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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

The thought that I might eventuelly find someone who I can share my life with and I would share hers.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I, like most of us on Lemmy, live a better life than almost the entirety of the rest of human history.

Life is full of wonders and joy and there's so much more to enjoy!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Gratitude is essential to happiness, studies show and also just duh.

And there really is good reason for it - e.g. all the literal wars fought in the past so that we could have such wonders as we do.

Happiness isn't entirely just a choice, but it is partially one. 💞

Oh, and also chocolate, definitely chocolate.

parks and rec

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pure stubborness and a fear of death.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Basically nothing. But like I'm gonna die eventually, why try to rush to the finish line?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (4 children)

My continued existence pisses off fascists.

I'm vegan, non-binary (with dyed hair), car-free, a member of a linguistic minority, poor, and many other things that make conservatives think the world would be better off without me. I strive to survive mostly to spite these fuckers.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

If it helps, I'd quite likely be your friend if we knew eachother.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

Adenosine triphosphate

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

My wife. I love spending time with her. She's my whole world.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago

Curious what I might see next.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Coffee and cigarettes 😁

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Caffeine and anger.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Surprise. Fear and surprise. And ruthless efficiency.

[–] ristoril_zip 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Caffeine these days.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

Coffee. Scary amounts of it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

games, anime, programming, music and lemmy

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because this is the only ride in town, might as well buy a ticket.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If nothing else, my family. I don't have a good sense of the future or life goals, so I keep myself moving by setting small goals. Plans to bake something, working on a painting, just little things around the home.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Hello fellow non life goal setter! Having that life goal mentality fucked me up for years, went to therapy and learned to live in the present while trying not to obsess about the future. So now little things are what keeps me going: Getting to yoga class, fixing a nice plate of food if I feel like it, petting my dogs, crocheting so I feel thr burden of the stuff that has to get done a little less.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My pets. They deserve the best. They're all so spoiled.

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[–] sp3tr4l 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Nicotine, pain killers, a laughable disability payment...

...and a furious, blinding rage at the inequity of modern terminal stage capitalism that has doomed our planet to ecocide and most of its inhabitants into petty, self-centered, egotistical and ignorant caricatures of human beings...

...which has mostly congealed and calcified into some kind of mixture of contempt and spite that is either the basis of, or what I can erroneously yet convincingly present to myself and others as the basis of my identity, self-worth and sense of humor, concluding that merely surviving as long as I can, and pursuing that which I enjoy which requires next to 0 monetary expenditure, is the meek and feeble yet largest middle finger I can personally raise toward all who pursue wealth accumulation, or enable those who do.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

A lack of alternatives. The only option is to get up and go to work.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Dietary fiber.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m too wimpy to kill myself.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Two types of insulin and a bunch of related medical supplies that are delivered in a shit ton of plastic waste

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Spite of all the people who want me dead or want to see me fail

I'm not even being sarcastic

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Metabolism mostly. Kinda glommed into a listlessness of not knowing what I'm doing with my life in a professional sense.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Pure spite towards my depression

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Whenever I habe to ask myself that question I remind myself I'm doing the best I can considering the circumstances of my upbringing. And that I already did a lot of good even though it often damaged myself.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Caffeine and revolution /s

In all seriousness its art, history, and books. Human expression is all very fascinating to me and I am excited to continue learning about it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Life can be rough but by all measures I have a good one.

Zooming out and realizing the value of what I have is important, even when I'm dealing with mental health, dying loved ones, finances, etc.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Landlord demands rent so I have to keep working to pay it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

The people I have chosen to spend my days with. My spouse, my child, a few friends. And also daydreaming about vacation...specifically vacationing with all of those people. That would be incredible.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Food and water.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The processes by which my body produces energy and keeps going haven't stopped functioning yet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

I guess I don't have anything better to do?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Humanity has limitless stories to tell, and a lifetime of stories to experience already. There's a lot I want to hear about~

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

No serious health problems and make enough money to not be homeless and have minor luxuries.

As soon as I get cancer or some serious health issue, or about to be homeless, c'est la vie and good fucking riddance.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

The incredible happiness of exchanging the time I was given on earth for money so I can pay my bills. Highly recommended, 10/10.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Family (including my cats), curiosity, caffeine, food, my living instinct.

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