Modern life is complete garbage.

[Darkover]

Seriously, the way we are expected to live truly disgusts me. We work every day at jobs that we hate in order to maintain lives that suck.

I think, really, 8 hours in a 24 hour day leaves a lot of time, right? But an hour to get ready, and hour to get there, an hour to get back. That's 11 hours dedicated to just the shit job. 5x a week, that's 55 hours.

Then there's sleep. 8 hours a night for that (except on the nights you dedicate several hours of that to lying in bed writhing in agony over not being able to sleep and having to get up so fucking soon). 7x a week for that- there's another 56 hours.

Then there are chores. We'll skimp on kitchen hours and call it an hour a day to cook, eat, clean the kitchen. Boom, 7 hours a week. Probably what... 5 to run errands, 2 doing laundry, 3 for basic home maintenance... that's 17 hours for chores.

That's 128 hours in a week that don't fucking belong to you. And that's if you don't dedicate time to the gym or other optional shit that makes living more manageable. There are only 168 hours in a week, guys.

All this means that on an average week with no overtime or shit like moving, seeing a doctor, or going to the dmv; 40 hours are actually mine. So the first question is, why does my job get more of my time than I do? The time I DO get, I don't even enjoy, because I have to THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE REST OF THE TIME in order to prepare myself for it.

And then comes buying the shit to distract myself so I don't have to FEEL SO BAD ABOUT IT. The little treats that tell you "see, you're not doing all of this for nothing." You know the ones. The material things that actually make you more fucking miserable than you were before? Yeah. And aaalllllll this stuff we buy just extends the timeframe before retirement.

OH RETIREMENT. Thank god I did all that work, so I could lie in a recliner and piss myself, staying alive beyond the time of having a fully functioning brain or body, in order to appease the people around me for a little while longer. Enjoying the fruits of our labor? Yeah. Sure.

So basically thinking about building a little shanty and dropping off grid and dying early living a life I picked for myself instead of this godawful crap this world is trying to shove me into

 

[amra81nz]

Yup people are enslaved to a system they don't even want to acknowledge exists

 

[Justnotme]

My work schedule is 2/2 for 12 hours. I work for 2 days, then I rest for 2 days, then I work for 2 days again, and so on.

I only sleep 2-3 hours before EACH work shift, because any job is stressful for me.

My head is always full of thoughts that I have huge money debts, because I do not have the strength to exist in this world, I often quit my job, and then I starve. And at the same time, my relatives are yelling at me

At night, I very often have night dreams about work, because I am constantly stressed

I do not know why this reality is so hellish.

And I don't have the strength to die.
Are we really slaves

 

[mrelief82]

Yes modern life is a nightmare that people cerated for themself

 

[iloverachel]

Life is garbage I agree.
Pointless suffering every day.
Can't wait to leave this hell hole

 

[sserafim]

I agree! 100%. We're all just slaves to the system

Yes modern life is a nightmare that people cerated for themself

Literally. The weird thing is that they willingly buy into the system

 

[amra81nz]

I agree! 100%. We're all just slaves to the system

Literally. The weird thing is that they willingly buy into the system

And the system destroys us if we don't comply

 

[sserafim]

And the system destroys us if we don't comply

My main reason to ctb is avoid having to comply with the system. I'd rather die! So far I've been able to, but idk how long it can last…

 

[amra81nz]

My main reason to ctb is avoid having to comply with the system. I'd rather die! So far I've been able to, but idk how long it can last…

Your like me then. My biggest regret about ctb is that I won't get to see this society burn

 

[ijustwishtodie]

Yep, modern life is absolutely garbage. I don't understand how most people glorify this shit. They're just okay with living in shitty conditions because "people had it worse back then". It's just baffling at how people act like this yet I'm the sick one for not wanting to participate in any of it

 

[amra81nz]

Yep, modern life is absolutely garbage. I don't understand how most people glorify this shit. They're just okay with living in shitty conditions because "people had it worse back then". It's just baffling at how people act like this yet I'm the sick one for not wanting to participate in any of it

I think those people are afraid to be different and do everything possible to be like everyone else and fit in

 

[RosesFlourish]

Yep. I'm gonna try to retire as early as feasibly possible, even if it means retiring without the full amount of benefits. Wish me luck.

 

[sadman710]

I'll go more into details about my story later today. It delves heavily into this subject. It just proves no matter your intent and moral compass, this world will swallow you alive, just an illusion of goodness.

 

[mtoro998]

Yep modern life is not living for most. I dont understand how people ever became ok with this or allowed it to happen. The world wasnt always this terrible.

 

[0000000000000]

We are just slaves for this crappy society.

People are shitty to each other, no one gives a fuck about anyone and if people see that they can get even some minimal benefit out of you, even if it means stepping on you, they will. True empathy is extremely rare.

For me without genuine love (not romantic) being alive feels meaningless. It's not worth it.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

Yeah, you've pretty much covered the essence of what life is. Well, except for the "and call it an hour a day to cook, eat, clean the kitchen". I have no idea how you can cook, eat, and clean the kitchen in any one hour in a day. It takes me 2 hours, or more, just to cook my supper and cleanup the mess. Another 15-20 minutes spent eating the food per meal. I spend more like 3-4 hours a day preparing food for myself and cleaning up the dishes. This doesn't include the 2-3 hours of grocery shopping each week. Yup, that's life.

 

[Malaria]

Modern life is why I believe we should return to monke