[well_being]

"When you talk to old people, it’s not uncommon for them to say something like, “I’m tired of this life. I hope I die. I just don’t like it anymore.” Now, as a young person, when you hear that, it sounds horrible. You’re thinking, “No, please don’t talk like that, Grandpa. You have so much to live for,” and so on. But from Grandpa’s point of view, from Grandma’s point of view, they have experience fatigue. They have already eaten all the great meals. They’ve already had all the great sex. There’s very little novelty in your life as you get older. And it turns out the novelty is one of the things that makes life enjoyable. So when Grandma and Grandpa say, “I’m ready to go, and really the only reason I don’t jump off a bridge right now is for you guys,” for the family and the loved ones, and maybe even for society if they’re thinking of themselves that way, Grandma and Grandpa are not necessarily depressed, even. They’re just reflecting their experience of their life as an old person. So even though it’s hard as a young person to take that in, it’s worth considering that you’ll be there someday as well."

--Kenneth Folk

Z roku na rok coraz bardziej to rozumiem #przegryw #egzystencjalizm

[Szyszkalogin]

@well_being nie rozumiem, jestem chłopem wieśniaczym

[qew12]

@well_being w starczym ciele jest się takim przegrywem więc nic dziwnego

[CoolerHusky]

@well_being: a po co po angielsku wstawiasz

[well_being]

@CoolerHusky: większość chyba zna angielski? A nawet jak nie znasz to https://www.deepl.com

[CoolerHusky]

@well_being: no ja znam, ale co z innymi Chuopami