Thread 2817509

It is really jarring going from a city full of life, where you were surrounded by people, with a different adventure or new sights to see everyday, back to home where you're surrounded by suburbs and people's idea of a cool hang out is the gas station and walmart. As a first time traveler, after living my entire life thinking that its fine to be a shut in stay at home guy, I'm coming back home and realizing how shitty it is. I've been home less than 24 hours and I'm already wishing I was somewhere else.

Has this feeling ever went away for you or is it something that just continues forever even for experienced travelers?

>>2817509 (OP)
I thought living abroad would fix it but once my residence expired, it was way worse once I got back home. I'm moving to a different country in 4 days though, so let's see

>>2817509 (OP)
Funny thing, humans will always get back to the status quo. That is, the novelty of being in a new place can only last so long. So even if you moved somewhere new, that "new" place now becomes the "usual". This seems to be the case everywhere, with the sole exception of Japan. That's the most hilarious part. Most people who went to live in Japan still find themselves in wonder of the country.

>>2817509 (OP)
i always say the worst part about leaving wisconsin is having to come back to wisconsin

>>2817509 (OP)
Finding fault with your surroundings is something you can do anywhere in the world, anon. You err by being unable to critique your surroundings without obsessing over your own personal unhappiness as if it were some grievous wrong. Life is full of struggle and pain, that's a simple fact. If you ate some crappy street food and got a bellyache, you can obsess over how much it sucks, or you can compartmentalize your misery and focus your attention on better things.
>surrounded by suburbs
Sounds like you live with your parents. In that case, a lot of your unhappiness is explained by your return to a nest you've outgrown. After my first monthlong solo trip at age 20, I returned to my parents' house, but immediately began looking for a place of my own and moved out three weeks later.

North America, particularly Canada is hell on earth.

>>2817509 (OP)
post-travel ennui will wear off generally within 2 weeks of returning. though of course you cannot hide from yourself that there are interesting places out there and the feeling that you could be somewhere else will persist.

>>2817559
Yes.

>>2817546
>with the sole exception of Japan. That's the most hilarious part. Most people who went to live in Japan still find themselves in wonder of the country.
Where did you get this idea from? I have lived here for 5 years and counting. The foreign residents I meet usually fall into 3 basic buckets
>resentful weeaboos whose isekai dreams failed to become reality and then failed/refused to adapt
while in the delusion stage, this is the only group I can think of people "still find themselves in wonder of the country."
99% leave soon after they realize Japan isn't Sword Art Online (dubbed).
>living normal daily lives in their foreigner bubble (adapted but can't speak the language)
Next to the weeabs, always nagging about how dumb the local way is and how superior the foreigner way is.
>living normal daily lives (adapted and can speak the language)
Probably the most normal, because while the foreigner stigma or novelty depending on the situation still exists, at least your aren't living your life stuck on a wheelchair by not being able to communicate.
This was the case for every homogenous country I've lived in for 3+ years, minus the weeaboo phenomena.

At some point, everything just becomes normal. Japan isn't some magical place exempted from this.

>>2817509 (OP)
>t.
I'll never understand urbanites.

>>2817577
When I lived in China it was kinda like that but without the weebs.

>the hater
Hates everything about China, doesn’t speak the language, lives in a foreign bubble, hates Chinese people. Sits all day in their room online. Absolute downer to be around. Quoted as saying “Everything is better in Japan” many times.

>Normal
Learns passable Chinese for basics. Enjoys life. Travels within China. Makes Chinese friends. Avoids expat bubbles.

>>2817509 (OP)
Anon my entire life is just romantically suffering through waging, treasuring simple pleasures like a cigarette at the park, while I rehearse my “triumphant return to Thailand.”

Then I go to Thailand and despite drowning in hedonism, I’m plagued by a wistful ache in my soul that everything is fleeting and ephemeral. That the money will run down, I’ll have to pack up my pecker, and get back on the plane.

Even when was riding on a moped with 4 girls and the girl driving was drunk, to a venue blackout drunk, and then a vicious sidegra railing when I got the girl home, when I was alone in my bed the next day, I’d listen to about u by lil peep.

