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2020-03-18 12:43 22003991 Anonymous 28+ Thread (Anon sits.jpg 664x701 126kB)
28+ Thread - Keep it bumped Edition Had an interview lined up with some small rinky dink startup software company with my close-to-nothing qualifications and it's been cancelled. Something about unforeseen circumstances but I reckon it's the coronavirus, directly or indirectly. My wageslave job seems secure, for now, but how much is the pandemic going to fuck with applying for better jobs? (It's just my luck that world ends when I finally got a break.) Forgot to keep an eye on the thread.

43 min later 22004051 Anonymous
My wagie job (collections, repossession, bankruptcies, insurance losses, etc) get to work from home. I will be arguing with dumb goys about how they can't pay their bills. In my bedroom. Hope I don't call my neighbors.

48 min later 22004059 Anonymous
Yo where is that pic from

56 min later 22004069 Anonymous
>>22004051 Sounds like an asshole-ish kind of job. But I guess everybody's gotta eat.

1 hours later 22004146 Anonymous
It feels like a movie doesn't it? All the streets are empty as fuck where I live.

3 hours later 22004306 Anonymous
>>22004059 I'm not sure, I found it a while back on 4chan but I think it's from a manga.

3 hours later 22004312 Anonymous
>>22004059 Net Cafe Refugee by Shintaro Kago. Google "Shintaro Kago" on images, OP's pic is the least interesting piece, he's awesome

5 hours later 22004608 Anonymous
>>22004505 Corona? yes. Getting older equals degeneration.

6 hours later 22004815 Anonymous
>>22004608 But it's gonna leave some sort of mark.

6 hours later 22004816 Anonymous
>>22004815 >But it's gonna leave some sort of mark. It already has.

6 hours later 22004854 Anonymous
>>22004505 I figure in a couple weeks it'll be something in between a big old nothing and half the american sick and dying. If I gotta narrow it down I'd put money on it'll be worse than the swine flu was but not by much. I don't get why the old saying "prepare for the worst, hope for the best" is just gone.

7 hours later 22004892 Anonymous
>>22004146 I feel like it'll hit my city hard because we're all kinda stubbornly stupid. I'm from a party tourist trap city and half of everyone is just salty about all the big spring party and parade events and sports being cancelled. The other half is panic buying. But the streets seem the same level of populated and I work for a food distribution company that I highly doubt is gonna shutdown. Even if we wanted to we couldn't cause people gotta eat. They did extend sick days by a couple weeks for everyone. My gf is a cook and her work is staying open for togo orders. She's waiting to find out if they're gonna fully shut down or not because there's talk of it. Figure if they do I might give it a week then cash in on my sick days, say my gf is sick and I'm staying home w her as CDC recommended. I am actually kinda assuming she's gonna get sick given where she works is also in the same neighborhood they found out about some positive tested woman was shopping, plus gf always catches whatever is going around, and she's got a history of bronchitis in the past. Idk I'm not at all worried for myself but I worry about her being sick. I also worry a lot about my parents because they can be very stubbornly stupid about this shit and never listen to doctors. My mom's only just now thinking it's something to take serious.

7 hours later 22004970 Anonymous
Im 30, my gf is 28, together for 8 years. She wants marriage and kids, I'm not super excited about it, though sometimes I think it sounds nice. We are not super well off to raise kids, and I don't even know if I want to. She is amazing and very sweet, but my dick is starting to take over my brain. I've had the 7-year itch for a while, not just for sex but for a new person to fall in love with. I missed out a lot when I was younger. I'm so scared of hurting her though. Im also afraid of making a huge mistake, but at the same time I feel like I need to make this mistake to get over these feelings and move on with my life. Fuck me.

8 hours later 22005085 Anonymous
>>22004970 >Fuck me. Right, fuck you. What exactly are you going to accomplish by leaving her at 30 after being together this long?

10 hours later 22005428 Anonymous
i finally started applying for jobs and now god puts out a pandemic to stop me from getting one. maybe i should take the hint

10 hours later 22005434 Anonymous
>>22005428 Don't worry, I spent 10k+ on schooling I now basically can't use thanks to the job market being seized upon by the virus.

10 hours later 22005439 Anonymous
>>22004816 You know, I was planning to go to the US last year to see E3. One, to get some kind of "closure" on geek/gamer culture for myself since I'm not actually interested in the games at the event and two, to to visit another country. I postponed to next cos I'd have more spending money this year. I mean it's not like the world was gonna end next year. Fuck me man. Once/if the world recovers, things are gonna be a whole lot different.

10 hours later 22005490 Anonymous
Is that Satou from welcome to the NHK?

10 hours later 22005493 Anonymous
>>22005490 No. Also NHK was lame beyond the first episode.

11 hours later 22005548 Anonymous
>>22005493 The episode where he almost jumps from a cliff is amazing.

12 hours later 22005705 Anonymous
>>22003991 >less than a month at new temp job >corona hits, i catch it >been out an entire week now >idk if i even want to go back >spammed some job aps for better jobs while sick >already got one phone interview request kinda funny. the job pays okay-ish ($4/hour more than my last job) but zero benefits. i like the boss and the team is okay, the commute kind of sucks but is doable. just felt somehow cursed from the beginning. >>22004505 yeah corona is bullshit, only 90 year olds die from it in any large numbers. most normies are not taking it seriously, just media and retarded prepfags and /pol/tards are going nuts over it.

12 hours later 22005708 Anonymous
>>22005085 >>22004970 he wants to follow his dick to fuck whores and act like he's an 18 year old stud again. in reality he might get 2 tinder dates a year with mediocre fat slags, but for the dream and the allure of it he wants to throw everything in the trash and ruin his life and ruin that poor girl's life. listen you stupid fuck, you aren't gonna find better. sorry to tell you, there isn't a supermodel waiting for you.

13 hours later 22005840 Anonymous
it's 2020 now anons... what have you done with your life in the decade after you became an adult in the eyes of the law? would your parents brag about you at family get togethers? or have you done nothing but complain and jerk off? >imagine approaching 30 and not making at least 75k

13 hours later 22005863 Anonymous
>>22005840 >money is the most important thing in this world

14 hours later 22005946 Anonymous
>>22005840 >it's 2020 and the world is a very different place. Mutants now roam the land after being turned by COVID-19, a bioweapon that accidentally got released into the world. It's now up to one man to find the cure and save the world. That man's name is....

15 hours later 22006029 Anonymous
first office job, first sales job ever. entry level contractor. is asking lead salesman if I can tag along to a sales meeting a good idea to learn how to see how its done? any other advice is also appreciated. I need this to go well so I can gtfo of my parents house and make them feel I am survive on my own

15 hours later 22006087 Anonymous
>>22005439 >things are gonna be a whole lot different. Protip, no they're not. I mean, you'll keep telling yourself this every year from now until 60. But you won't change. >source Because you are me.

16 hours later 22006127 Anonymous
>>22006087 >Protip, no they're not. I don't know if you've noticed that world is going under a crisis right now?

17 hours later 22006233 Anonymous
>>22004059 Also interested

17 hours later 22006255 Anonymous
>>22005705 Just FYI, this virus has a 20% hospitalisation rate. I'm not from America, but using it as an example, the USA has 1 million hospital beds. And a lot of them would already be occupied by existing sick bastards. But let's assume all 1 million beds are unoccupied. Then if 5 million people or more get the virus, the US will be out of beds, and a lot of people will begin to die. The reality is that a lot of those beds are already occupied, and only some of the beds are equipped for dealing with pneumonia. If the virus isn't stopped, a lot of people are going to die. A lot more than 2%.

17 hours later 22006277 Anonymous
>>22005840 I feel like I've been watching someone else play the game and fail at it for 26 years and now I finally have the controller. I am doing a lot better than that other guy but I'm bit overwhelmed and I wish I could pick a different character.

18 hours later 22006296 Anonymous
>>22004970 >I missed out a lot when I was younger What does this mean? You missed out on parties and banging girls you just met? That's what most people mean when they say that. How the hell do you still have the mindset of a 16 year old as a 30 year old man? How have you not figured out that the 'yolo' lifestyle is complete stupid and pointless? "oooh memories man, I want to make memories when I'm young." Why? You want your youth to be about doing stupid shit so that when you are old you can sit around thinking about it? Also, if you actually grow up you will only being thinking about how much you regret it. There is literally nothing of value to gain from that. You have the chance to have a family, there's nothing more important than that. But if you are really the type that thinks a life of meaningless fun building to nothing is worth living, then by all means stop wasting your time.

18 hours later 22006309 Anonymous
Virus has me out of work. I'm terribly fortunate to have a support system so I'm okay during this thing. Trying to comfort friends has been hard, I don't really know what to tell them. It hasn't helped my dating life either, the woman I've been seeing is obviously in a different place and I can't tell if that brings us closer together or further apart. Maybe it's stupid of me to assume dating is on anyone's mind at this point. I really like her and this is already interrupting enough lives. I'm doing my best to be the "normal" part of people's lives because that's what I can do best at this time. Not sure if it's really worth it to others, which is okay. It just sucks I'm that person.

18 hours later 22006340 Anonymous
>>22006277 I know that feel. I'm doing things so much better now, I wish I had this mindset 10 years ago.

18 hours later 22006349 Anonymous
>>22006255 There seem to be talks about there being new "cures" developed by different countries. This could all be over soon. Right?

18 hours later 22006372 Anonymous (idiot.jpg 490x475 24kB)
I don't know anymore bros. Met a woman I have great chemistry with but it's online, and I know for a fact she's only available and willing to talk because of this quarantine bullshit. If everyone weren't forced to stay inside, she'd probably be out with some guy from Tinder. But maybe we really did hit it off, and if it's meant to be, it's meant to be? Fucked if I know. I've been alone and isolated for too long. Nothing makes fucking sense anymore. I just want it to all be over. >pic related

18 hours later 22006374 Anonymous
>>22006349 This is super naive of me, but possibly? "Soon" might not be in a month or two, but maybe not the 18 month nightmare some are predicting.

18 hours later 22006375 Anonymous
>>22006340 I know right. I try not to think of where I'd be if I had woken up earlier. For all I know, this is the only way my life could have gone.

18 hours later 22006384 Anonymous
>>22005840 >approaching 30 I'm 30 and I have $60 to my name. Let's see what the future holds. Probably nothing.

