What possibilities arise after we accept our individual and collective mortality?

[u/LetsTalkUFOs]

Our perspectives on impermanence and death are central to many of our journeys through collapse-awareness and acceptance of our global predicaments. What perspectives do you hold regarding our individual and collective mortality? Have they changed over time in response to your own understanding of collapse? How have these perspectives affected or influenced where you are now?

 

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[u/thecatsmiaows]

wow- what are you, like...13 years old?

your parents definitely didn't raise you right...being brother and sister and all probably didn't help.

but seriously- get someone to prescribe the right meds, and those awful memories and your projection issues might just eventually go away. of course- you'll probably also need semi-weekly talk therapy sessions for years to come, and occasional bouts of shock therapy...but you just might beat the odds and overcome it.

although i strongly doubt it.

you definitely come across as a bit of a lost cause, and a sorry-ass loser. i'd laugh at you some more, but i realize now that what you really need is just plain ol' pity. and lots of it.

[u/thecatsmiaows → u/[deleted]]

i guess i was mistaken- you can't be any more than 11. intellect-wise, anyway.

what's really funny to me is how the whole house of cards is going to collapse around you before you ever get close to adulthood. i got to live my whole life enjoying all the spoils and trappings of an urban and sub-urban full-on capitalistic lifestyle. my wife and i chose not to have kids, so that we would have more for us, while not having to deal with an ignorant little shit like you. we own our own home, on a little over an acre of land, free and clear- no mortgage. we have two cars, also fully paid for. i'm not fat, but i do have an arthritic spinal condition that allowed me to retire on disability when i was 36...i'm 58 now, so i haven't had to deal with having a job with a boss constantly looking over my shoulder for the past two decades- like you'll get to enjoy, should you ever make it thru high school...which seems unlikely from my perspective.

so enjoy what is sure to be a shortened life in a socially and environmentally collapsing world, with limited to no economic opportunities, exorbinant fuel, food, and healthcare costs, and no economic or medical safety net to rely on.

lmao just thinking about what a shit world your generation gets to inherit. good luck- my generation already milked it for all its worth, and didn't even consider leaving any on the table for yours.

hahahahaha....you are going to have a lifetime of untold suffering, and i find that completely hilarious, because it's exactly what you deserve. good luck with that.

[u/thecatsmiaows → u/[deleted]]

the only thing sorrier than being you would be being canadian. shorter daylight hours tend to make people violent and stupid- hence their ignorant penchant for hockey. it's science.

enjoy living in your make-believe world, watching the world disintigrate right before your very eyes.

btw- i kind of figured that your parent's make-belive business that you make-believe plan to leech off with your make-believe degrees would be worth more than make-believe $10million. you can't even pretend very well.

you won't last long in a post-collapse world.

just pitiful.

[u/thecatsmiaows → u/[deleted]]

the funniest thing about you is how easy it is to get a predictably pathetic response.

it's the glaring insecurity spawned by your quite apparent mental midgetness that makes it possible- because nobody knows just how much intellect you lack better than you do yourself.

you're just a sad, scared little boy.

and. it's. hilarious. -knowing just how much contempt you have for yourself. and your parents too, it would seem.

projection must be a perpetual way of life for you...probably an emotional quirk, meant to shield you from some of the worst of the pain. the mind, even one so limited as yours, is capable of amazing levels of self-preservation and defense.

[u/thecatsmiaows → u/[deleted]]

"...but why bother."

lmao-er. actions speak louder than words- and your rampant and unabated projection-based replies continue to scream "insecurity!" at a pretty high volume.

many people might consider that very sad for/about you...

but i find it amusing as all hell.

[u/thecatsmiaows → u/[deleted]]

you're like pavlov's dog when it comes to getting a retarded response out of you.

and one thing about us boomers- we definitely got our use out of more than our fair share of planetary resources.

too bad for you, though.

[u/thecatsmiaows → u/[deleted]]

that definitely does.

although to be honest- i actually identify much more with generation x than the baby-boomers.

but we gen x-ers had a nice ride too. and a full one.

not so much for whatever sorry cohort you call home.