At the height of his fame he was suffering and dying. I find the exactly what I want in life and all I want to do is destroy myself through it.

<3

>>2817686
The pitiful, mournful life of a security guard

>>2817509 (OP)
Ooooh say can you seeeee

>>2817548
Funny, I’ve always felt Wisconsin is a great place to come back to. Nice affordable home, a lot of the towns are pretty walkable, lots to do in the outdoors, four very distinct seasons, decent proximity to Chicago/Twin Cities.

I live in a small Wisconsin city with a pretty vibrant, walkable downtown very near a lake that I can canoe/cross country ski on to my hearts content. It cost me $195,000 & I paid for it cash. I have an apartment 3 hours drive away in Chicago, and I’m looking to buy a condo there soon. Spend between half and three quarters of the year abroad (for both work & leisure) and I love coming home.

But yea OP after your first couple of trips it’s definitely a malaise (I wouldn’t call it ennui) and depression that sets in. You gotta put some money away to build a life worth living at home. Affordable housing markets are good for this.

What really sucks are bitter people at home who resent you for “having it all”. You’ll get a lot of static no matter how cheery or positive you try to be. Don’t brag, don’t even talk about your travels unless queried and even then keep it brief (don’t be cagey though).

>>2817686
Tommy is that you?

I went on my first ever trip to SEA exactly a decade ago. I told myself it was a once in a lifetime experience. I've subsequently been back 5 times. I'm not a coomer either. Once you've experienced the escapism of travel, you will always ceavw more, especially if you're a neet type living in a dull suburban nightmare. I'm counting down the days till I go away again, 5 months and counting. Without that to look forward to, I'm not sure what I'd do. Personally, I aways feel more confident and motivated upon arrival home having had a reset abroad. The feeling of dissatisfaction kicks in again after about a month and within a couple of months, I'm already desperate to escape again. It's no way to live in all honesty.

It does start to lose the magic too. You never recapture the adventure of that first trip. You can always discover new places but it's like anything, it starts to feel same old if you do it repeatedly.

>>2817786
Of course it is you dingbat

American exceptionalism really wears on the soul. I traveled a lot when I was young 18-23. I traveled extensively around Europe and to a lesser extent SEA. I've been to most countries in Europe minus Belarus, Portugal and Russia.

Since 23 I've drank the Kool aid of American life. I'm 31 now, I make 120k a year, bought a condo and have a 401k worth almost 200k. I'm so tired emotionally. The only placed I can walk to in my neighborhood is a convince store. I have to drive everywhere. My friends and family still live in my city but they are all at least 15 mins by car away.

This past spring I essentially took a sabbatical from work and spent 2 months overseas. I didn't even do anything, my time was spent in Airbnbs for 2+ weeks at a time. 2 weeks on the Amersee in Bavaria just existing away from America. Reading books, hiking and being a regular at the bar closest to my rental. Same thing in a village in the Julian alps, later in Rovinj. It was perfect.

While I understand that you are not experiencing "real life" when you are visiting these places you can't help but notice how much happier, healthier and well adjusted the locals seem. The pace of life feels more appropriate and measured. The air is cleaner.

I'll probably kill myself or find the balls to liquidate everything I own and see how long I can live in the Bulgarian countryside or something. Whatever I have now isn't working

>>2817847
if you hadn't thrown your money in the trash of a 401k you could have passive income of $12,000/year right now. sell your shitty condo and you could have $25,000/year USD in passive income (or more depending on condo value), enough to live a simpler life somewhere abroad with lower cost of living. You would still have to work but not ever have to truly worry about finances

btw if u do kys though make sure to first give your wealth to white nationalist NGOs and civil rights groups (Counter Currents, Students for Western Civilisation, Generation Identity, Patriotic Alternative), thanks

>>2817786
>Tommy is that you?
Is that the name of insecurity guard? He seems more of a Rankesh

>>2817847
Can i have ur stuff? I wanna marry a Japanese cutie but im brazilian monkey and earn 200$ a month