18 hours later 22006393 Anonymous
>>22006374 Kinda wonder if this /does/ work, will people start cutting back on being consumerists and dooming the planet to hell? Universal healthcare and paid sick leave and an end to outsourcing jobs to other countries because it's cheaper?

18 hours later 22006396 Anonymous
>>22006349 Sorry, but anything you read about a cure is fake news. At best the antivirals help you deal with the symptoms a little better, and only in some cases - so maybe the hospital stays will be shorter, allowing more people to be treated. A vaccine is minimum 12 months off, and even then it'll take time to ramp up production. And keep in mind that this is in a perfect situation, without delays like with other critical vaccines that almost always happen. We're in this hole for at least a couple of years. Society won't collapse (at least, not in most countries) but you should be prepared for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

20 hours later 22006683 Anonymous
How hard is it to date while living with your parents at 28? What if I'm handsome and at least have the excuse that I'm going to school?

20 hours later 22006688 Anonymous
>>22006683 You're fucked mate. You might find a girl who tolerates it but you're probably going to be pulling way lower than you could if you had even a shitty place.

22 hours later 22006851 Anonymous
>>22006683 Anyone worth a relationship won't care, especially if you can spin the education factor and say you're paying loans off. Yeah it means you probably won't be able to invite her over to fuck but there's far more to a relationship than that anyway

22 hours later 22006860 Anonymous
>>22006683 I am 32 and live with my parents. My girlfriend is fine with it. She even enjoys doing stuff with them.

22 hours later 22006861 Anonymous
>>22004069 Eh, somebody gotta do it. Pays pretty well for ease of it, very stable work. More than you can ever get through. Of course people are mad when they can't pay their bills, but that's not your problem, it's theirs.

23 hours later 22006955 Anonymous
>>22006861 How does it go when you talk to people about paying their bills? You try to catch lies, convince them to sell stuff, come up with a plan?

23 hours later 22006981 Anonymous
>>22006955 Yeah most people just suck with money Most of it is finding out IF they can pay, if they can't there are options like hardship or bankrupcty depending on the debt. If they can pay, it's finding how to pay works best for them based on their pay cycle and overall willingness to stick to the plan.. We can't bully/theaten/harass people so it's pretty professional. Depending on the debt it can be chill, working for a big company like a car company is better than working for the small legal firm that buys aged debts for example

23 hours later 22006990 Anonymous
>>22006396 What do you think the aftermath of this going to be?

24 hours later 22007015 Anonymous
>>22006990 A bunch of people dead over an extended period, a large number of people used to depending on some form of Universal Basic Income to make ends meet, and a reformed health care system through sheer necessity. If any of those things fail to materialize there will be bloodshed.

28 hours later 22007495 Anonymous
Is it odd that my ADHD ass is always anxious over anything, always overthinking, yet I'm feeling chill about this pandemic? >usually buy groceries in bulk so >have half a large bulk of tp could easily last another month, have plenty of meat and beans rice shit to cook eggs etc >haven't been the main chain of grocery stores here in weeks >Going to lil Mexican/Chinese groceries instead for occasionally fruit and veggies, they stocked up normal >already have a shotgun for protection but doubt it comes to that >got a week's worth of sick days added on so gonna take those next week >GF is a bit more paranoid, wants another gun, not sure what we'll do inside for a couple weeks >I already know >we gonna fuck a lot, smoke a lot, she's gonna watch a lot of cop shows >might make a sourdough starter and build some shelves >work likely to transition to home work I've done it before So far I haven't had to panic buy or go out of my way for anything. It's...idk I expected me to be freaking out but I'm not.

28 hours later 22007549 Anonymous
>>22006255 oh no, a bunch of 90 year olds are going to die. better shit the bed and punch ourselves in the face! >2% what's the percentage of diabetics and/or smokers over age 55 in this nation? >>22006349 >over soon nothing happened to begin with. it's a seasonal flu.

33 hours later 22008154 Anonymous
>>22007549 >nothing happened to begin with. it's a seasonal flu. I hope you're right.

33 hours later 22008165 Anonymous
>>22007495 Who'd have thought your mental disorder would make you think irrationally of some things?

33 hours later 22008199 Anonymous
>>22007549 >nothing happened Except the whole world going on lockdown and economies across the globe collapsing on the level of the great depression.

34 hours later 22008359 Anonymous
>>22007549 You're ignoring the main point of the comment. The main points are: * 20% hospitalisation rate * Limited hospital beds These two things WILL lead to a much higher death rate than 2% unless drastic action is taken like in China/South Korea/Singapore.

35 hours later 22008451 Anonymous
>>22006396 >Society won't collapse You sound confident.

36 hours later 22008609 Anonymous (older woman.jpg 408x612 47kB)
I'm 34. Working from home, have a colleague in her 40's with a nice body, we're friends (working together few years). Sometimes I feel there's sexual tension but I learned I'm really bad at reading women and it also might just be me sometimes being horny. This one in particular makes it difficult, I know she's single and doesn't have kids but she never talks about sex/relationships/men; don't know if it's because she's an old nerd with not much experience / very shy (face isn't great, hair greying & undyed, she's clearly aging alone), or if she just doesn't like me that way. However she's always friendly and happy to see me, we went to a movie once and talk a lot. Anyway I've been single for a long time and I plan on quitting, extremely sexually frustrated staying at home all day, thought of asking her to come over for a movie to pass the time. But the thought of putting my arm around her and all of a sudden her going, "errr what are you doing Anon?", that would both ruin our friendship and she might mention that to a colleague, I can't act without some certainty. How should I handle this? SHOULD I even handle it?

36 hours later 22008634 Anonymous
>>22008451 It didn't during the Spanish Flu, and as much as I dislike my fellow humans I have enough faith in humanity to be confident it won't happen this time either.

36 hours later 22008704 Anonymous
>>22008634 >and as much as I dislike my fellow humans I have enough faith in humanity to be confident it won't happen this time either. There weren't as many crutches back in the sense of things like the internet, I mean if that went down there'd be complete chaos. Got any thoughts on the conspiracy theories floating around?

36 hours later 22008716 Anonymous
I had a business idea before this all began; now just forget that and take care of simple things.

37 hours later 22008736 Anonymous
>>22008704 >the internet, I mean if that went down there'd be complete chaos. Yeah but I don't see any reason it'd go down short of opportunistic terrorism. Certainly there'll be heightened congestion, though. >Got any thoughts on the conspiracy theories floating around? Which ones?

41 hours later 22009331 Anonymous
>>22008736 >Which ones? The leaked bioweapon theory and that other one that this was planned by the "elites".

41 hours later 22009385 Anonymous
>>22009331 I don't buy into that one, but my own conspiracy theory is that various nations are using this as a power play and so they're intentionally holding back on their responses. Such as: * China keeping it secret because they know they have the authoritarian tools to contain it better than other nations, hence having a smaller long run economic impact. Also because it would save them from the Hong Kong issue. * US and other countries using the virus as an excuse to get various laws (anti-encryption, anti-terrorism, etc.) passed they wouldn't have been able to do so otherwise. * Various delay tactics used by governments around the world to keep people calm while the rich isolate themselves and prepare. And more. Obviously some or all of these could be false, and yet I can't help but feel suspicious about some of this.

42 hours later 22009408 Anonymous
>>22008359 Yes, darastic action like stay the fuck away from people, be inside and stay clean People not taking this shit seriously piss me off

47 hours later 22010067 Anonymous
>>22009385 If I'm honest, I think this is divine intervention. The world cannot continue it's previous trajectory and people have to realise NOW how badly the system is fucking them.

49 hours later 22010283 Anonymous (1541887560057.jpg 882x960 77kB)
>boutta fix life >from drop out to neet to wagie to hospital wagie >no friends for more than 10 years >only ever went on a few dates, never went further >basically thinking of what's going on as war >was going to try and restart social life from total isolation then corona chan happens >work at a place filled with qt girls but I do not want to be the guy who asked someone out at work in times like these, plus there's not a lot of time to get to know people with how busy it is, also had a few shitty experiences as a wagie dipping pen in company ink well shits fucked, i have more money these days, moved out, but im just gonna fucking die alone it seems it hurts, i have to put in 110% now, care for others as best as i can, but most people will at least have someone at home to go to and i could really do with that, i just go home to an empty house, sleep on the floor, and do not much else, can't drink because immune system, and im just very tired

50 hours later 22010400 Anonymous
>>22010283 How old, man? If you're not 40 yet nothing's over, you've clearly made big progress and improved your current and future quality of life. I sympathize with that shit about going back to an empty home, you come back on a Friday night after a hard week and everything's just as you left it Monday morning, it's just you and your thoughts. Get some hobbies and find stuff to do on your own, your personal life comes before social life in my opinion. As for women at work, I'm >>22008609 with the woman I'm hesitant about, still don't know what to do, but I will say that had I not intended to quit I wouldn't have even considered dating her. Never shit where you eat, at best it might be uncomfortable at times due to gossip and people smirking at you two, at worst you could get fired or worse, not want to come to work in the morning. I say find your sex / romance elsewhere.

50 hours later 22010415 Anonymous
37 here My online income, which is meagre at the best of times, has flatlined and won't be coming back anytime soon thanks to Corona. The small savings that I have which I was hoping to buy a house before I hit 40 are going to be used up paying rent etc. Nowhere will give me a job in this climate. My anxiety is through the roof. Corona has ruined everything. Honestly feel like ending it

51 hours later 22010486 Anonymous
>>22010415 Depending on where you live, things might improve within a few weeks to a few months. I suspect by June-July the world will be back in order, and you might find something even before then. Calculate in advance what the next 4 months are going to cost you and see how far back it takes you financially. Consider minimizing any non-fixed costs you might have. It's gonna be fine.

53 hours later 22010799 Anonymous
Bumping for the apocalypse.

54 hours later 22010927 Anonymous
>>22008609 Bumping for apocalypse + this.

54 hours later 22010929 Anonymous
>>22008609 Now is the best time to get some pandemic pussy. You might even end up starting a long-term relationship.

54 hours later 22010931 Anonymous
>just spoke with staffing firm >woman told me a lot of companies are pausing hiring and only going with temp hires for now because of the god damned mother fucking stupid ass flu bullshit >thought i could finally get out of temp work and just get A REAL JOB THAT ACTUALLY HAS JOB SECURITY AND GIVES BENEFITS >COULD FINALLY GET HEALTH INSURANCE >COULD FINALLY WORK WITHOUT WONDERING IF I'LL STILL HAVE A JOB NEXT WEEK AND TAKE HUGE AMOUNT OF STRESS OFF MY SHOULDERS but no because a fucking flu virus everyone is beign retarded and destroying everything and i will continue to be fucked over and over and over and over again. i hate it so much i hate hate hate hate hate hate HATE fuck you all

58 hours later 22011332 Anonymous
>>22010067 You know everyone will be back to business once it's contained or a vaccine is made. Nobody's realising anything.

