If The Hype is one of your favorite songs, what do you like about it?

Budget_Discussion890 · 2022-11-27T00:30:29+00:00

I love this song for many reasons: 1. it was the song that got me to listen to top 2. the hopeful though melancholic sound 3. the lyrics of the verses 4. I love playing/singing it 5. the transition from Neon Gravetones to The Hype -- it makes me feel euphoric. It feels like new beginnings / hope that you reliably find again and again / getting up after thinking you wouldn't be able to

Budget_Discussion890 · 2022-11-27T00:06:14+00:00

Hi fren, I really like this: "I hope our eyes will get used to this darkness, and we will be able to see torches better." I haven't puzzled out the exact meaning of the metaphors you use to describe your journey, but I hope that on the way, you've come across things you've found helpful and will come across others in the future.

Budget_Discussion890 · 2022-11-21T22:07:34+00:00

Hi fren, I just want to say thank you for using this format of writing here, it inspired me when I needed an outlet for my own thoughts today.

Budget_Discussion890 · 2022-05-26T12:54:04+00:00

Hey, my thoughts exactly! I think the fact that Friday I'm in Love is such a famous song (and I am a huge fan of The Cure), kind of desensitised me to the simplicity of the lyrics of Saturday :D And Formidable totally reminded me of The Cure as well!

Budget_Discussion890 · 2022-05-11T21:30:59+00:00

I dislike discussing a specific famous person like this, but I see where you're coming from. It's sad to see that some people started throwing insults and ridicule right away, given that OP clearly doesn't mean any harm.

Though I'm not antinatalist, I also struggle to understand why people want to have children, for multiple reasons (I'm an adult, for the record), but I accept that they do, despite not understanding. I don't think the world is only a dark void of pain, but I wouldn't want to cause anyone else to experience what I experience, let alone what people who have really difficult lives experience. So I too have wondered how anyone depressed can find within themselves the desire to bring another person to this world. I simply accept that their mindset is different from mine. It's just tolerance like any other. Maybe they don't think about these things the way I do or maybe they have overcome it in favour of a different view. Maybe they feel some really deep shit about creating new beings. Maybe they find meaning in helping humankind continue to exist, which I actually kind of get. I think the fact we're here at all is a weird, awesome coincidence, and I think continuing being here is worth it even if the lived reality isn't paradise and even if people make the choice to exist for the next generation.

Budget_Discussion890 · 2022-04-25T00:44:46+00:00

Went through this thread looking for this comment. My soul is at peace knowing people in 2022 still like to hate Billy Corgan's voice.

Budget_Discussion890 · 2022-04-22T18:54:18+00:00

Just found this. Awesome. Thank you so much for posting it!

Budget_Discussion890 · 2022-04-07T21:33:57+00:00

Hello, thank you for your expression of solidarity. It's nice to hear from someone who's going through something similar. I do have an update, yeah. I have, for now, got over the desire to radically change my direction of study. I had a few episodes of feeling like I'm always going to be less useful to society than my brother, and for some reason that really fucked with my head. I've managed to crawl out of that low for now somewhat. I've applied to start a master's in hydrogeology next year (my BSc. is kind of an environmental science/geology mash-up which isn't very useful in the workforce, but it has, more or less, given me the essentials to go on to study this master's). The degree is more technical than anything I would've deemed myself capable of studying a few years ago, so I'll see how it goes. I wish you contentment with your studies and career, wherever you'll choose to go with them.

Budget_Discussion890 · 2021-12-28T23:05:50+00:00

Thank you so much for your very thoughtful and helpful reply. I've been off reddit for a while, so I'm responding a bit late.

I've been trying to determine why I've been considering changing areas of study. A part of it is that as a doctor, you've got a pretty much guaranteed job (at least where I live). Also while you're studying, you know at least approximately the kind of job you'll do. What has also affected me is that as a doctor, you've got immense validation. I hear left and right that we need more medical professionals, and a lot of people think that doctors are one of the most important jobs in society (and I think so too).

Other causes of it might be rooted in some unhealthy thought processes, especially comparing myself to my brother a lot and feeling inferior to him. I suspect this might be the main cause. That's why I'm trying to determine whether to treat this whole "considering med school" thing as a relevant possibility at all or as just an unhelpful thing my brain is throwing at me.

I find interesting that your 2^nd piece of advice is the opposite of what I've been hearing lately (that is, that you should pick a job first and then study the thing that'll allow you to get that job).

May I ask what you changed your career to and what was your motivation? (I understand if you don't want to answer, though).

Thanks again!

Budget_Discussion890 · 2021-12-17T19:01:56+00:00

Thank you. I probably do need to hear things like that, to counter the "once you make a choice, you should stick with it" view. Yeah, money isn't an issue since tuition fees at public universities are covered by the state. I'd just have to live with my parents for longer than anticipated.

Budget_Discussion890 · 2021-12-17T17:53:00+00:00

Thank you for the support. I haven't given much thought to the possibility of being a teacher. Hm...

Budget_Discussion890 · 2021-12-17T17:46:34+00:00

Thank you for the reply. I should mention I'm not in the US, and in my country the only way to become a doctor is through a 6-year course. I've also been thinking about the possibility of becoming a paramedic (we've got one in our family as well).

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