>>2817849
>give your wealth to white nationalist NGOs and civil rights groups (Counter Currents, Students for Western Civilisation, Generation Identity, Patriotic Alternative), thanks
Or just give it to Nick Fuentes like the French guy who gave 13 BTC. But actually don't kill yourself. You have to see the game to the end no matter how hard or dispiriting it gets

>>2817851
>im brazilian monkey and earn 200$ a month
This is the type of guy that should be killing himself, not a white guy who has built success, even if your disillusioned by the meaning of it

>>2817853
Yet, Brazilians are happier. Quite the paradox.

>>2817856
If that's really a trannie on the back then Brazilian W

>>2817847
I think honestly it's everywhere outside of North America. You travel you will see young people on dates, people enjoying life with their friends, mementos like love locks on every bridge, cities full of life. Everywhere in North America is the same, dead filled with junkies, low trust society where everyone is out to scam each other. Whole place sucks.

>>2817856
A profunda cope

>>2817857
It is they got a bit famous off 4chan

>>2817859
IDK bro

>>2817861
Can guys in the favelas just smash trannies and not get killed for it?

>>2817864
A man does what he wants
Look at that roided dude
Would you mess with him?

>>2817798
>never recapture the adventure of that first trip
Yeah, kinda true. On the flip side, your travels become a lot more comfy on subsequent trips because you get better at making good choices and avoiding mistakes.
>>2817781
>You gotta put some money away to build a life worth living at home
I'm very happy that I did not buy into this sort of advice, or else I would've trapped myself in the cycle of wagecuckery and speculative investment, enslaving myself and my financial resources to the system in the pursuit of "freedom" through wealth. Remember, wealthy people get wealthier off the backs of poor people striving to acquire wealth for themselves. This is why they love to goad, taunt and bait you into putting more effort & resources into the system.

I spent nine months overseas recently and paid exactly $0.00 in bills back home during that period. Yet when I came back to my place, showing up on foot with my luggage, it took all of 30 minutes to unpack my bags, plug in the appliances and feel right at home again. The life I've currently built in the high-altitude town of my choosing has required me to invest all of $300 in secondhand furniture, artwork, cookware and bedding. It has everything I need and nothing I don't.

Was it easy to get to this point? No. I had to endure years of lonely wanderings, months of toil, countless mental struggles, and dozens of failures to get to where I am now. Forging your own path outside the conventional good-goy education - career - investment pipeline is never easy, but it has profound rewards, including an unshakeable belief in your own exceptionalism.
>>2817858
>everywhere in North America is the same
NeverTraveller detected, opinion discarded

>>2817876
Where is it not like that in Canada/USA? 99% of North America is a low trust fent wasteland.

>>2817876
>I'm very happy that I did not buy into this sort of advice, or else I would've trapped myself in the cycle of wagecuckery and speculative investment, enslaving myself and my financial resources to the system in the pursuit of "freedom" through wealth. Remember, wealthy people get wealthier off the backs of poor people striving to acquire wealth for themselves
Holy cope!>t. Retired early

>>2817876
Based tree enjoyer, bug people just don't get it.

>>2817888
>bug people just don't get it.
This narcissistic looking down on people. You're not special or interesting

>>2817686
>30+ y/o faggot security gaurd with a hair transplant lying on his bed, listening to some wigger junkie who died from an overdose, empathizing with him and relating to him.
Man, you become more and more pathetic the more you tell about yourself dude.

>>2817889
You are broken if you can't appreciate calm low-population settings and require constant bing-bing-wahoo in an urban hive to function. I'm not special or interesting, I'm normal.

>>2817686
Imagine your best memories in life are being middle-aged, getting blackout drunk with prostitutes and listening to nigger goyslop music. Where is the bottom of the barrel? How far down does it go?

>>2817895
There is no bottom.

>>2817858
>mementos like love locks on every bridge,

ah that explains the bridge covered in locks that I saw in Graz

>>2817858
>>2817898
>love locks on every bridge
I used to pick/shim/crack these on the bridge near my college in Appalachia. Maintenance crews would cut them off periodically because there were so many of them and they looked like shit.

