Materialism

Buying shit WILL make you happy, just not useless shit.

you dont need a mega cpu. also you only need at max a $300 card. also mechanical rgb keyboards and 369 dollar mice are a meme and if you have them kill yourself.

i was happy as a clam playing old ass games on a x220 with a $15 mouse.

>>59583745

this.

And you only really need like $700 of computer or buy older shit from ebay to run most games efficiently.

Fucking retard just get an old i5 4460 desktop from new egg a 430 wall power supply and a 1060 or 480 and you'll be fine

>>59583730
you obviously need a woman (that will obey you)

>>59583730
>Just bought a decent used laptop for 145 euro(Aspire E1-570G) hat can handle a small game on lowest settings once in awhile
>Immedeatly open /g/
>See this thread

That you for making me feel good about being a cheap bastard.

>>59583730
Get a gf
Get married
Have kids

It's the only way.

>>59583838
*thank you

>>59583730
I am on 4 years old laptop right now.
I bought it for playing Skyrim and I had really tight budget back then.
No Skyrim successor in 6 years, fuck this shit.
I won't buy anything new till the successor comes.
Only thing I bought in 3 years was cheap gaymur mouse for $20 and SSD drive.
mfw I don't give a shit about desktops anymore

Maybe try getting a Switch for Zelda?

>>59583841
That's the way of people who have given up.

>>59583902
You are literally programmed to get maximum happiness from having sex and having children.

Nothing else you could ever do will give you the same level of happiness.

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>>59583730
>Hate existing videogames

Make your own?

>>59583907
he will have to buy all that dumbass expensive crap before he will realize this

path of materialistic life is always like that. Sweet at the beginning and sour at the end.

and with this realizations comes also problem, where the fuck to find a good reliable woman who was not fucked by 50 niggers.

get into vintage tech. fuck new/gaymer tech.

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>>59583907
If I wanted to be happy I'd sell my shit, buy a ticket to monk-land and become a monk.

By my logic if I haven't done that yet then happiness mustn't be what I'm looking for.

I think I want to leave a legacy but I haven't the motive or ability to stop wasting time.

>>59583829
or a dakimakura

>>59583730

how about instead of buying a gaming rig, you use your time and money to make your life easier by learning how to optimize your daily work using macros, scripts etc.

>>59584173
a.k.a you're fat and/or ugly

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>>59583730
>I spend 50-60 hours a week at work so I can get money to buy shit but nothing I buy makes me happy. Is this all there is? What is the point?

There is more to life than money and material possessions.

>>59583730
there's no point in life anon, we were put on this earth to suffer and die, everything will turn to ashes and be forgotten. it's all a giant illusional jerk off.

>>59583730
Pretty much why I got hobbies. I took up calligraphy, and baking.
I still have a powerful machine for VMs and some gaymen though

Do you have friends OP? Find a girlfriend, mate.

>>59583730
It's nice that at least you understood this.

>What is the point of life? I spend 50-60 hours a week at work so I can get money to buy shit but nothing I buy makes me happy.
Just do something interesting.

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>>59584354
>find a girlfriend, mate.
i am not attracted to any girls but oneitis, that is why i dont have a gf.

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>>59583730
Get yourself a bicycle

>>59584278
t. lifetime experience

Gee, i can get a perfectly respectable gaming PC for around £6-700

>>59583841
>anchor yourself in useless shit so you can deceive yourself you have a reason to live

>>59583730
You sure your job isn't a problem?
Also >>>/adv/

>>59584436
>so you can deceive yourself you have a reason to live
Isn't that the point of life

>>59583907
34, 2 rugrats, same woman 7 years. Don't do it. I improved my quality of living immensely.We have a house and 2 new cars, take trips. Buy nice furniture. My quality of life sucks. I'm constrained by my job and my home life and there's little time for the rest.

>>59583730
if you want a decent computer so bad, go lurk your local craigslist find a used i5 / i7-anything PC and then just slap a gtx1060 and you're good to go.

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>>59584278
not the former, and normal looking enough to get laid but still a ways to go

>>59583730
>tfw live a minimalist lifestyle and dont have this issue

heh sucks to be u kid

>>59583907
>marriage
>happiness
LMAO

>>59584493
>minimalist lifestyle
>poor
why would you write two words when you could write one if u so minimalist

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AII--2mSxA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZtJP7M-9Og

>>59583907
>having children
why would i spend my time on someone other than me?

>>59583730
>>realize

That's a good start.
Now do something about it.

>>59584513
>consumerist
That's one word for you.

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>>59583730
You obviously like making things so find something in that vein that's more fulfilling and longer term than building a PC.

>get hyped for the Ryzen launch
>yay! finally time to retire the Core2Duo!
>but wait, I can do anything I want to do my computer already. Processing videos just take a bit of time rendering
>maybe I could start PLAYING VIDYA again, that would help justify the huge price tag
>I have no idea if I'd like any games anymore
>friend suggests Rocket League because it's fun
>I search it on Youtube to see how it looks like
>all those CAPS LOCK TITLES and adhd thumbnails with disgusting looking manchildren screaming on them
>I can't attend activity like that. I'd rather go to gaybar

So too bad but I'm still not going to buy new electronics.

>$2000
Well maybe that's an overkill. Just go a bit cheaper m8.

