Poll of the Day > How do you deal with your existential crisis?

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Because boy howdy

Mine just keeps getting worse O. O

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At this point theres more of it than me

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I have them every day at this point.

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By reading and having deep conversations about them.

GunslingerGunsl posted...

By reading and having deep conversations about them.

That is the problem

The more I read into it the more I dread

Ignorance truly is bliss

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What are some things that you're reading?

smoking weed helps me forget about it for a while

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Make sure its comfortable because I know its going to stick around for awhile.

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GunslingerGunsl posted...

What are some things that you're reading?

Religion
Science
All sorts of media
Current events
My social circle
Family
Myself

I just want something to cure my inevitable void of nothingness.

I think I have the cure, but it completely destroys my self worth... Ahhhhhh hahahaha

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I just keep hoping Skynet will come to the rescue. According to an A.I., I'm gonna be its pet, so whatever. I am sure even then I'd still find something to worry about though. I am incapable of being content and calm.

Ehhh, I deal with depression, anxiety, but I feel like I came to terms with death and existential dread years ago. I had bizarre evil night terrors where I experienced them while completely awake, experiencing this reality and that reality at once. I had constant dreams of death and nothingness at age 13. I dealt with some more of them in my early 20s, and was about to cope with them relatively well.

I take advantage of free counseling through school currently, even though I'm only just getting around to scheduling my 2nd appointment. It's nice to verbalize some fairly deep stuff I don't want to burden my roommate with.

I enjoy video games, smoking weed, reading, computer work...I wish I was currently in a better environment for gardening, doing woodwork...I'll try to make that happen at the end of this semester. I need to be around some people more on my wavelength. My 64 year old roommate just watches doomsday horseshit on youtube from people that mischaracterize science. All stuff about Coronal Mass Ejections, magnetic pole shifts, Graham Hancock, having a big giant boner for Tulsi Gabbard...I just need to live with someone who doesn't have shitty youtube/cable tv on 24/7 in the household.

I deal with it by constantly appraising challenges in my life. That's what life's about. It can get frustrating at times, that's for sure. I don't care when or how I'll die, because I will be dead. I hope to live as much as possible however.

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St_Kevin posted...

Religion
Science
All sorts of media
Current events
My social circle
Family
Myself

I just want something to cure my inevitable void of nothingness.

I think I have the cure, but it completely destroys my self worth... Ahhhhhh hahahaha

What is the cure you've considered?

Try reading Man's Search for Meaning and Tuesday's with Morrie. They're both easy reads and have existential themes.

I've nearly died quite a few times and the thought still terrifies me. At the same time, worrying about it won't make it any better so I mostly try not to think about it.

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Raddest_Chad posted...

I just keep hoping Skynet will come to the rescue. According to an A.I., I'm gonna be its pet, so whatever. I am sure even then I'd still find something to worry about though. I am incapable of being content and calm.

If we do have a robotic / android uprising sort of thing, this will make a way better war vs humanity than Zombies or something similar

it would be cool to be hopped up on awareness enhancing substances and see who came out on top (thus making you more evenly matched with the bots in perception, stamina, reaction time, and problem solving capabilities to even the playing field... obviously, we would need some combat technologies on hand, too, though, you can't just get stoned and go fight a droid)

I for one welcome our robotic overlords to COME AT ME BROBOT

Coming to a theatre near you:

Dopeheads vs the Valley of Silicon
...you think you've got problems?

we're gonna need will smith (he has experience with this kind of thing), cheech and chong, & jack black if it's gonna be a hit

get it

it's gonna be a hit

...ok I'll take my leave then

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