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TotallynotJessica lemmy.blahaj.zone TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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ThotDragon lemmy.blahaj.zone thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-04-24
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2023 was pretty good ngl

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Klear piefed.world Klear@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-05-14
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America sh.itjust.works Gullible@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-09
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People sleeping on 2020. My dad died. Good year for everyone, I assure you

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unidentifiedfelineobject lemmy.blahaj.zone unidentifiedfelineobject@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2026-09-05
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2025 has been pretty good in that i stopped having to deal with my father

once i recover enough in the aftermath of an impossible coexistence I'll be unstoppable :3c

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ÚwÙ-Passwort lemmy.world UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-09
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I will be 30..... So no 2027 wont be good.

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𝙈𝙞𝙖 quokk.au Quokka@quokk.au
Joined: 2025-06-09
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I will be 30..... So no 2027 wont be good.

Oh you lucky young person.

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CheesyFingers piefed.social CheesyFingers@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-12
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Classifying wide swaths of your life as good or bad is probably problematic but I'm not sykologist 🤤

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SirSamuel lemmy.world SirSamuel@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-05
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Is this a House of Leaves sequel?

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Klear piefed.world Klear@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-05-14
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Is this a House of Leaves sequel?

It's a diary of Clive Wearing who suffers from retrograde amnesia, unable to form long-term memories since 1985.

He's 88 now, and I'm assuming still filling page after page with a record of the time when he, from his point of view, finally woke up from his affliction and began to live anew.

Edit: That is to say, it's a Memento prequel, if anything.

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TankovayaDiviziya lemmy.world TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-22
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For what it's worth, the idea of "go with the flow" could help. Having too much expectations could lead to anxiety and disappointment. Just do whatever you want and do what you need, but don't expect a deadline or arbitrary purpose. You do it because you enjoy doing it, not to seek validation from others.

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nutbutter discuss.tchncs.de nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-07-11
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I took a 5-min break in 2019. Am still on that break.

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nutbutter discuss.tchncs.de nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-07-11
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Already ruined 2027, 2028 will be my year.

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SirSamuel lemmy.world SirSamuel@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-05
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It's a diary of Clive Wearing who suffers from retrograde amnesia, unable to form long-term memories since 1985. He's 88 now, and I'm assuming still filling page after page with a record of the time when he, from his point of view, finally woke up from his affliction and began to live anew. Edit: That is to say, it's a Memento prequel, if anything.

I'm impressed by your response and saddened by the information. Thank you <3

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Klear piefed.world Klear@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-05-14
#15 · (edited) Quote Reply

I'm impressed by your response and saddened by the information. Thank you &lt;3

Maybe I can ease the existential horror a little bit by providing this bit of a 2005 interview - it seems it's not that terrible of a fate. More melancholy than outright horror:

You're the first human beings I've seen, the three of you. Two men and one lady. The first ... people I've seen since I've been ill. No difference between day and night. No thoughts at all. No dreams. Day and night, the same – blank. Precisely like death.

Is it very hard?

No. It's exactly the same as being dead, which is not difficult, is it? To be dead is easy. You don't do anything at all. You can't do anything, when you are dead. It's been the same. Exactly.

Do you miss your old life?

Yes. But I've never been conscious to think that. So I've never been bored or upset. I've never been anything at all, it's exactly the same as death. No dreams even. Day and night, the same.

When you miss your old life, you say, 'Yes, I miss my old life', what do you miss?

The fact that I was a musician. And in love.

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arrow74 lemmy.zip arrow74@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-04
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People sleeping on 2020. My dad died. Good year for everyone, I assure you

2020 was a great year for me personally, bad year for the world in general though.

Honestly I completed a lot of personal/life milestones that year. They probably would have been nicer without the backdrop of a global pandemic, but oh well

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Maxxie piefed.blahaj.zone Maxxie@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-06-08
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I prefer "I survived another year eat my ass"

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SirSamuel lemmy.world SirSamuel@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-05
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Maybe I can ease the existential horror a little bit by providing this bit of a 2005 interview - it seems it's not that terrible of a fate. More melancholy than outright horror: You're the first human beings I've seen, the three of you. Two men and one lady. The first ... people I've seen since I've been ill. No difference between day and night. No thoughts at all. No dreams. Day and night, the...

Day and night, the same – blank. Precisely like death.

Damn. Dude's livin the dream, amirite? /s

And that bit about missing being a musician and in love. Whoof.

I thought this was particularly interesting:

To be dead is easy. You don't do anything at all. You can't do anything, when you are dead. It's been the same. Exactly.

It's an interesting perspective on life and death, and what living means. And while he feels like a living dead person, the people who's lives he's touched have likely been enriched by his presence, by the person he is, here and now. It reminds me of a line from Don Hertzfelt's World of tomorrow:

"Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead."

Thank you for expounding on your original post

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applebusch (she/her) lemmy.blahaj.zone applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-11-11
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I will be 30..... So no 2027 wont be good.
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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
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I prefer "I survived another year eat my ass"

That's one way to ask for birthday sex I suppose

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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
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Yeah, actually thinking about it 22 and 23 were pretty decent years imo. 24 on the other hand… yikes that was a rough year for me

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TotallynotJessica Moderator TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-10-30
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Yeah, actually thinking about it 22 and 23 were pretty decent years imo. 24 on the other hand… yikes that was a rough year for me

24 was actually really good until my whole future crumbled before my eyes

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Sarothazrom lemmy.world Sarothazrom@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-26
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24 was actually really good until my whole future crumbled before my eyes

o hey that was 25 for me :)

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n0xy (it/its) lemmy.dbzer0.com N0tTr0xy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-11
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2030 will be my year, too lazy to update so often

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n0xy (it/its) lemmy.dbzer0.com N0tTr0xy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-11
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I guess it has 5 more years to turn out like that

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djsoren19 lemmy.blahaj.zone djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-01-13
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I'm really feeling 2069, I think that'll be my year :3

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