I've got R9 380 and FX 6300 and not once have I thought of needing a better PC for games. But then again, I only play Overwatch, CS:GO and Rust with my mates. I did want more RAM because of Rust (have 8GB currently), but that's more because of other hobbies and me not wanting to shut programs down.

Other things though, such as development, using Krita and using my PC as guitar amp sure could use a better PC.

>>59583730
How often do you exercise, OP? Preferably outside and not at a gym.

>>59583730
>I spend 50-60 hours a week at work so I can get money to buy stuff but nothing I buy makes me happy.
You will take nothing with you to the grave, anon. Life is not about accumulating material stuff, it is about accumulating experiences. Also: Where are your friends and family?

>>59584791
>doing squats outside the gym
>doing hyperextensions outside the gym

>>59584818
not OP, but similar situation. No family. Everyone is dead.
Friends I only get together with a couple of times a year at birthdays. Making new ones is very hard, due to everyone having families and hobbies to attend to and you having no time/will to learn them to be a part of something.

This is suffering

>>59584818
Can't take experiences to the grave either.

>>59584850
start travelling

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I'm the same way but I ONLY do it with my computer. The more computational power you wield the closer you are to god who is the perfect machine, able to compute all possible outcomes for all possible time lines on any given scale. Also, yeah, assembling, overclocking, rebuilding to optimize cooling, waiting for and getting the parts is generally more fun than games.
I'm happy with my hardware right now but I'll still buy small things every week or two like a power supply extension cable, rgb's, fans, whatever. Keep something to look forward to.
$2000 is too much, scale it back. Get the absolute best price to performance for the game you want to play. I play blizzard shit so that's nvidia, if I played AAA it would be AMD. A ryzen, rx 480, good ram, reasonable storage, budget case will last you a long ass time. Upgrade it if you want but don't sink 2k off the bat, most parts maintain their value for at least a year.
Pic related is a $320 gpu in a $500 system.

>>59584850
I am sorry mate. Hear a lot of the same stories, usually in 1st world countries where "meeting the basics of life" is relatively easy. Is there no hobby that you can pick that you can fit into your schedule?

>>59584879
But experiences can be very fulfilling.

>>59584884
that's a very good proposal, I've thought about it countless times. See the world. Get inspiration. Maybe it'll even open my eyes and make me realise how well i actually have it.

>>59583730
you need to become spiritually aware

>>59583730
>nothing I buy makes me happy
You need some enthusiasm bruv.

>Is this all there is? What is the point?
The point is achievements. You can get those in games, but you can also get them IRL, you'd be surprised.

>can get money to buy shit
The point is getting steadily more and more money. But after a certain point you get the last achievement and it doesn't matter how much more you rack in. You need other chieves.

It doesn't matter what it is. It's >>>/ic/ for me. Find something where you can see steady improvement. And when it feels like nothing has a point, get some ecstasy to fill that empty void. Then find more achievements.

i spend $1000 on a 4chan machine

>>59584898
I live in and recommend SEA. All the poverty of the third world, but also all the niceties of the 1st world (if you can afford them) and very little crime.

>>59584893
>>59584903
I mean, this is super silly, but I inherited a small garden not far away from the city I live in. I've been going there a few times a month to repair stuff and clean. kinda brings peace of mind.

That said, OP's point still stands. No technology is relevant at this point.

thanks for the heads up.

>>59584925
Gardening is an excellent hobby, particularly if you are anti-social.

>>59584898
Well, stop thinking. Start doing.

Every day you waste is a day you will never get back. Don't waste another day.

>>59583907
This. Plus food of course.

I recommend reading the Reward system Wikipedia article, it's fascinating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reward_system

>>59584925
>this is super silly
Doesn't sound silly at all actually, that sounds like something that people usually find satisfaction in. It's the little things. Might sound gay, but it really is.

Someone mentioned friends and family and that's a big part of it. I've been lonely, felt like I don't really want "friends" where as a matter of fact, I've built a wall around myself and haven't even experienced true friendship. Super gay, but it's true. There are faggots around that are just like you and having a close relationship with them is fulfilling. Doesn't matter how introverted or asocial you feel like, you need people in your life. Socializing is a basic human need. So that's another thing to look out for, OP.

>>59583841
Choose life.

Good thread. I wish we have more threads like this.

/csg/ fulfills my materialism at $15/month. Gaming is shit unless it's with friends.

>>59584898
This. Also write down characteristics of the person you wish to be and work to become that "ideal" version of yourself

>>59583730
Life has no meaning.
Some people find happiness in some kind of goals...
If you're lucky enough, you can think for yourself an unreachable goal. This way you can live happily.
Short term goals are just that.
When you reach it, it's gone and you're miserable again.

In the end:
- life is meaningless
- death even more

Only good reason to live is just look how world is changing.

>>59585488
babby's first nihilism

>>59585488
Happiness (as in fulfillment, not hedonistic joy) is not meaningless.

You can find happiness in life.

Life is not meaningless.

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Nigger I cleaned this today, its older than most of my friends kids, my screen is older than that and my mouse is some $20 Logitech special.

What matters is what inside my rig, and that's top class that case is 6 years old, but you don't have to go all out, AMDs budget CPUs are coming, video cards used.can be had for cheap, 8GB of RAM is.cheap SD balls.

Harden up, get a job. Buy cheap PC.

>>59583730
anything beyond $800 is getting high diminishing returns on the $ to processing power, also buying a "GAMAN RIG" without even having a plan what to play is pretty stupid in general, just buy a macbook and be gay somewhere else

>>59583730
I feel like this every once in a while too, usually after a video game binge.