>>2817546
This.
People far wiser than us realised this and came up with a saying,
'The grass is greener on the other side.'

>>2817781
>What really sucks are bitter people at home who resent you for “having it all”. You’ll get a lot of static no matter how cheery or positive you try to be.

this is my experience with wisconsin people in a nutshell about everything, not just travel. it feels like there's footloose laws on everything that isnt being overweight, addicted to food+alcohol, and being perpetually bored+souless+miserable. its a shame because I could really dig the nature and small towns otherwise. but these people straight up ruin everything whenever im around them

>>2818245
I’ve gotten pretty good to the point where I only get shit from a few really unwinnable misanthropes who hate everyone anyways. The trick is really don’t brag at all, don’t even talk about traveling. When you get home just slide back into normal everyday life, and ask more about what other people have been up to than talk about yourself. Drive a modest car, know what’s going on with the Badgers/Packers, dress well but not ostentatiously…and eventually people will get over their engrained crabs in a bucket mentality.

But if you go parading in like a pompous asshole expecting them to kneel at your throne you got a whole other thing coming. I spend so much time in Chicago where that sort of behavior is way more acceptable that I actually enjoy Wisconsin’s quirks.

>>2818259
i dont say or do anything. i literally do nothing and mind my own business. just existing around these people is enough to set them off. especially other men. im not from wisconsin and have no idea what im doing to them. i dress like shit because everyone here dresses like shit so theres no expectation to not look like a trashy slob. which is kinda convenient.

it just feels like most people are bitter miserable sore jealous coping losers that are totally dead inside or were never alive, and I know its not me because this all stops happening as soon as I get on a plane and go elsewhere. the only thing I expect from anyone is basic manners and minding their own business but on average thats asking far too much of these people

kek was just looking into going down to chicago for a week because im sick of dealing with these people

>>2818260
cont.

I been walking past and encountering some of the same exact people in my neighborhood for years in various places. theres at least 3 people ive seen at the gym so many times that in any of the other states ive lived in, id be ok friends with them by now; we've never exchanged more than a sentence. its the absolute weirdest fucking thing man

>>2817798
it's even worse when you think "fuck I love it, I should move to Asia". it loses its magic pretty quickly too and then you're stuck in a foreign country surrounded by chinamen

t. moved to asia 7 years ago and consider suicide daily

>>2817509 (OP)
No, it still hits me dozens of trips later. Certainly a factor in why I continue to travel, it opens your eyes to how much potential exists in this world, both for better and worse. I also very much wish American vacation/time off norms were higher, my friends can only coordinate 5-7 days a year, leaving our shared experiences short and bittersweet while ensuring the ennui persists.

>>2818260
I used to work in a language school in Thailand. I opened up too much about a source of income that was more than i made at the school. When talking to some colleagues into crypto, I alluded to the fact I had a few Bitcoin.
The level of visceral seethe and bitterness that emanated from them, their contorted faces and gritted teeth over the following months..
I'm the kind of guy who is happy for other people, the sort of person who offers congratulations and encouragement to go further when people are finding success. But many people cannot even see l, let alone constrain their envy and rage at their peers doing well.
Always hide your power level.

>>2818333
Traveling or living abroad is just aesthetic, it's a backdrop not a feature. I recently retired and while not suicidal, can't see the difference if I live or die, because I'm not needed. I provide no value. I exist every day only to trigger my dopamine receptors.
>Maybe get a coffee and croissant, workout, massage, tinder
And all it is triggering dopamine. And after a while, it gets harder and harder to trigger and you're left with emptiness. I'm an ant without a colony. Wondering around without purpose.

