this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2025
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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I played so many games from 8yo to 22yo that I legit ran out of games to play, I emulated old consoles. I played on good hardware, I played competitive games, single player. at some point after my first year out of highschool I was like damn I've rna out of games to play.

I guess it helped that the game industry ran out of juice in the last decade or so and the number of games that interest me plummeted (probably because I'm older also)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Same. Nothing really seems to grab me anymore. For the past decade or so, I mostly look up last years top N games, filter for the offline ones, pick one that seems good nix of story/gameplay, and then play it for a couple of days straight (with cheats/trainers to jump the grindey parts).

Afterwards, I'm done. Back to normal schedule. See you next year, games.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago

Clean yourself up and find a rich spouse?

Win the lottery?

Insurance fraud?

No? I got nothing.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That sounds like a very severe case of untreated depression. I know anon is 33 but where the fuck were his parents for the first 20 years of their life?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The parents were most likely thinking that the problem will resolve itself and it's just temporary. Speaking as a person that will write a similar greentext in 9 years.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

I hope you find something you are interested in

My life would be much easier now and Id be able to buy whatever I wanted if I had applied myself earlier instead of just coasting and partying

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Honestly? I know nothing about your situation. So maybe this is completely off. In that case, sorry for being cliche. But try burger flipping (or shelve packing, or...) at least once. In the worst case, you have a better reason to hate the system now, in the best case, you get some routine. Or, I don't know, help some people with stuff. Does not even matter what it is. But humans were not meant to do nothing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The last 2 lines of the text make it sound like bait if the 6-figure thing wasn't a joke (otherwise, delusional). Depression likely, if not other health issues that led to this.

I am not quite as bad as the text but for me: parents are doing their own thing (these days, computer time), almost as isolated as I am.

It probably helps that I do tasks for them (mostly sweeping, unloading dishwasher/garbage, carrying firewood etc). Not that I can do much given that I, much like they (who are anti-doctor), have untreated health issues. Seemingly is enough they don't threaten to kick me out (though maybe they know that I would just leave with no place to go, and likely die).

Also it was unlikely in car-centric areas of the USA as-it-wasbut I don't think there's hard-working out of this after medicaid is gutted (not that was even an easily accessible path before).

Maybe anon can lose 50 pounds, get a hobby, and leave the house a few times a month when the weather is nice... but probably not getting a job/moving out with no help while the government implodes and normal people were already struggling to pay bills.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

The 6-figues line could very well be a joke without the story being untrue.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Anon needs to do some serious fucking work to unfuck his life.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well turning to 4chan for advice is a good first step. I have high hopes for 'em!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Speedrunning the NEET questline with 100% completion

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago

I genuinely snorted at the "six figure jobs" bit.

Poor chap.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

https://fullstackopen.com/en/about

You're going to need a real part time job at a local store as well, until you learn enough to switch careers, good luck.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

OP sounds like THE person to found a tech startup, sell a load of bull, get rich off ephemeral VC money, cozy up to Trump and join the dismantling of the US.

US career advice AD2025. No brain cells or social skills necessary

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Bullshitting seems like a social skill to me...

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Manosphere/conspiracy theory podcaster.

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