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Re:The short, tormented life of computer genius Phil Katz (2... by babbeloski on Sunday December 11, 2016 @01:08AM (#13149827)
> For some people conscious existence is too burdensome, uncomfortable, full of anxiety, outright maddening or some combination thereof.

Reading this gives me immediate anxiety. I have times during the day where just seeing things and being alive is almost unreal, like I can't deal with, and the thought of doing this for N number of years more is overwhelming. As I'm getting older life is just even more surreal, I sometimes wonder if I have the mental fortitude to make it to old age. This isn't a cry for help, you just touched a nerve with that sentence.

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Re:The short, tormented life of computer genius Phil Katz (2... by iampherocity on Sunday December 11, 2016 @08:37AM (#13150994)
Phew, I'm not alone. Word for word, to the letter.
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Re:The short, tormented life of computer genius Phil Katz (2... by eternalban on Sunday December 11, 2016 @09:23AM (#13151166)
Probably more common than you think.

One old saw has it that when a man is starving he forgets even the urgent promptings of a full bladder. A newer old saw claims that religion is the opiate of the masses (with its uncoined analog regarding fetishism & the ruling classes).

The quoted OP railed against wasted time and effort, but his views on the despiritualization of the modern man are not clear. A non contemporary would likely diagnose a 'spiritual crisis' for the existential angst of the uncommon non-aristocratic unbelieving modern man.

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Re:The short, tormented life of computer genius Phil Katz (2... by thomble on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:10AM (#13159066)
You're not alone. I sometimes wake up at night, with a sudden realization and shock that I am existing.
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