Why do modern people demand so much comfort, fun and dopamine?
My friend, for example, always decides to play video games and get comfy at home rather than go to the gym. And it seems everyone is like this these days.
I don't understand this. In life you're supposed to work hard every day, not wrap yourself in a blanket and open the dopamine valve whenever your boss lets you. Worker class normies are sometimes the weakest of them all, yet act like tough guys.
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>adults who play video games rather than doing something productive
These people deserve nothing.
This. And these lazy fucks actually got wives unlike me.
It's funny how you can be a spineless manchild and still succeed in the mating game.
Culture in western nations is now more entertainment based than ever before. We're cultivating cheap thrills and immediate entertainment, instant gratification etc. These ideas are well understood, but now they're ubiquitous and unavoidable. The more rewarding pursuits in work or forms of creative expression are probably the only escape.
>In life you're supposed to work hard every day,
Says who? Like don't get me wrong, I believe that the most satisfying life is the one where you work or put sustained effort towards challenges and therefore fill fulfilled, but where are you getting this "supposed" shit?
>decide with your friend that you two are going to the gym and get in shape, it's easier together
>2 months goes by
>friend gives up because it's more fun to stay at home and play OW naked with his gf
>this cycle has happened like 5 times before
I'm triggered as fuck.
lol @ u
it's 3:30 PM here, and I already fucked my girlfriend and I have been playing Baldur's Gate 2 for 5 hours straight now
eat shit you loser
Exactly this. Let everyone decide their own values by themselves. As long as they don't mooch off you specifically, why should you care?
Nothing about having a girlfriend makes you a better man. If nothing else, it tells me you needed a mom substitute to keep you from killing yourself.
>two losers find each other
>they both magically turn into winners
Sorry, doesn't work that way.
>being that delusional
sure, you're 100% happier than I am, sitting in your empty room, thinking about "improving" yourself
I was there too when I was 21, now I see how delusional that is
and btw, who the fuck are you to tell people what they should do and like?
I don't want to speculate on OP's motivations, but with many people often it's because of insecurity. Not saying this is the case with OP. It's usually the people in your life who have it least 'together' who readily offer unsolicited advice on what you "should" do.
He probably feels like why does he have to work put if he already has a gf?
Happens to a lot of guys. They get a girl, let themselves go and then when the relationship ends they're left as slobs.
Fuck off, I fucked your grandma so hard, that she went flying out the window
nice damage control right there pal
>It's usually the people in your life who have it least 'together' who readily offer unsolicited advice on what you "should" do.
both parents for me, fucking kek
I'll bet your gf is gross though. If you put some effort into yourself you could upgrade.
Sorry to hear that user. At least you know their advice is crap, some people with bad role models never figure it out.
>He probably feels like why does he have to work put if he already has a gf?
It's crazy how many people think this way.
It's sick and wrong.
When I'm 40 I'll still score 18-year-old chicks because a marriage at 25 didn't fuck me up.
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been there done that
i think this, but about my mother. she is over over medicated for no reason whatsoever.
>wake up
>smoke a bowl
>take half a pain pill
>smoke a cig
>brew coffee
>drink diet pepsi
>drink alcohol on the weekends
>also taking blood pressure meds
a bunch of health problems have been cropping up for her and she is still hesitant to change her habits.
it's stupidity but it's also major dependency and she's in denial about it.
>some people with bad role models never figure it out.
literally me until I tripped on a psychedelic for the first time and my worldview (that was moulded by controlling, shitty parents) exploded, and I felt a rational baseline view of life for the first time, this also was the root of my anxiety which also went away over night. It just became so obvious that my thought patterns where fucked up. I never recommend psychedelics to "everyone" but if you know something in life ain't right at least trip once before you end game life i.e.kill yourself etc
People think everyone is Jow Forums these days but it's not true.
True Jow Forums guys are rare and scarce.
All my friends are either anime watchers, video gamers or nerds who enjoy programming more than sports.
It's sad as fuck.
It has made me wish for the day when I'm 50 and in great shape and all my friends are in wheelchairs saying it's normal for their age, then I come in and say no it isn't you lazy fucks.
