do you?
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As a retired person: no, apart from by other retired people in the village, because we help each other out with our different skill-sets.
We still have a few friends but they are scattered; we meet mostly at funerals.
Politicians think we’re too expensive (healthcare, pensions, etc.) although they’re careful not to be too nasty, as apparently we vote more than other demographics. The fascists think we might vote for them (not a chance).
The young are busy with their own lives as they should be and so we are mostly seen as an inconvenience or, at best, a future inheritance. I’m fine with this: they’ve got it tough and we help where we can.
The AI crowd know we’re too old for that shit (we remember all the bubbles). We don’t buy much stuff either, so the capitalists and advertisers aren’t happy with us. The pub likes us but wishes we’d visit more often. The fund managers are going off us as our pension funds dwindle. I think the lady in the corner shop has a good opinion of us, although she thinks I buy too much beer.
Not at all. I’m pretty sure, if I died now, it would take a few months for anyone to notice anything.
I can’t promise to miss you viscerally but I am pretty sure the rest of the universe would.
I don’t see how lol.
I mean, I haven’t had any contact with anybody in 4 months now. Other than the checkout person in the local shop. And I’m sure they wouldn’t care if I stopped going there.
Anyway, this is not a “woe is me” thing, I’m completely fine with this. I much prefer to be left alone lol.
And yet, you responded to this. What’s going on with you? Why do you think you are not valued? I value you.
Yeah, you value me because I answered your question. The question was “do you feel valued” and no, I don’t feel valued because I answered your question.
I don’t feel valued because I bring no value to anyone in my life. Internet strangers asking questions do not count into that lol
I don’t feel valued because I bring no value to anyone in my life. Internet strangers asking questions do not count into that lol
Well, sure it does. That’s the reason we’re all here, isn’t it? Maybe not for you in particular, but for the Lemmy community. Internet strangers asking questions that you then answer and spark discussion is kind of THE value that any of us bring to this place. People asking questions and having discussions and sharing their own perspectives and life experiences is like, 80% of the whole internet. It’s what brought us into the global awareness that we have today.
That sucks. What’s something that to you would feel valuable to do?
Anything, really. Work or whatever. But the crippling depression and anxiety disorder etc sort of gets in the way of all that.
I gotta admit to one particular nightmare here
Setting up a home gym in my garage to hopefully remove my excuses …… but years back an acquaintance died while using his home gym in his garage, and was discovered by family. You don’t usually think of exercise as a deadly risk but it happens. Since I live alone, the nightmare is it would be a long time before I was discovered and that much more traumatic if it were family
Well theres a easy solution for that. Don’t get any of those pulley machine things. Just hand weights and a pull up bar. You don’t even really need anything else. Those machines are a waste of money.
Generally, yes. I spent years of quite a bit of effort to only surround myself with people who treat me as an equal & share my general values. I have to turn my brain off during serving-the-capitalists hours though.
I hope that you don’t have to serve the capitalists as long as you think you need to.
No
I feel like a mote of dust waiting to be vacuumed.
If you were indeed a mote of dust when you got vacuumed what would happen? Fast forward to the end of time. Would it be any different than what anyone else on this planet is going to experience?
For me the result makes no difference, but it’s more that there’s no living and there’s very little to do about it other than escapism (so, still nothing).
Them Bones by Alice in Chains comes to mind.
Yes, and for some reason I still have trouble believing it.
Depends on the human.
Work? No
Wife? Yes
Baby? Who knows what goes on in those things.
Rest of the family? Quite likely.How babby formed?
His wife made him feel appreciated.
;-)
Sure. AI hasn’t really encroached on anything that makes me feel valued.
By myself, yes.
No, not really.
Especially by myself.
What makes you feel valued?
…and is that something that can be delivered remotely, through a screen?
I ask this not because I necessarily want or expect a specific answer, but because everyone who reads my comment should stop and spend a few minutes considering what the answer is for them personally.
And then think about what you think the answer might be for other people in your life, and what makes them feel valued.
What can you do, to make that happen more often for yourself, and for others? Personally, I think nothing is quite as rewarding as making someone else feel valued.
Talk to your family. Talk to your friends. They want to hear from you, even if they’re busy.
I must say. Thank you for your reasoned and reasonable response.
I love you for who you are internet stranger. You made my day a little brighter. And I will pass it on. I am in far too frequent contact with all those I love and hold dear. I’ll take your implicit consent and spread the love to them too.
I know it’s rather gauche to reply to yourself but also I don’t give a shit.
The government knows when you masturbate.
Yes, I feel valued. These are hard times, I’m worried for me, my family - due to climate collapse, war, the breakdown of democracy. Yet, I have decided to help people in developing countries and locally as a pro-bono coach, and I’ve become politically active. The response shows that people value me; my opinions amd my support.
Thank you for what you are doing. I also contribute in my own way that I’m not going to describe in detail.
Not at work, at home yes.
For sure. Mostly from friends and family, but also in the things I do and the projects I accomplish. It’s a wonderful life.