>>2818352
It's been proven that retiring or just stopping working in general can make people become depressed, feel without purpose, and it can even make you live significantly shorter lives. I feel like if you're retired, it's probably good to try to find some work you enjoy, and work at your own pace, just to have something to do

>>2818369
It's true. I thought it wouldn't happen to me. Scoffed at the idea, as most people do. Told myself I'd find meaning in myriad other pursuits. In the end "A man can endure anything, except the lack of meaning" (((Victor Frankl)))

>>2818351
Fucking dork faggot
>im a crapto trader
LOL
>>2818369
>>2818398
>>2818333
Go FUCK yourselves. I can’t stand this shit

>>2818400
Sup tardguard. Life still just as depressing af I see

>>2818351
>The level of visceral seethe and bitterness that emanated from them, their contorted faces and gritted teeth over the following months
You can find that right here on /trv/ evidently. You have to have compassion and pity for them

>>2818333
>it loses its magic pretty quickly too and then you're stuck in a foreign country surrounded by chinamen
>t. moved to asia 7 years ago and consider suicide daily

>>2818400
normie wagie in the cagie,
all thread long he seethe and ragie.

>>2818400
>im not smart enough to acquire free money from the internet and farm sour grapes

>>2818400
This is delicious. Thank you.

I will stay abroad until the bank account is getting critically low, often the point where I can barely afford the flight back. So I don’t really have time for the ennui and instead am scrambling to get to work, put a life together and starting grinding back my savings for my next trip abroad. Then once I’ve got $20,000 or so accumulated I’m looking at flights a few weeks out to do it all again. About a 3-6 months overseas / 6-9 months in the USA working cycle.

>>2818351
One of my least favorite qualities in people is an ability to just let go of their bitterness and jealousy and just be happy for others.

But fwiw people who brag about money are almost as irritating and hard to be around.

>>2818516
>One of my least favorite qualities in people is an ability to just let go of their bitterness and jealousy and just be happy for others.

so much this

At the same time fuck incompetent women and browns who get gifted everything with DEI and are never held to anything near the standard applied to white men

>>2818352
That's why hedonism is a dead-end. You have to pursue unpleasant experiences, i.e. long walks under the blazing tropical sun, in order to reset your dopamine receptors and be able to enjoy the simple things in life again, like A/C and a baked treat.
>>2817887
Whoa, another /trv/ gorillionaire! There must be a thousand or more of you guys here.
I'm not buying into your hustle schemes, and nothing you say will make me feel bad about my choice.
>>2817878
America still has hundreds of lovely little towns that feel almost like time capsules. Hit the road and see for yourself.
>>2818261
How is this weird? You can't possibly be friends with every one of the 5000 people living in your small town. I work on a golf course that has 300+ long-term members. A few of them are friendly, some of them just say "hi" or wave on occasion, and most of them ignore us maintenance guys.
>>2818260
Sounds like a you problem. I got a lot of flack when I flew anti-Israel signs on the street corner in my small town, but otherwise, 95% of people I encounter in my Colorado town are respectful and nice to me. My energy is that of determination, endurance and self-discipline, so it tends to bring those qualities out in the people I meet. Overall, most of the people who live in this rugged region of the country have high self-discipline and mental toughness. Smelly fat slobs who complain and talk trash all the time are very rare here.

>>2818540
>person from retarded flyover state trying to tell me retarded flyover state people arent retarded flyover state people

Sure bud. whatever you say

I just cannot afford a home out west. I’d greatly prefer it but it’s not feasible. Either I travel and live comfortably in Wisconsin or I sacrifice most international travel and still shoestring it living in Montana, Colorado, Oregon etc.

>>2818456
>>2818471
>>2818486
None of you have any significant amount of money you’re just embellishing your paltry net worths suck my fucking dick. You don’t have any money

>>2818540
>Whoa, another /trv/ gorillionaire! There must be a thousand or more of you guys here.
>I'm not buying into your hustle schemes, and nothing you say will make me feel bad about my choice.
What the fuck are you talking about anon. Stop making everything about yourself, you're clearly a narcissist. That's probably why you have no friends. Go check wikipedia and do a test

>>2818555
>None of you have any significant amount of money you’re just embellishing your paltry net worths suck my fucking dick. You don’t have any money
Do you rock backwards and forwards in your security guard chair saying nobody has more money than you? Serious question though, are you ever able to express happiness for people attaining more success in life or does it always make you screw up your face and start raging and spitting?

