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[–]LtGreenCo 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. He's so close.

[–]Chipit[S] 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Sunk cost fallacy. He's put so much into this that he can't be wrong. His mental health simply could not take it. I don't doubt at all that this is the case. So, self-delusion is the answer. Anything is better than facing the ugly truth.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

So let's face the ugly truth. The world is a terrible place and must be run by devils. Just look at it. 99.9% of all the life that's ever been lived is just absolutely miserable. Evil always prevails. Everyone is inherently evil deep down, like Gyges who pretended to be a good person until he found a ring that let him be invisible. Even the laws of physics show that the universe cares about one thing only: "might is right". Everything is determined by luck and fate. What even makes it exist? And what force-feeds it to my mind?

That's only the beginning. Then you get into stuff like this: https://www.nderf.org/Experiences/1wilson_fde.html

It is absolutely clear that the whole of material reality is a lie. Something is having us run a rat race.

[–]Dzonatan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Jesus fucking Christ! Were you ever hugged in life? Did you never had friends and family sing happy birthday to you? Get help.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I have. But that's zooming WAY in on the good specks and missing the bigger picture. Not to mention that even if life were pleasant you're still enslaved to fate.

[–]Dzonatan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I almost get the feeling you hate existence itself for having the audacity to be anything else than an utopic vision.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It saddens me that you don't see how that's simply common sense.

[–]Dzonatan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The common sense where I come from is appreciation of each day with your surrounding friends and family. I don't know where you're from but it sounds miserable.

[–]Vulptexghost fox girl ^w^ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't remember but it sure is better than here.