• archonet@lemy.lolEnglish
    22·
    1 month ago

    literally just trying to stay alive until my mother passes away, just so she doesn’t have to bury a child. Then it can finally be over.

    Like, I got personal reasons I think life sucks, but boy howdy I have no shortage of “big picture” reasons too. The future is bleak, at best.

    • Cargon@lemmy.ml
      10·
      1 month ago

      There are a lot of Republicans I need to outlive before I throw in the towel.

      • archonet@lemy.lolEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        actually I’m allergic to peanuts and treenuts, so a Snickers would probably only expedite my exit (can’t eat them due to allergy warnings)

          • archonet@lemy.lolEnglish
            2·
            1 month ago

            Also has allergen warnings.

            You’d be shocked how much candy that doesn’t contain nuts, might contain enough to kill someone with a severe allergy. Half my halloween candy when I was a kid, every year, would end up going to my mother for that exact reason.

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
      2·
      1 month ago

      I’m sorry you feel that way too, I’m in the same exact boat so I know what that feels like… I’m just waiting for my older relatives to pass so I don’t hurt them and then I can finally stop existing.

  • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    19·
    1 month ago

    I genuinely can’t tell if this is fake. I fucking hate this world. Anyone want to team up to build a time machine and travel the future until the perfect utopia is achieved?

    • voldage@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 month ago

      Only thing I can promise you with somewhat high degree of certainty is that you won’t stay that way for long. 2-3 years tops.

  • Diddlydee@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    I’m 42 and my uni debt was about 15k GBP, down to a couple of grand now as I’ve just been paying interest until the last 5 years when I landed a good job and started clearing it. Out of interest, what was the amount you owed in your country when you finished, and what do you owe now at your current age?

    • PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee
      3·
      1 month ago

      USA

      Owed $52,000 upon graduating with a bachelor’s degree.

      It’s been 16 12 years and I still owe $40,000.

      I regret going to college every day of my life.

    • klemptor@startrek.website
      1·
      1 month ago

      I’m 42. I owed about $88K after college (including one very expensive semester of med school in which I realized I didn’t want to be a doctor after all). In addition to my full-time job, I did a whole bunch of consulting work, which let me completely pay off my student loans plus pay for grad school out of pocket.