58 hours later 22011343 Anonymous
>>22010931 You know how I can tell you're young? It's because this kind of thing isn't ancient reruns to you. Yet. >We're going to demand ten times as much from you and give you dried up turds in exchange, because this is a TIME OF CRISIS! People who are 30 right now were getting bounced paychecks when they were 20, because time of crisis. Automated unemployment line hangs up on you because it's too full, so you just have to try again and again every single day at the exact second of opening time for six months until you get a human being - who is even more eager to hang up on you than the robot was.

58 hours later 22011347 Anonymous
>>22011332 The business you speak of is manufacturing more mass hysteria. When this blows over we'll be shutting the planet down over the NEXT flavor of the month.

59 hours later 22011445 Anonymous
>>22011343 ok boomer thanks for your insight

59 hours later 22011469 Anonymous
>recently moved for a new job >Was excited, had plans to be more active, meet people etc >Corona virus hits, everything is closed and all plans are cancelled I swear to fucking God it's never going to work for me is it

59 hours later 22011481 Anonymous
>27khv turning 28 soon >Corona ruined my plans to try to socialize with girls >Still work as public servant can't telework >My life really hasn't changed under quarantine

59 hours later 22011482 Anonymous
>>22011469 >be old >decade before last >"time of crisis" >paychecks bounce >folks seriously wonder why I won't fix their broken stuff for $0.00 >last decade >"time of crisis" >everyone wants to pay with words not money >folks seriously wonder why I won't fix their broken stuff for $0.00 >new decade >"time of crisis" >entire populations shut down by farcical "representatives" >folks seriously wonder why I won't fix their broken stuff for $0.00 Reality becomes less surprising each time it repeats itself.

60 hours later 22011533 Anonymous
>lost job because of coronavirus >only like 20 people in my state have died from it, most of them extremely elderly and already sick what the fuck is this bullshit

60 hours later 22011570 Anonymous
>>22011347 You're implying this isn't a serious problem. I'm sorry you've bought the government's lies wholesale, but all the science behind this virus suggests it's Pretty Fucking Bad™. No, it won't kill you if you're young and healthy, but the chances of causing long term damage to your lungs and cutting 10-15 years from your lifespan is actually high (roughly 5% if you're young and healthy, higher if you're older).

60 hours later 22011587 Anonymous
is two liters of evan williams per week a “problem”

61 hours later 22011716 Anonymous
>>22011570 >and cutting 10-15 years Just gets better and better doesn't it?

61 hours later 22011747 Anonymous
>>22011716 Yeah but look on the bright side, at least China isn't regulating its wet markets, meaning we can look forward to a repeat of this whole event in another 5 or 10 years from now!

62 hours later 22011884 Anonymous
>>22004970 Sometimes I get sad about being single and lonely then read shit like this. Men fucking suck lol

65 hours later 22012382 Anonymous
Bump

65 hours later 22012391 Anonymous (1502997729203.png 645x773 5kB)
I went on my first date today at 28. It was awkward as fuck and I was quiet a lot. afterwards I texted and asked if she would meet again, she gave me the "idk what I'm looking for and you deserve someone who does" let down. Give me one reason I shouldn't end my fucking life right now.

66 hours later 22012446 Anonymous
>>22012391 I'm not going to say anything to stop you from ending your life, that's your own business and I couldn't care less if you did. I'm going to blackpill you on your situation. The bad news: * You're late. Very late. This means you lack the basic social skills for dating, and at your age it's no longer "cute" when you're shy/awkward * You have a lot of catching up to do. Your next several dates will likely go terribly as well. * You're so far behind that you'll probably never truly "catch up" - i.e. you'll never be better than just "average" at dating. The good news: * You actually went on a date. You took the first step to gaining these skills. * It's possible to catch up enough that you can date successfully AND meet an attractive/matching partner. * Every time you fail in a date, as long as you're not retarded, it won't hit you as hard, and you won't fail as hard (or at the very least you'll fail at a later stage in the process). So it's up to you. Give up, or man up and plow forward. I suspect the reason you came here wasn't to give up, so deep down you know you can do it, and you were really here just to seek attention/encouragement.

66 hours later 22012454 Anonymous
>>22012446 >you're so far behind that you'll probably never truly catch up >It's possible to catch up enough that you can date successfully so which is it?

66 hours later 22012459 Anonymous
>>22012454 If you read carefully, I said you'll never be better than "average". And average is bad, it means you'll have a hard time. But you can catch up enough that it's possible. So in other words, as it is right now, it's probably not possible, but with hard work it can become possible.

66 hours later 22012467 Anonymous
>>22012391 The fact that a girl was willing to go on a date with you in the first place puts you ahead of a reasonable number of guys.

66 hours later 22012517 Anonymous (icametosupportyou.jpg 640x480 39kB)
>>22012391 >Give me one reason I shouldn't end my fucking life right now. There is at least one qt out there who suits you and will make you the happiest man alive. You just haven't found her yet.

66 hours later 22012538 Anonymous
>>22012517 thanks man

71 hours later 22012869 Anonymous
>>22010929 Nah, I think I've decided against it after all. I've exchanged some texts and talked with her since we left the office to work from home, and while she's happy talking to me she doesn't initiate conversation / texts and is pretty laconic. Unless I get more hints I ain't risking it.

71 hours later 22012871 Anonymous
>>22011570 This virus has been around 5 months, where the fuck did you pull "cutting 10-15 years off you lifespan"?

71 hours later 22012912 Anonymous
>>22012871 The effects of severe pneumonia are well known, and doctors are describing these effects in patients that survive the virus. I'll summarise some of them for you here if you can't be bothered searching. * Long term reduction in lung capacity - 30-40% less capacity for 10-15 years (i.e. you will struggle to breathe for years after recovering). * Damage to various organs due to oxygen deprivation (including your brain). * Increased risk of stroke, heart attack. * Depression due to lingering symptoms All in all, quite often after severe pneumonia you end up suffering for 10+ years afterwards. Then, if you survive that 10+ years, you usually end up being fine, but organ damage can still linger.

71 hours later 22012915 Anonymous
>>22012871 >>22012912 Basically, to summarise, it's not the first time we've seen a virus that causes pneumonia. It's just that this virus has a high rate of severe pneumonia, even in young people. The reason why old people are the main ones dying is that most young people can survive pneumonia, but most old people can't. But pneumonia causes damage to everyone.

71 hours later 22012922 Anonymous
>>22012912 >>22012915 I'll concede that *severe* pneumonia leaves survivors with long-term effects, but not all long-term pneumonia patients die 15 years "too early" because of it. It puts a strain on the body, sure, but it doesn't mean if I survive a covid-19 outbreak I'd die at 65 instead of 80 because of it. If you're not in your 70's you should feel pretty good about your odds (not that I'd ever want to contract with either covid-19 or whatever yearly strain of the flu is going around the office).

72 hours later 22012932 Anonymous
>>22012922 Did I claim that all of them died 15 years earlier? In my original comment I simply said that the chances of losing that much of your lifespan is high (relatively if that wasn't already implied). FYI, about half of pneumonia survivors die within a year. The effects on the body are greater than you think. There are plenty of anecdotes of relatively young people with long term effects, and there have been studies showing that surviving pneumonia is roughly equivalent to surviving a severe heart attack. I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest it has a good chance of cutting a chunk of your lifespan off. As I said in my follow-up, the longer you survive after severe pneumonia, the more likely you will be to return to full health and live the same length life as you would have otherwise.

72 hours later 22012937 Anonymous (2020-03-12-WhyScream.jpg 353x1745 194kB)
>>22012932 Thanks for the clarification.

72 hours later 22012948 Anonymous
I had planned to get on dating sites and try to find a nice girl to settle down with starting next month. I've never really dated before and I'm 33 so its taken a while to sort things out and feel confident enough to try. I'm still going to do it because I have nothing to loose, but with everything else going on in the world I can't help but think I have cosmically bad luck.

72 hours later 22012960 Anonymous
>>22012517 This blue pilled crap won't get you anywhere. No one out there is waiting for you. Some people have things happen to them, others makes them happen. Realistically, congratulations on your first date, the experience you gained makes you closer to having a relationship than ever before.

74 hours later 22013131 Anonymous
>>22012960 They didn't say someone is waiting for you, just that your match exists somewhere

78 hours later 22013482 Anonymous
>>22012391 >>22012467 This should be uplifting. There will be more chances. Just ask her things about herself, people like talking about themselves. I don't even know how I am supposed to start dating. I fucking hate restaurants with a passion, I can't have a conversation in one. They are too noisy and uncomfortable. >>22012446 I don't think it should be thought of as some kind of contest that you need to catch up to. After all, plenty of people get married young and end up divorced by the time they are 30, plenty of people get laid all of the time but the rest of their life is falling to pieces, are those people 'winning'? This guy doesn't need to worry about falling behind or catching up. He just needs to stop letting small failures get to him like this.

80 hours later 22013792 Anonymous
>>22011533 >Few people have died from this illness therefore it's not worth worrying about. The reason why there's so much fear is because of the potential for the number of victims to grow exponentially. Suppose the number of victims doubles every day. Intuitively, I believe a good time to start worrying about the illness and implementing measures to contain it such as closing schools is when half of the population is infected. Well, once half of the population is infected, how much time is there left before the whole population is infected? The answer is merely one day. You have to take pre-emptive action and follow Mathematical models because if you follow your intuition and act when it feels like the right time to do so, it's already far too late. Here's the scary part. Even if you're more cautious than others, overly cautious even, but still intuitive, you might decide that once 1% of the population is infected, you'll take action. By the time 1% of the population is infected, there's only one week left until the whole population is. Hopefully, this elucidates the fact that our intuition just isn't good at grasping the nature of exponential growth. We must rely on our Mathematical models, not intuition.