I used to play a lot of Runescape and, one night, a couple years back, I was wondering what to do in-game. But this night was different. I thought of the different options. But I just kept asking myself "And then what?" No matter what I thought about, it wasn't enough. Finally, I thought about cooking. And I stopped and thought, "Wait, I can do that in real life."

So I just turned off the computer and went to sleep. The next day, I looked for that image of "Outside, the most realistic game ever created". I started thinking about life the way I had thought about RS. No matter what I thought of doing, it was incredibly interesting, because it was real. I could gain real tangible skills, gain real wealth, effect real change, fuck real women, dress the way I liked and really like the way I dressed. Granted, real life is significantly more difficult than RS but the principles are the same: use economics, read guides, follow good advice, work with others. Idk, maybe that'll help you.

>>59585526
Your words are useless to me because you're working within your own system of values.

You could derive 'meaning' from literally anything.
Or reject that notion completely and still be happy.

Happiness is not a function of meaning.

Hello somebody in this thread be my sugar daddy????

I'm VERY cute. ;3

>>59585699
>I'm VERY cute. ;3

Implying.

>>59585663
Did you go to Mt. Vesuvius and get your fire cape yet? Honestly isn't worth it if you haven't, I just get weird looks in public whenever I wear it.
>>59585488
>>59585679
>>59584898
>>59584850
Just read Epictetus my dudes

>>59585699
fuck off wanker

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>>59583730
>americunts using word materialism in this faggy new age way

>>59583730
>adult
>play video games
pick uno

>>59583730
Sometimes i feel the same way, and i think everyone gets caught in that trap

Do volunteer work in something you would like
Travel
Learn to cook and invite your friends
Read something that would interest you, not memes from /lit/ if you are not used to reading
Get into some sport or just running

>>59585846
>The real problem is that most new games suck.
Correction: Most games suck, period. You just don't remember the old shovelware as good as new shovelware.

>>59585851
I'm right there with you.
There are words that have already a pretty well defined meaning assigned to them.
These fast fluctuations just muddle language as a tool to pass information.
Can't do anything about it though. If anything, this development is going to accelerate even more over time.
Welcome to the angry old man club. Here's your card.

>this thread

I was just about to buy a 1440p 144hz monitor + HD650 headphones with an amp+dac

>>59583730
>Having friends
wew, I dodged a bullet there

>>59585846
>Meanwhile a high end PC with a big high res screen and a good sound system or decent headphones allow yourself to be immersed into games better. You are improving your experience.

It will have next to no effect on what you take away from the game, e.g. the lasting memory.
You shouldn't need a 30" 4k screen to be immersed in an atmospheric game in the first place.

>Watching a movie is more enjoyable on a 65" 4K HDR TV than on one that's just 32".

It's not. You'll get used to it quickly and won't even notice the difference.
Before people got conditioned to huge-ass screens by TV manufacturers, they were able to enjoy a good movie even on a tiny screen.

>Music sounds better with some decent headphones.

You can get decent headphones for $50, no need to shill out $200 for a meme amp and $300 for phones, you very likely won't be able to tell any difference.


Convenience and comfort is the bane of Western civilization.
Don't buy into it.
Spend your money on unique experiences like exploration, traveling or making.

>>59583995
At church.

>>59585997
Yeah, right

>father i have sinned
>jesus forgives all. don't do it again, but if you do jesus will forgive you again.
>hold on father i'm getting a text from chad. thank you jesus!

>>59586025
Women aren't like that.

>>59585760
Bronon, read Schopenhauer.
My mindset is built upon him and Nietzsche, I will never feel happiness again...

>>59583730
don't be scared and live.

>>59586038
You're right, they actually hate themselves but keep doing it anyways.

>>59585997
As a practicing catholic (it's an act, I do it for some benefits I would otherwise lose) let me tell you something about your typical church goer under 35. They're the worst bunch you can imagine.
Churches draw people who think they have something to atone for.
The woman are very often just massive sluts or worse.

>>59583730
Well, the "problem" is maturity. Not only that, but there are hardly any newer games worth playing. Not to mention the fact that you have to make an investment of 1000 $ or € to have some fun with your friends.

>>59585971
We both know that if we were able to be in a position that having friends would be fun, we'd have happier lives.

>>59583730
>What is the point of life?
Seems like you hit dead end kiddo.
Try lurking here some time: >>>/x/

>being epicurean trash
>not being spiritually superior

>>59586051
>reads Nietzsche
>comes out sad

Seems you went in with a rebuild expectation and just kept what reinforcing your view.
Nietzsche wasn't even Nihilist, he saw Nihilism as a useful transitional phase to be overcome.

>>59583995
if one was a good and admirable man one would have gotten a virgin girlfriend in school and stayed with her for all the years

>>59586146
Pre built expectations, yeah, sounds about right.

How do I get started with reading philosophy?

>>59586152
My younger years were a time of extreme autism for me. I've grown out of some of it, but I still can't make friends and frankly never saw the benefit in having them so I can't convince myself the social strain is worth it.

Regardless, even if I could have attracted a girl then, I wouldn't have known

>>59586146
I think the reaction to Nietzsche depends on the temperament of the person. I do not think that there is a theoretical solution to this issue.

I find it a very liberating and empowering philosophy - although it is also a tragic one. But surely many people will either find it complete nonsense or rather depressing.

