If you want some more reading material, check out Ryan Holiday. He's more modern oriented with stoicism. And of course YouTube or equivalent sources from him.

Obviously this is in mental health. If you're self aware of how cynical you are (and believe me, I've also been there as I'm also in my 40s), you really should look for avenues of therapy that resonate with you. Someone to talk to could actually hash out some inner feelings and turmoil you might be holding on.

I am/was a people pleaser also. It's hard to not be nice when people ask but I also realize if I'm saying yes to someone, I'm saying no to myself or something that might be more important. It's good to at least weigh the balance that way.

My final suggestion is a tall order. It may or may not be a popular suggestion here, but I found that stoicism has helped me. I read, watch videos, and listen to podcasts about the ancient Stoics and it helps me deal with feelings and encounters that enhance those feelings. Getting road rage? Take a deep breath and forgive that person who cut you off. Everyone has their demons and misfortune and perhaps they needed it more. But the point is you take and keep control of your feelings and actions and then you'll pursue peace. Of course shitty things will happen in the world and you don't want to be callous about them. But once you keep your integrity, authenticity, and pursue wisdom, courage, justice and temperance, everyone will see that and follow suit.

Good luck, stranger. I'm just an idiot on the Internet but your words pulled on my heartstrings.

Nobody wants to mention the Malazan Empire series? That's probably fair since chances are good someone would screw it up royally.

Just don't say Elric since we know how they screwed us over on his ripoff.

The best part is no matter what health insurance he has (or doesn't have), that's gonna be expensive as fuck by the end of the year.

When you have too many cooks in the kitchen, it's okay to hate some things on the menu. Unfortunately, the hired cooks are coming from the same awful school.

LEGO my LEGOS!

*plays Warrant - Uncle Tom's Cabin

That was green milk and that is a travesty of a Star Wars film. Tiddies couldn't save that wreck.

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

That's where the burning bush comes in.

Not really. That's the reason for the new season is that everyone starts with a clean slate. A new character at this time won't help anything if you've already done statues, unlocked the main city waypoints, and renown to the third tier in each area.

Now season 2 was my first time getting to 100 and attempt to clear the season challenges. And my advice there since I won't complete it: do NOT skimp on leveling up your glyphs. I did everything else but I lost my momentum at the end because it became daunting.

No joke. Many years ago we went to a biker bar and it happened to be a karaoke night. Asian guy sings Secret "Asian" man and we lost our shit.

Plan WAY ahead and donate your body to science. Family isn't stuck with a bill to the vultures. Cremation even costs way too much to pay people that prey on grieving family for something that is inevitable. And science benefits from your donation. Ultimate win.

Also on Xbox but it's been a good minute. I'll check it sometime and see if it's fixed.

Have they even fixed the tag component for researches? Last I checked, if you tagged something and then completed the research for it, it was permanently stuck on.

If you're gonna have the discussion, then discuss. Don't ask stupid fucking questions in a community that I've tried to recreate from Reddit. I'm not trying to be political or be obtuse. I want to find out why a company has bought one of the most iconic IPs of our life and ran it into the ground.

I like Thor Skywalker and he does his best to explain logically how I feel on these matters. If you don't like that and don't wish to discuss on it more, kindly keep walking.

Found the only other Utahn around here.

I fucking hate ~Disney~ Star Wars.

Dune?

I definitely agree.

I was almost on board until you got to Wonka. Haha I don't think I'll be watching that one either. That's a potential to stain another classic in my eyes.

I was just going to say Dune is a definite exception unless they screw it up after the previous lay-up. But that's where we are in society. It's sad my knee-jerk reaction to new content is cynicism. It used to be hype all the way.

It almost seems like we need another community just for new TV and media in general. Star Wars is one thing, but so many IPs are following suit that maybe we need a community of just bad storytelling in general. And I'm not talking anything specifically political. People these days do NOT know how to make a good story. It's irritating and exhausting to try and keep up. That's why I have just stopped. I'm honestly done with new TV and movies in general.

Yep. I'm doing the same. Yarrr!

Absolutely. This is like the 4th post here? I created this area because like you, I want nothing to do with Reddit any longer. And during the high turnover period, people would say "just create the community and don't wait for others to do it." I did that but I have zero inclination or time to moderate a community currently in my life.

So seriously, vent your frustrations, talk about your thoughts and thank you for sharing your experience. I haven't quite started looking at other avenues so it's eye opening.

I'm beginning to see my mistake. I wasn't expecting this to hit the "All" feed and now I think I'm in trouble. Sorry for the confusion.

Haha welp.

This was more in response to anyone subscribed to the community. I didn't mean for it to hit the "All".

I'm still learning how Lemmy works. I see the error in my ways.

Holy shit. This is the best thing.

And have a submarine ride for that one.