86 hours later 22014745 Anonymous (Screenshot_20200217-182024_Tumblr.jpg 1080x1659 678kB)
29 here. >been with husband since high school >10 years married >as far as I know, I'm the only girl he's ever been with (and vice versa, we took each others' v-cards) >he no longer has any interest in me >no, I didn't get fat. I still wear the jeans I wore in HS and I take better care of myself now than ever (don't eat much, always make sure hair/clothes/nails look nice) >we don't go on dates or do anything sexual. he never even hugs or kisses me if I don't initiate. we're like roommates >I try to talk to him about this, asking what I can do, but he just gets pissed and ends the convo >I don't want to leave him. no one understands me like he does So I'm off work for 2 weeks and I'm planning a little experiment in my downtime. I'm going to try and "fake it til I make it." I already wait on him with dinner/drinks, but I'm going to crank that shit to 11. I'm going to stop being sarcastic and plaster on a smile and act all bubbly and cute because I know that's what he likes (those are the types of girls he watches on youtube, like Nerdy Nummies). I keep the house pretty clean, but I'm going to really go over it with a fine toothed comb until everything is super cozy. I was born with really light blonde hair but I might even dye it brown, because I know he likes brunettes. I'm going to only wear cute flowery dresses and flit around the house being a less murdery stepford wife. If I fake this for long enough then it will just become who I am and he'll want me again, right?

87 hours later 22014819 Anonymous
>>22014745 Sounds kinda like dire situation.

87 hours later 22014902 Anonymous
>>22014745 Not sure if you're trolling or genuinely believe this will make you more attractive. I mean, sure, there's a chance it might work for a short period, but you'll never be able to keep it up, and he'll get bored of that too. Being clingy never helped a relationship. Basically, the key to attraction is to pull back (slightly), not to push forward. Not only that, but instead of doing everything for him, start asking him for things. It's kinda counter intuitive but people are more attracted to people they do favors for. Basically, make him chase you. And if he doesn't, start thinking seriously about moving on.

87 hours later 22014907 Anonymous
>>22013482 >I don't think it should be thought of as some kind of contest that you need to catch up to I'm not talking about winning or losing, I'm talking about dating and relationship skills. The people who get married early still have years of context and experience, even if they're not "in the game" so to speak. Obviously romance isn't a single skill, it's a set of skills. Relationship virgins have almost all of their skills set to 0, whereas others tend to have a lot of points in at least one of the skills if not multiple.

88 hours later 22014941 Anonymous
>>22003991 31 here. I got fired in feb from my STEM job. Boss was an incompetent asshat, and a 3 month project I was brought on for had been dragging into 3 years because of trying to directly manage something they fundamentally didn't understand. Major problem is dating though- > LTR broke up with me last year, got totally ghosted (she ghosted not just me, but everyone she knew. mental break, idk) > Haven't had sex in 2 years > Been hitting the gym and was improving in all areas > Online dating is a hellscape, my entire social circle is paired off, and this is a college town with most 18-22 year olds. Had no problems when I was 22, but at 31 I have nothing in common with girls that age and it's just no fun. I'd like someone I can grow and have a family with, not just a 5 minute FWB. I can settle for the later but I really did want kids before I was too old... >>22014745 > no one understands me like he does Except, you know, the whole lack of intimacy and you have a roommate instead of a husband. Such an understanding guy! I'd say sex therapist when corona is over. The fact you're trying to communicate shows you care, but sometimes people just change over time and you're not the right partner for them any longer. >>22013792 The illness isn't the issue desu, it's the 2nd and 3rd order effects. Lost jobs, trashed world economy, and great depression II. There are a billion or more people under lockdown worldwide atm, governments do NOT do that unless this was a genuine problem.

88 hours later 22014976 Anonymous
>>22013792 The massive assumption you're making is that it doubles every day, which is really fucking fast. The reality is that it actually multiplies by roughly 1.26 in most countries every day. Which is still really fucking bad, but it changes the reaction time by a significant amount. That said, if you live in America, you're fucked. And most other countries are also fucked. But America's the most fucked, because you guys don't believe in socialist policies like public health funding.

88 hours later 22014996 Anonymous
>>22014976 >>22013792 In terms of deaths, it's climbing by about 15% per day in countries with active outbreaks. If that were to continue unabated (i.e., we were to do absolutely nothing and continue on as if nothing were happening), we'd hit 41k dead by the end of March, 2.5 million dead by the end of April, and 166 million dead by the end of May. Obviously, by May the virus would start running into oversaturation where too much of the population would already be infected to maintain perfect exponential growth any more, but even with that, these aren't numbers you want to mess around with. When your choice is between trying to stop it or letting millions of people die... trying to stop it is the logical choice. But you need to stop it (or curb it) now, not after it has gotten out of control. It's probably too late already, even, all things told -- but maybe we'll get lucky and we can slow it down until we can find a better treatment option than plugging people into ventilators and praying.

88 hours later 22015000 Anonymous
>>22014996 Hey, you won't see arguments from me, I'm the one telling everyone how retarded it is not to take it seriously. All I'm saying is that it's not useful to claim "it doubles every day" since people can easily see that you're wrong and use that as an excuse to discredit you.

88 hours later 22015008 Anonymous (1584786551860.png 2474x802 191kB)
>>22015000 I'm not arguing with you, or with the doubles-every-day guy, just putting some numbers behind things. I see to many people saying we're trashing our economy for nothing, and I'm kinda tired of hearing the argument. This thing has some serious legs, and we've only seen the beginning of what it has in store for us... Also, pic related is a comparison between the opening of the SARS and H1N1 outbreaks compared to COVID-19. I think you can pretty clearly see why the government responses are so different.

88 hours later 22015011 Anonymous
>>22015008 Yeah the attempts by various governments to stop people from panicking is really backfiring IMO, they should have been honest from the start and calmed panic with clear policies (e.g. if there's a lockdown, assure people that the police/military/etc. will deliver sufficient food and water). As it is, it's too late in many countries, and it's almost too late in others.

90 hours later 22015253 Anonymous (1492590760478.png 250x250 63kB)
I can't believe I am going to die at the age of 32 with no dates, virgin and obese. I will never get over my psychological issues and I will always be depressed, apathetic and alone.

91 hours later 22015317 Anonymous
You read all the posts here about women really loving or caring for their partners which hurts, then you read all the posts about men getting absolutely fucked over by their partners, or men fucking up a perfectly good relationship. And it leaves me to wonder why anything good would happen to me, and if it did, how it would just end up horribly anyway. And I can't mope about or dwell on how lonely I am l, especially in a time like this, where I just have to fucking deal with it and bottle it up. How long is this going to go on for. Is it even worth it.

91 hours later 22015321 Anonymous
>>22015317 People don't come to this board that often when things are going well. So to put it this way, you have no way of knowing what percentage of people are actually doing just fine with no problems. If I were to guess, I'd say that most people who get into relationships aren't too bad off. Even people who divorce more often than not only end up doing so because they no longer feel sexually attracted after a long period.

91 hours later 22015324 Anonymous
>>22015253 Anon, I'm in your boat as well, but you should remember that there are plenty of men who don't really find a partner until they're 40 but then end up being very happy. Instead of focusing on the fact that you don't have a partner, just focus on having fun and working on yourself with a side focus on finding a partner. Use this isolation time to trim a few pounds and get fit. And don't stress about being alone, just find something else to do in the mean time. Once the virus runs its course, then start looking to meet more people, but don't make it your main focus or you'll just end up depressed.

92 hours later 22015444 Anonymous
>wanted to move cities >start over >save up a small amount and yolo in a new city, new language, new everything >except any confidence I had gets destroyed by the fucking virus >was already looking for any excuse not to go You never think it happens to you, and usually it doesnt. Until it happens to everyone.

94 hours later 22015560 Anonymous
>>22015253 You could change all that you know. Get on tinder, have sex with girls, lose weight, not kill yourself.

98 hours later 22015907 Anonymous
>>22003991 >finally have 27th b-day >fucking thread moves up a year up Oh well, I'm a rebel. Though it's sure funny to see how my social life is dying in a time-lapse. I recall being annoyed by how many people spammed happy birthday and called in my teens, then the number when down to like 5-6 in the early twenties and now down to two, including my mom. Pretty much self-inflected, so no complains from me. Though if I had to complain about something, lack of stuff to buy feels pretty bad. I kinda envy coomsumers who can just buy shit for the sake of it since I love opening boxes of fancy electronics but have nothing that is even remotely tempting even in the medium term future. Will probably still get carded at 27, so it's hard to notice ageing, on the other hand being 3 years away from 30 feels fucking bizarre, a part of me still sees everyone over 24 as damn old and 30 as basically ancient (while another thinks 50 is the new 25). Do the oldfags of you just wake up one day and feel old or is it just an attitude thing? >>22004608 Holy shit, someone actually using the term correctly on my 4chains. >>22015253 It's unlikely you're going to get over your psychological issues, people only learn coping strategies; but what stops you from doing at least a tiny, little bit against being a fat ass? Taking a walks here and there works with most sorts of depressions and simply eating less is something you can do at any time too. Having one issue you can check off the list with minimal effort sounds motivating enough to act, mate.

99 hours later 22016049 Anonymous
>>22015907 >30 yo virgin >well paying IT job >working from HO for a week now >never been super social neither did have real hobbies but miss the interactions with colleagues >especially a 24 yo chick who moved home to her parents for the quarantine (yeah I am interested in her) >we talk a lot during work (either text or voice via skype, mainly work stuff ofc but some trashtalk aswell), messenger off work >super shy girl whose hobby is the same as mine (as in sitting at home) >agreed to play some online shit to have some fun together during the weekend >ask her yday what time and I get a short "sorry, not interested anymore" response >I just told her "too bad" and we haven't talked since I'm p good with talking to people tough I don't really know how to peroperly interact with girls I'm interested in. I also know I'm probably just overthinking it and she could have had a shit weekend but I just don't understand the 180 without any explanations. I mean I would say she doesn't owe me an explanation if we did not agree beforehand but now I just don't get her. I should just get over this and turn a new page tomorrow to see how things are but I just don't get her.

99 hours later 22016055 Anonymous
>>22015907 >>22016049 Sorry, did not mean to reply to you.

100 hours later 22016171 Anonymous
I am convinced this is it for me. I was actually making some babysteps towards fixing myself, but now I've been locked in my house for several weeks, and this is the way the world ends. Sad, lonely, miserable, and poor.

101 hours later 22016447 Anonymous
>>22016171 >I was actually making some babysteps towards fixing myself Me too. But I have a serious question, like I was taking some steps to becoming a code monkey while I work my (key worker) wageslave job. Should I continue this? Is the world after covid 19 going to be needing coders? Should I consider alternative path? Should I build a bunker or what the fuck? Like what to do now that the covid virus has turned everything upside down?