>>59586166
Schopenhauer had more influence, I just remember Nietzsche's texts about moral and ego.

>>59586051
What is the point of existential philosophy in the age of psychology?

>>59586178
philosophizethis.org

thank me later. Oh, and don't start with Episode 1, it got far better later. The episodes about nietzsche are very good

>>59586152
Almost(!) impossible for a crapload of reasons, but I think number one is still that people think they could stay 'in love' forever if they just find the right partner.
That's just as impossible as staying on cocaine forever without gaining tolerance.

If people could just accept that this phase will pass eventually but that it's NOT a reason to split, there might be more long lasting relationships.

>>59586185
Once you're completely cured, you won't see it as strain.

The objective benefit of having friends is unlocking new opportunities, and also having somebody to help you in tough times.
(Going through hardships is a part of the journey. If you never experience tough times, you'll never truly appreciate life)

The best part? You can do all of it. You've got what it takes, right there, in you. You just need to find it, so stop being comfortable and start searching today.

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>>59583730
>nothing I buy makes me happy
Seriously, try pirating.

>>59586197
Philosophy "feels" more natural.
Questioning things, looking for answers.

While in psychology someone decides answer for you, based on better grounds, most likely, but not in a fun way.

>>59586188
True, I was a edgy teenager when I read him first and drew my conclusions and insights accordingly.

When I started reading him ten years later he seemed like a different person to me.

It really reflects the person reading just as much as he himself evolved over the span of his life.

Have you read some of his late, unpublished work? There's enough material for three more books, at least.

>>59586178
Unironically: start with the greeks.

Or actually, start with some sort of a book about the history of philosophy. Will Durant has a pretty decent and fun-to-read one. Introductory textbooks would probably also suffice. Avoid Russell tho, his history book is very biased and thus a better read for someone who isn't completely new.

Then read the Greeks, at least Plato and Aristotle if you're too lazy to get into other Greek literature. Then you can probably decide on what to read next based on the reading of the history book. You should go semi-chronologically, though, read Desctares and Hume before reading Kant, etc, but you can also jump around a bit.

You do need to know a lot of old philosophy, so learning philosophy can feel a bit boring at times. This is because more recent philosophers tend to build on the old theories, even when they completely destroy them - I mean, you can't understand a critique of Aristotles metaphysics if you don't understand Aristotles metaphysics.

>/g/ - Technology
>somehow keeps up a conversation about Philosophers better than one about technology

Why am I not surprised?

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>>59583730
That's way too much read for a shitpost.

>>59586292
I don't know, why?

>>59583829
The happiness you get from a gf is even more fleeting than the happiness you get from buying materialistic shit

trust me ive had a lot of gfs (female)

the only true happiness comes from genuine achievement in a field you enjoy and are passionate about

>>59583730
I dunno man, I was like that too. My problem was self-inflicted isolation. I started to go out more, exercise, do thing with family, then I started to either enjoy the things I bought, or know what I wanted to buy.

>>59586292
that's because these people are plebs at tech and basically /v/ermin that need to fuck off.

>>59586185
If and when you attract a girl, don't make the mistake of getting attached to the first one who shows any interest in you. Currently watching an autistic Chinese manlet acquaintance go through this at 38, and it's just pathetic.

I'm still very happy with my GTX 750ti and i3-4150 which I build 2 years ago for casual gaming

>>59586312
My thesis so far is something along the lines of:
A sufficiently large, thematically specialized community will always devolve into a self-reinforcing negative circlejerk and only show some of it's true potential if you take it out of it's comfort.

Or something like that.

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>>59586376
Correct.

>>59586356
Not always chasing the latest and greatest and instead getting something that fits your needs is something you can become weirdly fond of.
I know I feel that way.

>>59586489
Indeed.

>>59583805
Unless you wanna play old demanding games. I'm talking DirectX 10 old. They just fucking hate multithreaded.

>>59583829
>that will obey you
allahu akbar

>>59585851
>Karl isn't holding an upside down AK-47 instead of a capitalist baseball bat
up your meme game, tovarish

>>59583730
Why can't you enjoy games? What do you enjoy instead?

Have any of you tried reading? I'm starting to pick it up and again and the sense of being involved in a good story is one of the best feels. I'm currently reading "Island" and although I'm not enjoying the story too much, it gives me something to do other than shitpost here.

Go to /csg/ and buy cheap interesting things everyday.

>>59586879
Something vaguely similar. I started playing interactive fiction last year and slowly working my way through the top shelf. It's a curious medium and takes some time to click (at least it took a few days for me), but there's absolutely great stuff out there and IF interpreter run on almost anything.

>>59586763
>complaining about an image now being the way you'd like it to be instead of just editing it yourself

>>59583730
>tfw I was just about to buy gayming PC while I realized my employer allows me to use my business laptop for personal matters
>i7-5600u, HD5500 GPU, 512GB SSD, full hd IPS screen. 14"
>fuck this shit, gonna stick to this laptop instead
And that's how I saved $1500 which I'll use to get a bigger house soon.
Thank you boss!

>>59583730
How much do you spend on food on average? What if you only had enough money for food, and set aside ~$1 to $20 a month to save up for something, it might take a while to come up with something cool, something that is needed or wanted to improve yourself. If you can pretend to do this it might help, simply saving is a good enough idea.

>>59583730
You can play whatever game you want on a 800$ PC, you're just shit at budgeting.