My friends are close to 30 and already saying their too old to work out. Fucking lazy shits making excuses all the way to the grave.
>people enjoy their fucking life
>It's sad as fuck
>thinking what will happen in 30+ years
jesus people you are fucked up in the head
Living in the moment is not the best way to life, user.
In 10 years you'll wake up and think you should've done something in the long run.
Has your life taken a positive turn since then? Have you been able to take that realization and turn it into something?
Name one person who took drugs to "realize himself" and actually did something like went to med school and became a surgeon.
Every realization you achieve through drugs is actually false, because they make the same chemical reaction as you'd get from actually realizing something. No wonder you can't tell them apart. You literally can't.
you have no idea how physically and spiritually good it feels to be fit
>no background anxiety about looming health concerns
>effortless life with no aches or pains
>strengthens neural connections in brain and legit lessens chance of altzimers medicalnewstoday.com
>Increase in testosterone i.e. the hormone that makes you get shit done/ alpha-typical behaviours etc.
>Increased libido and stamina
>social benefits and ease (peoples default respect levels are higher for more physically fit/attractive individuals, naturally leads to a more prosperous life)
Imagine the awesome dynamic world of our species if say 70% of the population was peak or near peak levels of fitness globally, no pessimistic NPC types taking the spotlight, people realizing life is pretty amazing when you grab it and change it.
YES, I work a shit load of overtime at my construction job and make bank, then my gf blows and rides my sweaty cock after work I literally couldn't ask for more
I have, I bet they have too. You're just delusional because you think that lifting is better than enjoying some vidya
>You're just delusional because you think that lifting is better than enjoying some vidya
You're just delusional because you think that enjoying some vidya is better than lifting.
see perspective is all fluttery bullshit so stop
>Y-you are supposed to...!
You are not supposed to do anything, faggot. People act and are influenced. A life of hard work sucks, a life of constant gratification without effort sucks too. But those are just my values, not theirs.
Being a wageslave is already hard enough in this time, let them fucks play videogames.
Is this the same guy that made that video games are 100% cucked and 100% bluepilled thread? Can't we just relax and do whatever we want why do you have to be a bitch about it?
Lifting > Vidya
We shouldn't encourage activities that release dopamine easily because it will and has already destroyed humanity.
Nobody studies to be a doctor anymore because getting a low lvl job is easier.
>they make the same chemical reaction as you'd get from actually realizing something
Citation please. Im not trying to be a smartass i just want to read a scientific paper on this idea if there is one
lean into our species needs, we are monkeys, mammals, physical creatures thanks to evolution. We are alive because our linage had a high drive for survival. You still have the drive and the driving forces are:
>depression with stagnation (your life's prosperity weakens and falls apart)
or
>Glowing contentedness from both the physical euphoria of the "runners" high AND the deep satisfaction in life and self respect.
NO. ONE. SAID. YOU. HAVE. TO. ONLY. LIFT.
>In the morning 3 sets of 10 MINIMUM on shoulders, tri/bi, chest, back, legs
>vidya in the evening, sat on top of your mountain of progress. all that shit that got done today, thinkin' how good things are gonna be, man it's great. Dont get old and regret not doing this sooner.
There probably isn't any, to be frank. And I know you're going to use this as an excuse of getting cheap thrills out of drugs and completely waste your life, telling yourself becoming a doctor is useless wageslaving when you can just "surf the cosmos, man" under some bridge.
I'm not trying to be rude but unemployed drug users are worse than pedophiles by far.
I don't know about all that other stuff, but who am I to prevent someone from getting their dopamine fix? This is a life or death thing. I had lady who was bradycardic, rly symptomatic and shit. I start the dopamine drip and she starts looking better right away. Gives us time to adress the underlying problems and get her discharged home.
>vidya in the evening, sat on top of your mountain of progress
No, man, it's just that I don't understand what a grown man would get out of video games in the first place.
I don't use social media either. Digital entertainment is just a useless source of cheap thrills. I would rather spend my free time cleaning my apartment and buying designer clothes, at least that has a positive effect on my life and my being.
