I sometimes think like this but then I realize it's mostly my depression talking. I'll keep trying to experience new things and let life surprise me.
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Then maybe stop chatting with AI sex bots and touch some grass.
Best I can do is touch some sex grass, final offer.
Or do some drugs
Better yet, do both. Do drugs outside.
Do drugs outside
Inform yourself beforehand. This can get dangerous pretty fast, but yeah it is great.
Yeah, I'd also specify: outside, away from people, where you feel safe, etc...etc...
Just don't take psychedelics and stay cooped up inside, if nature is accessible, that's all I mean. Inside = probably a bad trip, for me. Outside = magic.
taking shrooms and then going out and staring at the stars while laying in some grass was a very enjoyable experience for me
There's always something new, emotions aren't finite. Pretty arrogantly lazy to conclude there's nothing better than one's existing experiences.
Having seen the movie, it's not so much arrogance and laziness (though there's some mental laziness to him as well), as existential dread, post-divorce pessimism, and general weltschmerz π€·π»
Aw man I already felt joy, I don't need to feel that again.
Heights scare me.
If I ride a roller coaster, or parasail, or zipline, I'll feel a thrill.
There are safe and sane ways to do things that will make you feel alive.
Whatβs that say that to βfeel aliveβ we must constantly scare ourselves?
To understand the value of life, it helps to contrast that with the fragility of it.
Right?!