>>59587554
And then you'll get fired and jailed as your sysadmin notices the child porn you store on it.

>What is the point of life? I spend 50-60 hours a week at work so I can get money to buy shit but nothing I buy makes me happy.
Read books, travel, eat different foods, observe people. It's all still meaningless but didn't bore me as much or when reaching a goal to the point of asking what's the point

>>59584540
Dont complain that there is a white genocide and that white people are becoming a minority if you won't have children (doubt it's your choice anyway)

>>59585967
Music is the only way to be happy, go for it.

>>59583730
You don't need an i7
You don't need a 1080Ti GPU
You don't need a GayMer™ motherboard
You don't need a GayMer™ case
You don't need a ≥120 GiB SSD

>>59587634
>>59587634
I don't store nor watch child porn
also my """""sysadmin""""" doesn't really have access to my separate m2 SSD which I sticked myself into this laptop.
And the laptop BIOS is not secured by a password, so I'm 100% sure it's clean.

kys

>>59583841
>doing any of this before 35yo

>>59587748
Just like in War and Peace

>>59587728
>being oblivious about IME
>denying the fact that lolicons = pedophiles
>there is no password so it's clean
>I installed it so he has no access to it

I would tell you to kill yourself but you will just get the electric chair anyway.

>>59587748
>doing any of this EVER
Overpopulation is a thing, you know. Antinatalism is the only way to go for intelligent people.

>>59587868
Anon, this laptop was serviced by a dell guy who replaced the entire motherboard. With me around.
It's 100% clean mobo with no bios password, no computrace, not even AMT configured.
Also your bait has terrible quality. Please end your life

>>59583730
You need to buy cocaine and hookers my dude.

>>59587883
That's a good way to get liquidated when the multi-nationals bribe your politicians to flood the country with foreigners, to make up for the population growth decline, whose buildup destabilizes the culture enough to where Marxist revolution is inevitable.

>>59588030
How do I get liquidated?
This has nothing to do with immigrant trash that's flooding EU. Any by the way my government doesn't allow these subhumans to cross the border (any single one of them) so I don't give a shit.

>>59587883
overpopulation is only a problem in the third world. non-whites are below the replacement rate.
>>59587748
after 35 years is too old in many cases

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>spending over a thousand dollars on a personal computer
Found your problem

>>59588083
This. Spent $800 on mine 5 years ago and I have no trouble running anything.

>>59586704
>implying the muds won't win precisely because they know how to tame women who are the gatekeepers of population growth
The future belongs to those who show up.

>>59587883
The thing is your life as an individual will end by around 35. You'll have figured out what kind of person you are and you'll have become the near definitive version of yourself. If you're alone after that and still a "free spirit" you're either become depressed or a loser. You need to stick to your biological imperative and survive so your genetic line can live on and come out as alpha, or if not, accept the fact that you're a beta male who's genes weren't worthy enough to survive the next generations to come. It'll probably be a good thing since you probably are a beta male, so it's just cleaning the gene pool. An anon ITT said that people are programmed to be happy by fulfilling their biological imperative, that being finding a mate and procreating, and he's right. If you don't care for your genes then go ahead and live nihilistically, you will become statistically irrelevant to the species.

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>>59587883
>doing this ever
Only a dumbfuck would actually get married and have kids in the current year. It's an enormous waste of time and money. I'd rather spend all my time doing something I like, good thing I've never been popular with women and shit like relationships, sex and going on dates is like the 4th dimension to me. Never seen it and never had it happened to me and hopefully it stays that way forever.

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>>59585851
ayy

>>59588566
>stop liking what i don't like

>>59588526
Absolutely this. Most of 4chin is full of leftists who definitely should not breed. Society will be much stronger when they're replace with healthy mend and women who do care about something other than fapping to traps and playing vidya.

>>59588566

>never had sex
>never had a serious relationship
>declares sex & relationships are an "enormous waste"

kind of sounds you're talking about shit you know shit about

>>59588601
Good luck wasting time and money on something other people tell you to have. You must be a goldmine for marketers, just like 80% of population who buy into the family meme like a bunch of inept idiots.

>>59588639
The good news is, people like that are going to be throw off buildings or forcibly converted to good muslim traditionalists in the next generation. Thank the wise elites of the west for inviting the muslims in for this purpose. They saw the nihilism of modernity destroying the modern family and decided the only way to save it was to bring in a militantly traditionalist patriarchal culture that has the balls to completely wipe out degenerates.

life isnt about the best this or best that, its nore than that but that happiness ull have to find it urself, be sure to appreciate what u have

>>59588526

I have to agree

to be fair, there are some exceptions (there always are) and sometimes things happen a bit late, but generally speaking, at 35 you're pretty much the person you're going to be for the rest of your life

>>59588639
How come? Most of my friends have gf's and I can see that they're a major distraction and If I had one, I wouldn't be able to find the time to do things that I want.

>>59588653
>wasting time and money
Time and money have no value when you're a nihilist. So why would it bother you they're being wasted? Sounds like you're just too weak and afraid to assert yourself.

>>59583730
You need God in your life.

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>>59588653
oh so i can't be an responsible adult who makes his own decisions but somehow you are? please tell me more about your enlightenment

>>59588617
Absolutely not this. Some of this mongolian fishing board is full of fascists who definitely should not breed. Society will be much prosperous when they're replace with tolerant mend and women who do care about something other than posting 'is x degenerate?' and 'muh snowflake generation'.

