There have been many occasions where someone will ask a question online and the top comment is something along the lines of, "Just Google it bro."

I personally dislike that kind of thinking, mainly because it attacks people who are of two categories:

1) The people that genuinely tried and didn't find an answer, or perhaps do not have the particular skills and just use what's comfortable.

2) The people who know they can easily Google it, but still want to hear the opinions of other people.

I'll be entirely honest and say that I am of the latter category and my honest desire is to ask people what they think, or what the answer is. I know a lot of people like me who desire to hear the voices of others because they lack the same social opportunities in real life.

I myself am a very lonely person, and quite anti-social, so I make up for that by interacting on the platform I know how to speak on.

I want that feeling of connection. Like asking a friend a silly question. When people simply reduce that desire for connection to a matter of, "Just Google it bro", it isolates the person more.

Of course, I say all this knowing full well that some people just ask stupid questions for the sake of trolling, but I believe in giving the benefit of the doubt.

Yeah. That's it. Would love to hear your guy's opinions.

Guys, I don't know what's wrong with me. Everything bores me to all hell. I'll be watching a YouTube video and get bored 5 minutes in and frantically try to find something else to watch, but I end up scrolling for like 30 minutes because nothing looks interesting. Then, in desperation, I just click on one semi-interesting video title, hoping to enjoy it, but the same thing happens where I get bored after 5 minutes.

It's the same when I watch streams.

It's the same when I watch a show on Netflix.

It's the same when I play games.

It's the same when I'm talking with someone.

It's the same when I'm working.

It's the same when I'm drawing.

It's the same when I'm studying.

It's the same when I'm at a concert.

Like, whatever I do, 2 things always happen:

1. I get bored really, really fast.

2. Along with the boredom comes this weird, creeping anxiety.

The anxiety makes me desperate to find something to kill the boredom but nothing really satiates it, so I end up just feeling really uncomfortable throughout the day. The only thing I've been able to find that mitigates this is napping because I'm not conscious when I'm asleep.

Is anyone else going through this?

There is context in China that does not apply here, and I don't normally quote the leaders of State Capitalist countries, but the comment still struck me given the critical housing shortage and the number of homeless in our streets. here in the US Some areas have large percentage of homes (up to 30% and more) owned by investors or investment firms. And in many areas, even people working two or more jobs can't afford the rent and have no chance of buying a home.

While a great deal of wealth is generated through investment homes, and while on one hand that is great, that wealth comes at the expense of those who cannot afford homes, which includes much the two newest adult generations.

What would happen if the percentage of investment homes in any area were limit as a percentage of the total homes?

Like, it could be anything in life. Basically, taking actions which isolate yourself from something, and you end up regretting it later. And, this could be anything. A friendship, relationship, game, show, etc. And, it's more tragic if the bond you had seems irreversibly damaged. Humanity probably does this more than we think, due to not thinking rationally and acting on emotion.

I am so tired of people always telling teenagers that actually have a passion for something and wants to make a change in the world that they can't like they're always telling them"that's not happening" or " AI will take ur job "ect ect these adult expect the worst and think negative but that doesn't mean we have to , sure there's a lot of horrible things happening in the world and we can't so much about or at least some of us can't but wouldn't it be better if we tried to think differently and a little more positivity

I know that we're not meant to stay and do nothing and I think that passion, hope and love can do a lot

The authorities know dark psychology. And methods to deceive and manipulate us. Controlling our environment and information. To influence our decisions and actions. They have knowledge of Psychological Operations. They have knowledge of our cognitive biases. They also use hypnosis, or other methods, to alter our minds. They have the knowledge and resources. And also propaganda, when you repeat a lie enough, people will be more likely to believe it.

I am not an expert in dark psychology. But I have studied neuroscience, psychology, and cognitive biases. And I have interacted with the authorities, to understand that they are deceptive and manipulative.

Therefore I encourage you to learn methods to control people. And use it to defend yourself from the authorities.

Just posting this here because im curious on everyone's opinions surrounding this topic. I believe in Sequential Open Individualism, which is a branch of Open Individualism and we believe every living this is the same consciousness but the one conciousness lives every life one at a time and doesn't follow the rules of time per say.

Why do some people choose to live under oppressive states, work under oppressive institutions, or have their rules applied based on their religion or culture without feeling a problem?

Why do some people choose to be under authority when they can be free? Can you explain the biological, evolutionary, or sociological reasons for this? For example, let's take an oppressive country in the Middle East.

Could this situation be explained by the fact that imperialist countries support the nationalist and religious segments of the countries they exploit? Or is this a purely biological condition, independent of politics?

I've always thought that it was better to have friends who you can relate to and friends who have the same interests or similar interests as you. There would be too many argument and disagreements if you have friends or people in your life who are completely different from you. What do you think? I would love to hear everyone's opinions and prospectives about this. How many of you have friends from different walks of life? How has it worked out for you? Are you still friends with that person?

What comes up, must come down, I'm only around 15, so I wasn't alive for the 2008-everything catastrophe, and we recovered from that, . From what I understand,

- the current housing crisis has been on the horizon for a while now, and due to NIMBY-ism, and the fact that after 2008 we stopped building houses,

Do you think this will be fixed soon enough?

There are less Millennials and Gen Z than there is Boomers and Gen X, Boomers and X-ers will die,

Putting an end to NIMBY-ism might occur aswell, and a dramatic increase of building more houses.

And, find a way for more people to move willingly to small towns and rural-ish areas

- the cost of living crisis is because inflation dramatically increased during 2020-2021, and though now the rates are going down, wages haven't increased a lick, well, they have, but not enough, but how exactly will that happen? Outside of, people force themselves into jobs that are in demand, nursing or trades, so they become oversaturated (if such a thing is even possible for the former) making other fields more desperate to have people, and increasing pay as incentive, and then, vise versa and eventually, it will even out?? And a minimum wage increase?

- Preservation and increasing stuff like Jones act, and trying to cut down outsourcing (not saying it's bad, but a reduction might be well to prevent countries from the cycle of -outsourcing based economy because low cost of labour- country becomes richer- cost of labour increases- outsourcing shifts country- country screwed over.

- the Ai issue...

Do you guys think the bubble will pop? Is it a bubble?

Aren't those companies operating at a loss, and reliant on investors, and

Ai company - buys Nvidia stocks- Nvidia buys AI stocks,

"Obvious problem is obvious"

But isn't that how the internet started out?

And, if data centers are prevented from being created, and AI canabalizing itself, or with enough negative PR, we'd start sabotaging those AIs, and stuffs, and putting out money where our mouth is, and refuse to buy from companies that use AI?

Or is all that a speed bump instead of a car crash?

Tldr; estimates for the job market and economy in the 2030s and asking for opinions on various issues, ie. Ai, cost of living, housing crisis, etc?

I've never really had female friends growing up. Until I was around 15, I barely talked to girls, so all of this is pretty new to me.

Recently, I met a couple of people online who genuinely helped me during one of the worst phases of my life. The thing is, I slowly realized they're struggling too.

One of them told me she doesn't share her problems with anyone. She writes everything in a diary because she doesn't want sympathy or to cry in front of people. Another also seems to be dealing with a lot but doesn't really open up.

Now I'm confused.

I genuinely want to help them the way they helped me, but I don't know if that's even the right thing to do. I don't want to force anyone to open up, make them uncomfortable, or act like I can "fix" their problems.

Maybe I'm just overthinking because I don't have much experience with friendships like this.

Has anyone else ever felt this way?