101 hours later 22016453 Anonymous
>>22016171 Anything can happen. I just lost my virginity at 30.

102 hours later 22016479 Anonymous
What's in his bag? I turned 30 today and the out of my league crush told me happy birthday cause facebook reminded her. It made my shitty quarantine day better. I have a bag like that, ready to move out it has unworn underwear and running shoes along with some clothes and a few CDs and chargers. It's in my closet not under my desk, I do have an okayish job, and I can afford an apartment but I am also an alcoholic adhd stoner and I can't afford that with an apartment so I wait my promotion like a good wagie and hope I control my habits.

103 hours later 22016650 Anonymous
>>22016453 how did you pull it off

103 hours later 22016660 Anonymous
Why the fuck do you adjust those threads to match my age? FUCKKK

108 hours later 22017305 Anonymous
>>22016447 >Should I continue this? Is the world after covid 19 going to be needing coders? Should I consider alternative path? 35 yo here. Went through the financial crisis over a decade ago in the industry, people around me losing their jobs left and right, felt like a good time to go for higher education and eat up all my savings. By the time I came back some years later everyone was employed and happy again. The world will always need coders. It might not need YOU in particular, but there will be jobs out there not only a year down the line but sometimes even immediately as soon as people can resume normal office work; but it's gonna be a tough time for a while for everyone (EVERYONE) this time round so don't expect anything instantaneous. Keep improving your skills, take part in an opensource project to sharpen up if you can and hope for the best. >>22016049 Had a very long rough time in my life followed by feeling worthless to anyone, as a result never had a relationship and lost my virginity to a hooker at 32 just to get it over with; should have done it a long time ago, within a week I had a ONS with a complete stranger on the beach after a party, a year later managed it again. But while I'm well spoken and I make good money and don't look terrible, I'm very shy and hesitant to be direct with women leading to lost opportunities. Moral of the story - fuck some rando / call girl to get it over with and push yourself to take chances when you see them, even if they're not 100% certain.

109 hours later 22017432 Anonymous
I rarely ever post here anymore but just wanted to post this I shaved my whole ass in an effort to save on toilet paper. It's also comforting to look at this board and it's still like "how do I fuck this girl" and "my dick skin doesn't work" and business as usual on the board not everyone is panicking about the meme virus Stay safe, wash your hands, take care.

109 hours later 22017500 Anonymous
>>22017432 >I shaved my whole ass in an effort to save on toilet paper. What the christ?

109 hours later 22017509 Anonymous
>>22017500 Don't judge me and my once-hairy ass

109 hours later 22017520 Anonymous
>>22017509 Too late

113 hours later 22017972 Anonymous
>>22011587 I'd say yes cause you're asking and that averages out to several drinks a night. Try cutting back to see how you feel. If you do this, you will feel like I did and realize how bored you get without booze. Just takes time to get over. Don't have to stop drinking cold turkey, but cutting back is always wise.

119 hours later 22018678 Anonymous
Bump

127 hours later 22019779 Anonymous
>got fired because of corona hysteria >kind of want to take a 1-week to hawaii are planes running? how about airbnb? not being able to eat in a restaurant would be gay though.

127 hours later 22019807 Anonymous
>>22017432 You are going to sorely regret that in about a week.

131 hours later 22020375 Anonymous
>>22003991 being virgin at 29 years old bothers me a lot sometimes.. but the next day i wake up and i m fine.. seems like a loop.

139 hours later 22021490 Anonymous
Bump

139 hours later 22021516 Anonymous (jump off a cliff.jpg 1536x2048 1118kB)
33 and been trying to get out of my crappy, dead-end job for a couple of years now. After dozens applications sent off in the last 12 months or so I finally got something come back to me. Only they didn't call, they emailed me, and I never check my email because the only emails I ever get are notifications that I've been unsuccessful and general spam/advertising; so there's rarely ever a point in even bothering to check them. Then I get this one-time response and I miss my window. I'm so fed up with all the bullshit surrounding the job market and was angry enough that I sent a reply email to the company saying fuck you to them. Then of course that's the one time I also actually get a reply to a reply I've sent to a recruitment company, too. I hate HR workers, but still nowhere near as much as I hate myself. This is just one more facet of my life that's basically just worthless dogshit, much like myself and I just want it to end. Everytime I go to kill myself I always chicken out, but then later on I always regret having not gone through with it. Maybe if I at least caught a deadly case of corona or something like that I could just die regardless of not wanting to in the heat of the moment.

147 hours later 22022133 Anonymous
>>22020375 I suspect because it dawns on you at nigjy why being a virgin at 29 bothers you so much.

147 hours later 22022137 Anonymous
*night

148 hours later 22022294 Anonymous
>>22021516 the reason you have a shit job is because youre a child. you cant even check your fucking email you loser? email for job communications is standard. jesus christ just jump off a cliff.

150 hours later 22022480 Anonymous
>retarded staffing firm is negging me for an interview on skype >tried desktop AND web version, nothing works, microshit power pajeetcode at work >told her to just fucking call me on the phone like a normal human being >did the call but still says i have to do skype sometime in the future so she can "meet me" >jfc >already checked their website and they have no roles listed right now that are relevant to me, so this cunt is just wasting my time >asked for my references up front, probably wants to spam them with emails >she asked me the stupidest questions imaginable, clear she knows nothing not even just about my field but about workplaces in general >said something was 50/50 x and y and she didn't understand what that meant, took like 5 minutes to awkwardly clarify for this retard >said something was a proprietary system and she wouldn't recognize the name, whined until i told her the name, then goes, "oh, i've never heard of that." >could barely contain my annoyance with this stupid cunt >at the end she confirms she has nothing right now but she wants my references anyway recruiters should all be lined against a wall and shot. this cunt had the IQ of a broken chunk of concrete.

150 hours later 22022505 Anonymous
>took week off (unpaid) because i was sick >laid off from job due to "corona" when i tried to come back in >see company post several new job ads, including for my position can i sue them? i'm about sick of employers acting like niggers.

150 hours later 22022521 Anonymous (878197d63f76275bdc91a0100aea1fa6.jpg 1920x1200 126kB)
>>22015253 See You Space Cowboy

150 hours later 22022527 Anonymous
>stopped talking to a girl who was perfect for me but lived across the country >going to have ridiculous animalistic sex with a girl who is not really on my level but lives nearby and always treats me like a king I don't even care anymore. I'm just tired of living. Tired of trying.

150 hours later 22022532 Anonymous
>>22022505 If they don't have some kind of leverage over you and you have the time and money to do so, why the fuck not? Fuck them.

151 hours later 22022681 Anonymous
>>22022532 Might consider it. Actually, almost like god intended it, was browsing linkedin after posting that and first thing I see, a lawyer talking about a class action against a company i previously worked for who I have a grudge against for fucking me over. I sent them my email. I would love to be personally responsible for them going out of business, those cunts. God is telling me to become the jew. I will leash these sharks together and make them into a seafaring war wagon. In other news, there's a lot of companies scrambling to hire. feels like this corona shit is about to be over and we can all get back to our lives.

151 hours later 22022703 Anonymous
>>22022294 If I had more reason to check it regularly I would have, but this was the first time in ages that something had even come back.

152 hours later 22022956 Anonymous
33 here, I work in unskilled labour and have been laid off. My job will probably be there when this all blows over but the whole thing has got me thinking that I should go to school or something now before I get too close to 40.

156 hours later 22023764 Anonymous
>>22022681 >feels like this corona shit is about to be over and we can all get back to our lives. Back to wage-slavery and bring the planet that much closer to destruction all because a few people want to live luxurious lives all at the expense of us? Shit HAS to change. I'm sure there are more people realizing that wage-slaving for half your life and having nothing to show for it is not the way to live. It boggles the mind how during this crisis there are STILL companies trying to profit off something that could fuck EVERYONE over.

156 hours later 22023786 Anonymous
>beautiful as fuck spring >spent in a pandemic It's like god is punishing people (not me though because I'm a shut in regardless)

158 hours later 22023998 Anonymous
>waiting on 3 (THREE) people to email me back how the fuck hard is it, people?

161 hours later 22024428 Anonymous
>>22023998 Waiting for what exactly?

161 hours later 22024447 Anonymous
37. Hate my job. 11 more years till full retirement. Then maybe I’ll get 15 more years if I’m lucky. My only hope is when my wife graduates her nurse practitioner in a year I can leave early and be a stay at home dad/ homesteader.

167 hours later 22025104 Anonymous
>>22006683 I've just given up.

167 hours later 22025125 Anonymous (1550477713964.gif 331x186 2087kB)
I really don't know how to feel about this virus stuff. I'm 28, never had a gf, still live with my parents and stuck in a dead-end job that i've been doing for about a decade that i fucking hate and has drained my soul. This should be like water off a ducks back for someone as worthless and apathetic as me, but fuck, not even being able to delude yourself that theres a light at the end of the tunnel is pretty rough. My only saving grace was that i've saved up about 50k (had more, but life shit) and i got in pretty good shape from going to the gym. Unfortunately i'm going to be laid off so it looks like i'm spending my savings on living and my year long injury fucked up my gains and the gyms closing means i can't even do cardio now. What a pointless, gay life. I wish i knew how to squeeze even a minuscule amount of joy out of it.

172 hours later 22025588 Anonymous
>haven't had a vacation in 3 years I'm so tired of it. I want to go to a fucking beach and just sit there.

173 hours later 22025696 Anonymous
>>22014745 That sounds like heaven if you are not trolling, spoil the man dammit

173 hours later 22025809 Anonymous
>>22025125 >the gyms closing means i can't even do cardio now. Is it impossible to do it inside the house?

178 hours later 22026456 Anonymous
>>22025588 I wish I had taken any holidays. I'm 30 and I've only been abroad on a school day trip to Calais like 20+ years ago. I'm >>22005439 , I had £3-4k spending money I've been saving over the last year but I'm still stuck on this island.

178 hours later 22026494 Anonymous
>>22026456 Nobody's taking any vacations anytime soon now.

178 hours later 22026513 Anonymous
>>22026494 Yeah I know, just my luck right? When, or if, they lift travel restrictions, what kind of america would I land in after the coronavirus?

179 hours later 22026630 Anonymous
>>22004970 As someone who thought the same 3 years in, it wasn’t worth it. Now she’s gone with someone else and ultimately I wish I would’ve pulled through with her, gotten my head out my ass and actually focused on us rather than wanting more poon.

