how do I cope with the fact that video games are a waste of time and I can't reach my full human potential by spending hours of my life doing something so unbelievably unproductive and wasteful?
consume media.
consume media.
consume media.
consume media.
it's literally all you do!
How do I cope with the fact that video games are a waste of time and I can't reach my full human potential by spending...
Stop thinking about it
I'm on the same boat, user
>reach my full human potential
You don't have potential
Punished Mercury
lol I remember seeing this guy's ID on PS3 a couple times
This
only play games you think are fun
stop letting Yea Forums and other faggots tell you what's fun or isn't fun
"full human potential" is a meme, there are few people who are actually intelligent in this world, and there's no shame in not being one of them. if you're working an honest job then you hold your head high.
I went NEET two years ago after wagecucking
All i do is enjoy food, play vidya & bust nuts into fleshlights
Life is good
>how do I cope with the fact that video games are a waste of time and I can't reach my full human potential by spending hours of my life doing something so unbelievably unproductive and wasteful?
Shitpost on Yea Forums instead, that's a good trick!
what potential user?
>meanwhile the sheeple do not experience any sort of existential discomfort over wasting away their lives doing some useless, tedious, repetitive and utterly meaningless tasks for 8 hours/day
Start playing Indie games on PC if you don't want to waste time, and throw out your console.
i go mountain biking
I fucking love videogames
With that said
Dont spend all your time on vidya, enjoy other aspects of life. Look up good hiking spots, see what fun tourist activities exist with a radius of a few hours drive. Run the scary risk of putting yourself out there by going to places people socialize. Engage in creative hobbies.
If videogames are not your life you will enjoy videogames so much more.
As for the PURPOSE of vidya, leisure time is supposed to be without real constructive purpose. Resting under a shady tree isn’t constructive but you shouldn't go through life without that experience. As long as you are GENUINELY enjoying it then it has value, it’s supposed to increase your level of happiness and leave you feeling recharged.
If it doesn’t either
A its a bad game or
B you’re stressing about other things you’re just distracting yourself from, and you need to work on them at least a little bit to feel okay about spending time on vidya instead of distracting yourself, which will just make you feel worse.
Went through a slump where I did the above. Go through the painful long effort of getting your shit together and you will love vidya again. Hell, use that as a motivator if it helps.
>play singleplayer game for 20 hours straight and enjoy every second.
suddenly lose all interest and never touch it again.
That unironically sounds like a hell of stagnation and isolation.
tpbp OP is a fagoat
fuck you
Not him but
It feels good for a day
you get anxious for after a week
then after a couple months you just accept that, thats your life now
Alternate vydia with studying some interesting subject (like math or philosophy). Also avoid huge time sinks, like MMORPGs.
this whole achievements/social-media-on-consoles shit is one big jewish mistake.
Denounce and destroy capitalism. End your coerced consumption
I've taken long breaks between jobs before, like 3-6 months, and only took up a job again because I ran out of money. I'm afraid to do it again for the sake of my resume but what I wouldn't give to go back to that, I sure as shit wasn't done sitting on my ass. To each their own.
Kill yourself and stop making pointless threads to cry about your shit life.
That's step one. Return here to hear the rest when you're done.
you can't spend your entire day being productive. I actually get a satisfied feeling of being productive if I play games since I have a backlog goals and a schedule.
The problem is that you have shit taste and play mostly shit games, I only pay 1-2 hours a day and I've been able to play all the games I want, except rpg which I play only on vacations.
Don't worry, you'll never achieve full human potential, in fact, you'll probably have a mediocre to average life, die, and be forgotten by everybody in just two generations, so just do whatever the fuck you want with your life, it doesn't really matter anyway.
Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.
But seriously you can really say anything you do in life is technically a waste of time, a lot of people get fooled into the jew meme of working too hard and end up never really enjoying life. That doesn't mean you should just quit your job and become a NEET all day but you should find some balance where you are able to enjoy playing video games.
Honestly I wish I could get into anything like that guy does. At least it's something to do.
Dude I invested and got lucky in crypto just for the chance to sit on my ass all day. The entire world is all kinds of fucked and the most unworthy people are our rulers. Who cares?
What? The potential to be manager at a Wal-Mart? A grocery store?
