I really feel the need to talk about this. I’m in tears right now because I’ve just realized a lot .
This world has fallen apart, and it’s getting worse…
I think humans have lost what life is really meant to be.
What have we done to ourselves ?
lemme emphasize better:
So since I was born I was taught that I needed to be smart , so I could get a good job one day to make lots of money , so I could have kids and feed them, then some day I would die .
everything revolves around economy . All we do is work work work! It’s one of the reasons many of us are depressed (I really think this goes for China and the USA, we are always on the go)
no one has time anymore . No one has time to ride a bike , run on the beach, paint. By the time I get home from work I’m so tired I go to bed . I wish this wasn’t so , and I wish everyone could have time .
WE ARE OBSESSED WITH MATERIALISTIC THINGS. We are also taught since we are born that to be the best , you need to be the richest ! Have the nicest car ! Have the nicest clothes! Shoes! House! Etc etc etc….
NONE OF THIS WILL MAKE US HAPPY .
Human connection will make us happy.
I never see this anymore . Anytime I go out to the mall , or the grocery store , or the beach , where ever , I see everyone on their phones . Absolutely glued to their fucking phones. Why are we so obsessed with phones and social media ? I deleted all of mine in June . It’s fucking garbage .
People love social media such as Instagram to post things that make them look better . “Look at my shoes!!” ” just bought this super cute dress at free people , so bummed it was $100 though!”
What you see in the photos isn’t reality .
Reality is , none of that shit matters. Humanity does.
Media has ruined what people think life should be like . Everyone thinks they have to be the best .
I wish people were more loving , connecting .
Theres so many homeless people in my city .. I always see them on the side of the street asking for money . All the cars go by , not even one person spares a little amount of change , or a few bucks.. It pisses me off so much . Do we think we’re better than everyone , that we can’t even help a poor soul?
I was in DC a couple months ago in china town, and there was this homeless guy on the street freezing . A watched a girl bring him a jacket and a box of Chinese food and she sat down with him to talk . It made me so happy to see that. It gave me some hope for humanity .
i just want to know when all of us can come together and be one ?
we are all connected in a way, all our energies are intertwined. We all matter.
i wish people were more loving and grateful and selfless.
I wish I could walk outside and see my neighbors wave at me and say hello. No one even talks to eachother anymore .
We are all lost in the fake perception of reality that we have all lost who we are as a whole.
this needs to change .
the world needs to change .
we need to find time for ourselves, and for others . We need to not judge based on class and materialistic things . We all need to be selfless and good people and come together as a whole and help others in need .
we all just need to wake up and see the fakeness of this new world .
we need a revolution .
we need to be human again .
Im done being a part of a robotic society where everything is the same and we all have to be a certain way . It’s all bullshit .
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I so agree with everything you said. Because certain things become normalised in society, you don’t see as many people like the girl who sat with the homeless guy. But there are lots of people out there who care. When you find those people, you feel more hope, especially when you find ways to do more good (for yourselves and others) together. It can be so sad when the world starts to seem this way, but don’t lose hope in all of humanity. There’s some good in there. Lots of people feel the same way and want to change it too.
I’m not so sure about all of this, though I definitely do respect your opinion, and think that it is a valid question to raise.
In my experience, all the hardships I have faced arose from so-called “human connections”. Humanity in general is cruel and cold. In my life, I have seen this so called humanity murder innocent people. A need for connection turns to frustration, turns to hate. Hate which is then taken out on the innocent.
No, I for one am against humanity.
I think what the world needs is to let people be. If someone opts out, let them opt out. Forcing humanity on the masses results in judgmental creatures that bully the isolated in the name of ‘forming connections’ with other bullies.
Again, this is just my two cents, from my own life experiences. I definitely understand your opinion, nicole, and now I’ve shared mine.
I respect your opinion. I agree in a way, but if we let people opt out how will anything ever change ?
I don’t think people need to change. Everyone just needs to be honest about what they want.
Ideally, I’d have some sort of bulletin board that kept track of all the people that wanted human connection. Like a huge support group with meetings and whatnot, like a friendship site or something.
That way everyone could clearly do what they wanted to do. No forced bonding. No fakeness, no playacting.
You have a good argument. I can agree in a sense
nicole123,
i’m afraid it’s all downhill from here! and it’s only going to get worse! this is the destiny of the human race!
But Here’s a song for you and your heroic way of thinking!
