What did working hard ever do for me? Nothing. Life isn’t about how hard you work. Those who are “favorites” get promoted or get the offers. Or those who are evil and backstab and do everything they can to get ahead, and they do.
What did having morals and integrity ever get me? Nothing. Got me nowhere in life. All I’ve ever seen are bad people getting rewarded. Good people are stepped on.
What did being nice ever do for me? Nothing. People take advantage of nice people, use them, step on them. They do not reciprocate the niceness. Were you there for them? Every time they needed. Were any of them ever there for you? Never.
What did being intelligent ever get me? Nothing. You get jealous haters who try their best to pull you down and screw you over. And they all did. Life isn’t about being the smartest, or the most hardworking. Nobody really cares about that. Society *says* it’s all about hard work and intelligence, but it is not.
There’s just no point anymore.
Why be nice when you only get used and taken advantaged?
Why be moral when only the wicked and sly get rewarded?
Why be intelligent when you only get jealous assholes who want to bring you down?
Fuck humans and fuck this shitty corrupt society.
I want no part of it.
I want out.
But I am trapped. Stuck on Earth. Suffering my entire miserable existence.
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It’s so strange that you wrote this now. Last week, I’ve been thinking about finding a new job because of the exact reasons in your post. Then over the weekend I was thinking that people who lie and cheat are the ones who actually get what they want. People like us don’t. I tried to comfort myself by saying that at least I have a clean conscience for it. Then another voice in my head says, “Yea but you suffer and feel like shit for it too”. I completely agree with everything you’ve written in your post. Probably something I would have wrote.
Yeah this has been through my mind too. This guy that molested me as a child just got promoted. And then he molested me again like 3 months before he was promoted. I haven’t been the same since, but as long as they stay the f*ck away from me I’m fine.
They have turned my life to shit since my 19th birthday, but it’s whatever because their disgusting. I don’t dwell on it. I just wish I would have remembered how sick they are before I started even saying three words to them. Then I wouldn’t be in this case. But I’m never going to work again because of it, so…. no big deal. Just a life ruined. And then I checked our test scores to make sure I was much more brighter. He is below average and I am top 96% of all scores. I wish I could have realized sooner how sick they were before I let them ruin my life.
It’s how it goes though with stupid assholes.
I expect every one I meet to be like this now, so why bother trying in the working world.
Somewhere in the bible is a verse “The meek shall inherit the earth.”
Ok. I’ve often wondered about that. I’m guessing it’s meant to be reassuring to those who feel taken advantage of, a promise that, in the end, justice and goodness will assure they are given some form of compensation for their lives of impotence. So it is as you speak. (Wow – did I just say that? That sounded biblical. I’m gonna go to a public place and begin shouting that!) The good are trampled while the ass holes rise to the top and force feed shit to the meek, who cling to the promise of better tomorrows.
It seems to be an incontrovertible law of the universe that evil will always trump love. (Speaking of assholes. . . Trump.)
Justice as a soothing, avenging reward is just a fairy tale. The only truth is crush your enemy and take what you will, or be crushed by those doing the crushing. Platitudes and good wishes be damned. History shows the patterns, the natural world is perhaps the most unbiased showcase for the concept – the weak die, the strong survive. It is not fair, but then again, fair does not exist in the real world, only in the mind of man.
I’m on the downside of life, old and gettin’ older, and have been repulsed and frustrated by the “dominate and conquer” mentality since I became aware of it as a teenager. (There was no Internet then – shit, I’m old.)
There are people less than half my age who are probably more powerful and well off right now than I’ll ever be. I’m a worker ant, and that’s all I’ll ever be, but I can deal with that, only by knowing that in my naive world of low hourly wages and worker ant status, I have never and will never use my life or my mind to trample those less fortunate than me, and that’s the only consolation I can take as I watch the next crop of turds floating to the top of the shit pool of life.
If only I knew all this earlier in life, I would’ve done life differently. I was so naive most of my life- I believed in humans- that it’s good to be a good person, that I just need to work hard, that intelligence matters, that eventually I’ll succeed. No. Most people are either users, manipulators, opportunists, or assholes.
“The meek shall inherit the earth”
-Ha! A lie to make those who are screwed to not feel angry and to not do anything about it. Probably perpetrated by those in power so they can squash any rebellion and to keep people happily plodding along, working for slave wages.
“Justice as a soothing, avenging reward is just a fairy tale.”
– So true, so sadly true. Hence, all that talk to the afterlife, where the bad will be punished. Any proof of this? Nope.
“There was no Internet then – shit, I’m old.”
-Same here buddy.
“the weak die, the strong survive.”
– I don’t mind death. Instantaneous and painless is fine. I DO mind a slow, torturous decline, lasting decades.
I recently worked in a non-profit animal shelter for three years, for several reasons, probably the most important one was that I thought it would be a nice change of pace from the dog eat dog corporate jungle. There were many positive aspects of the time I spent there, but even there, the mentality is the same, just not as crushing as it elseplace. That’s what cemented it for me – We all must exist in a hierarchy dominated by the worst humans we are capable of producing. We are drawn to these people like moths to flame, we believe their lies and buy into their empty promises, then scream for vengeance and justice when, as predicted, they screw us. It’s burned into the human genetic code, and it will never change. We are canine in nature, and seek Alpha leadership, and in the absence of genuine, compassionate leadership, we will accept a seemingly plausible yet obviously malevolent substitute, because it knows how to incite our emotions. The meek will inherit the earth after the idiots inherit the results of their stupid choices. I think I’m getting off topic now, but yes, in order to “succeed” at the game of life as it has been shaped and customized over the centuries, one must be dedicated to trampling and crushing, ignoring good and seeking only power.
I used to do a lot of volunteering at one point. I thought I’d do some good in the world. But no, time after time, place after place, I realize either 1- each organization’s core goal is not benevolent but selfish and for self gain and free labor or 2- their volunteering actions are stupid and doesn’t actually do any good in the end, or are very effective. So much for volunteering. And I hate it how sooo many people suggest doing volunteer work to restore my faith in humanity and to feel good about myself. Pfff.
Yeah. Volunteering is one of those things. . . It can be rewarding, but it also has its drawbacks, like you said. There’s a guilt factor that is employed in volunteer recruitment – “Only YOUR efforts can reduce all the suffering. . . ” There needs to be a caveat added to that incomplete sentiment: “. . . and help keep our executive directors salary and bonus structure intact!”