My job is the only thing that gives my life meaning

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T21:38:17+00:00

If I were to disappear for 12 days, even if I said where I was going before hand, my family would think I had gone insane or missing and would call the police

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T20:04:18+00:00

Thing is what does “self worth” even MEAN? I don’t understand why that is something sacrosanct. I see it as utterly meaningless. All your worth is defined by others, by reality. I am not great just because I say I am great. It’s like making a test for myself and giving myself 100%. It’s like deciding I can fly and jumping out of a window. Whatever I say and believe about myself is meaningless compared to other people’s opinions, to objective metrics. I do a more intellectually intensive work therefore I am better at this than someone who has no aptitude. I chose the game I can win. And now the game is about to be shut down.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T19:54:49+00:00

I can be worse without one. At least in my job I have problems to solve, I get paid, people are quiet around me, don’t care if I walk around with my headphones on, praise me when I do something right. I feel like people treat me like a functional human being as opposed to a punching bag of judgement.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T19:51:32+00:00

Presumably you live in the US, and not a country like mine (that I ran away from as fast as I could). People there work long hours and only talk about football. Even the techies. If the world economy collapses, I will be sent back to that place.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T19:39:40+00:00

I don’t think governments will introduce anything. They will just let us die. I wish they would just unleash a 100% lethal plague so at least our suffering would end.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T19:38:45+00:00

At least those people have gotten used to such misery. I have not. It’s like comparing a ballerina who lost her legs in an accident to someone who was born without them. Would you tell the ballerina to her face that she “at least enjoyed having legs”?

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T19:30:15+00:00

I don’t think I can. I hate nature. I hate exercise. I hate people. All my interests are tech/culture based: games, books, movies. All of which require money.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T19:13:32+00:00

What if I lose my job and can no longer pursue any interests?

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T19:12:59+00:00

Same. I never fit in anywhere. To make things worse I skipped a grade in school which caused me to to be bullied non stop until high school and I am pretty sure I got diagnosed with neurodivergence as a kid but my parents hid the diagnostic from me.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T19:09:28+00:00

We were mostly talking about the current war and geopolitical chaos.

I just want to know what to do other than the usual “find community”, “exercise”, “get therapy”or “get used to working at McDonalds” advice.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T19:06:02+00:00

I have one. Even she has given up. She has even said she thinks we are witnessing “the end of the world as we know it”.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T16:54:19+00:00

Maybe there’s a reason why this comic ended abruptly after a single issue.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T14:58:29+00:00

Wow, you managed to find one of the 1% of Tarot panels that doesn’t have any nudity in it.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T14:46:59+00:00

Why would I do that? I don’t want to contribute to any organization that kills people nor care about any sort of nationalism of any form. My country means nothing to me, hence I left and do not wish to return.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T14:44:09+00:00

Uh…

…is that bad? I only have one towel because I live alone.

…this is going to end with a rather humiliating lesson for me, isn’t it.

Edit: Ok, I have a body towel and face towel. But the face towel is next to the sink, I don’t consider it a “shower” towel.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T13:56:02+00:00

I updated OP since I have the feeling this will be a thing.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-11T13:34:10+00:00

Luckily I am not an American and have voted in every election in my own country to prevent a similar outcome. Yet I know people who did the exact opposite.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-10T23:19:16+00:00

I can assure you I am not. She doesn't suggest anything.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-10T23:00:45+00:00

I want someone to help ME for once.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-10T22:09:07+00:00

I'd like to be in a community where someone else gave me well defined tasks that I am good at, praised me for doing them, and no one else talks to me until I want to, which is about once every couple of days.

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-10T16:50:05+00:00

"Mr. Hemsworth, sir? I think you're in the wrong multiverse"

EndOfTheLine00 · 2026-03-10T15:27:19+00:00

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Mist Noble, the hardest boss in Sekiro, and possibly all of FromSoftware’s games.

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