>human potential
lmao human potential is being a slave to your genetics, reproducing, and then being stuck in a life of labor until you retire (or not, depending on your finnancial situation).
Do whatever the fuck you want. Most people start families when they're adults because its the only thing that gives their life meaning outside of drone work to "pay the bills".
start being productive and make money by playing vidya
How you get your money?
By realizing that you don't really have any potential and you'll always be a largely useless person.
As in a full on waste of space that contributes zero to society
I assume the guy was just really really bored. I've done that myself, get platinum on a game I didn't care for because I had nothing better to do at the time. Hell, he looks bored in that picture.
everything is a waste of time since we all die
Have another hobby then you faggot. Read a book, do something with your hands.
Good post
Which user were you in that thread where I argued this point? Are you the same user that only sees black and white?
Realize it's not a big deal. You're going to die one day anyways. You should do what makes you fulfilled in life and what you like, but I dont think you should live according to someone else's standards. You can build a lifetime of skills, but you will still lose them all in an instant. That's why devoting yourself to some shitty field you don't even care about is a fucking meme. Just for the money bro, just produce, produce, produce! It's all you do!
>reach my full human potential
meme perpetuated by jews
People that care about video games are the weak people that have become sucked into entertainment. It is no different than obsessing over what a celebrity is wearing for the day. The industry is so large now, because they have perfected their formula of addiction and efficiency to produce! Corporatism has become rampant in the video game industry, and now the people are wasting away playing them! Nothing productive! Instead of getting a job, going to school, or learning something new - these games have poisoned men's minds and hearts! Why try to face reality, when you can escape in a virtual world? That is the mindset they want you to have!
You don't have to follow this mindset. Pull it from deep in your heart that you don't want to play these games all day. You want to better yourself, so you can better your family, and in turn better your neighborhood. From there we can eventually better the world - but no cannot help anyone nor be helped until you help yourself!
Self discipline is lost! You MUST resist the temptation to play video games! You MUST resist the temptation to watch TV! You MUST give in to the overwhelming need to improve yourself! To learn new skills! To face reality, and fix what you see wrong!
Video games are temporary, but the glory of YOU is forever!
I actually know the guy IRL. He doesn't do them by himself. He gets his friends to do the really hard stuff for him. Total scam artist. Fuck you hakoom
>a lot of people get fooled into the jew meme of working too hard and end up never really enjoying life
I use to think this was pointing the finger at Jews, but Jews do it to themselves most of all. Realized this after I started listening to stern.
Twelve years ago this month, the iPhone was first released. The iPhone gave birth to everyone being connected on the internet, to everyone having constant communication with one another, to everyone having the knowledge of the world at their fingertips. Yet, these wonderful inventions - inventions that should serve the betterment of humanity - have destroyed our cultures and our minds! You, American people, are the most important and most powerful people in the history of mankind - and we flush all this opportunity down the toilet!
Outside of misusing our communication for greed, and for evil, we are addicted to drugs! Drugs that were given out like candy by doctors and pharmaceutica companies! Our worst problem today is this opioid epidemic! It has taken over the minds and hearts of what could be the most flourishing nation the world has ever seen! The temptation and want for an escape, for a high, and for recreation is destroying not just those that partake! It destroys everyone near it!
We sit on our phones, shoot up heroin, smoke weed - we do nothing productive. Too many citizens have no desire to learn! No desire to create! No desire to innovate! Only leech and sulk around in their sorrows, and use entertainment and drugs as an escape! Escaping reality will not solve any of our nations problems!
Holy fucking based. Honestly, good fucking post
how are you liking it?
im 38 and been NEET all my life. ive never wanted to work and dont even bother learning anything since its pointless since we die anyways
i just enjoy the little things in my life, roof over my head, food, games, movies, i can do whatever i want if i so choose.
iPhone was pretty shit and nobody had one when it first came out. We were connected before that so this post is shit.
How do you get money and where do you live?
Play rocksmith my nigger
didn't read lol
Oh, so he's a liar and a cheat. Fuck him.
We have a generation of manchildren that live with their parents well into their 30s. All that is wanted, is to play video games and play on the internet. They do nothing to help their fellow man. Their lives are in a virtual world. Virtual men, with virtual minds, with virtual hearts! Do not give yourself to this atrocity - it provides no benefit. They eat food and drink soda that is terrible for your mind and body!
