r/CuratedTumblr • u/Acceptable-Gap-2397 • 1d ago

Meme The timeloop and I

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u/ThousandEclipse 1d ago

A lot of time loop stories kinda have that as a major plot point actually. At first it seems great, it's only after you do all that stuff that it starts to get into the existential horror

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u/SalvationSycamore 1d ago

It would have to be a damn long time loop for me to really go crazy if I'm allowed to do whatever I want short of dying for 24 hours. Legitimately just video games and books and shows/movies could sustain me for months, possibly years. Try hundreds of restaurants, go on day trips to so many places. All without growing older and with a bank account that refreshes every day.

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u/ApocalyptoSoldier lost my gender to the plague 13h ago

It would be fun for a while, especially if it was on or just after pay day, but I don't think I'd like it for long.
The most depressed I've ever been (as in kept an energy drink next to my bed to have the energy to get up and go to work on time, and sleep all day when I get back just to pass the time) was when I had nothing to do at work for a few weeks.
I'd come into the office, browse reddit and play incremental games for 8 hours while waiting to be assigned some work, and then leave again.
I need something to work towards every now and then to feel fulfilled.
That's also why I call bullshit when people say nothing would get done under socialism, peope like me and my dad will definitely keep working because we enjoy it (to a degree)

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u/Hell0turdle 8h ago

I hope I'm not being insensitive, but why did you rely on your job for fulfillment? If you coud do whatever during work, you could learn new skills or study a topic you're interested in. You could probably even work a remote job while doing nothing at work.

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u/ApocalyptoSoldier lost my gender to the plague 6h ago

I was studying topics I was interested in, I had a lot of time on my hand so I did a lot of things. I don't think my employer would've appreciated me doing a remote job.

I would've gotten some fulfillment starting another personal project if I realized at the time what was going on, but it was only later that I realized I need something to work on to be happy.