Really? I thought it was clickbaity stunt.
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Pensioners all over the world tend to disagree on that.
Certainly the âdaily grindâ is not a good situation, but it is not as if a point in life is suddenly evident once you have the ability to sit down and relax. If only it were so easy. Most people find a hard-to-fill void, once their obligations run out. 
made a joke about Smithâs wife.
@yebellz
What the oscars need is to double down on the âget an Englishmanâ approach the Golden Globes had with Gervais and hire Jimmy Carr to be the presenter for a few years.
Iâd actually tune in to watch that hehehe ⊠That would either teach them how to take a joke or cancel this whole charade âŠ
For those unfamiliar with Carrâs style:
Sure, itâs not sufficient condition. But it is a necessary requirement to have some meaning in life.
If youâre poor, itâs sure meaningless. The only hope is that maybe youâll stop being poor someday which is a long shot. Which is why killing all the poor isnât that bad.
Under which level on income does life always become meaningless?
Mother Teresa, call your office.
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If it is any consolation, the ancient Greek Athenean citizens had all the time in the world and they still didnât figure it out, so it really is not an easy issue.
Iâve wasted my life working since I was a kid, so I wonât disagree that it is tedious and stressful, but meaningless is a bit much. A lot of people find meaning in family, personal relations, friends, goals and accomplishments in life (e.g. finally getting a car or a house) or just doing things they like and enjoy, like sports or hobbies.
Iâll grant you that on the âgrand scheme of thingsâ all those do not mean anything, but then again, on that kind of level, nothing does. We are on a rocky mote of dust going around in the universe 
A lot of people commit suicide due to their debts, lack of income or lack of a good future, so it really depends on the individual, but it is a real problem.
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In that case, there is no basis for further discussion.
Jack London experienced that, but managed to change his destiny anyway. I recommend a reading of How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn.
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Iâd agree with you that it is a narative, if I was rich and I was talking BS.
But I am not rich. Quite the contrary when the âgood timesâ where going on in my country we were quite poor, so I am used to not having much money and Iâve always been very tight with my expenses.
This, however, does not stop me from having a meaningful life, a lot of obligations and more hobbies than I really have time for.
Other people in similar situations find meaning in their families and children.
Other people play sports or spend their time creating something or they make music or write small stories or whatever else.
Is a rich person in their 50+ million yacht that is sailing the seas in opulence and comfort while a live band is playing on the deck, having a BETTER QUALITY of life? Sure. No argument there.
Is that a more meaningful time than me writing here or playing a game/sport or going for a bicycle ride or lazing in a public beach? I fail to see how a higher level and cost of procrastination is more âmeaningfulâ.
I admit that I want to eat lobster in a fancy hotel for once in my lifetime, but the fact of the matter is that it is not more âmeaningfulâ than eating common souvlaki at my local tavern. Lobster dining in posh restaurants is more expensive and more fancy, yes, but in essense I could argue that I am having the more meaningful ânight outâ.
Do rich people even have friends to eat and drink with? I wonder sometimes. 
Of course ⊠those people are the same everywhere, apparently. 
It can happen, but it usually does not though. It involves a lot of good luck appart from just working hard and persevering. And while a lot of people work hard and persevere, good luck is extremely rare.
Rich people donât want money to eat lobster, but to have more power.
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Also this is a meme template I hadnât encountered.
(âTime-traveller Iggyâ or sth like that)
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Since we were speaking about meaningful lives, I declare to be in awe of the first person that actually sat and hit one wall out of a million walls in Elder Ring, to test that this is actually a destructable asset.
The tenacity of some people is simply off the scale.
And now, of course, people are arguing which is the best way to do it. 
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Negative impact of social media, eh. Naturally, âexperience a negative link between social media use and life satisfactionâ that they write in the text wouldnât make a cool title.
Oh, there it goes from peer review letter:
Causal language in this section and throughout the manuscript should be avoided. That is, the term âsensitivity to social mediaâ is used for bi-variate and unadjusted correlations between reported social media use and reported life satisfaction at a given time. There are no design features that place social media as the stimulus or cause of life satisfaction.
Causal language should be avoided And most likely the paper was corrected to not include any strong words in results. Also, who the hell thought it was a good idea to make causal and casual look so similar?
Also it mentions some Hefferâs paper:
it provides evidence that depressive symptoms (closely related to life satisfaction) may be driving or influencing patterns of social media use over time, but not vice versa.
Plus, averages are averages, itâs really hard to say whatâs good or bad for individuals.
I do like how the life satisfaction just steadily goes down and down and then if you survived to retirement, you maybe get to get some fun.
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Good to see that my Life Satisfaction will likely get a significant boost in the coming years (Iâm in my early 50s).
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Same here. Plus my social media usage is close to zero (may depend on the exact definition though). Fun, here I come!
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Iâd be more surprised that people canât even agree on âhitting someone unprovoked is badâ if I didnât know better.
But itâs really funny how many people donât know better.
The media coverage and public responses of the incident are pathetic.
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So? Jack London did X, so letâs throw everyoneâs expressions of discontent with their lives to the dumbster?
I wonder if there is a book titled âHow not to throw quotes at everything: a study in respecting other peopleâs experiences and not discarding them at every turn because you read somethingâ.
Itâs really funny how most think the comfortable life they have in mind is anywhere close to what the really rich people have. Vast wealth in nothing like âcar, house, traveling at retirementâ lol
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To be fair, car, house and retirement is already out of many peopleâs reach.
Which remind me of this video.
Which in turn remind of those coffin apartments in Hong Kong.
I wonder how long can you live there before you go insane. I think I wonât hold for much even if I spend only nights there.
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