If you cannot help yourself, how can you expect others to help you?! It is a dull life indeed, when all your life is sitting in a computer chair, looking at a screen, and eating all day long. No self discipline! No self improvement! You are becoming nothing but a leech on the system, and controlled by the masters!
We must sacrifice! We have lost the importance of sacrifice! We are content in being nothing, buying nothing, and living as nothing! We would rather live a comfortable and easy life, with no good end result. Instead, we must make sacrifice against corporations and government institutions! Stop buying at WalMart, stop going to chain gas stations! Stop going to chain fast food! Buy and shop local! Raise your own food! Cook your own food!
The misery that is upon us is but the passing of corporatism and corrput government. The very people that run these do not care about themselves, they do not care about you, and they do not care about their nation! They only care about money! If their accountants tell them they can save a dollar by cutting cancer research, they will! If they can save a dollar by cutting benefits, they will!
these pathetic losers are obviously leeching off someone else.
sounds more enjoyable than working desu, just add another hobby like drawing/ 3d modelling to gaming and youre good
Kill yourself
Whether you become the best you can be, or the worst.
In a hundred years you'll be dead and no one will remember you.
Entertainment is temporary, the Glory of YOU is forever! Take care of yourself! Then you can take care of others! You must always know that somewhere, there is someone that is worse off than you. You cannot help them until you help yourself and improve! You must put this entertainment into moderation! We have all this potential to be great - unleash it!
im in canada and have mental and physical disabilitys
so im on assistance
Who gives a shit? Just play games and have fun. If you want do more meaningful stuff then do it or shut up and enjoy your games.
NEETs are based. I envy you.
>get my jd
>blow countless opportunities at school playing vidya
>pass the bar
>should be applying to jobs but waste time playing vidya and wagecucking
>years pass
>all for nothing
Don't let it happen to you user.
>games are bad
>narcissism is good
That is your human potential. Everything else is just as meaningless. Oh wow cool great you learned to knit or build a bench, play the violin, cool ya neat. Just as meaningless as consuming endless media. It's all just for entertainment. Making killing time more tolerable from birth to death. We're sloppily evolved animals on the cusp of ascending past that awkward transition stage but even once we do it will all still be meaningless. We aren't built for the world we've created and that's all there is to it.
Just enjoy yourself. This sounds negative and gloomy but it's freeing. Life is for having fun. Life is for enjoying yourself. Consume media if it makes you happy. Work out if it makes you happy. Lean into your animal instincts and have children, perfectly valid, or lean into whatever is beyond that and plug yourself into the internet for 18 hours a day, also valid. Just do whatever is best for you. Enjoy yourself. Fill your plate and enjoy.
Yeah I'd say a healthy narcissism is good.
Before the iPhone we did not have as easy of connections as we do now. The iPhone started the mobile technology movement. When it was first released, most sites weren't mobile friendly at all. Nowadays every site pretty much is. It all started with the iPhone. Before that it was just text and voice.
Go away, asotil.
That isn't narcissism. That's called self confidence. Two completely different things.
Why be so pessimistic. The idea of you is to live on through your children. You must be a great role model to them, and let your skills, ideas, and traditions transcend so long as your bloodline remains.
Without children, life is indeed meaningless.
>He thinks iphone was the first smart phone
Yeah, I should totally do something productive such as post on Instagram, watch Netflix and take selfies of myself on top of a hill. Full human potential reached.
>starts his post with "I" and "my"
>ends with "you"
Not sure what that's about but if you don't like the way you're using your time change it
It was the first widely used, must-have smartphone. No one really gave a shit about smartphones until the iPhone was released. Blackberry was seen more for business usage, for example.
>full human potential
Bruh just stop playing games and do something that makes you feel good. I wish all the depressed faggots would leave this board. We might get some good vidya discussion. Just a reminder that successful people who travel, are fit, have romance, families etc are also often feeling the same way you do. There isnt s standard road map for peace and happiness.
