[xwdv]

The problem is in the United States, most people don’t really know how they are doing.

I don’t know how I’m doing right now. If you asked me you wouldn’t get much of an answer. I might say I’m doing just fine to end the conversation.

But what is there to really say? We are simply going about this world trying to survive, trying to not get shot, trying to make so much money so that we never befall the fate of those who have been damned to a life of poverty. And all the time, a war wages for the control of our minds, and our privacy and free agency threatened at every opportunity. Big corporations and lobbyists want to hold us down, keep us in offices toiling away so princely investors can prop up their commercial real estate empires and ensure the working rich never get a chance to break free of their chains and embrace their own financial independence, because that would mean they become uncontrollable, a threat to those in power whose primary tool of coercion is money. The climate is falling apart and it makes little sense to have even one child, assuming you could even find a partner unsullied by the toxic dating culture that has been brewed by impossible standards hoisted upon us by social medias. I had to step over two homeless bums overdosing on the sidewalk this morning, victims of a drug epidemic that goes quietly unnoticed, swept under the rug as an inconvenient truth. It is clear the best days of this nation are far behind it. The future is perilously dark and uncertain.

How am I really doing? Don’t know. I don’t try to think about it.

[SirMaster]

I can't tell if this is serious or a joke.

I'd hate to have your so pessimistic and negative view of the world though.

I don't think most people are viewing things this way (i.e. makes little sense to have one child). Plenty of people are having children and families and enjoying life.

If this isn't a joke, it seems you might need some help as there's no way that's a normal way to feel, at least in my experience.

[matheusmoreira]

It's not a joke. I feel exactly the same way as grandparent. The more you learn about the world and its workings, the more unhappy you become. It's a hopeless feeling. Like civilization has already peaked before I was even born. I can see where the world's going and I don't like it but can't change it.

I'd say it's the people who don't feel this way who need help but on second thought I wouldn't wish these feelings on anyone.

[xwdv]

Hang in there brother.

[xwdv]

HN is not a place for jokes.

[AlbertCory]

> The problem

there is no problem. It's a friendly greeting. Sorry your life is such a bummer.

Try saying, "Great, and you?" even if you don't mean it at all. You get back what you give out.

Edit: you can also say, "Shitty. It sucks to be me." That might even be honest, judging from the responses.

[jacquesm]

> Try saying, "Great, and you?" even if you don't mean it at all. You get back what you give out.

Yes, that is exactly the problem. It invites fake responses and real responses are not appreciated at all. It's just noise.

[AlbertCory]

as I said: there is no problem. You prefer to live in a private hell, and there are lots of ways to signal that non-verbally.

[jacquesm]

> You prefer to live in a private hell

Sorry? Are you a mind reader or something?

[AlbertCory]

a mind reader? no, it's fairly clear in your writing.

[jacquesm]

Forgive me if I think you're offensive. If it would please you to ignore my writings and refrain from commenting from now on that would help to reduce the discomfort.

Unbelievable.

[xwdv]

Private hell or public hell, you’re still in hell.

[the_only_law]

> Try saying, "Great, and you?" even if you don't mean it at all.

Nothing I hate more than a liar.

[AlbertCory]

Try going without lying for a week. I think there are even movies about that.

[matheusmoreira]

https://imdb.com/title/tt0119528/

> Was it good for you?

> I've had better.