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I don't think it serves myself at all to believe that there's no hope for you. I can't help but think of a homeless man with a dog who aspires to more so that his dog will have more. As long as that ember in your chest still burns, you have a shot.
I've heard that 3rd shift shelf stocking or night time security is the best first step for giga-NEETs. Especially security so you can browse your forums and watch anime while you do nothing (and call the police if something happens). Shelf stocking gives some people more meaning and, while you do stuff, you don't really talk to people and you just put your headphones on and listen to anime openings.
But back to the idea of the dog. I think volunteering would do wonders for you. There are people who really need help, but you also really need to help. Someone down on their luck hardly wants to judge you on the way you socialize while you're holding out a hand for them. It'd be a real "who saved whom?" situation. You'd talk to people, make a little scratch, get inspired, and then you're back at base level among the living.
now let me make something clear, I do not watch anime. not all socially avoidant outcasts are weebs, alright! but yeah jobs where you can watch stuff on your phone or listen to music/podcasts are chill. my warehouse job had banned headphones due to "safety concerns" but I sometimes did it anyway because fuck the police.
eventually I got to a position where my job was to pick up after robots and I had long shifts of just chilling on my phone or work computer. that was nice and cushy but then they kinda took the position away from me and that's why I quit lol
You're missing out.
. I once made a friend who turned into a college roommate because we both watched one piece. Two entirely different personalities and backgrounds, both fuckin weirdos, but we would watch the new episodes together. It's not actual advice though*
*yes it is: watch one piece
very happy that you made a friend through anime though :>
I think the only anime I've watched are feature films, I've seen all of Satoshi Kon's movies and like, Akira and Ghost in the Shell. but for whatever reason I could never get into any anime series past a few episodes
well unless you count western-produced anime, I have seen all of Castlevania which was pretty mid and written by a sex pest but the art was cool
I only saw the live-action One Piece, the anime seems a bit intimidating at like 1000 episodes lol