Dude trust me its not
I was out of work a short while ago and I was bored as fuck playing vidya all day at home and doing nothing
>Without children, life is indeed meaningless
L O N D O N
Wow I wonder what PSN level you are with 1200 platinums
That makes you happy and therefor it's valid. For others it would be pointless. The exception here is that we're still animals and the vast majority of us are strongly programmed to want children and enjoy their presence, myself included. So for most it would be meaningful but not all. Do what makes you happy because you'll die and it will all stop mattering. So enjoy the life you've been given however you can best. This isn't pessimism, it's freedom through acceptance. Life can be made wonderful by accepting death and living for life not for grander meaning.
What if the things that require you to be happy requires someone else to make themselves unhappy caring for you? What if your happiness relies on someone else being miserable? This why the world is a selfish and shitty place. True happiness comes from other people.
Hare Krishna op, look for it
>Instagram, watch Netflix and take selfies
Those are all symptoms of the same disease. capitalism and godlessness.
Conservatives are so weird, any discussion you have with them they try to tell you to get married and have kids. Quite thinly-veiled white supremacy vibes to it as well cause they really just want whites to reproduce at the level of other races.
To each his own
or
To each her own
their is a plural pronoun while each is a singular adverb
"To each their own perspectives" would be better since it follows with a plural noun(perspectives) which turns "each" into a plural
Honestly, it really has nothing to do with happiness. It's all about love for yourself and others. It's a bout being the best people you can be, so you can build your nation to be the best nation it can be. Some day, people will heed my words. My voice will reach out to millions. I just hope by the time that comes it won't be too late.
Well, my point was that that's what 'normal' people do. I'm sick and tired of people telling me and thinking vidya is inherently a waste of time. Most humans are a waste of space and oxygen anyway, so who the fuck cares.
How is wanting to reproduce at the level of other races equating to white supremacy? White supremacy would be the desire to wipe out other races. Being concerned for your race and culture is not racist.
"Full human potential"?
What? do you think there's some nirvana or greatness waiting down the road? No. There's not. Achieving peak physical fitness means nothing. You can still get cancer or a heart attack.Because genetics doesnt care about your achievements much.
Being peak productive?
What? Do you want to work endless overtime at whatever 9-5 you work on. Do you want to make your own business? What for? Money? Money will do what for you?
It's to buy stuff so you can DO stuff.Ultimately, if you work without a goal, you're just losing yourself in meaningless money and productivity for no reason. Congratulations, you'll die in a pile of money.
Family? Watch as all your efforts break with a disloyal wife, horrible kids and shitty family.
I've experienced all of these.
There is no...'full potential'.
This. I garden and major in woodwork along with other general house maintenance, and try and get jobs here and there for a little extra cash. When I finally get to relax, vidya games feel so much better. It's like they say, "all good things in moderation".
Yes I agree. There's only so much to go around, for something to be had something else must be taken. That still abides by these rules though. If that makes you happy then you can do it. Just someone else will likely be happy to try to stop you. We'll never be free from this because we're still animals, that's the reality of it. Talking about it on a macro level you can look at a man stealing money as objectively wrong and a negative influence on the world, however if only seeing it from his perspective it's a positive influence because he was able to buy something he wanted and it made him happy. Looking at it only from the person who was robbed's perspective it's even worse because they lost something. You need to look at both the perspective of the individual and the perspective of the whole. In that way reality and what is "right" is inherently hypocritical.
we should be friends, im 26 now been alone in a 5bed 3bath house since i was 19, its vidya....i have all main consoles and want to transition into high-end PC gaming since its been forever. I want to meet others who live the same lifestyle as me, its hard to meet the same type of people. I try to have more hobbies and juggle them around like long based post guy said, even did a 9 hour hike recently, and mainly i do glass blowing; but I want to meet people i can play games with maybe get high with and send my glass to
>post discord tags or other things?
Just because you're a piece of shit failure in life doesn't mean others will.
I've been a NEET for about 10 years, I am 24 now. It is.
It is pretty miserable after about 5 years. Recently fell into an extreme depression and wanted to blow my brains out. Recovering now and applying to a nearby boomer golfing club.
god i wish i were you
>my full human potential
what the hell does that mean?
>so unbelievably unproductive and wasteful?
So, never have fun?
But that's about happiness. You be the best you can be, you feel love to be happy. That's the motivator because we're animals. If you were to shut off the reward center of your brain you wouldn't feel the need to do those things because that is how humans function. That doesn't make them any more or less meaningful, they are noble of they make you happy. A strong nation would make you happy, others wouldn't care and could leave or think "I'll die before it affects me, so who cares?" and be happy with that as well.
