For context: I'm a birthright US citizen who just graduated a really good university and am about to start a really well-paying corpo job. Yet I'm still absolutely depressed about the state of the world, and am seeing it harder and harder to continue.Here are some specific things I feel UNHAPPY about.>UK censoring internet, banning SM/phones, etc., rest of world likely joining in>Love & Deepspace scandal>Google banning sideloading>recent HiAnime arrest>I fucking hate both US parties - one is full of self-hating whites and brown supremacists, the other is full of self-hating browns and white supremacists - but "doing nothing" and being a drone is cuckery too; my politics would prob. better align w/ "Dems 20 years ago" than "GOP any stage of their recent history", but even outside a US context many countries nowadays have cucked uniparties>car-dependent suburbs and their consequences (and I'm not even going to pretend that's an American-only thing)>the impossibility of affording anything for anyone, esp. relative to even our parents or even MILLENNIALS>goals becoming unrealizable, like the fucked up dating market makes it impossible to date anyone (and "return to tradition" to like courting, etc. I disdain for the same reason I disdain the anti-phone movement), or travel feeling increasingly unmotivating>the realization that the Chinese race is so superior to the White race despite the latter's obvious dominance in arts etc.>the climate getting worse (lmao ik)>the US declining, and actually fr rather than as some larper fantasySo yea I might need some motivation kek
These are all huge political problems that are impossible to grasp at a time - either because they interact with eachother in unexpected ways or are overly complex with lots of moving parts.Ask yourself what can you do to your immediate surroundings... If you can one lay one brick, so be it. One brick.
>>34692908anon, someone in your position is more able to make a change in the world than 90% of people ever willconsider all those things you listed as possible motivation, maybefailing that, your best bet is still to take advantage of the position you've attained & try to play on your own terms, create/protect things you care about & which make you gratefulat any point you can make an infinite bullet point list of things which are fucked, and of things which are goodthings could also be infinitely better or infinitely worse, no matter what position you're init's not really worth thinking about, just do what you can & try to remove things from your life which give you a headache & add things which make you gratefulif everyone collectively did this the world would become gooddon't let the fucked state of the world make you pessimistic, and don't blame "humanity" or whatever else, those are scapegoatsthe state of the world is caused by individual criminals & incredible weapons, it's not natural in any wayknow that
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they want you to relinquish all the power you have in this world & be dissuaded by the unassailable octopusbut it's self-fulfillingnever give upreminds me of that scene in the dark crystal where the skeksis make creatures stare into the power of the crystal until their life essence is drained & they become dead husks
>>34692908Otaku culture existed before the internet, it will keep going after the internet.
>>34692908Stop looking outward and start looking inward. No one has ever lived a happy or meaningful life by chasing externals. If your sole concern in life was to make your own conduct principled, beautiful, compassionate, patient and just you would go through every day with unlimited possibilities for personal growth and achieving your goals. There's absolutely no point in looking out at the world and criticizing it before you've perfected yourself.
>>34692908>UK censoring internet, banning SM/phones, etc., rest of world likely joining inNot even relevant to you since you're US. Why would you give a shit. SM isn't getting banned in US, they're all US companies they need their profit. SM is fucking gay anyway>Love & Deepspace scandalJust googled, so a character got cancelled because fans didn't want more new characters. Why on fucking earth would you care about this gay shit>Google banning sideloading>recent HiAnime arrestJust fucking use nyaa retard>I fucking hate both US partiesYou should hate the debt spiral your country is forced to face regardless of who's on the podium>car-dependent suburbs and their consequences (and I'm not even going to pretend that's an American-only thing)Huh? Just get a car or move somewhere with public transport. The fuck are you whining about this time>the impossibility of affording anything for anyone, esp. relative to even our parents or even MILLENNIALSMore reasons why debt spiral is so fun>goals becoming unrealizable, like the fucked up dating market makes it impossible to date anyone (and "return to tradition" to like courting, etc. I disdain for the same reason I disdain the anti-phone movement), or travel feeling increasingly unmotivatingWhat even are you complaining about, the modern dating market, and also the historical dating market, and also the anti-phones, and also travel, like what? Maybe you're just too ugly and nobody wants to touch you with a 10 foot pole, sucks to suck>the realization that the Chinese race is so superior to the White race despite the latter's obvious dominance in arts etcWhat? I'd say the Japanese have far more dominance/better in arts than any of them. How is that even relevant to race superiority? That has little relevance to actual genetics, but you aren't even using any proper measurement yourself, so. You're just making baseless claims.>the US declining, and actually frEverything went to shit in 2013
>>34693666>social mediaGoogle Project 2029>L&DSbecause I'm an Asian man, and L&DS has been great Asian male rep - I've experienced plenty of this IRL>mass internet censorship + sideloading banthe vast majority of the population isn't going to become based / install Graphene / use a VPN, I'm afraid you seriously underestimate how cucked the average normie in America or just about any country is. And I know this better than you because I'm Chinese American and have visited family tons of times in China. As long as 95% of the population doesn't evade the Firewall, WHICH IS THE CASE, the Firewall ends up working.>hating both US partiesthen where the fuck do I go?>suburban hellthis is an America-wide problem, and I already have a job in the burbs locked down that I need to drive to... rn what I'm to do is borrow my folks' car and live at home for a while (could be rest of 2026), then buy a car / move out at the same time (which sounds like a lotta money ngl)>debt spiralwell wtf am I supposed to do? kms?>dating marketideal dating market IMO was probably after the 60s sexual revolution but before dating apps took over everything>Chinese raceJust look at China they're mogging us in every aspect. Japan is a dying fossil and if I were a young Japanese I'd have nothing to hope for, unlike if I were Chinese.>US decline at 2013Out of curiosity: how old were you in 2013?