180 hours later 22026739 Anonymous
>>22025125 >not even being able to delude yourself that theres a light at the end of the tunnel is pretty rough What, because there's a flue epidemic and you lost a job you hate (that somehow, for some reason, you kept at for a decade)? Sounds like this was the kick in the ass you needed. Who give a fuck about gains when you're still 28 living with your parents with a dead-end job, work on yourself first. You're handing desperately on to the last shreds of what gave you pleasure in your miserable life choices when what you should be doing is ditch them and recalculate course.

181 hours later 22026859 Anonymous (1570060552982.jpg 468x431 16kB)
1/2 >28 >talking to girl, 30, through mutual friends in January >have mutual interests (anime, vidya, she was super into cosplay and art while I was just casual level knowledgeable about it) >I worked fulltime and she was going to college with 16 credit hours and 3 part time jobs while also planning a shit ton of anime convention trips >everything going well, we would video chat often and see each other on the weekend through January and February >cuddle and anime often, kiss, would tell me she doesn't often like guys much but she "really liked me" >would tell me her past relationships and "negative traits" to see if I would still date her >was worried I wouldn't be interested in her >had an abusive relationship a year ago >she suffers from low self esteem, fibromyalgia, and depression because of it >makes rash decisions (her dog of 7 years died and she immediately got a new one two days later without though into it because she couldn't handle the pain) >told her I didn't care about her faults or past relationships, wasn't judgmental, all that mattered was the current relationship going forward if she wanted to pursue >she didn't want me to spend the night or sleep with her because she was afraid of "getting too attached to me" >furthest we got was making out and feeling each other up, sucked her tiddies and flicked her bean >second to last wekeend of Feb, I drive down to meet her again >she cancels on me last minute >was a little upset, told her at least give me a heads up, but played it off cool >texted her twice since then, no response >she's active on social media and know she is actively avoiding me now

181 hours later 22026863 Anonymous (1571941158487.png 500x633 369kB)
>>22026859 2/2 My takeaway: My fault for ignoring all the reg flags but it just sucks that after all the time spent and things said to me I get ghosted. It especially hurt since I have no closure and have no idea if it was something on her end or if I did something to cause her to distance away, and doubly so during this pandemic where I'm forced to limit social interaction with others. The only catharsis I have is the fact that she wasn';t emotionally mature enough to resolve it in a healthy manner, which I don't need that kind of relationship in my life anyway and knowing that it wouldn't have worked out in the long run despite the pain I feel. It just baffles me that there are 28+ year olds who still have the emotional maturity of a teenager, and the crazy part is she probably thinks she is being nice by acting like I'm dead and ghosting me instead of being upfront about the situation. Anyways, thanks for my blog post remember to give 4chan gold :^)

181 hours later 22026919 Anonymous (1585010468063.jpg 576x432 30kB)
>will be 28 in August >workcuck >make decent money, but nothing like super special (I'm technically upper middle class) >perpetually single I'm not gonna make it bros

182 hours later 22027039 Anonymous
>looks deteriorating by the day >youth is escaping >pandemic locks me up at home >life passes by and here I am watching days go by through the window I wish I had a better chance, but it all keeps failing. And now I'm stuck in a room with the person I hate the most, myself.

186 hours later 22027620 Anonymous
Ever notice how practically nobody on here is killing it?

187 hours later 22027673 Anonymous
>>22027620 Why would you expect it to be any different? 4chan has fallen into irrelavancy for most successful oldfags and 4chan is not even close to what it used to be.

187 hours later 22027747 Anonymous
>>22027039 This pandemic, what does it mean to you those who past the point of no return a while back? Does it bring new perspective? Or like me does it feel like a final official confirmation to your miserable life?

187 hours later 22027768 Anonymous
>>22027673 Even in those days they were few and far between. Whenever anybody got into an argument and job and income were brought up, suddenly everyone was a high paid executive, engineer or some other shit. But as soon as it was just a regular job/wage thread for open discussion you got to see what people were really doing for a living.

187 hours later 22027779 Anonymous
>>22027620 What do you mean?

187 hours later 22027783 Anonymous
>>22008154 he's not, sadly.

190 hours later 22027985 Anonymous
>>22027779 How almost nobody posts about how things are going great for them. Everything is always turning to shit for almost everybody.

190 hours later 22027986 Anonymous
I'm newly licensed to draw blood and run tests and can't get a job or even a volunteer position in an overpopulated city during a pandemic. Fuck my fucking life. Why, god, why. What a waste.

191 hours later 22028071 Anonymous (1537154153900.gif 582x484 3442kB)
>>22025125 >can't do cardio anymore >what is rope skipping gee anon

191 hours later 22028072 Anonymous
>>22028071 Kids these days don't watch Rocky when they're growing up.

191 hours later 22028079 Anonymous (1559305927428.jpg 705x960 90kB)
>>22022681 >about to be over Bruh, community transmission is now happening at exponential rates.

195 hours later 22028474 Anonymous
>>22004970 I feel the same way, anon. I struggle with it daily. I've had 8 partners my whole life, and they were all almost one night stands or women I only slept with a few times. I've been very conservative my whole life in general. My girlfriend, however, has been with 40ish guys. FWB's, relationships, one night stands etc. She partied a lot in college and went to raves and was relatively wild. I feel like I missed out on all the fun, and can't help but be jealous and insecure of her past. Maybe if I had more experience, I could deal with it but I don't know. Whenever she doesn't want to do kinky stuff, or generally doesn't want sex I get angry about it. Like I'm never going to experience the wild sex life she probably had, and she's done with all of that and is ready to settle down for an average guy like me. I've never had sex in public, I've never had sex in a car, I've never received road head, I've never cum on anyone's face, never had a threesome, I've never done anal, I've never titty-fucked anyone, never done many different positions and a bunch of other stuff she refuses to do with me. I feel like she's gotten it all out of her system and I'm stuck with leftovers and it feels terrible. She's even been with a handful of my friends long before we got together. It hurts even more because she's amazing in every way possible. We love each other so much and she does so much for me. I trust her 100% and know she's faithful and would make an amazing wife. I just can't get these insecure feelings out of my head and I don't know what to do or if they'll just go away eventually.

196 hours later 22028556 Anonymous
>>22028474 >8 vs 40 Wat? >I'm very conservative Bait >my wife is a ho Bait >...never had a threesome, I've never done anal, I've never titty-fucked anyone... This has to be bait.

196 hours later 22028583 Anonymous
Haha, choo choo, here comes the inevitable adult autistic suicide train, choo choo. I really don't get why people in my life continue to think that being smart or having good grades in school should just be an automatic referral to a better life. Not even having a degree gets you a better life.

196 hours later 22028600 Anonymous
>>22026859 >>22026863 kill her

196 hours later 22028613 Anonymous (132564164623.jpg 3840x2160 670kB)
>>22028583 >.....should just be an automatic referral to a better life. Not even having a degree gets you a better life. Are you gloating or telling us from experience? But you're right. >I really don't get why people.... It's something that's hammered into people at an early age from idiot parents who don't know any better and throughout school. I remember my school head of year telling us that our GCSEs will define the rest of our lives so we'd better work hard.

196 hours later 22028618 Anonymous
>>22028556 What are you talking about? She's the 8th person I've ever slept with. She told me she's been with "Somewhere between 28 and 35 different guys". So I'm assuming it's at least 40+. I'm conservative in the sense that I never really partied or did drugs when I was younger. I also never went to college and went straight to work after high school. She's my girlfriend, not my wife. And no, I've never done any of those things. How is any of this bait?

196 hours later 22028638 Anonymous
I feel bad that I can still work fine, my jobs safe and the company is a no brainer essential business. I just feel guilty cause god this job is boring as fuck but pays so good and has great benefits. My GF got her hours cut drastically and told to file unemployment to tie her over which she's done. She's been at home chilling just cleaning and otherwise binge watching TV and I just wanna be with her doing all that instead of working. But then I fear me staying home, in isolation but with her, would bring back my depression. Staying in all day, laying about, barely getting up, avoiding people and responsibilities, it just all makes me think back to how I did that for years when most depressed.

196 hours later 22028652 Anonymous
>>22028613 Experience. You need to be smart enough to use the machines and plug in the numbers and manipulate the people but not so smart the insanity and inanity of modern living wears you down.

197 hours later 22028746 Anonymous
I was wondering what sort of well-paying jobs will exist, in the short-term at least, post-covid? Right now, there must be a bunch of unnecessary over-paid jobs that are going to be cut.

198 hours later 22028851 Anonymous
>>22027985 Things are going pretty great for me. Well, Corona-chan is doing some tricks but there's a plus side to it as well, I can work from home now and don't need to go outside at all.

198 hours later 22028866 Anonymous
>>22028746 Public infrastructure jobs will always need to exist. We will always need roads and electricity and stuff like that. Defense industry will always exist.

198 hours later 22028872 Anonymous
>>22027985 I'm chilling at my boyfriend's massive house in the woods and can take walks with him everyday, among other things. Wfh sucks but my boss said I'm safe from getting hours cut or laid off.

199 hours later 22028953 Anonymous
>>22011884 Based and redpilled Except my gf did the same thing to me basically

199 hours later 22028955 Anonymous
>>22012391 It gets better It gets easier but you gotta keep at it

199 hours later 22028959 Anonymous
>>22028618 >"Somewhere between 28 and 35 different guys" does she really not fucking know lmao

199 hours later 22028967 Anonymous
Are there any females in these threads or do only men grow up to be old and miserable

199 hours later 22028980 Anonymous
>>22026859 >>22026863 I swear everytime I come here it's like I'm given a new reason to stay off the market.

199 hours later 22028984 Anonymous
>>22028851 Good that you're one of the people who can see a positive side in practicing kung flu. >>22028872 >Wfh sucks but my boss said I'm safe from getting hours cut or laid off. The way things are going that might be a huge saving grace. Who knows how many people are going to be able to return to work once this blows over? A lot of businesses seem to be using it as an excuse to shuffle off their surplus workforce.

199 hours later 22029019 Anonymous
>>22027985 I just come here to vent

200 hours later 22029059 Anonymous
>>22028967 I'm female and here. But I'm also a lesbian so I doubt I add much of a varied opinion. I kinda hate being gay though. I'm not butch or anything but I've never been able to click much with straight girls as friends. While I like my guy friends I know I'm still not a guy and can never belong fully as one of them though it's close. And frankly I don't wanna be one of the guys. I had hoped by this age if I didn't kill myself I'd be over this bullshit but I'm not.

