panaffa

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by panaffa 4y ago
What a beautiful experience. Finally realizing what I've missed all these years damn
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by panaffa 4y ago
Great ideas!! Especially the concept of mutual aid communities, I bet they could be implemented right now. If only we could get a bunch of engineers to build a worldwide, decentralized, nonprofit platform to organize them...
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by panaffa 4y ago
Can all this pent-up trauma be undone?
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by panaffa 4y ago
You hit the nail right on the head
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by panaffa 4y ago
GenZ here. 95% of my life so far has been spent alone lol. Prices for everything are crazy, a 1-BR apt cost 2-3K a month, and jobs barely pay enough to cover that while taking up half my waking hours. I've totally burned out
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by panaffa 4y ago
Not a big deal at all. These are long term reserve assets. They will not be sold perhaps forever.
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by panaffa 4y ago
Agreed
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by panaffa 4y ago
Me too. I don't want to work for others anymore.
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by panaffa 4y ago
I'm 22, going through something similar. Been a tech nerd since I was a kid. I don't mind programming, but I can't do it outside my day job anymore. I basically spend all my free time writing, sketching, and going outside. Co
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by panaffa 4y ago
I support your optimism and believe we can move in that direction. However I still believe you severely underestimate the scale of misery, solitude, and unmet desires amongst humanity. Also, you mention it won't be possible to make eve
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by panaffa 4y ago
I agree with the sentiment, but tbh a lot of people suffer alone on this planet and designing societal structures to serve absolutely everyone's emotional needs would be impossible. An AI would be perfect for all the misfits, elderly,
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by panaffa 4y ago
Thanks for this. Your last paragraph was a good wake-up call. I was definitely exaggerating, and I fear exactly the scenario you laid out for my future. Aside from a minor Twitter obsession, I'm learning to use my phone far more like a
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by panaffa 4y ago
That's a great way of living! I like how you make yourself very available to the ones you love. Honestly you've inspired me to reprioritize who I spend my social energy on over the phone.
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by panaffa 4y ago
You're right, I'm honestly already bored. The only 2 things I care about on the Internet now are original ideas/art and cool people to connect with.
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by panaffa 4y ago
Sorry to upset you, I was being overdramatic. My goal was to convey how powerless I feel when scrolling through infinite amounts of creative, funny, or intelligent content that I can't recreate at all in reality. However, I am slowly l
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by panaffa 4y ago
you got me
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by panaffa 4y ago
Absolutely. I now spend most of my time creating content and trying to add to the conversation where I can.
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by panaffa 4y ago
You are right, I was being sarcastic there. It comes from a place of hurt because for me the Internet was the only substitute I had for many of the formative, stimulating relationships and experiences in real life that I've badly wante
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by panaffa 4y ago
Feel the same way. Probably because I feel like my needs outside of programming aren't being met.
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by panaffa 4y ago
I'm part of the new generation and I think the opposite. I am obsessed with my phone and the Internet. And I don't think it's bad. It's extremely stimulating in a way real life is orders of magnitude worse at. Point of r
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by panaffa 5y ago
Thanks for the positive message. As I've grown older and matured, I've learned to be content and even amusedly appreciative of both the beauty and many flaws of the world. I've also developed a better relationship with myself
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by panaffa 5y ago
Yes you're right. We do have many modern conveniences and information they didn't have. So why would we go backwards on this key metric of home prices and rent? Or housing as a percentage of household income? It is an economic, so
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by panaffa 5y ago
Back in the 60s, people were buying homes in their early 20s or even late teens because it was that affordable. Obviously that is a bit of a historical anomaly, but it's almost a necessary complement to the idea you're supposed to
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by panaffa 5y ago
Saw that my above comment in which I opened up about my loneliness got down voted. This is why I withdraw from society and experience loneliness. Loneliness is the fundamental nature of my existence; it is a deep spiritual feeling that is b
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by panaffa 5y ago
Yup!! I've been lonely for a long time and for a year or two become obsessed with urban design as one of the many factors that can isolate us and make us feel inhuman. Hope it improves for the sake of future generations
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by panaffa 5y ago
Good point on agency. Throughout their lives GenZ has either had less agency or felt like we have less agency to do what we want. Certainly true for some financial goals like buying a house
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by panaffa 5y ago
Good distinction. I spend time with enough people. Loneliness as I feel it is despair at not being deeply understood and unconditionally loved. Which by the way is practically impossible and an inherent flaw of the human design.
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by panaffa 5y ago
I used to read the newspaper everyday and cared about societal issues. After this pandemic & the response to it, I've lost all faith and excitement about society. My loneliness will only get worse
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by panaffa 5y ago
Reality interesting! I agree as a GenZ. I had no space that fascinated me. The Internet meant I was aware of many things I possibly shouldn't have been at a very young age. So it's harder for me to get excited about some rave or c
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by panaffa 5y ago
I buy things to fill my own emptiness. Currently the most exciting thing in my life is waiting for my stupid meaningless iPad to ship.

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