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The ones I knew weren't celebrities, they were friendless and isolated and consumed with self disgust. Poor people trapped in unemployment have something in co

by delichon 11mo ago

The ones I knew weren't celebrities, they were friendless and isolated and consumed with self disgust. Poor people trapped in unemployment have something in common with rich kids trapped in lethargy. A kind of spiritual constipation.

michaelscott 11mo ago
No, more like literal survival. In these conditions there is no mental bandwidth for things like spiritual constipation
- delichon 11mo ago
  > no mental bandwidth for things like spiritual constipation That's a feature, not a bug. Fighting for life has more meaning and purpose that yearning for death. We're designed for it. It has only recently become atypical.
  - cindyllm 11mo ago
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