Lately I’ve had a really hard time finding pleasure in anything.
The world is such a depressing inhumane shit show at the moment. And I’m tired of being gaslit by every government from my local borough administration all the way to the federal government.
Capitalism and fascism had taken a hold on the world’s nations the likes of which we have never seen in the history of humankind.
And the worst part is I feel people have been indoctrinated to as point where we’re never gong to collectively get out of it. I don’t even think a violent revolution is possible because people are too fucking dumb to notice what’s wrong.
And the “fuck you, I got mine” attitude that capitalism has brought has ruined any chance of salvation. Empathy and solidarity are ridiculed as being some woke mind virus.
The world’s climate is beyond fucked. There’s wars and crimes against humanity being perpetrated by the Epstein class in our name. We keep electing wolves in sheep’s clothing who win our votes on fake promises to help us then turn against us and double down on policies that make life more difficult and increase our level of misery. Unless you’re a billionaire CEO or a politician, your life is absolutely worthless. You’re nothing more than a low value resource. And you don’t have freedom. Neither of speech or otherwise. Not as long as what you say or do goes against what the elites want.
We’re fucked. I don’t foresee any future worth living in.
I hear ya. Lookit - step one, log off. Step two, get a good book or a project of some kind that doesn’t need any internet.
Step three: a very good beverage. I recommend a good root beer, but anything you like will work.
Finally, enjoy the beverage. It’s good. Good exists all over, it’s just not in feeds. Simple joys, y’know. Take ‘em. They’re everywhere.
The solution is to ignore the state of things and buy stuff ? I hope you have the money to stay happy, I know I don’t !
You don’t “have to buy stuff” - you have to be able to enjoy stuff.
To enjoy stuff you have to buy it !
No, you can make it yourself, ask someone for it or steal if you know you can get away with it (not from poor folks ofc).
Yall really need to deconstruct that consumerist mindset, I don’t blame ya though
Do you? How much is the sunset?
I could really go for a cream soda float with some vanilla ice cream.
A cream soda float sounds absolutely delightful
Search out ways to DIY your own carbonator, and recipes for cream soda. Stick it to the duopoly of big pop!
I think SodaStream is based in Israel, and more specifically, the occupied West Bank.
Just for some extra info for anyone thinking of doing this. Avoid the Zionist shit heads
Yes I have heard that as well, as to why I suggested build your own. I have a soda stream already, I just wish I was into the whole DIY stuff prior to getting one over a decade ago.
Every so often I think of getting the things to DIY one because using a wine making store for CO2 would be much less expensive and ethically more responsible than getting my bottles replaced at the discounted price for returning the used ones. I have not refilled a bottle since finding out about the SodaStream and Israel thing though.
There’s a Canadian company called indigo that produces machines that can use SodaStream equipment. They also sell their own, so you can avoid SodaStream completely. Even better, they are significantly cheaper!
Lately Indigo supply got spotty—HomeHardware franchise is the only one carrying them in the local village, but they access the national supplier network so I don’t know why. People were gaming when shipments were arriving at the hardware store and being disappointed. Avoiding giving sodastream any money because of the boycott is apparently something people know about.
But also Indigo takes the canisters back. And is cheaper.
We live on the border of Quebec and Ontario. For some reason, Giant Tiger in Quebec carries Indigo, but in Ontario they’ve never heard of it.
I feel like anhedonia is becoming a real problem
Anhedonia?
Lack of joy. I’m struggling with that myself, at the moment. I find things that make me content, or even happy, but nothing more.
Ah got it.
Yeah. It’s especially hard at the moment. Feels like trying to swim upstream to avoid failing down a large waterfall.
Yeah root beer. That’s the one to take the edge off. Whenever’l I get back from the battlefield I pour myself a nice stiff little dram of root beer, and then another, to feel reasonable, and then one more and the rest of the bottle and tell the sergeant to prioritize those shipments over any other orders they may have received, will receive, or are currently receiving, even if it costs us the war.
The cost benefit has already been calculated, it’s nominal, don’t worry about it.