>NEET since 14 years old
>tfw fishing season is starting back up
High-school drop out, yes.
Good post user
Caring is a good option if you don't have the fortitude to survive the daily grind of wageslavery
OP suggests otherwise.
You can't be NEET if you're under 16.
>be a wageslave
>first half year has a couple holidays strewn out
>weekends 3-5 days long
>starting to miss work day 3
A good sign to miss work but need to come up with something to do besides shitposting.
Good that you are getting out of it. Just always know that nothing ever happens unless you make it happen.
So get out there and rock, and roll the bones.
>tfw NEET who hasn't really left my apartment or spoken to anyone in 4 years
I think I legitimately might have some sort of cabin fever, I feel a little more unhinged and volatile than I did back then
By legal or governmental definitions, user. But I did drop out of school and do nothing for 10 years.
lol and this makes you uncomfortable why? It's time to man up and start accepting responsibility, son.
I can't think of any other board that hates their own topic more than Yea Forums does.
The best thing you can do it you have to work is quit Yea Forums. Completely. These boards suck up your precious free time like nothing else can. If you've got 6 hours in the evening after you come home from work, don't spend 4 of them fishing for (You)s on Yea Forums
I'm the farthest away from failure it is.
I have a family.I own two houses. I have kids. I have a great job.
But I've gone down all this road. There is no 'peak greatness' or 'achievement' or 'enlightenment' down this road.
The best you can do is try to find happiness.For those around you and yourself.But remember people will never thank you or remember that you helped them.
It's cult-like behavior tbqhwy
Your opinions are twisted and immoral, we will never achieve a good world with this kind of thinking. If people are constantly screwing each other over for tiny nuggets of catharsis nobody will be happy.
good thing I get paid to shitpost
Marriage and children is hardly the key to life. I'm sure its great for some but it's a nightmare for others. Having kids because thats what your supposed to do is retarded.
This.
The epitome of being a contrariam cool kid.
I would unironically rather TRY and have those things and fail than sit on my ass and try nothing at all
These threads always show the losers that actually hate games. Explains a lot
This thread is proof that Jewish demoralization has worked perfectly on Gen X and Millennials
Your post is proof you've spent way too much time on the internet
based. enjoy this dopamine hit.
im the canadian NEET
i cant stand people in general which is just an added raisin im a NEET
im extremely rigid in my viewpoints on specific things
like the fact you get high, i cant stand druggies
also i have ZERO social skills due to my genetics and the fact i moved alot ruining any chance at learning the skill
im effectively a modern day hermit
Like any form of entertainment, it should be balanced with productive work as a means to relax and refuel yourself.
All work and no play will make a man insane.
You should take a break once a week at least and unwind so you don't die of a heart-attack like a Japanese salaryman at the ripe old age of 36.
You should read up on Harry Harlow's pit of despair.
He placed Rhesus monkeys into an isolation chamber for weeks to see what the effects of isolation would do to their psyche. wasn't pretty.
you don't have potential or else you'd be fulfilling it. you're just an average person. stop caring or be someone with potential, there is only one or the other. you either have passion and drive to do whatever it is you live to do, or you don't and you're just another normie. be something or don't. whining on Yea Forums will never fix your life.
no.. it's social behavior you do know that regular social pressure is required to maintain order and compels people to act for the betterment of the whole.
This is very basic stuff.
Life is a big nothing
user pls no
I'm not suggesting a way of thinking I'm just stating the way things are. There are good people who receive happiness from helping others, in fact I'd argue they are more common than the alternative. I'm not suggesting we all look out for only ourselves. We aren't programmed to do that. We are programmed to live by a certain level of morality.
You are alone in a forest far away from civilization. You see a child walking alone with a large amount of money. Would you kill the child and take the money? Of course not, because it would make you miserable knowing you did such an awful thing. People who would be able to do so are a significant minority. The happiness that money could bring you is far outweighed by the sadness doing something so evil would bring.
For most this is an inherently moral way of looking at the world. Helping others and making them happy makes me happy, therefor I should do that. That is the most common way people are wired. We all take from others but we also try our best to give back when possible. Unfortunately for us to live in luxury there needs to be a little 10 year old Chinese boy working in a sweat shop or some chickens being effectively tortured to bring us accessible meat. We work hard to get around those things with automation and lab grown meat because it makes us happy, but in the time before that the happiness we get from their sacrifices is more valuable than the happiness we get from helping them.
