn't actually fix all of the other problems of living in an apartment. I don't want every facet of my life outside of my home to be public and shared. I want a private yard, not a communal park and garden. I want a private shop, not a public maker space. I want peace and quiet and a bit of distance from my neighbors, not shared walls. Because I've lived the apartment life and it honestly did make me want to kill myself. I don't know how people just live like that.

timthelion 4y ago

Doesn't that suggest that India should go to war with the world? I'm pretty sure that 110m2 is pretty luxurious for most people on earth.

ethanbond 4y ago

Do you, like most I've encountered who hold similar views, see this position as a testament to your courage and resilience?

bluefirebrand 4y ago
No, I am fully aware I'd most likely be in the 90% that died and if I did live I probably wouldn't enjoy life much after because it would be incredibly hard. I am expressing that I would rather die than live in the miserable, joyless sounding purgatory that was described.

surgical_fire 4y ago

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