Nothing works as it was explained to me how it should. Now everything has ever changing rules and the points don't matter.

Why are you unhappy with your gender,

The fuck kind of question even is this?

Mostly I am happy - I don't think it really has that much to do with my circumstances, which now are relatively cushy, just a lucky quirk of biology. I have been reasonably happy when homeless, I do get anxious but not depressed, just not how my brain works.

So please never blame yourself if you are unhappy, it can be the other side of the same coin. I do think satisfaction, the ability to be satisfied is a life skill, but happiness vs. sadness, some of that is biological.

At this point I can only blame my broken brain.

I don't really have any complaints, I'm just not a very happy person

I am happy, but thanks for the check-in.

the way the world has went. I expected progress toward utopia not embracing dystopia. I mean I studied science with a genuine motivation of advancing progress in genetic therapy.

Because 46 and lost remote job, and after working a year from home dread having to go into work. Especially with gas what it is and I live in shit hole state with no public transportation. Add to the fact that I must try find work in this economy while dealing with ageism. Just fucking hate this shit.

Almost every issue I have right now goes back to billionaires, fascism, or capitalism. The last two years have been the most difficult of my life so far, and literally existential. I just nearly avoided statelessness and now I can't legally work following a layoff, so I've been living off of savings

I suffer with self confidence and consider myself forgettable

Basically, I don’t believe you. I guess I believe you believe this.

Billionaires are intricately and dominantly involved with late-stage capitalism, which is making all our lives worse in countless ways. If they did indeed disappear and weren't quickly replaced, then at least there's a chance better legislation and regulatory structures could be firmed up to slow future billionaires down.

The commenter above's wish makes sense to me.

Dunno

If you're being serious, there are lots of reasons ranging from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria to things like the systemic disenfranchisement of women in modern society.

Fun fact: when were women in the United States allowed to have bank accounts?

A: Since the founding in 1776

B: 1870's

C: 1970's

D: Oh God it's 1970's, isn't it?

Answer: 1974, when the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed.

(EDIT: this answer previously said 1970 instead of 1974. Thank you to u for the correction.)

Why should I be?

I'm lonely and hate myself, and I hate myself too much to move towards not being lonely.

Also I'm in the Navy, and I work insane hours.

I have balls.

What would be the point?

If you are happy you are a target, you still haven't lost hope and you still have something that can be taken away.

But I am. Check mate, atheists.

Chronic fatigue and insomnia.

Brain chemistry and resistance to medication.

I don't know how to

Progressive health problems are progressing. Slowly losing my life more and more to these awful diseases. Every month another small capability dies, and my life shrinks again.

I try to focus on the short term, living day to day. That isn't so bad, I'm reasonably happy. But sometimes I look up and remember the cliff edge approaching. I think that would disturb anybody.

and also your friends family nagigng on you for not having a job, or "clutching thier pearls" have to move back in with family.

at minimum its an underlying cause, but it shouldnt be the go to for not sole source of your problems.

i have atopic dermatitis, with nasal allergies. every flare up has been pretty severe, although its not frequent, like a few years in between.

Fight or flight... avoid or smash... I think everybody is trying to find stable. If not it is a loop spun by a unhealthy environment. Internalize or not. The worm lives for now. On top of that we are all mortal which depending might be good. We are all waiting in line. You would have to define happy in great detail. Maybe there should be a word that encompasses healthy inline with the natural world.

They force you to smile.

Keep fighting. I got laid off twice in the past two years and managed to find new gigs each time. I'm about the same age. Programmer.

I worked in a remote job 2021-2025, large organization, layoffs (or "impacts" is the newspeak word I guess) in Feb. Job hunting was a real rollercoaster, but I found a local company that sounded promising.

It seemed fine at first, in-office but a short commute that I didn't mind. But...laid off again in early March. Another year, another job hunt. Even more of a rollercoaster. But I did manage to get another remote gig working as an independent contractor for another large organization.

It's not ideal, but it is possible. You've got skills and experience. There are still jobs out there that need doing even if you have to wade through more bullshit to get there.

'73 I thought

I’m not demoralized by the problems the world faces. I’m demoralized by people’s active efforts against solving them, or encouraging making them worse. Racism above economic benefits for all. More expensive gas vehicles over the multitude of transport options that don’t pollute our environment.

In history books, I read stories about how the world had to band together to win WW2; for instance, stories about sharing used nylons to make parachutes, or how the modern post office was reinvented. As horrible as war was, I miss when people would actually try. It disgusts me that a great many people just know that you-know-who lies on the regular and still support him.

I don’t even hate him so strongly. I hate what he showed of our world as a litmus test, and it’s made it hard to trust that world again.

if i only owned the means of production i'd be ecstatic

communism bestism

Because everything is awful.

Looked it up. 1974 for the credit act. Thanks for the correction! Edited my comment.

Because all of these moneymen and salesmen have their collective boots on my throat. I can't just go outside and play anymore what with all of the cameras and evil groups concerned about why I might be outside.

Right now? My boyfriend is very clearly emotionally wounded by something he doesnt want to share with me. Feeling helpless makes me unhappy, EZ.

And thanks for correcting my correction. I'm not sure how I came up with 1973, but I was thinking of the credit act. I should have looked it up myself before posting :\

Everything is expensive. I'm behind on everything. There's no end in sight.

Because the world sucks and there is nothing I can do with it

Everything keeps getting further away economically. It’s like those dolly zoom shots in cinema where the camera keeps the subect in the same spot but the background rapidly recedes. I keep trying to move forward, but it feels like we’re not getting anywhere.

cause i wasnt born in the scandinavian region

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!

Through the Looking Glass was published during the original Gilded Age, and we are currently living in another.

The world doesn't suck

The world is awesome

There are a few handfuls of expansionist narcissistic oligarchs, dictators and uber rich that ruin the experience for everyone else.

Seriously, we hang a few dozen very specific guys from the gallows and literally the world would be saved the next day. All of the sudden genocides are over, we can focus fully on stopping climate change, we can form a UN that can enforce peace, we can implement wealth caps where nobody gets crazy rich anymore.. Can you imagine?

Seriously... That is the weirdness of the problem. We have a few people with so much power that 8 billion of us have their lives ruined by at most a few hundred

I would change John Lenno's "imagine" to "imagine we hang the parasite class and implemented wealth caps, it isn't hard to do"

I'm programmer all I got is Property and Casualty license and 26 plus years of customer service experience. Which is in short supply now due to AI.

Because I'm working for the Devil.

Climate change, fascism, being mislead and lied to by school system that thought I was a lost cause.

Mh sorry but there are FAR FAR more, like orders of magnitude, people that make it worse for everyone else just so they can have even the slightest advantage (or even just so others have none).

Would you go regional for example each country has to pick 10 specific arseholes, or would you pick a number and pick 200 or so despite location?

And do you think there is a ranking system say politician, warmonger, Tech-bro, media owner, CEO and so on?

I think this is an actual use for AI, to analyse these scenarios and figure removing which figure benefits humanity the quickest.

Your fear is very valid and justified. We are all here mate. Even if its internet strangers people care and are about to chat. I hope you have a good week.

Buy a bat and hit your balls. Great stress relief 😃

The main thing making me unhappy is the imminent collapse of the Untied States

On the bright side, I feel like the majority of the world is gradually uniting against Trump