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9. All those compilation vids are on point.
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:44 AM
3 hrs ago

I've felt the same way for a while, that I increasingly want very little to do with anyone. I'm saving up to buy a little plot of land out away from the hustle and bustle, while in the interim I'm researching farming (Far more science than I thought!) and small fowl ranching, in addition to electrical work and renewable energy maintenance methods. We're just tired of it all, the hustle, the grind, the endless wasted life of struggling to make money for other people.

I'd rather make a pittance off a small farmer's market cart and be self-sustaining rather than keep selling bits and pieces of my life eight, twelve or sixteen hours at a time to a heartless corporation in exchange for paper of dubious value, surrounded by heartless coworkers and pandering to heartless customers who won't even bother with a "Good morning" but will jump down my throat for not smiling widely enough at them. The only GOOD thing that's happened in the past fifteen years is when I moved out of Florida to go back to upstate New York; at least there's a smaller density of assholes.

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I really feel for the young folk Skittles 7 hrs ago #1
And it isn't just the politics. It's AI, generative AI, which is badly flawed tech, but which has been highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #18
I really noticed the effect during the holidays... Hugin 6 hrs ago #2
That is where I am Bettie 5 hrs ago #3
Me too Grim Chieftain 5 hrs ago #6
I think it's because for that year, we realized we were free. Hellbound Hellhound 2 hrs ago #19
Good Point--let's give it a name Roy Rolling 5 hrs ago #4
The new American Dream is to leave mnhtnbb 5 hrs ago #5
Mrs. Aristus and I dream of emigrating to Finland. Aristus 2 hrs ago #20
Wondered what she was selling. Off the grid anti-government. "Pro-Life Pro-God Pro-Gun Pro-USA" shirts. Click & Buy! betsuni 5 hrs ago #7
What is "LOL" about it? /nt UniqueUserName 3 hrs ago #8
She's got to survive, too. Lots of people are making content to survive. haele 2 hrs ago #16
All those compilation vids are on point. Hellbound Hellhound 3 hrs ago #9
K&R UTUSN 3 hrs ago #10
Kick dalton99a 3 hrs ago #11
One might wonder if Americans are being conditioned. ariadne0614 3 hrs ago #12
The depressing part is the ones who will Bettie 2 hrs ago #14
Young people feel especially hopeless Johnny2X2X 2 hrs ago #13
FWIW, this video is the kind of stuff that is a very wide and easy on-ramp into MAHA, conspiracy, overly prepping and WhiskeyGrinder 2 hrs ago #15
Yes, priming an audience/customer base, younger and less MAGA, using Left-leaning anti-establishment buzzwords. betsuni 2 hrs ago #17
Tbh, goodwill in American society is over and so is the American Dream, whatever that was. Oneironaut 1 hr ago #21
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