Imagine
By John Lennon
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace, you
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope some day you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world, you
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope some day you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
That is one of my favorite songs. Thank you for sharing 🙂 I just wish I wasn’t down hill from here! I think we can change the world .
It starts with me. I am responsible for my actions today. I can’t change anyone around me but by golly I can stop my fucking car and give a homeless man a banana. At least he won’t have scurvy this week.
Hazy Day Sunflower,
i give out cigarettes a lot of good that does!! 🙂 OK I also through my change in the children hospital jar everyday.
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What do you mean?
Been trying to reply to this for the last hour, but for some reason my comment keeps getting sent to spam. I don’t understand why. The test was to see if it’s working yet. (Got so frustrated I threw my tablet across the room and broke the screen. 🙁
Oh No!
I guess pull up your dashboard > all comments > spam to see what I wanted to say. 😉 (freaking computers…….)
There is something immensely depressing about a suicide site that keeps sending your suicidal comments to spam.
I guess any comment critical of capitalistic society gets routed to spam automatically. (if I were the paranoid conspiracy type)
I’m so sorry I haven’t gotten it ! Will check now !
I also pretty much agree with you. And there are also a couple of things that drives me crazy about Christmas: 1) that it’s degenerated into a materialistic frenzy of consumerism, and 2) that people pretend to be so “lovey-dovey” for the holidays, and then don’t seem to give a damn about others the rest of the year.
Never forget that “society” is made up of people. As people choose & act, so society goes. As Gandhi (or somebody) said: “You must become the change you seek in the world.”
By the way -and I mean this as a compliment- your philosophy seems to have a lot in common with the hippies & flower children of the 60s. Maybe that’s why you like that music – you have somehow been transplanted out of that era into the present one! 🙂
Oh, NOW it shows up. (the version with half the statements missing!)
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE CHRISTMAS THING OH MY GOSH. It’s fucking crazy ! People wait like 5 hours to get into a store on Black Friday to buy s flatscreen for their 7 year old ???!!!! Haha I think by that you can see there is something obviously wrong with the world … But anyways ,I agree with that quote by Gandhi. And thank you for the compliment . I always feel like I wasn’t supposed to be born in the 90s. Grew up in a crap society lol.
I may have been born in the 60s, but I was too young to be a hippy myself. (not sure if they allowed diapers at Woodstock)
There’s another regular to SP who also considers herself to be a misplaced flower child, but I’ll let her say who she is, if she chooses!
I’m going to make Christmas presents this year. I don’t plan to grace a store for anything major if I can absolutely help it.
HDS, if you could convince everyone else to do that, maybe society would come to its senses about the holidays.
On the other hand, then the retailers would just start advertising black Friday deals on craft supplies. 🙁
1bigzero, they already do. I plan on crawling into a bottle and playing Call of Duty ghost with my kids for the entire Thanksgiving weekend. On my used xbox 360 a family member kindly sent me last week. I got COD Ghost for 8 bucks. I win Black Friday.
Nicole, you have a good heart and your eyes are wide open. I’ve been looking for a solution, twisting and spiraling for a while now. Anytime I look over these topics, such foolish and disgusting things, I’m overcome with nausea. I become immobile with the horrors that occur and terrified with what happens next. I chose to fall down the rabbit hole. With your realization here, be careful and don’t make the same mistake. The lines here are very thin. I’m sorry if I’m making absolutely no sense, but the deja vu vibe occurring, I feel inclined to warn you somehow.
Ticks, you have some cryptic words going on tonight. Like it.
I’m connecting red threads together and getting a freaky reaccuring constellation in return. Tomorrow I’ll be clueless I’m sure.
I have nights like that. Typically I sit in my back yard with my chickens quietly clucking around me and sitting on my head. I sometimes text random shit to friends who assume I’m drunk.
Off topic a little bit, but I once tamed a skittish bantam chicken and named her baby. She would run over to me and fall asleep in my lap. She pronounced the love of chickens I have to this very day. Then she got murdered by a weasel. Tragic.
damn tragic chicken tale. I have a buff orpington chicken who crows every morning and evening. She has the biggest comb, prettiest waddle and gold metallic tail feathers.
(shhhh don’t tell her she is a rooster someone will eat her)
i think you might enjoy a book by OSHO JOY COMES FROM WITHIN (PAPER BACK)
agree society is shit and unfortunately i have no faith in humanity either of course there is a small amount 5% of humans who are good but that just isn’t enough…. The core ‘values’ and mould of society will always be there I’m fucking tired of SOCIETY