Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost?

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost? by nobodyofnote on Sunday February 06, 2022 @10:30AM (#30233350)

I would be careful with that line of thinking. We often envy illusion. We don't truly know that 'those people' are living nearly as wonderful a life as we're inclined to think they are. Further, in my experience, the "perfect life" is always one moment away from "disaster" - be it a health complication, sudden loss, or any of the myriad of ways things go awry. Pain and suffering is not something any of us seems likely to avoid in this life, and inflicting misery upon ourselves due to comparison with what is likely projected fantasy is just one of its many shades.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost? by tayo42 on Sunday February 06, 2022 @10:46AM (#30233531)

i mean the gist of the post is right most things are better then

> rather than mope around being shy, playing too many video games, jacking off into oblivion,

even if their lives are not perfect there are better ways to spend your time then this

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with getting old and feeling lost? by rchaud on Sunday February 06, 2022 @11:48AM (#30234195)

Precisely. The OP is describing himself as a stereotype of Redditor/4Chan user.

You can be unhappy without reducing your daily life to a meme.

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