Why does everything in the world seem broken right now?

Everyone else had a similar answer, but I'll just say my peace so I can rant and/or talk to myself:

1.) Where do you live? Consider the rationality of humanity: Big place? More people, more to talk shit, spit, and hate you. More to ignore you, more to hate anything you might stand for (even if it's giving them help).

2.) When is the last time you actually left the house? Are you working from home? Do you work at all? I hated people at my former job, 100% public, 15 years servitude, most "popular" guy in the craft I had been operating in for this town - still treated like absolute dirt. When I left? Gifts and cards! Sometimes a human won't say thank you until they realize you helped out a lot and you left.

3.) Ever decide to say "fuck. them."? I did. Best choice of my life. Went from 15 years of service to a community I thought needed it, to leaving that job and being very humored by the fact that when I left, I got lots of "IRL mail." Granted, my clientele was on average about 70-80 years old, but man after they shat on my face for 15 years after I quit and went to pursue what I found fun, they send me love letters it seems!

I've only been in that "new" job for 2 years, but I still get mail from IRL sad that I left. But! For the first time now, in my new job, I also get thank you notes and gift cards for food. I still get a wee bit teary-eyed when I get those because I spent 15 years with NOTHING till I left.

I was a barber. Now I fix computers. Well, I've always fixed computers, but now I get paid for it, spend less time with the people in need, and get thanked in bigger ways. Yet to this day I'll see people I used to "cut their hair" and they just moan and bitch they miss me, but do they? Well, they don't fucking act like it!

I say go where people make you happy. If you're younger, and you still rely on the roof your parents provide, then ok. Learn to provide for yourself, bare minimum, to escape that. Time will give you confidence, and when you're fully there and on your own, well... THEN you tell people to F-off (in your mind but really you just find a way to make money and make people happy to give you money - it's easier than it sounds, trust me).

It's not maybe the greatest advice, but it's how I came around, and I love it. Absolutely love it!

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