200 hours later 22029064 Anonymous
>>22029059 Have you ever tried dating men? When have you discovered you're into girls? Are you single now?

200 hours later 22029066 Anonymous
>>22027985 If you wanna see people post about how great shits going for them check facebook where everyone only posts that. But it's usually a lie. Everyone is generally some kinda miserable at many times of their lives but only would admit it when anonymous or drunk.

200 hours later 22029081 Anonymous
>>22028967 >do only men grow up to be old and miserable Like I said before, our female counterparts are smarter than us and cashed in their chips early on. >Are there any females in these threads? There used to be more early on but these threads are constantly shrinking in size anyway so a female drop was going to happen regardless.

200 hours later 22029083 Anonymous
>>22029064 >Have you ever tried dating men? NTA but have you tried dating men?

200 hours later 22029085 Anonymous
>>22029059 Do you wanna be friends with me?

200 hours later 22029090 Anonymous
>>22029064 I actually mostly dated dudes throughout high school and some of college but I was also usually fucking around with girls in secret. I was very in denial about being gay until maybe 21 or 22. I only fucked one dude though around that age cause I really needed to know if I could possibly like dick and the answer was a hard no. Being a pure saving myself for true love/marriage girl was my cover for not fucking. I remember I used to tell guys I couldn't kiss with tongue until we'd been together for at least 3 months and I'd just break up on the 2nd month or until the guy couldn't hold out and cheated on me so I was justified in ending it. I got a sweetheart of a gf for little over a year now. She's easily too good for me. I'd already accepted being a lonely dyke till I die before I met her cause fuck man are the pickings slim for lesbians. Thankfully they are equally slim for her too so she's stuck with me.

200 hours later 22029100 Anonymous
>>22028967 yes >old and miserable women will always be more miserable than you could even imagine

200 hours later 22029102 Anonymous
>>22029085 Nah I already got one friend that's also on 4chan. Two would be too much.

200 hours later 22029130 Anonymous
>>22029059 I really get annoyed at you being here, one for being a lesbian in a thread that has a dearth of women and two for being happy given your circumstances.

201 hours later 22029249 Anonymous
>>22029130 That's fair. If it helps I kinda hated most dudes on /adv/ cause they're always complaining about how they can't get women they want when they have at least about 40% of the human population to choose from and try their chances with and they still couldn't be happy. While I have like 5% of the population at most to pick from and most of that is gaurenteed shitty drama thots that are all already fucking each other. So ya know looking at my odds that way I assumed I was dying alone around the same time I knew I was gay. I essentially won a lotto ticket getting a good decent gf. Check out the lesbian general on /lgbt/ and it's just sad lonely dykes getting laughed at by trannies.

202 hours later 22029452 Anonymous
>>22023998 >>22024428 >emailed property manager with a bitchy request that either a noisy tenant living under me be quiet or i be moved to another apartment in the building or another building they own >no answer >waiting on a store i asked if they are open during quarantine, no answer (guess that's a no?) >waiting on an asshole who had a phone interview with me, and he called the wrong fucking number (his mistake, not mine), never responded for a reschedule >waiting on unemployment appeal email >waiting on response from a lawyer (told the cocksuckers to email me, not call, so they called me, i told them no, email me, they said they would, and they never emailed me) i mean is it really that fucking hard to write a god damned fucking email? and that's now five. but i know god forbid if i had to reply to someone and didn't do so immediately i'd get my ass chewed out.

203 hours later 22029516 Anonymous (tobey maguire peter parker.jpg 630x419 80kB)
>almost 30 >have a degree in law which in my country means jack shit >never worked >all I have left is keep studying for some open competition >have a girlfriend and we have plans and I should be really happy and have motivations to study >still can't force me to apply and study for real >still living with my parents >days goes by playing on my pc or console and mainly browsing the web pretending I am studying >I'm miserable and I disgust myself about this

206 hours later 22029845 Anonymous
>>22029249 >getting laughed at by trannies. I hate trannies more than lesbians, call them mentally ill faggots who will never be women.

207 hours later 22029967 Anonymous
>>22029066 >If you wanna see people post about how great shits going for them check facebook where everyone only posts that. But it's usually a lie. Yeah I know. It's just interesting to observe I guess.

208 hours later 22030082 Anonymous
>a job i actually really wanted just requested a phone interview oh fuck guys.

209 hours later 22030117 Anonymous
>>22029249 Don't be silly. You know what most guys are working with and even if they're not on your radar you're not blind.

215 hours later 22030779 Anonymous
I swear these ads are getting worse.

218 hours later 22031025 Anonymous
>>22026863 >It just baffles me that there are 28+ year olds who still have the emotional maturity of a teenager Their life is soft and cushioned and they haven't known hardships or were raised to take responsibility for their actions. This is especially true with women and even more so with the younger generation that has the attention span of a fly and were born into social media. I honestly know 30+ year old women with husband and kids that are still children themselves, and I can't imagine being the guy who chose this woman to be his wife / live with for the rest of their lives.

222 hours later 22031689 Anonymous
Bump

223 hours later 22031795 Anonymous
i'll be 28 when i graduate. anyone had a problem with employment?

223 hours later 22031816 Anonymous
>>22031025 >I honestly know 30+ year old women with husband and kids that are still children themselves I was raised by these people. Trying to unfuck myself has been a serious uphill battle.

224 hours later 22031833 Anonymous
>>22028638 Take long-term financial stability over short-term pleasure and comfort. When this shit blows over in a few months and people start trying to pick up the pieces of the broken economy, you will have kept a stable income and job position and will have the freedom to do as you please with less to lose.

224 hours later 22031915 Anonymous
>>22031833 >a few months and everyone comes out of lockdown Won't there be a second infection wave?

224 hours later 22031923 Anonymous
>>22031795 HAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA AAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAAAAH AHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAAAAHAHAHA HHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHH AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA HHAHAHAHHAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHA HAHHAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA AAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAAAA *inhales deeply* HAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAAAAHAHAH AHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAAAAHAHAHAHHAH HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAH AHHAHAHAHHAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAH AHAHHAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAA Yes Anon, the employment market has been total shit. Every 10 years like clockwork there is another "crash" and every generation since baby boomers has had their career derailed. Gen Y got it twice, Gen X got it 3 times, Gen Z people who had jobs are now going to lose everything - and then be called worthless entitled shitheads for asking where the fruits of their labor went. Figure out how to self employ, then figure out how to plan for the next crash because it has probably already been entered into the schedule.

225 hours later 22031944 Anonymous
>>22031915 The lockdown isn't going to mean a damn thing once people start reaching the absolute limits of their ability to obey - which is sooner than cozy folks would like to think. Most of the world runs paycheck to paycheck; a multi-month shutdown is economic genocide. Most of the mountains of wealth companies supposedly sit on is actually just the equipment and other possessions they do their jobs with, which can't be turned into money on short notice. ESPECIALLY when nobody is allowed to work and nobody has any money to buy big things from you. Even when the shutdown ends, most people will still be broke and companies (read: employers) will continue dropping like flies as they already are. Only giant corporations have the kind of safety cushion to withstand a giant siege, so when life finally goes back to normal the remaining 5% of society that was not previously their property will become such until the end of time. Just like how they expanded their holdings and power every other time there was a giant shitstorm in the news.

225 hours later 22031951 Anonymous
>>22031944 >Most of the world runs paycheck to paycheck Most of the developed world doesn't run as desperately as USA.

225 hours later 22031969 Anonymous
>>22031951 You're ignoring the facts and running back to your feelings, suit yourself. But the fact of the matter is that very few organizations are prepared for multiple months of yes liabilities and no revenues. Contrary to popular belief they don't have giant sacks in their offices and homes with currency symbols on them; their wealth is their revenue stream. If you shut off their revenues, you shut THEM off and then their ability to contribute to society is greatly reduced. But reality doesn't matter to a cozy punk with a free vacation, so let's all watch the world burn and point fingers at each other when global elites are even-more-powerful as a result.

225 hours later 22032003 Anonymous
>>22031915 I'm >>22031833 , you're forgetting a vaccine is in the works in most labs on every country in the world, and will be spread worldwide in a few months, and even if it doesn't the likely-conspiracy-theorist here >>22031944 has some point in his ramblings in that American companies will employ their lobbyists to push to return to normalcy, and most people will accept Covid-19 for the slight financial that it is - it kills off mostly people who no longer contribute economically but leave off the vast majority of the younger workforce, and companies will resume mostly-normal operation. This isn't the end-times. in a year you won't think back on these days in particular, but you WILL feel their impact on the economy; keep your job stable and your income regular and you will be much happier than you would had you stayed at home with your gf. Also no, there will likely not be a second wave, vaccines to my knowledge are generally useful against a wide range of mutation of the same virus. And regardless, you'll most likely live a covid-19 outbreak. My aging parents might not but I will, anyway, which is the only fucking reason I even give a shit about this whole thing.

225 hours later 22032012 Anonymous (1445722183259.jpg 700x700 69kB)
Honest replies please: Is there a way to have a good life at 28 if you hadn't had one so far? Or do you just at best become some sad "eh it's not so bad" loser that forces himself to appreciate things that aren't really good so that he doesn't go insane? I really feel like I have completely wasted my life by not running away from my house 10 years ago

225 hours later 22032058 Anonymous
>>22032003 I'm the original anon that was whining about work vs being comfy w my gf. Wasn't really expecting a reply giving advice I use this thread as a vague public diary I know no one will care about. My jobs given us three extra weeks of paid days off and an option for working from home. I actually decided I was likely gonna stick with work since I wanna save the days off for the summer. And my part of the work in the company it's pointless to work from home and frankly I know I don't work well from home. Still would rather be comfy at home with my gf. Before this shit ends I'll likely take a week paid off just to chill with her before she has to go back to work. Wanna maybe take her out of the city and we go innawoods and camp out far the fuck away from everyone and thing for a few days.

225 hours later 22032070 Anonymous
>>22031923 hahaha i smiled when i read that post too they have no idea :(

225 hours later 22032075 Anonymous
>>22032012 Im >>22032058 I have a good life only recently at 29. Like maybe the last year. Lucked into this job, lucked into a wonderful girl. But I know a good paying job and good gf doesn't fix all the problems one has. I don't really trip over a possible wasted life though. I don't think there's any way to waste life cause life's kinda essentially meaningless. It only has value so long as youre just motivated to keep on, in my dumb opinion.

