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electric_blue68

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58. Welcome newbie! Must disagree on the travel thing, though. Not "more authentic", but Meaningful to me...

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 02:29 PM

Dec 26

As a lover of Nature, and various types of deep countryside (as well as interesting to me cities), Architecture, Art, Science...

I was lucky enough in my earlier life (mid-late 20s) to make enough money (I think I was still doing very specialized work) to gift myself 2 big vacations by bus two summers in a row.
I did see The Grand Canyon, a place I fell in love w (photos) by the time I was about 12 yrs old. Magical, magnificent!

Decades later I was unexpectedly(!) gifted a trip to relatives in Switzerland for 3 weeks to make art w my aunt. And she took me, and a granddaughter to Paris for several days! They'd been there before, so I went off to see The Effiel Tower at least from street level at the base. Architectural marvel!

People usually have a mix of lucky, and unlucky experiences in their lives. Along with efforts they made, and help they've sometimes received.

And, yeah, if it's meaningful to a person then it is personally fulfilling.

Nothing wrong w that.

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America died for me on 11/5. [View all] Funtatlaguy Dec 25 OP

Don't hate all of us. I do understand what you're saying. LoisB Dec 25 #1

Don't hate all of us is Damn Skippy right. Don't hate America bottomofthehill Dec 25 #32

I think your second paragraph was intended for the original poster (not me) but you are LoisB Dec 25 #34

Sorry, fat thumbs and brain freeze bottomofthehill Dec 25 #38

No worries. I knew who you were talking to. I can't imagine living anywhere else either and LoisB Dec 25 #45

That's no way to live. Nothing is worth you being miserable like that. Talk to your doctor about depression. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 25 #2

I'm not depressed. Just realistic. Funtatlaguy Dec 25 #4

Thinking there's nothing attainable and that "merely existing" is the best you can do is definitely depression. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 25 #5

I do help others daily but with no joy. Funtatlaguy Dec 25 #7

Well, maybe you haven't chosen the best way for you to be with others... I don't diminish what you are feeling hlthe2b Dec 25 #9

Funny you say that. Funtatlaguy Dec 25 #13

I get it. hlthe2b Dec 25 #14

Me too LSparkle Dec 25 #35

That's really all any of us do is merely exist spapeggy Dec 25 #10

Welcome newbie! Must disagree on the travel thing, though. Not "more authentic", but Meaningful to me... electric_blue68 Dec 26 #58

We fought against slavery. We fought for the women's vote! RiverStone Dec 25 #44

Me too claudette Dec 25 #3

I'm not hateful... 2naSalit Dec 25 #6

America died when Reagan was elected. J_William_Ryan Dec 25 #8

Surviving trump2 is the best revenge. Turbineguy Dec 25 #11

Billions of people around the world have lived their entire lives without ever experiencing your hope and joy. Beastly Boy Dec 25 #12

There is plenty of joy and hope in this world Raine Dec 25 #15

I struggle too MadameButterfly Dec 25 #16

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. Funtatlaguy Dec 25 #20

America died in childbirth because its Founders were a bunch of simpletons. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 25 #17

They weren't simpletons at all; they were trying to construct a government Ocelot II Dec 25 #31

Prior to 2016/17, I might have agreed with some of what you're saying. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 25 #43

I felt the same way on election night that I did on 9/11. Initech Dec 25 #18

I was EXTREMELY surprised when I heard the HumanGarbageMan actually won. chouchou Dec 25 #19

We are who I feared we are. Funtatlaguy Dec 25 #21

Your words are true. Reminds me of a good book I once read: "I have no mouth and I must scream" chouchou Dec 25 #41

"No matter how cynical I am, I can't keep up." -Lily Tomlin CrispyQ Dec 25 #22

I'm with Tom Paine on that love/hate relationship. Ping Tung Dec 25 #23

I am not despondent, I am pissed and angry, and will never view America in JohnSJ Dec 25 #24

Sorry you feel that way. yardwork Dec 25 #25

Agreed. When I think of all the real misery in this world - like 10 year old children in Ethiopia who weigh 20 pounds Midwestern Democrat Dec 26 #56

We don't need you dying. We need you fighting. Sneederbunk Dec 25 #26

Would you say Germany died in the 1930s? EdmondDantes_ Dec 25 #27

I never felt this bad when any Republican got elected or StarryNite Dec 25 #28

This election exposed the hearts of many Americans. Funtatlaguy Dec 25 #36

John McCain, Mitt Romney ... I could have taken them LSparkle Dec 25 #37

I'm exactly where you are at Nictuku Dec 25 #29

America died well before that. The Grand Illuminist Dec 25 #30

If you let Trump do that to you you're letting him win. Patton French Dec 25 #33

It was dirty. Musk and Putin were into the vote data. Botany Dec 25 #39

I have become cynical in my old age, having realized over time Ocelot II Dec 25 #40

Seek professional help. DU is not therapy. erodriguez Dec 25 #42

You can discuss your issues with what you frame as 'doomer bs' with the OP. Celerity Dec 25 #46

The day after the election, my best friend said: yellow dahlia Dec 25 #47

You're not alone mvd Dec 25 #48

not dead yet Skittles Dec 26 #49

I admire those of you that will still fight. Funtatlaguy Dec 26 #50

I agree 100% kansasobama Dec 26 #51

I hear you. The conventional wisdom of late seems to be... Hugin Dec 26 #52

''O, let America be America again - The land that never has been yet ...'' Donkees Dec 26 #53

I am so sorry PennRalphie Dec 26 #54

There is one hope left Freddie Dec 26 #55

Could be a lot worse. Elessar Zappa Dec 26 #57

Heh... I posted mine w/o reading anything before hand...and it looks like we have some similarity in our pov. electric_blue68 Dec 26 #60

I Refuse to Give Up the Joy, and Beauty I can Have Right Now to That Scumbag & Co! electric_blue68 Dec 26 #59

Perspective helps Southern_gent Dec 26 #61

I was more shocked in 2016 iemanja Dec 27 #62