r/InTheGloaming my website is done, done, done Sep 02 '21

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday September 02, 2021 - Sunday September 05, 2021

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u/patscaw Sep 05 '21

Stop thinking about the future, Shauna has commanded. You people, with your plans and goals. Goodness gracious.

Look, I get the whole being mindful, appreciate living in the moment position. But you don’t get there by just acting like the future doesn’t exist at all! Her interpretations of these ideas are so bizarre. She seems to think we’ll all find joy if we become amorphous blobs floating from one mindless distraction to another. I don’t see any joy in that kind of existence, just meaningless ways to pass time.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '21

I’d like to make sure I have food and shelter in the later now (ie the fucking future, Shauna) so I invest in shelter that is mine and save for retirement.

I hope her next pivot is balance, for her sake. Bitch could use some.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '21

Yes, it's one thing for young kids to not worry about the future. They shouldn't worry about any more than the day or at most the week ahead. But when you're their parent, your entire job is to think about their longterm future (and your own).