>Nobody studies to be a doctor anymore because getting a low lvl job is easier
why do you act so high and mighty yet continue to spout retarded nonsense?
>enjoy programming
because they actually stand a chance of making decent money with this skill
t. dumb codenigger making 150k/yr working from home
No, i dont use drugs, i think theyre stupid too. I was just curious because i see all these drugfeel threads. I guessed there werent any and user was just pulling shit out of his ass
>150k from home
wtf how
Cuz it's true. The amount of university educated people is going down statistically, at least in my country.
I blame overall laziness and lack of ambition, which is caused by the Internet and smartphone era. All of humanity is on a 24/7 dopamine drip. Why do anything when you can enjoy not doing anything?
I stopped social media and vidya 2 years ago and I'm now in med school. Coincidence? I believe not.
Then again, there isn't any conclusive studies about most of today's psychology. Stuff like the famous "asperger's autism" is just guessing.
All science that isn't math is just opinions. Remember this.
If there isn't a mathematical formula about a phenomenon, it's an opinion.
t. physicist
> I would rather spend my free time cleaning my apartment and buying designer clothes, at least that has a positive effect on my life and my being.
no offense, but you sound like a homosexual. if you aren't gay, were you born into money?
if you were born into traveling, expensive retreats, everyone wanting to support you and be your friend, then yeah, i can see how you think digital entertainment is LOWLY PEASANT SUBHUMAN DRIVEL.
the fact that you even say shit like "i dont understand what someone who likes things gets out of them" makes me think you're low IQ.
alright you got me for a bit but your last sentence gave it away
>you're supposed to work hard every day,
Says who, the idiots who can't imagine to live any other way? GL with that
Yeah. To me that doesnt render psychology useless, just because it isnt measurable. A lot of what psychologists write about is practically observable. For example its useful in marketing/advertising (i think?)
>no offense, but you sound like a homosexual. if you aren't gay, were you born into money?
Not gay and wasn't born into money.
It's funny how a man who doesn't walk around with a poorly wiped arse and ugly clothing and doesn't have an apartment decorated with beer bottles is a "fag".
Many of my friends have motorbreath and they smell bad, yet they have gf's and I don't.
It triggers me.
I deserve.
Also it seems the branch of psychology that was scientific/measurable turned into neurology
Not that poster, but, believe it or not, people can still have fun without their bing bing wahoos. It might seem impossible to you
are we still on r9k? Wtf is this troll nonsense. Video games are fun, if you like to sit home and watch your favorite show then you are also a man child apparently. Why judge people who are physically weaker than you? What is wrong with society where one person can't do what he likes to do without being judged. Sure some people act tough then go home and play madden for 16 hours. But that's just modern day society. Look up the statistics on just how many people play video games, or binge netflix. You may be surprised that it's more than people who work out daily and keep in shape. I know first 3 posts were op and as holds truth, since 2008 op is will always and still is a fag.
That's very true. Sex is also just a high tolerance dopamine hit. Girlfriends will never be your go to for support, and once you break up it's a tragic affair almost feeling like someone murdered your puppy..
>/fa/ggot thinks he deserves anything but being laughed at.
no judgement user, just helping our fellow man, its not about making playing vidya look bad, but making physical fitness look awesome
then do what everyone else on fit does and get your meme folder out. Zyzz is just around the corner waiting for you to flex your wisdom so we can all sit quietly and listen. Get a grip dude, nobody here wants to improve, we're all suicidal, depressed boarder line autists. Go back to Jow Forums please, and stay off a board for robots. I'm not trying to bring you down, or what you stand for. Just understand, not everyone thinks the same way you do, and not everyone will read your same fag posts to wake up and start focusing on their futures lol. Our mascots are NEETS, and our favorite past time are drugs, and complaining about women
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Humans usually does whatever is easiest, but still gets them as much reward. Like, why go out and try to get laid, when you can just stay inside and fap? You feel just as good, and you didn't have to spend lots of money and time to get that good feeling.
People are getting a huge tolerance to dopamine when every piece of advertisement or entertainment plays on your dopamine receptors so much