>>2818558
>>2818559
It's the security guard. He always comes into threads and details them with his self-loathing. Suddenly the whole thread is talking about him. He's broke and suicidal constantly. Often cry posts he wants kill himself. Just ignore him. He wants attention and wants happy successful people to be unhappy. Even this comment he enjoys the attention. Mentally ill suicidal no friends guy.

>>2818555
I never claimed to have a lot of money, I just claimed that you're seething in your wagie cage. Personally, I'm not seething about the Anons who made better investments than me and I travel for cheap when I feel like it. If you weren't such a bitter normgroid you'd have a better time of things.

>>2818559
>>2818561
>security guard
Dude should just get a gym membership and be homeless instead of burning money on rent, that's what I did back when I worked security jobs. Sadly, it sounds like he may be too much of a normie to take that kind of initiative, risk, and short-term discomfort.

>>2818540
>Whoa, another /trv/ gorillionaire! There must be a thousand or more of you guys here.
I've been on 4chan since 2006. All you had to do was discover /biz/ at least 5 years ago. I don't even have a million USD. I'm just living in poor countries and hoping on Bitcoin predictions for the future. Stop being negative. Some people have made some money but have a shit load of other problems.

>>2818563
My rent is 820 plus utilities in SEATTLE you dickbag backpedaller. I don’t know a single fuckin person aside from someone living in WV or Alabama that has rent under $1xxx dollars. That’s a quarter of my income if I ONLY work my regular 40 hours.

I save/invest thousands a month and deprive myself of any pleasures besides a 3 topping dominos pizza coupon for ~$12 dollars on the weekend.

I have every right to cathartically seethe and attack people who seem like they’re enjoying their lives. I get to wait on the sidelines because I’m a responsible Roger

The last 'crypto trader' I met was staying in a $3 dollar a night dorm in Bangkok, living off 20 baht plain rice and water out of the cooler. He assured me it was only temporary and genuinely seemed to believe he'd have a yacht in the near future.

Glad I'm an oldfag who bought property pre-2008 and invested in REAL money and gold.

>>2818662
Get them.

>>2818662
Nobody has said they're a crypto trader on here. You're all jumping on a strawman.

>>2818664
>Get them
>>2818662
>gold
Heh heh. Got em! Tell them how much gold outperformed their stupid Buttcorn magic e-money.

>>2817847
>time is the single most precious commodity in the universe
having the time to learn about yourself, to notice how you've changed since your identity solidified, is a wonderful luxury. my two years spent doing fuck all during the pandemic were very much illuminating. without even trying i settled into a 36 hour day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5UaT22ZD5w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOmGv4aS-7Y

>>2818688
I thought those links were gonna be to Henri Bergson, maybe Alan Watts. They are the most normie-tard sitcom and blockbuster movie clips. Holy low IQ.

>>2818691
>Henri Bergson, maybe Alan Watts
and is what they offer materially different? it's not secret or anything just incompatible with modern society and the dullards inhabiting it. most are incapable of independent thought so how would they served by solitude?

>>2818695
You understand the world around you from goyslop sitcoms. You are painful to communicate with. Please no reply.

Crypto thousandaires haven’t ruined traveling but they sure ruined /trv/

>>2818713
>Crypto thousandaires haven’t ruined traveling but they sure ruined /trv/
Oh baby I'm sorry. I wish I could kiss your forehead

>>2818713
It's tame compared to what it use to be lol

>>2818731
that’s my point

>>2818740
Sweet angel baby, I'm sorry people who have more money than you have made you sad on your travel chatboard. Would you like us to pretend we're as poor as you, sweetheart?
I'm actually really poor! Oh dear! So poor!

