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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Usually, it takes a special situation and Truck-kun to answer the call. Might not be ideal though. Gotta be careful what you wish for.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gandalf invited Bilbo Baggins on an "adventure" when he was 50, so not everything is lost yet.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

There are many calls to adventure, but we often don't heed them because it means discomfort and risk - sometimes to the degree that your long-term survival is jeopardized with few means to mitigate that (valid), other times just because sitting on the couch seems nicer (more often than not, an excuse - but a choice you're certainly allowed to make).

If your ability to survive by the trial's end isn't compromised, I think everyone should choose at least one adventure for themselves, even if it's something that makes you feel a little like Don Quixote. It at least gives you something to talk about.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

If anyone else feels bummed out by this, there are a lot of calls to adventure you can answer at any time. 75% of fire departments in the United States are volunteer. If you’re in half decent physical shape, get out there. Disaster relief organizations like the Red Cross are good too. Lots of jobs to do where you can be sent to disaster zones for 1 and 2 week rotations, but also local disaster response, like showing up to house fires to help families find temporary housing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

The class war never stopped.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Considering when I was a teenager I spent a lot of time reading post-apocalyptic books, that may be a good thing in my case for society as a whole.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I was once told by a friend to be positive and that I'm the hero of my own adventure (I am not lonely at that time by the way, I was moving out of my hometown, which is funny enough since I realised after that people seem to think it's weird if you move out of town for any reasons aside from job or college opportunities). Anyway, I was indeed going on adventure by moving out of town but I never thought of myself as hero before or after. I don't like the expression because it sounds like stoking and inflating the ego. I have a friend who seems to have that mindset when we were younger, but when our 20s came, he fell into depression for not attaining his dreams and desires.

I think a lot of us were raised to hope and to be like a superhero making big changes to the world. Personally, I see myself as more like a traveller or soldier; experiencing and absorbing the world without necessarily trying so hard to shape the world to our own liking, and also facing challenges and adversities gracefully. Live your life to the fullest as you wish, but what I'm trying to say is be humble enough you're only human--not a god-- and know when to fight battles.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think a lot of us were raised to hope and to be like a superhero making big changes to the world.

Ya, so much of our media is about "ordinary person realizes they are not just a regular loser, they are special! They have magical powers or were actually a prince or a millionaire this whole time!" especially anything for young people.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

You gotta make your own. Pack some stuff, ride your bike and punch some meanies on the way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

You received it when you were born but with age it got duller.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I received a call to adventure this week. Unfortunately, I can live my life remotely, so I'll barely miss a beat. Just in a different place for a while, and grinding a quest that could insulate me from the horrors of capitalism (if we succeed)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Hey, you! Yeah, you! Start a union at your workplace! Join an anarchist org. Run for local council on an environmental and transit platform. Attend a protest. Paint bike lanes!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Unless I somehow get isekaid I'll remain a kitchen npc my whole life

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