>>59588699
>nihilist
I'm not one, try again.

>>59588710
>suddenly having more responsibilities is better than having less
wew

>>59588688

distraction from what?
being happy?

I'm in a relationship for 6 years now and getting married soon.

of course I agree that relationships "use up" a lot of your free time - and if you want to call that a "distraction" from whatever else you've going on - alright, do that

but I can also tell you that nothing else I do, playing video games, watching movies or even getting promoted compares to the joy of having someone to share my life with

if the goal of life is to be happy, a relationship isn't a "distraction" but the exact opposite

>>59588727
>>59588716

>We're not nihilists we just want nobody to breed and then fap over le tolerance.

Sounds like a personal problem Sven. You're going to recite the shahada one way or the other. Get ready.

>>59583730
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Pr9G6X

There you go. Now you can play shitty vidya for a much less shitty cost assuming you a person who wants things to run well enough to be playable and that's it.

>>59588776
>distraction from what?
Doing things I like.
>being happy?
is doing things I like. I don't like dating, relationships or women.

>>59588755
Whats your point? If i decide to get married and have kids, it comes with a big responsibility, yes. But i'm making this decision as a free human being, and you know, some people might actually ENJOY having kids and see them grow up

>>59588810
>because being tolerant also means tolerating dangerous and extremist cults and religions
This really fires my neurons.

>>59588526
Agree with this. Change takes a huge amount of committed time and effort, even more so once you're older. If you marry at 35+ to someone who hasn't yet figured themselves out and you're expecting either one of you to change (for the better), you're in for a world of hurt. Seen it over and over.

>>59588854
>a free human being
That's not being a free human being, it's being a part of the marketers' dream and a cogwheel in a machine. A free man would fuck women and discard them like smelly socks the next day and he would never fuck himself over by getting married.

>>59588836
have you succesfully tried it?

because it sound like you convinced yourself something to be shit, just because you never experienced it

and believe me, relationships aren't something you can judge without ever having been in a (good) one

Obligatory >>59588888

>>59588900
>have you succesfully tried it?
No, because I don't like it and hate the idea of being involved with someone.

>>59588886
And in that situation you may fulfill your biological imperative and derive its happiness, but your living situation is going to be miserable.

>>59588893
>A free man would fuck women and discard them like smelly socks the next day and he would never fuck himself over by getting married
That's your opinion and not a fact
It comes down to
>Stop liking what I don't like

>>59588866
>we don't tolerate violent extremists
HashtagNotAllMuslims

>>59588931
No, that's pretty much a fact. There's 'lock' in 'wedlock' for a reason.

>>59588923
I feel sorry for you

>>59588962
Yeah, sure. Whatever am I gonna do If I never get to experience what I never want to experience? Must suck (not really).

>>59588900
Anon speaks the truth. People who have only been in unhealthy relationships often either "give up" or repeat the same mistakes, making the same poor choices over and over, searching for happiness outside of themselves. In a way, it's sad.

>>59588994
>"give up" or repeat the same mistakes
Good thing I never tried it then.

>>59588526
>unironically using the phrase "beta male" in an unironical sense

>>59589099
t. Beta

>>59588948
>implying Islam is not a dangerous cult and/or religion
In Islamic countries, women are second class citizens and slavery is the norm.

>>59584925
I think that's pretty cool.

>>59583730
Get a hobby, or better video games, or a girlfriend

>>59589148
Because of colonialism. This won't be the case after conservashits are dealt with.

>>59583730
It will make you happy, i dont see anything from with this. You have limited time on this life, so you might as well do whatever makes you happy, if thats spending money and buying shit, do just that.

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>>59583730
>What is the point of life? I spend 50-60 hours a week at work so I can get money to buy shit but nothing I buy makes me happy. Is this all there is? What is the point?

You half-answered your question. The point of life isn't to buy meaningless, material bullshit that most normies do to show off to each other. The point of life is to pass on your genes, ultimately, but also to have experiences. Psychological studies have shown that people who use their money to buy an experience (a holiday, an adventure etc.) are always happier in their later years than those that bought the latest gaymur monitor, or bigger gas guzzling car etc.

>>59589257
>The point of life is to pass on your genes, ultimately
Need sauce on that, boi.

>>59589325
This is why the west needs Sharia.

>>59589344
more like this is why we should intensify purging middle east.

>>59589325
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene-centered_view_of_evolution

Knock yourself out.

>>59589361
Feel free, more muslims should come to the west in order to destroy the nihilists.

>>59584479
This sounds like my friends who didn't bother to get to know or actually respect the woman in question before going through these motions

Personal incompatibilities don't go away because kids/senpai

>>59589388
Jokes on you, I live in a country where muslims are being attacked on the streets and 98% of population are catholics.
kys

>>59589438
>i live in an irrelevant eastern bloc country
Good for you, the west still needs to be purged though.

>>59589462
relevance is subjective, you know

>>59589438
>bragging about sucker punching people
Please stop posting here.

>>59589538
>"""""people"""""
ayy

>>59589395
Wise words my friend. Wise words.
Faggots here think that marriage is all about "hurr durr by i luv herr". Then they realize that their partner is a shit person when the hormone rush fades away.

