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[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago

Sheer fucking will? A night of sleep? LSD? I dunno.

[–] VanHalbgott@lemmus.org 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Coffee.

Not that I’m drinking any at night.

That would be bad.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Fear of death

[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 34 points 4 days ago (13 children)

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

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[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 32 points 5 days 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.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

You’re beautiful! You have every right to be here! Show those fascists indifference and live your life to the fullest!

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[–] AsudoxDev@programming.dev 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

games, anime, programming, music and lemmy

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

My lucid dreams are unspeakably realistic, comprehensively and indistinguishable from reality. It's like waking up each night into a horrible dystopia.

In my nightmares, there's a global autocracy, a kind of maximalism of pain which forces people into mass slavery, but it's not even according to their whims, it's simply a price for existing.

I'd go on but it's too spooky and sad.

The rest of the time life's pretty good.

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[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 7 points 4 days ago (3 children)
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[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 17 points 5 days ago

Caffeine these days.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 13 points 4 days ago

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

[–] Yareckt@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 4 days 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.

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 10 points 4 days ago

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

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

I'm not even being sarcastic

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 9 points 5 days 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.

[–] akincisor@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

I really like learning things and every day I'm here, I have the opportunity to learn more.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 8 points 4 days ago

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

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

Waiting for the day we finally and collectively eat the rich.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

gaming,developing sites,lemmy,discord,etc

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The next chapter of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You

Edit

On any other day:

why am i even alive? just to suffer?

When a new chapter gets released:

I must continue living

Providing for my family.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 5 points 4 days ago

The self-destructive voice is a liar. We do not listen to them.

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 5 points 4 days ago
[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 4 points 4 days ago

Death being the most boring shit I can possibly imagine is pretty high on the list.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

You're looking at it.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 52 points 5 days 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!

[–] 211@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the world and by extension you have been so kind to me and I turned out to be just this worthless waste of oxygen, my existence a net negative of epic proportions and yet I'm too cowardly to at least end this miserable experiment.

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

Life is full of putting on a face and smiling and playing a well-adjusted individual and I'm so tired.

Welcome to depression-ville, population way too fucking many.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 20 points 5 days 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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[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 48 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Pure stubborness and a fear of death.

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[–] remer@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago

Adenosine triphosphate

[–] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 days ago
[–] Sundial@lemm.ee 27 points 5 days ago

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

[–] sentientity@lemm.ee 26 points 5 days ago

Curious what I might see next.

[–] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 21 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Coffee and cigarettes 😁

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