>>34692908>>Love & Deepspace scandalWhy do you care about this lmao, are you a foid?
>>34693666Garbage advice lol "just get a car"? I'm under the impression you creatures are just miserable but get offended when someone else admits it>>34692908Honestly OP, as someone who's on a really hard time of life: some things are really a wakeup call. I don't meant it as another person trying to blame you or double the responsibility on your shoulders, but as an actual advice, some things are becoming worse with no sign or changing, whereas others are not worth giving a damn about (and both often overlap). I trust you to do that discernment. As for dating since it's often what weights on us the most, emotionally: genuinely just avoid most of the rhetoric you see here. If you find constructive enjoyment in your life and work your confidence (notice which clothes and spaces make you more comfortable and loose), you already solve the biggest issues. No need to go looking for some bitch who lives off of trying to have others thirsting for them and is expecting idiots fighting for it, which is what you'd find in expensive parties.
>>34694266I'm an Asian man, and this game's helping foids actually respect Asian men for once.>>34694289Part of the problem with dating ngl is that even if you doll yourself up and make yourself as attractive as can be to the point that it actually works in pulling hoes... they're hoes. Half the women these days are fucking cuck foids who I wouldn't wanna date or marry. They just suck and either are brown or ACT brown.This is why I enjoyed going back to China earlier this year. The hoes there aren't sorority girl pussy foid cucks.
>>34694355Reading what you said, I just realized finding good people also results from improving yourself. You'll learn which spaces are worth participating in, you'll more accurately pick shitty traits from others, you're just going to better filter your social interactions in general. Funny how obvious it sounds in hindsight. I think a big issue most people have is that they aren't willing to admit they're better off on their own path, as opposed to chasing the rat race and pretending they'll eventually be the piece of shit they envy. It's so much easier and happier not to engage with the norms in general, and part of it is molding your expectations.
>>34694378IDK. Many things about America I find dystopian. But many things about places other than America I find dystopian.I can improve myself all I want, and yet all I keep running into are the same people. I just hate being stuck in this stupid suburb full of people I know from high school or their friends or their friends' friends.Literally every single day in my life I am reminded of how horrible America and Americans are. I literally don't have anything to really even look forward to. Women? They all fucking suck, and none will ever match my "ex" from college (if you can even call her one, it was so fucking retarded). Literally January 2023 and to this day I still haven't gotten over it.(And lemme be absolutely clear before you mistake me for the next Elliot Rodger: I no longer want a "white girlfriend". I just don't want a black or brown one - or a black or brown idolizing one.)
>>34694478Yeah I won't deny your suffering from other americans, I'm brazilian lol so I guess you can imagine how well it relates. As for your ex, it always feels bad at first but with hindsight and life changes you'll eventually get over it, don't worry. But yeah, just don't let the feeling get too strong, if you notice it coming just ask yourself "why am I thinking this" without answering. I feel like this exercise helps
You probably can't prevent the internet from going to shit but you can prepare and just hoard whatever you care about.
>>34692908>I'm a birthright US citizenGee, I can remember when that used to mean something
>>34698836I'm not a jeet fyi thank goodness(Nor pakis if you wanna be pedantic)
>>34698947what are you then
>>34692908https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQUXbqkJZvk
>>34698958a chink
L&DS situation seems to be worse relative to when I posted this BTW, my foid friends have been bitching about it a lot
>>34692908My reason is to struggle against all that.
side questionhow bored have any of you beenlike everit's fucking boring over here and i fucking hate it
>>34692908>one is full of self-hating whites and brown supremacistsThat you believe such a blatant lie is proof you've let your brain become infected with memes designed to guarantee your misery.
>>34702038"Love and Deepspace[a] is a Chinese mobile game [...]Love and Deepspace is an otome game rendered in 3D graphics.[2][3][...] The game is a live service game that uses a gacha system"So it's something of zero value and people are getting upset about it?
>>34702400are you even american lmaodems are full of, like, new england white people who bitch about how awful they are, as well as like actual brown poor people / criminals in the inner citywhile republicans are for hick rednecks from appalachia, and, like, cuban beaners who really wanna be white and so performatively imitate said rednecks and advocate for restricting immigration just to pull the ladder
>>34702377i'm really bored atm wbu
>>34702377Boredom is the only thing affordable anymore.
>>34709655and it fucking sucks
personally, i've been coping with the boredom by teaching myself Japanese
>>34692908sex is incrediblelooking at mature Asian women makes me euphoriccoffee is euphoricsex.
>>34714248Forgot to mention but I am the OP