Some people's lives are so fucked that it would be unrealistic to expect them to be able to turn things around.

Does anyone else dislike words like "racist/sexist/homophobe" etc. because the essence of those words goes way beyond the words themselves, and the words are inadequate?

(March 1, 2022 at 12:14 pm)Ahriman Wrote: I'm going to re-create a few thousand lucky people as enlightened hedonists. Their lives will be filled with pleasure. They will never have to work. All of the new people will live in a giant, beautiful garden, more than spacious enough to accommodate thousands of people. The new people will not wear clothing, they will always be naked. The garden will always be warm and sunny, even when it rains. The new people will eat delicious, ripe fruit, whenever they want, and will never hunger for anything else. They will have plenty of sex, with whomever they choose. Sexual partners will be shared. Homosexuality, of both genders, will be allowed, but not encouraged. The new people will be beautiful, and light-skinned, although they will have a permanent tan from being in the sun all the time. They will never age. They will not bear children. Their genes will be altered so that they will never get bored of living in the garden.

That's horrible.  No thanks.

Why is life trying to keep me trapped in high school forever? I am 30 years old (almost 31) but I can't move on from high school. I've had many dreams about being back in school, and the dreams have a feeling of not being finished with school yet. I never smoked weed in high school, but I smoked for years after graduation, but now, life has made sure I can't smoke weed anymore, so I'm back to not smoking, ala high school. YouTube has created personalized playlists for me, without me doing anything, and I am now addicted to the playlists, just like how I was addicted to listening to CD's in high school. This has left me feeling unfree. There was a brief period several years ago when I had just found out about a particular genre of porn, I would smoke weed and watch the porn and have a really great time. That was probably the freest I've felt since graduating high school, but that's over and done with. What kind of game is life playing here? Life wants me to listen to music (constantly) and not smoke weed. This isn't what I wanted.

(March 10, 2022 at 12:51 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Why is life trying to keep me trapped in high school forever? I am 30 years old (almost 31) but I can't move on from high school. I've had many dreams about being back in school, and the dreams have a feeling of not being finished with school yet. I never smoked weed in high school, but I smoked for years after graduation, but now, life has made sure I can't smoke weed anymore, so I'm back to not smoking, ala high school. YouTube has created personalized playlists for me, without me doing anything, and I am now addicted to the playlists, just like how I was addicted to listening to CD's in high school. This has left me feeling unfree. There was a brief period several years ago when I had just found out about a particular genre of porn, I would smoke weed and watch the porn and have a really great time. That was probably the freest I've felt since graduating high school, but that's over and done with. What kind of game is life playing here? Life wants me to listen to music (constantly) and not smoke weed. This isn't what I wanted.

It's called growing up or even adulting.  You might want to try it.  

At no point were you, or anyone else, guaranteed the life of a highschooler would go on forever.

(March 10, 2022 at 12:57 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:

(March 10, 2022 at 12:51 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Why is life trying to keep me trapped in high school forever? I am 30 years old (almost 31) but I can't move on from high school. I've had many dreams about being back in school, and the dreams have a feeling of not being finished with school yet. I never smoked weed in high school, but I smoked for years after graduation, but now, life has made sure I can't smoke weed anymore, so I'm back to not smoking, ala high school. YouTube has created personalized playlists for me, without me doing anything, and I am now addicted to the playlists, just like how I was addicted to listening to CD's in high school. This has left me feeling unfree. There was a brief period several years ago when I had just found out about a particular genre of porn, I would smoke weed and watch the porn and have a really great time. That was probably the freest I've felt since graduating high school, but that's over and done with. What kind of game is life playing here? Life wants me to listen to music (constantly) and not smoke weed. This isn't what I wanted.

It's called growing up or even adulting.  You might want to try it.  

At no point were you, or anyone else, guaranteed the life of a highschooler would go on forever.

The only major difference between my current life and high school life (and everything before high school) is that now I'm gay. It's unfortunate that I missed out on so many years of gay fun. Adults are shady about gay sex. Porn is amazing, but it can only do so much.

(March 10, 2022 at 1:13 pm)Ahriman Wrote:

(March 10, 2022 at 12:57 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: It's called growing up or even adulting.  You might want to try it.  

At no point were you, or anyone else, guaranteed the life of a highschooler would go on forever.

The only major difference between my current life and high school life (and everything before high school) is that now I'm gay. It's unfortunate that I missed out on so many years of gay fun. Adults are shady about gay sex. Porn is amazing, but it can only do so much.

If you’re gay now (which I seriously doubt), you’ve always been gay.

Boru

Well, hell's bells...I was wondering if people just suddenly wake up gay.

(March 10, 2022 at 2:03 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(March 10, 2022 at 1:13 pm)Ahriman Wrote: The only major difference between my current life and high school life (and everything before high school) is that now I'm gay. It's unfortunate that I missed out on so many years of gay fun. Adults are shady about gay sex. Porn is amazing, but it can only do so much.

If you’re gay now (which I seriously doubt), you’ve always been gay.

Boru

Then I've always been gay. It just took some time to come to the surface.

(March 10, 2022 at 2:09 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Well, hell's bells...I was wondering if people just suddenly wake up gay.

Boru