225 hours later 22032092 Anonymous
>>22032003 >you're forgetting a vaccine is in the works in most labs on every country in the world, and will be spread worldwide in a few months Vaccines take an extraordinarily long time to develop. Experts warn that we may not have a vaccine for 2 to 3 years. We are not even remotely close to having developed a vaccine, let alone begin mass producing one. This is going ot last 7 to 24 months. I'm sorry. But that's just the situation. Yes, it's going to wreck the economy. But it's that, or let millions die.

226 hours later 22032116 Anonymous
>>22032092 >Experts warn that we may not have a vaccine for 2 to 3 years Regardless of the fact that every year a new vaccine is chosen for the common flue (which rebukes this claim), I'd gamble the rush to be the first to rid the world fo the population-ending Covod-19 virus would move the scientific community to claim some vaccine very quickly as the one to save the human race, and they'll race to the finish. Nothing motivates people more than fame and fortune. Making a vaccine is easy - making a safe one is hard; my guess it that most counties will instruct their senior citizens and at-risk population to stay at home and let everyone else go back to work within 6 months, as without moving bodies the economy is dead in the water. as far as government bodies are concerned, the financial threat is much higher than that posed to a few thousands of people over 70+ and they will kick things back into order. This WILL wreck the economy, I agree, but people aren't going to stay at home for 12+ months - capitalism (no judgement) simply doesn't dictate that. Also I may have just drank a whole bottle of whine in 40 minutes but this seems the most plausible future to me based on my knowledge.

226 hours later 22032124 Anonymous
>>22032116 SARS took like 10 years for a vaccine, COVID19 is literally SARS 2.0

226 hours later 22032127 Anonymous
>>22031969 I was hoping that this catastrophe would result in some of the wealth the elite have ending up back into the hands of working/middle class, it's this problem which came out of nowhere and was impossible to predict so maybe it'll hit the elites hard? but I can't really see it happening. Probably right what you say with them likely having more wealth after this. Feel hopeless thinking about stuff like this, the feeling that things will just continue getting harder as time goes on due to the wealth disparity. Out of all the hopeless and pessimistic shit in these threads this concept depresses me the most

226 hours later 22032144 Anonymous
>>22032116 >Regardless of the fact that every year a new vaccine is chosen for the common flue (which rebukes this claim) That's a minor alteration to an already extant vaccine, not a completely new vaccine each year. And even then, they start working on that minor alteration months before flu season starts. >>22032124 SARS actually never did get a vaccine; we gave up after about 2 years of work. Now, to be fair, the outbreak was long past by then and the funding wasn't super great, and it didn't seem like it was particularly relevant because we learned that SARS is very easy to control and not likely to ever be a widespread outbreak like COVID-19 is.

226 hours later 22032208 Anonymous
>>22032075 But by wasted I mean I could have made choices that would have made me happy instead of hating being alive

226 hours later 22032209 Anonymous (deancrazy.jpg 488x332 18kB)
Well boys, I'm out the job. I was hoping to quit my day job this year anyways, but was hoping after I closed a couple big sales at my current side-hustle, not quite like this. Some "Monkey's Paw" bullshit fucking God. Might just start robbing to make the rent. There's a lot of rich people here, with a lot of rich kids wearing expensive clothes. A couple pairs of shoes and sunglasses sold on Grailed will make my rent.

227 hours later 22032359 Anonymous
>>22032127 The elites are still (allegedly) human so the virus can still kill them and they still need masses of poor people to work and buy their crap.

227 hours later 22032366 Anonymous
>>22032116 There has to be a better system than just unregulated capitalism/globalism/explotation of people/environment. It's eventually gonna kill us.

228 hours later 22032497 Anonymous
>>22032208 You should almost always go for the choices that make you happy than the ones that make you feel not wanna be alive. The world possibly ending tomorrow doesn't change that. You'd just be feeling this existential dread and regret of your choices in life on your 80 year old death bed than right now if this virus didn't happen. Make better choices going forward.

228 hours later 22032504 Anonymous
>>22032497 Sorry thought I was responding to some other child whining about existential dread over wasting their life. But my 2¢ stands.

228 hours later 22032507 Anonymous
It's coming into apprenticeship season again. You best believe I'm spreading my resume around like a Chinaman spreads rispiratory illness.

228 hours later 22032509 Anonymous
>>22032497 Alright thanks. I think I'm gonna pack my things and just run away from my parents house despite being broke as fuck when this virus shit ends.

228 hours later 22032511 Anonymous
>>22032504 >to some other child whining about existential dread over wasting their life This is what this whole thread is about, you are not better than anyone if you post here.

228 hours later 22032559 Anonymous
>>22032366 Disagree, it's the most species-beneficial system of driving the economy and scientific discovery forward. Regardless of its impacts on everyday citizens it will eventually lead the way into the stars, I'm sure of that. I will be long dead by then, dead and alone. >>22032144 >That's a minor alteration to an already extant vaccine Vaccines are simple - they're the dead cellular bodies of the virus you want the immune system to attack but have no offensive capabilities as they're inert. It's not a chemical formulae you adjust year-to-year. Developing a new vaccine to covid-19, to my knowledge, is no different than developing one for the common flue.

229 hours later 22032721 Anonymous
>>22032511 Actually, I am.

230 hours later 22032747 Anonymous
>>22032721 Give us the best life advice RIGHT NOW

230 hours later 22032755 Anonymous
I have all the talent, charm, and ability in the world but it never goes anywhere. I don't have any hope. It makes me feel dead inside. And even when I want love I just keep finding insecure men who say I can do better, unstable men who want to die. Maybe we should just die together right now.

230 hours later 22032836 Anonymous
>>22032747 Not him, but stay away from 4chan. That's about the best advice you can get on here.

235 hours later 22033608 Anonymous
>>22032559 >lead the way into the stars, I'm sure of that Dude, we are not even going to go past the moon.

236 hours later 22033626 Anonymous
>>22004970 >I missed out a lot when I was younger lmao if you werent able to do it back when you were younger and had more options what makes you think you'll suddenly be rolling in pussy at this age? "men age like wine" haha nigga tell yourself that, it doesn't get better than this >>22028474 >wild sex life she probably had, and she's done with all of that and is ready to settle down for an average guy like me. I've never had sex in public, I've never had sex in a car, I've never received road head, I've never cum on anyone's face, never had a threesome, I've never done anal, I've never titty-fucked anyone, never done many different positions and a bunch of other stuff she refuses to do with me you think that's how most NSA sex works? lmao you dumb bitch, she was probably starfishing for most of those encounters. wild nutty sex like that doesn't happen with casual sex, it happens in trusted relationships. those shitty lovers probably made her think wow sex is boring, so why dont you amp it up for her >"Somewhere between 28 and 35 different guys". So I'm assuming it's at least 40+ if you can't even trust her word and "assume" that she means something else, how the fuck are you gonna make a lasting marriage with her? your relationship is a dumpster fire.

236 hours later 22033675 Anonymous
>>22028474 >FWBs, one night stands >She partied a lot in college >has been with 40ish guys It's probably at least double that.

245 hours later 22034555 Anonymous
>>22032012 I'm 35. Went through dark terrible phase of depression at ~23 which never really went away, was left with severe, treatment-resistant dysthymia (very unhedonic, feel like a robot all the time and my emotional system is as reactive as lead, I'm basically very "turned-off" and flatlined most of the time and nothing makes me happy or sad or angry anymore). I now have to push myself to find things I actually enjoy taking part in and having an "ok" life is basically all I can look forward to, and that's enough. It has to be because there's no alternative but suicide. What I discovered - which I think most people discover past 30 anyway - is that the fantasy that movies and magazines sold us when we were very young about being happy is false; I don't even mean the "happily ever after" shit, I mean just generally being a normally-happy person that is very passionate and having many good things going in our lives, that shit rarely happens, at least that's my experience as I look back on childhood friends and colleagues and family. Very few people retain their childlike happiness and passion when they grow older simply out of necessity, most folks are content with just being content most of the time (i.e. not actively suffer) and having a few things to look forward to during their week, like a gf, family, sex, a night out, a new game to play etc. is what they take comfort in. Rarely do I meet someone my age group who's just as optimistic and passionate and joyful as they were in their 20's.

245 hours later 22034574 Anonymous
>>22032836 >muh 4chan is bad meme dumb redditor retard

245 hours later 22034603 Anonymous
>>22034574 >implying it isn't bad Fucking newfag

247 hours later 22034948 Anonymous
>>22034574 >redditor I see you're new here newfriend

247 hours later 22034951 Anonymous
>>22034574 You're right in a roundabout way, I mean, I doubt you're more than 20, but you're right in the sense that 4chan is basically like any other site these days.

248 hours later 22035136 Anonymous
>>22034555 Sounds like you hang out with some sad people. Most of my friends are quite happy, or at least content, with their lives.

249 hours later 22035263 Anonymous (plusultra.gif 480x253 874kB)
>2010 - first gf breaks up with me. start drinking more because i thought thats what youre supposed to do >2011 - string of short relationships and casual sex. binge adderall, molly and liquor. almost fail out of college. >2012 - graduate with psychology degree like 50% of college graduates. drinking spiralling out of control >2012 - move back home. steal parents liquor and work shitty hotel job >2013 - get shitty data entry job and liquor consumption gets t 1.75L vodka a day. shakes and sweats at 2 pm at work like clockwork. >2014 - still somehow get promoted to management position at shitty data job. realize i have a problem. >2015 - try to quit drinking 3 times and fail. get new gf. >2016 - get laid off. >2017 - start new job as data analyst 3 months later. make 20k more a year. quit drinking cold turkey. >2019 - depressed, bored, sad. realize i dont like city im in or any of my friends now that im sober. move back in with parents, save for 6 months straight. sell my shit, quit my job, pack my car and move across country. get new job in a month. >2019 - whole crew of new friends. happier. more fulfilled. dating. new career, new places to see. more active life. >2020 (now) - land a job at mid level tech startup making 3.5 times what i was making 5 years ago. never have to worry again. huge social circle. actively dating looking for someone to marry and have children with. saving to buy a house. anons the last 10 years have been a wild fuckin ride. if you told me this is where i would be when i was in college i would have laughed in your face and searched your bathroom for prescription drugs. always remember that you are the captain of your own ship - it is up to you to change course. it is not enough to want to be different, you have to take the necessary steps to change.

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