>>59589562
Some of them can be helped though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjVhjbLy2qE

>>59584411
Buy a Longboard you idiot

I suggest a beercan board

>>59583867
Surprised no one replied to this yet, I just bought one for Zelda but am still waiting for it to ship. Production on this fucking thing hasn't been enough. Even as an underpowered flawed manlet toy, it's pretty cool.

>>59583730
install gentoo

Yeah one thing I recently noticed about my friends being into building PCs was that it is really just consumerism. They're just investing money and buying parts to show off to each other, it's just consumerism filtered through a hobby. I never really cared about builds but I am trying to make more of an effort to work with randomly acquired parts, janky cases and 'project' PCs like restoring old computers to life.

modern games are garbage anyway. what do you fags have $1000 PCs for anyway? you're not video rendering, you're not running qubes. install gentoo.

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>>59589724
>underpowered
>thinner than my grannys bones

>>59589814
Well rendering on a gtx 750 and a core i3 isin't very fast now is it

>2017
>not being a minimalist

Wtf?

>>59586763
everyone knows leftypol can't meme

>>59589843
the only rendering /g/ has ever done is converting mp4's to webm.

>>59583730
>realize the only entertaining part of the whole thing was getting to build another system

This strikes home for me too. I have several, extremely carefully and meticulously put together computers in my house. However, the difference is that I hunt for used parts and try to get them as cheap as I can. Perhaps you could try this too to make it more fun and also a longer journey.

>>59583730
>What is the point?
look for a woman you like and be happy, you fucking dense imbecile autist loser

>>59586763

Travel with your money, you will be much happier. Does not even have to be some crazy Euro trip. Just driving a few hours away to some natural feature or whatever is a start.

>>59586086
>>>/mgtow/

>>59586220
Not OP but these words are very encouraging. Thanks senpai.

>>59583730
Keep quiet and buy more, goy. You don't want to be a troublemaker, do you?

>>59589148
>Wemyn are oppressed in Islamic countries
>Implying Saudi Arabia and Iran are the only Muslim countries in the world.
>What is Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Malaysia and all the other countries that have women rights?
>>>/pol/

>>59590376
actually wemyn should be oppressed due to human nature
they serve no function other than reproductive one, so why make them special snowflakes?

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>>59584404
That hit too close to home

>>59590440
No, no one should be oppressed. But that doesn't mean that anyone should be treated like a snowflake. It is all about balance anon-kun.

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>>59584404
>Girlfriend of 9 years
>5 months pregnant with our son
>Hit by drunk driver
This was 2 years ago. I have not been happy since. Chronic oneitis, I guess.

To answer OP's question, try to find a woman. Anyone who claims this is not the primary joy in life has not found the right woman yet. Just don't lose her once you find her.

>>59590577
>no one should be oppressed.
because? you said so?
lmao
>It is all about balance
the balance is when women are sitting quiet and minding their business while taking care of their children (aka. not leaving the kitchen). You can't ignore mental and physical differences between men and women.

>>59590712
**humans and women**

>>59590710
Wow dodged a bullet there

>>59590712
>You can't ignore mental and physical differences between men and women.

Absolutely, each of us has their own role in life.

>>no one should be oppressed.
>because? you said so?

I am trying to hold a civilized conversation here. Are you anon?

>>59590761
should pedophiles be oppressed?

>>59584404
You will get over it, faggot.

>>59586703
how the hell are you on /g/ and dont know about virtual machines?

>>59584755
are you gay?

>>59590781
Punished? yes
Oppressed? no

>>59587912
hes talking about intel management engine
its compromised

>>59590840
It's compromised because?
Sauce, or get back to your containment freetard thread

>>59590951
Fucking idiot
https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intelme

>>59590710
>has not found the right woman yet.
There is no right woman.

>>59590712
Would you like to be a slave or oppressed yourself?
>"social contract doesn't apply to me xDDD"
kys

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>>59583745
Pure ideology

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What is the key to happiness guys
I really don't know

>>59591033
So?
Just because "it ""could"" be exploited" doesn't make it compromised. Do you know what word "compromised" means?
Show me a known type of attack on iME.

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>>59583907

>>59591074
No, and I won't, because I'm a valuable person.
An employee, a taxpayer.

>>59591109
>to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, to hear the lamentations of their women

>>59591109
Travel around the world.
Wouldn't you like to do this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hk6y8dhkeE

>>59591128
He's not wrong.

>>59591237
>war mongering is so fun :DD my infrastructure now and you are pow's now :DD

>>59591335
Yeah, it's been my childhood dream to jump off of a cliff to my death in a dumb ass penguin suit.

>>59591386
Newfag

>>59591386
Pussy.

>>59591386
faggot

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>>59591410
>>59591437
>>59591492
Heh.

>>59591502
>Jews
Are better than you. Why does this make you mad goy?

>>59591502
It really should say Iraq.

>>59583745
Obviously. Unless you have a little farm in your courtyard you need to buy food. It's impossible to be happy when you are starving.

So buying shit will make you happy so to speak.

>>59583730
How about buying some time to sort yourself out and find meaning and purpose in your life? Read some philosophy, get inspired by great artistic works, do something new, learn a skill or language, give yourself a challenge or give yourself goals to improve like a self-imposed spending limit.

Computers are ultimately just tools, and we're blessed that we live in a time when you can get so much computer for so relatively little money. I'm still using an 11year old q6600 because it's good enough for what I do with it. Upgrading a tool should be done because there's a need, not a desire.