Tomayto, tomahto
I rarely have time for video games anymore now that I have a full time job.
When I do have time off I'd rather go riding around on my motorcycle.
"Potential" is an ambiguous thing.
I had an AMAZING job, with ridiculous pay. Then all I did was work, work, work. Make money, pay off debts, then make stacks. But I had no life, really.Me and my wife kept postponing life, kept postponing kids, kept postponing everything, because we were BOTH making 'massive money' and our family was 'oh so proud."
We both became happy once we quit our jobs and got some less busy jobs.
>went to see x-men dark phoenix a few hours ago
>only two other people in the theater, two teen brothers or friends
>one of them having the time of his life, rocking in his seat like a madman
Must have been ocd or something, kid was going crazy.
>Would you kill the child and take the money?
I'm honestly not sure.
fair enough, though i don't think genetics has anything to do with social skills just my opinion; do you have any hobbies or skills?
I don't know about you guys but I genuinely think we work too much.
8 hours is a long time, it's a third of the day, without taking into account commuting time and the time you spend doing your own chores. It's a lot of time, and I think if we had more free time people would be happier.
I think reducing the work week to 37.5 hours a week would be a good start.
potential has nothing to do with your career. careers are a means to an end, not the end itself. your potential is your unrealized ability to achieve what you want to do. if you have no passion in the first place you cannot possibly have potential. these depressed kids need to find a creative outlet, a reason to live. money is not a reason to live, as you have already learned. glad you're happy now.
Tb.h I might kill the child depending on how much money and if I knew I'd never get caught. If I can live off of someone else's suffering, I will. Morals don't put food on the table. Survival > moral values.
We're glad that it's over, we thought it would last
Every minute of the future is a memory of the past, because we gave up the power we gave up the best. And everyone lost everything, and perished with the rest
>I think reducing the work week to 37.5 hours a week would be a good start
>mfw i already work 37 hours a week
On weekends I take a nap around 13, by that a 30 hour week would be more optimal.
I had a similar issue.I had social phobias and I couldnt talk well.
I just started working.
My first job was dish washing for a year. Some communication, but not a lot, not enough to be challenging, enough rote repetition to be simple, and you are EXPOSED to people enough that you start developing social skills by osmosis. Then I became a line cook. A little more social skill needed. Not much more, just a little more exposure.
Eventually, I got over it as I got jobs that require more and more social positions.
This
>Waaah why is it someone else's fault I'm a lazy piece of shit
40 isn't bad for me. But I also live where I work.
based Hakoom Hakoom, he's number 1 in his field.
You should strive to be the best version of yourself you can be. Be nice to others, keep learning new stuff and take care of the environment.
You don't have to be productive all day retard. Lets say you wittle wood all day. Age 80 I would ask how do you feel about your life? You'd say shit since you never enjoyed it. Lets say you get millions of dollars instead you work hard almost all day for decades. is it worth it? I don't thinkso I'd rather spend that time with a wife and family then chasing money all the time. Maybe you should study mathematics or physics? Well why? What do you intend? Look at how many go to university for that and still cannot find work. The problem is you equate success with busy work. Our generation has the ability to spend most of their time on enjoyable things. But still feel guilty for not doing what is expected of us. Why not just do what you want to do. You will always come to your dying days wishing you did more. So enjoy life while you can. Time enjoyed is not time wasted. No matter what others say. No one is admired by everyone. Even Jesus is hated or mocked. Do what you will.
Good for you user, im in the process of building up the courage to get into the world again too. Look forwards and only reflect on the past to remind yourself what you dont want to sink back into
Nice pipe. Got a link?
Genuine advice on Yea Forums, I like it.
Base balance life user.
I just want to get Criminal Mastermind challenge on GTA 5 for PC Doomsday Heist 3 man and 4 man challenge, but literally there are no good players with mics.
Most kids with mics are trashy modders who I refuse to play with. Also there is a glitch where you lose progress even if you do everything perfectly so you are forced to try again over and over - Rockstar refuses to acknowledge the glitch.
It's called the progress reset glitch.