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Funny. Maybe it really is better to do "evil" than nothing at all. I've spent months in depression hell and have finally decided to fight back against the demon-God who runs this world. I feel better for it than passively wallowing in despair.

This world is shit.
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They don't look dead to me.
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Mortality. All of us would like to think we deserve to live. But the world ultimately has other plans for us in the end. It's kind of a sick joke.

We fear death and yet we cannot escape death. And every little bit of breathing room is precious to us.

I'm glad I have no children. For whatever it's worth, I spared my would-be children from a fate worse than non-existence. And yet, even that means nothing. Even that is an empty gesture in an indifferent and unforgiving world. Now I have to eat my otherwise generous decision. Even good deeds are punished terribly.

In the end, we all have to die at some point. None of us can live forever, at least not yet. And even if we get to a point someday where it is technically possible to live forever, we still can't all do it. We need to make room for someone else's kids. Eternal life is not sustainable. And dying is not an easy thing. It's outright horrible. And it's unavoidable. I think we can all agree to those things.

I have lived another day. And tomorrow I will be filled once again with dread and fear of pending doom. But what can any of us do? We do what we must to live and even that is eventually too much and therefore an afront to the powers that run this world.

Hurray life! Thank you, universe for postponing my demise for a while longer. I didn't want to go today. I really don't want to go any day.
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All philosophers are mortal. In that regard, we all find our shared humanity.
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Feeling a bit better this evening. Well, it's more like morning.

These funks I get into are getting worse and worse. Maybe I'm getting habituated to the anti-depressants or something. However, there is no way I'm uping the dosage. I'm tired of being a chemical repository. I'd quit pills altogether if I could. They're expensive and leave me apathetic and emotionally flat. But off them, I end up delusional and terrified of everyone else around me for God only knows what reason.
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Does any of this sound familiar?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JMHWm7Z8M0
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Dubious wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 9:21 am Does any of this sound familiar?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JMHWm7Z8M0
Some of it does. Never heard of him before but I can relate to some of what was described in the video.
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I don't get some religions. I don't belong to any of them, so I'm a heretic to just about every theist. And theists never seem to understand what is off putting about that. "Why so bitter, Gary. I don't understand why my belief that you're going to hell is problematic for you." Religion seems a lot like collective stupidity to me--just a form of passive aggression. You're condemned before you've even said, "hello".
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No sleep today, last night nor yesterday. Might be mania coming. Fuck mental illness and the God who created it. Stick it up your ass, Yahweh!!! :evil:
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Gary Childress wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:10 am No sleep today, last night nor yesterday. Might be mania coming. Fuck mental illness and the God who created it. Stick it up your ass, Yahweh!!! :evil:
Maybe he's punishing you for your incessant apologising to arseholes and for not apologising to those you have wronged. Perhaps you even get on his nerves :shock:
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accelafine wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:34 am
Gary Childress wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 2:10 am No sleep today, last night nor yesterday. Might be mania coming. Fuck mental illness and the God who created it. Stick it up your ass, Yahweh!!! :evil:
Maybe he's punishing you for your incessant apologising to arseholes and for not apologising to those you have wronged. Perhaps you even get on his nerves :shock:
Who would you say I have wronged but have not apologized to?
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No one. Just keep sucking Age's ####. I'm sure your god approves.
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accelafine wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:52 am No one. Just keep sucking Age's ####. I'm sure your god approves.
I apologize for "backstabbing" you. It was not my intention to backstab you. In my posts I said that I went too far. I didn't say that you went too far. I suppose after Fairy brought up that I had been unfair to Age, "my god" told me to apologize to Age. I didn't apologize to you because you seem to dislike it when I apologize. But I am sorry. It was not my intent to backstab you. I didn't realize what effect it would have on you.
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accelafine wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:52 am No one. Just keep sucking Age's ####. I'm sure your god approves.
FYI: I responded to your statement. Have you seen my response? Do you accept my apology? Or is my apology not good enough?
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