My only remaining ambition after age 40 was to be a worthwile human being at the very least (because that bar is very low) and I can’t even do that.
Some people are born broken, not necessarily through any fault of their own. But maybe I don’t even clear that barrier and am simply useless to anyone. Oh well.
Better than being a useful idiot for some evil fuck, even if true.
Which i doubt it is.
Plenty of people ‘living up to their potential’ shooting unarmed kids, signing death warrants for the unhoused, etc
I’ve decided not to try to live up to “my potential”, it was depressing and unrewarding when I tried.
Me too! Countless different fields, years of college and study, for what? A corporate knifing.
Same here. I spent my entire childhood being told by family and teachers how I could really make a difference as a reseacher or a philosopher or a doctor or whatever else. I hate engaging with “book knowledge”. Nobody ever bothered to factor that in 😅 All I really want is to create things with my hands. My mind is a nice asset when it comes to trivia or logical puzzles but I’m just not wired for academia.
Also, nobody respects anything less than an expert
But everybody respects a good solid table.
Which it turns out is actually really fucking hard to make.
