Thanks for your comment, Tours over.

I appreciate the bind you're in. It cann't be easy to be dependant on such a sociopathic system for your livelihood.

But your assertion that at the age of ~40 you've already seen your best years couldn't be further from the truth! The saying goes "life begins at 40", because by that age we have enough experience in life, and enough physical and mental strength, to make choices for ourselves rather than follow whatever trends might be popular. (Generally speaking, of course.) - At age ~40 we are at the apex of our lifetimes bell curve.

The point is that at your age you are physically strong and mentally free to make certain choices/changes. And though it is clear that you (like so many others) have been forced by economic necessity to participate in this diabolical experiment, your life is far from over yet, albeit that it may possibly have been forshortened.

I hope you don't mind, therefore, if I remind you of a classic poem by Dylan Thomas and implore that you "do not go gentle into thar good night"!

Rage, Mr "tours over"! - Help us to pull the house of cards, that has done you such massive potential harm, to the ground!

With love,
Kali.

I’ve lived the best years of my life already.
 

To put it mildly, I am about a decade away from fifty. I’ve lived the best years of my life already.
 

Replies: @Mike Tre

The tourist phases may be over, but the ride has just begun.

These people certainly know of what they speak.

38. But your assertion that at the age of ~40 you’ve already seen your best years couldn’t be further from the truth!
42. No, you haven’t…
96. My younger years were pretty damn good, but my fifties topped them.

 

Count on this too, that each decade or so brings a change in attitude and that often is a good thing especially if you remember the corny but commendable, fake Latin aphorism, "non carborundum illegitimi."

Even though my joints have long been worn out from lots of use, I am freer now and more full of sh__ than I've ever been and you can look forward to that I'm sure as well. I run (creep, really) around now with my finger permanently, tho metaphorically, flipped at the fools who would control us, mocking them and laughing at their folly and while that brings great joy, many other things bring even greater rewards.

Stay active, be careful of what goes into your body, get lots of excercise, fresh air, sunshine, engage with folks at every chance, cultivate your relationships, and don't forget to question everything (what's the Latin for don't let 'em bullshitcha?). Life is all about struggle so find ways to enjoy that too, and carry on fine sir/madame!

PS:Glad yer here, too.

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I’ve lived the best years of my life already.
 

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right now I am a dependent on the system.
 

I had to come back to this post. Ron has a limit on posts per hour per se so I needed to go for a walk.

I know exactly what you are thinking, I really do, even though those strains are not on me. I can only imagine how much pressure you are under and I have thought hard about what must be going on for the vast majority of the population. I love your honesty.

I wish you the best.

"To put it mildly, I am about a decade away from fifty. I’ve lived the best years of my life already."
 

what a fucking whining weakling... a decade away from fifty? what sort of imbecility is this?( this fool is under 40)...

it seems you are already dead mate... so you probably wouldn't be much use to us going forward anyway....

good luck.. but I'm afraid I can't offer you any sympathy..because you obviously have none for yourself..

Surrender-Monkey.

Replies: @Fart Blossom

What kind of job do you have that you are willing to ruin your health for it, risking dying young?

what alternatives would you have had it you had not taken it?

Living in a van for a while , working at a dollar store for instance.
How many children do you have? Who is suffering bad consequences if you die?
Our prosperous American lifestyle will be over soon anyway.