Zarobi

The current system is kind of just the default system that nobody really planned out or thought about carefully. Unemployment, suffering, homelessness, inequality, billionaires, etc, are all baked into how it works. But it kind of mostly sorta works good enough that nobody is motivated enough to do anything about it, plus it directly benefits anyone who could do anything about it.

It's rapidly reaching it's limit, though, especially with A.I. and most people's jobs being bullshit. I'm curious what the replacement will be, and I'm hoping the transition isn't too... painful.

Those incentives and motivations suck ass, no offence. Get better incentives.

I used an app called Plus 500 to buy $100 test amount of stocks. The stock market value went down by 1 cent and they took my money and sold my stocks for me automatically. Fuckin crooks, I'm pretty sure stock trading isn't meant to work like that lol. Never again

Boy Oh boy I can't wait to play Hi-Fi Rush with 200 unstable ping

Dear Gearbox þat Kind regards, Zarobi

That kind of sucks ngl

I still remember when I saw the Mona Lisa in person. Everyone was facing the opposite direction, using selfie sticks to take a photo of themselves with the tiny painting. Just around the corner was an entire wall sized breathtaking artwork. I think that about sums up humanity.

Why not just put a trading card between your bike spokes like the good old days?

The actual spiritual karma (simplifying here) is more like, when you hurt people, you are also hurting yourself. These people "avoiding repercussions" as you said, they will never look inside themselves, or reflect on their lives. They're "blind" in a way. Poisoning themselves without realising.

It's not about good things happen to good people. In reality the opposite often happens. But these people, on a deep level, often know exactly all the horrible things they've done. If they ever stop and reflect, it would destroy them. They're far beyond saving.

Karma is about keeping your own inner world clean by doing good things, by your own definition of good. If you do something "good" but it has bad outcomes, your soul still notices. It's like training yourself to be a kind person. Where if you meditate and reflect, you feel calm and at peace. If you do something horrible, you can feel where that sits in your body.

But it's a really complicated topic and difficult to simplify.

I've had a lot of anger problems in my life. I've also been betrayed, lied to, treated like shit, bullied, etc. I'm a lot better now than I used to be but it's still a struggle.

Anger mostly comes from fear. If you trace back the anger to the "source" it usually goes something like:

"I'm angry because they're spreading lies about me. When that happens, my reputation is ruined. When that happens, bad things happen to me."

The worst part is that your instincts are correct, but your reaction won't always help. You can feel trapped and helpless and like there's no viable option left other than violence because nobody is listening to you.

You can't put out or squash this fire, it's a part of you. We're deeply wounded people, as you say in your post. You have to "transform" it into "cold anger" instead of "hot anger". In my above example, this could look like saying:

"No, you're wrong about me and I don't appreciate what you're saying."

Then either leaving, or putting up a wall and refusing to engage in a discussion until they're willing to meet you half way. Use the anger as fuel to burn away any guilt or shame or obligation. People like to play with fire, it's a fun game to them. Good luck with your anger management my friend.

I'm in the same boat. I found that I just had to buy and play a bunch of games I didn't like. I only buy games on 70% discount or more for that reason.

For example, I love City management games, so I thought I'd like Against the Storm... But the roguelike elements completely ruined that game for me and I hate it. As a counter point I usually hate logic puzzle games, but I loved Artisan of Glimmith because it has a "check your work" hint system that doesn't feel too much like cheating. You really can't tell if you'll like a game before you try it unfortunately.

I finally am playing DOOM Eternal this week. Really good game actually. It's a bit exhausting though so I'm chipping away at it one mission at a time.