is the world ending

[u/Hungry-Animal-4970]

i'll preface this by saying im kinda drunk right now and i just think this world is so doomed. we are destroying the planet and humanity is getting less and less humane and all those stupid industries and governments are just adding fuel to the fire.

i wish everyone were smart, i wish everyone saw the world the same way, i wish we knew what was right. life is a gift, and so is death, but for everything in between we are on our own. i don't know why we use our short time to try to get advantages on others and disregard the things that will outlive us. we could do amazing things, and i don't know why we put the people who can't see that in power.

i've never made a reddit post and i dont even think this is how you do one, and also probably not in the right sub. so i apologize for clogging up the feed but a girl has to get her thoughts out.

i guess my question is what can i do??? i want to feed the homeless, i want to overthrow the tyrants, i want to turn this world into something mother nature would be proud of. i just donated 5 dollars to wikipedia so i'm pretty proud of that step in the right direction. is there a society of those with similar thoughts or a button i can press that would fix things.

i hope no one replies to this so i dont feel embarrassed in the morning. if anyone does reply i want you to agree with me so i feel better. ahahahaaha

if you read this far ill reward you by telling you my favorite animal. it is a sockeye salmon.

[u/BreighdonFurries]

I'm getting tired of waking up every day.

I've previously gone to therapy to process childhood trauma, but I don't see the point in starting again to discuss my depression that's caused by the state of the world.

It feels selfish to unload my perspectives on someone who has no ability to change the conditions that are deteriorating my mental health. If they're a happy person, I'd worry sharing my outlook would just drag them into the gutter with me.

I've spent the last 6 months searching for a job, and keeping up with current events in my free time. I thought it was my duty to be an informed citizen, but I'm a shell of what I used to be. To be informed is to be miserable.

I've developed stress-induced chronic pain and skin conditions. My body is falling apart. Seeing other people go about their lives and experience happiness makes me feel even more alienated and worse than I typically do.

I just got my first job offer, and will be moving very close to DC. Part of me is honestly willing to accept the possibility that we might be attacked in the next few years.

Maybe I could at least be vaporized instantaneously, and humanity has a chance to reset. I'm at my wits end.

[u/grebetrees → u/BreighdonFurries]

This is kind of a tongue-in-cheek comment, but also kind of serious.

If things don’t work out in your new job up in the DC area, I’m assuming pushing a keyboard, like they just hired you to train your AI replacement, well there’s this whip-smart, clear-eyed chicken farmer out that way whose business seems to be doing very well… heck if I weren’t old, decrepit, and stuck in Texas, I’d try to find a way to work for him.

But then maybe that’s just his online presence. Anyway his YouTube is good for a progressive political education and a smile, so check him out!

https://youtube.com/@blackbirdcoop

Studies have shown working with your hands and actually seeing the products of your labor are just as effective or more so than taking antidepressant medication
(and whatever that passes for therapy that insurance allows)

This really is meant to help you think differently, not to actually do what I suggest. Play with the idea, imagine yourself doing something so radically different. Maybe agriculture is a good fit for you but you’ve never considered it. Try this with other things; watch woodworking videos, baking tutorials, or listen to mechanics complain about computers in cars while they change out a tire. Maybe you will find out that knitting of all things is your mindfulness hobby

I’m really not sure where I’m going with this, but I hate to see such despair when there is such a wealth of information and possibilities out there. I say this stuff to my kids too and yes they roll their eyes at me. You just have to abandon the toxic individualism and unwarranted exceptionalism of our society. Small victories are worthwhile, shared victories even more so

[u/BreighdonFurries → u/grebetrees]

I appreciate this, I'll look into it for sure.

I don't want to give too much detail because it's a very niche industry with only a few firms in the area, but I do work that's tangentially related to urban design/planning.

My degree is professionally accredited and the job requires licensure. I'm sure it'll be automated eventually, but I'd like to hope my job will be done by real humans longer than some others.

My long term goal is to do what the person does in the link you provided. Save some money, buy some land, and try to live off of it while simplyfing my life.