>>59588061
Liquidation is the process of putting humans in a blender to create food for other humans. Naturally the smartest people are eaten first because through ingesting them you can imbue some of their magical powers.

>>59584887
Didn't you read what he wrote?
>realize I hate games

>>59583730

Realizing that you have a problem is 50% of solving said problem.

>>59593489
But meatheads are better for protein?

>>59584173
>likes to build clocks

I'm sure I've heard this

>falling for the spending 1k+ on a pc meme

Holy shit

>>59584755
>I search it on Youtube to see how it looks like
>all those CAPS LOCK TITLES and adhd thumbnails with disgusting looking manchildren screaming on them

How fucking stupid are you to not try something just because of youtube videos? You do realize the only reason those thumbnails are like that are because it's to lure in children who don't know about adblock yet, right? The whole video; "personality" and visuals are meant to make them money.

>>59585663
>But this night was different. I thought of the different options. But I just kept asking myself "And then what?" No matter what I thought about, it wasn't enough. Finally, I thought about cooking. And I stopped and thought, "Wait, I can do that in real life."

That's EXACTLY what happened to me the day I quit gaming. I was playing GTA V when it first came out and I realized everything I loved doing in game I could do in real life. It was the little things too, shopping for clothes, going for a drive, trading stocks, it clicked in my head how absurd that I was doing shit I could already do in real life with more benefit.

>>59588526
>beta alpha stale meme
>if you don't do shit before 35 you're fucked despite thousands of years of many people achieving their greatest feats after that age
>being a cog for le meme biology is all that matters!

my god you sound stupid

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To accept life is to accept ultimate defeat. The two main ways to live with it are belief in an afterlife and a higher power that gives meaning to existence. The classical way up till modernity.

The second way is to embrace Nietzscheism, proclaim the death of god and become a god yourself. Then you move beyond classical morality into a higher plane of existence where the meaning of life is life itself.

For most people the first path is the only real option. The second path is only for the strongest. The problem in modernity is that the second path has been imposed on a society that doesn't have the means to overcome the nihilistic stage.

Hence where we find ourselves in the present, in a state of meaninglessness and nihilistic decay. The salvation of modern western society is a return to classical sacred values.

And one way or another it will happen, the west will either return to christianity or be conquered by muslim ideology. One way or another the sacred will return because the self destructive nature of nihilism makes it inevitable.

>>59588893
>A free man would fornicate with women and discard them like smelly socks the next day and he would never screw himself over by getting married.
This is not a healthy view of life, mate.

>>59583730

>I spend 50-60 hours a week at work

There's your problem

well yes things that you buy will only bring you short term happiness for true happiness you need something else like maybe good friends or gf.
I wish to have a gf. My life is pretty bleak and empty.

our purpose as a species is to procreate so that our genes would pass on.
So our whole point in life or goal is to find a good partner and procreate.

bump this thread is gold, it's giving me life epiphany and I seriously think I need this.

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interesting thread

>>59583730
Rethink everything man.

Work less or give your work a higher purpose.

Don't buy money on just shit, but learn a new thing and get the tools you need to succeed in it. Get something that involves working with your hands, Learn an instrument,Travel, Vacation, Volunteer, Create, Fix, learn, etc., there's just so much shit to do, you just have to make the effort to do it.

Rent a cabin innawoods, go hiking, take pictures, relax away from society if that's the drag.

If you used to love games but hate em now, take a break from them, or go to somewhere like itch.io, find some random indie game that doesn't seem like shit, play it.

Do some physical activity. Play a sport, join an adult league if you're up for it.

Find a gf that's a great friend - fuck that trophy wife shit. you want this person to be awesome - someone that will be excited at shit that you're not in a way that your hypes will complement each other.

Find you some good friends, some hype men. break from negative things\people. Cycle out your main friends if you can, (i.e, i've been more wanting to hang out with my work friends than some online friends because i just want to change it up, but i still keep in touch)

Find communities online and IRL where you can find friends. IRL places like churches, volunteer organizations are good.

Wait forever to buy something. If you still want it then rethink. i've made retarded impulse purchases and i refuse to upgrade till i'm ready. Have a rigorous justification for your purchases

I won't say that i use the full power of my $1k rig, i'll play old games, browse, low energy shit, but then i'll fuck around with rendering, i'll code, i'll edit video\pictures, i'll play some high end game. I won't upgrade for quite a few years.

I've had a recent rough bout of this thinking so i hope this helps, i gotta follow it too, i'm just starting to rediscover the joy in life and shit. Best of luck to you OP and to all you anons out here in the same boat!

I spend 37hrs a week at work so I can eat stupid amounts of my favourite food and buy noctua fans and ps4s.

>>59583730
OK just get a $700 computer then

>>59584755
I think you're right. First repliers are twitchfucks.

>>59584755
Cheap xeons, man.
If you're not into gaming then single threading is pointless.
Cheap multithreaded compute is the way to go if you want to do some neat shit with your machines.

>>59590710
The right woman doesn't exist for me, anywhere in the world, and any relationshit is guaranteed to fail anyway.

>>59584325
This anon knows what's up

>>59598096
That's what being alpha is all about though.

>>59604002
>hurr I need to be alpha to justify my existence
You ruin society with this line of thought

Enjoy when the niggers knock down your doors and windows, swarm the place, and rape you just to prove how alpha they are.

(They will swarm you so fast, no amount of firearms or alpha will save you from jamal/tryone/muhammad/etc buttraping you)