I want to just delete my Discord, FB, Reddit, Second Life and other social sites so I can just be focused on myself. But I can’t because the guilt of seemingly deserting those I have left, will be hard to deal with.

  • Strider@lemmy.world
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    Stop “working” as in regular day job. There would be so many things I’d like to do and help other people - aside from that I am also medically severely disabled and it would be great to have the time to live better.

    But no chance, gotta be “productive”. (even though not USA but at least I’m not broke because of the circumstances)

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      9 hours ago

      I’m also medically severely disabled, but finally got on a disability pension after years of work.

      What kind of things would you do to help people? I feel like anything I could do, I can’t, because of said disability. If I have the capacity I rarely contribute to open source software and projects, but that’s about it.

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        7 hours ago

        There’s a house for the elderly close by. I could help them with company or tech - aside from that tech help for those who got left behind would be a great thing in general.

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      15 hours ago

      The worst part of capitalism is that it is violently coercive. You need to be profitable to someone else, least you become destitute, starving, and eventually homeless, and likely even die on the streets.

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        11 hours ago

        My personal irony is that I already died once and it made me bitter and people expect me to be thankful, which in itself is a loop I could get lost in.

        You’re back and well, well you know what to do. Work!