>>2818643
>My rent is 820 plus utilities in SEATTLE
I spent late winter to early spring in Seattle for free in my minivan several years ago. Judging from my experiences elsewhere without a vehicle or apartment I could have been very comfortable without the van (but I needed it for my tools). There was free Wi-Fi basically everywhere. I showered and worked out at the Anytime Fitness in Fremont. It was comfy and based and didn't cause me to piss away an extra ~$1k/month, costing only $2 more than a $12*4 pizza bill.
>backpedaller
Get your Anon posters straight, I've been consistent. I've never touched crypto (probably should), I work contracts in the trades and pull odd jobs if they seem appealing. I keep my costs low and squirrel away as much cash as I can. I bought a house with some rural acreage a couple years ago. There's *far* less to do out here than there was in Seattle.
>deprive myself of any pleasures besides a 3 topping dominos pizza coupon for ~$12 dollars on the weekend
Find some low-dollar hobbies, there's plenty to do in life that's enjoyable without spending a lot of money. Did you know that Seattle has the oldest judo school in the United States? Membership at the Seattle Dojo costs less than your pizza bill, you should check it out. They have lots of instructors and are used to new and sedentary students so you'll be able to handle it regardless of how /fit/ you are. Some of the people there even organize training trips to the Kodokan Institute in Japan which has a cheap hostel for judoka in Tokyo--could be a good oriental /trv/ opportunity while making Seattle more enjoyable.
www.seattledojo.com
Additionally, there are lots of nice places in and around Seattle to walk or read books. It's as cozy as you want to make it.
>I get to wait on the sidelines because I’m a responsible Roger
You're waiting on the sidelines because you're choosing to focus on a very narrow vision of future happiness. You can aggressively save money *and* not be miserable.

>>2818643
>>2818780
To clarify before I'm accused of "backpedaling," I was working security jobs in the "experiences elsewhere without a vehicle or apartment era" not during the "minivan" and "contracts in the trades" era. Aggressively saving up money working a concurrent mix of security and kitchen jobs is how I bought my minivan, which opened up more employment and travel opportunities for me. Rent is a luxury expense.

>>2818780
>>2818783
Who tf is reading all that. Get a job

>>2818784
If you're the security booth fag this is exactly why you'll never break the normie mold.

>>2818400
Crypto bros are massive faggots I agree. They trade thin air and hype. I trade stocks and made 300% in 3 months. They are huge faggotd anytime someone says I’m a crypto trader you can assume they do not trade at all and they hold giant bags and keep praying for a moon. They definitely do not earn the title “trader” because less than 1% of the world qualifies for that title and they throw it around like it means nothing. A better term is they are crypto hodlers definitely not traders at all

>>2818700
>Please no reply
>NO.
i'm afraid that all your erudite aesthetics merely served to frustrate you. sorry to be the one to tell you it's tired tropes and endless rehashings all the way down.
>You understand the world around you from goyslop sitcoms.
and where do you think they sourced these universal themes? the problem with goyslop results from it's purpose as a weaponized opiate by the ruling class. however, in the service of that goal, and this is an important point, its forms cannot be devoid of all substance but have just enough to sate, intrigue, evoke otherwise those masses would stray and the herd would become unruly and ultimately miss the painfully crafted subliminal messaging.
growing up i would sit at the feet of my aunt watching soap operas and so am not above a bit of tawdry excess nor so self-important to believe myself above it. and furthermore, if one cannot enjoy films such as these simply for what they are, then you're probably not much fun to be around. and if you think those erstwhile philosophers wouldn't grok office space, then i'm afraid you've completely lost the plot. despite being universally panned, i very much enjoyed jupiter ascending and find it it eminently rewatchable. i found redmayne's portrayal of balem sublime - the physicality and disdain were delicious. i don't think it's arguable that JP has the best dogfight ever put to film. moreover, i've never seen a better snapshot of a post-singularity civilization and possesses beautiful baroque flourishes and was ultimately found to be a refreshing effort in a challenging genre. and while i sympathize with those who find the dialog to be sophomoric, i believe it was done with full self-awareness to not take itself too seriously. if, however, you enjoyed jupiter ascending, then you'll love true blood.

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When I came home from living in Colombia my parents were away. I looked at our living room and started crying and screaming uncontrollably knowing I had made a mistake coming back.