Haha thanks bud. Appreciate it. Yeah, I try to keep the nihilism… To myself, but it’s tough. Life is really, really fucking shit, right now. And I keep trying to “do better”, only for someone to throw another bill at me, or tell me I need to pay for something else, or I need to have another fucking “preventative procedure”. I can’t work, because nearly every business here requires you to be doubly vaxxed, so I’m just... Surviving, really.
Very soon, I won’t even be able to study online, unvaxxed. I can’t visit my dying grandfather, either…
Even rent inspections require proof of vaccination, for the most part, so I can’t even move cities…
To say it is not a good time is… A bit of an understatement. I’m not sure how I can keep going like this.
And people like that, who seem to be the majority here… Make it that much worse. 😑
My wife and I were discussing that the other day. She's never seen it and asked a similar question as to how it's a Christmas movie. I gave her the plot synopsis of: "It's only a Christmas movie because it takes place at Christmas. It's about how the dude wants to kill himself because he's all depressed about screwing up a bunch of people's lives, so the angel shows him how much more their lives would have been messed up if he'd never been around, convincing him to not neck himself by taking a gainer off the bridge. Doesn't fix anything else about how shit his current situation is, just shows him how everyone else's lives would have been worse, making him feel better about himself."
Her reply: "Jesus, that's dark as hell! This is a Christmas movie?!?!? Suicide rates are high enough at Christmas time, people don't need that shit!"
Yup. All things being equal, I'd rather go watch Miracle on 34th Street or White Christmas if I'm looking for a classic Christmas movie to watch.
I see it as a movie about a local elite who reluctantly embraces his role because for reasons he doesn't entirely understand he gives a damn about the town and the people in it and learns "heavy lies the crown". The sort of elite who nowadays, like George wanted to do, fuck off to college and never return to their home town.
Maybe being a George Bailey is a thankless job, but without people like that all that's left is Blackrock, Citi, Bank of America, Chase, etc...
Another one of those Communist propaganda pieces that ends up having a lot of right-wing themes.
My state has just gone from “irritatingly bullshit but tolerable restrictions” to “insane police state, masks when you leave the house, no unauthorized gatherings”, as of midnight tonight…
OVER SEVEN FUCKING CASES, STATEWIDE!!
Friends of mine will probably lose their jobs over this, as it will absolutely crush both the retail and hospitality sectors. Not being able to gather at Christmas (if that is where we are heading), will probably be the end, for some people. (More) Venues will close permanently. People will stop going out. And they’ve very much made all of it sound semi-permanent…
I sincerely don’t know how I’ll get through the next few weeks and months, without a) being arrested for “resisting”, or b) just… Giving up.
Everyone around me supports this unquestioningly…
Everyone I know who doesn’t? Left this state some time ago… 😞
Considering most therapists are feminist women who will try to say everything is because of toxic masculinity, you're not far off this being the only place to feel a little better about the state of this world.
I'm not a doomer yet though. I still think feminism will cross a line and turn everyone against them.
I'm here if you need to talk...your posts are getting a little depressing to see
Haha thanks bud. Appreciate it. Yeah, I try to keep the nihilism… To myself, but it’s tough. Life is really, really fucking shit, right now. And I keep trying to “do better”, only for someone to throw another bill at me, or tell me I need to pay for something else, or I need to have another fucking “preventative procedure”. I can’t work, because nearly every business here requires you to be doubly vaxxed, so I’m just... Surviving, really. Very soon, I won’t even be able to study online, unvaxxed. I can’t visit my dying grandfather, either… Even rent inspections require proof of vaccination, for the most part, so I can’t even move cities…
To say it is not a good time is… A bit of an understatement. I’m not sure how I can keep going like this.
And people like that, who seem to be the majority here… Make it that much worse. 😑
Also, can I recommend not watching It’s a Wonderful Life at moments like these..?
I didn’t realise, but it’s horribly depressing…
Like, fuck, how is that a Christmas movie??! Man…
My wife and I were discussing that the other day. She's never seen it and asked a similar question as to how it's a Christmas movie. I gave her the plot synopsis of: "It's only a Christmas movie because it takes place at Christmas. It's about how the dude wants to kill himself because he's all depressed about screwing up a bunch of people's lives, so the angel shows him how much more their lives would have been messed up if he'd never been around, convincing him to not neck himself by taking a gainer off the bridge. Doesn't fix anything else about how shit his current situation is, just shows him how everyone else's lives would have been worse, making him feel better about himself."
Her reply: "Jesus, that's dark as hell! This is a Christmas movie?!?!? Suicide rates are high enough at Christmas time, people don't need that shit!"
Yup. All things being equal, I'd rather go watch Miracle on 34th Street or White Christmas if I'm looking for a classic Christmas movie to watch.
I'll be watching Die Hard.
I see it as a movie about a local elite who reluctantly embraces his role because for reasons he doesn't entirely understand he gives a damn about the town and the people in it and learns "heavy lies the crown". The sort of elite who nowadays, like George wanted to do, fuck off to college and never return to their home town.
Maybe being a George Bailey is a thankless job, but without people like that all that's left is Blackrock, Citi, Bank of America, Chase, etc...
Another one of those Communist propaganda pieces that ends up having a lot of right-wing themes.
Because it takes place around Christmas time and the rights to air it were very cheap. Now it's just been around so long it's considered a classic.
I hate that movie, but I still hate those cringeworthy "I'm a single mom and I found the love of my life at Christmas" movies even more.
But yes, it's very depressing. It's a Christmas movie like Die Hard is. It's set at that time, so it's a Christmas movie.
Don't keep it to yourself, it'll just get worse if you bottle it up.
Try to forget it as much as possible over the holidays and spend some time doing your favorite hobbies to relax yourself.
Then in 2022, you can start planning your way out by studying family history and seeing if you have any paths to citizenship elsewhere.
Yeah, on that…
My state has just gone from “irritatingly bullshit but tolerable restrictions” to “insane police state, masks when you leave the house, no unauthorized gatherings”, as of midnight tonight…
OVER SEVEN FUCKING CASES, STATEWIDE!!
Friends of mine will probably lose their jobs over this, as it will absolutely crush both the retail and hospitality sectors. Not being able to gather at Christmas (if that is where we are heading), will probably be the end, for some people. (More) Venues will close permanently. People will stop going out. And they’ve very much made all of it sound semi-permanent…
I sincerely don’t know how I’ll get through the next few weeks and months, without a) being arrested for “resisting”, or b) just… Giving up.
Everyone around me supports this unquestioningly… Everyone I know who doesn’t? Left this state some time ago… 😞
Considering most therapists are feminist women who will try to say everything is because of toxic masculinity, you're not far off this being the only place to feel a little better about the state of this world.
I'm not a doomer yet though. I still think feminism will cross a line and turn everyone against them.
Consider making it a personal goal to live long enough to see your enemies punished for their crimes.