Why don’t you have a cat or dog ?

I will forget to feed them and they will starve to death. I am a very bad owner.

I’m afraid that if I say what I like, people will think I’m crazy and that I need to see a psychologist. And talking about nothing, for example, I’m tired of participating in conversations about how the day went, how life sucks, and how people want to die instantly and painlessly so that it all ends.

Focus on yourself. Being lonely isn’t rare these days, but being completely alone gives you complete freedom. I’m fairly new to working out, but I’ve stuck to a relatively consistent schedule for four months or so and my body looks and feels so much better. I’m working on my pull-up and dead hang form at the moment, and I’m finding it really tough but really rewarding. I’m on week 2 of 100 push-ups per day, and seeing my body go from barely being able to do 15 in a set, to almost doing 30 in a set, has been really fun! You don’t get the opportunity to be selfish with your time without guilt very often in life, and if you’re gonna be alone anyway you may as well make the most of it.

I constantly have problems with this because I always forget to exercise, or find it extremely difficult to force myself to do so. Recently, however, I realized that the reason for this is that my brain doesn’t see the point in wasting the body’s limited resources on exercise and is lazy, preferring to save energy for creative projects…

Oh! Also! Get a bit weird with it. I grew my hair out for seven years, but I trimmed it earlier this year, then shaved it all off after getting sober. Just recently, I shaved it into a mohawk, and a couple of weeks ago I shaved designs into the sides of my head. Whether it looks good or not isn’t the point; the point is about reclaiming your self expression, and enjoying your selfish experience. Be self centered. Be protective of your time. Be expressive. Do what you want. Say what you want. Spend how you want. Sell your sofa. Paint your walls. Do something you’ve always wanted to do but haven’t because you’ve felt self-conscious. If you’re feeling invisible at the moment, make the most of it. I started baking recently, too. Totally blew my calorie budget for the day but I ate a whole loaf of chocolate chip banana bread and honestly it was worth it.

I agree with you on that.

Yes, your story is much sadder than mine, I just go crazy from communicating with myself, because there is no one else. I damn well hope you’ll be fine.

Yes, I also thought about it, but how embarrassing it is, but I think I will still try to do it, thanks!

Damn, why wasn’t it given a name?

Today and in the future, it seems that this will have to be done offline, because the Internet has become like a titanic that sinks to the bottom after hitting an iceberg named AI.

But I understand what you mean.

First, they still need to be found, and this is not an easy task.

Sometimes it starts like this, by the way, most likely I will try to post a test paper soon.

Yes, I changed it to a shorter name. The only question is, which is better mini-stories or shortstories?

And I also improved the design of the community.

Well, I can say that I have already created it, here is the link, if interested, I will be glad to your tips for improving the community - https://lemmy.world/c/ShareYourMiniStory

But it seems that first I need to decide where to build this house, since this instance is not quite reliable, there are too many rules that are stifling.

But I’ll try, maybe something will work out.

What film are you referencing?

To be honest, this is a funny case, for some reason I could not find it at all, because I don’t remember the name, apparently, it got lost in time, like tears in the rain.

What I can tell you is this: take time away from the internet. This whole Generative AI boom has shown me that a disconcerting number of people, probably even the majority, honestly and seriously do not give a shit about authentic human effort and creativity. Being real, being authentic, being creative, any of the things you or I might view as essential to the human experience don’t matter to them. They want content to consume, and that’s that. Don’t give a shit where it comes from. Don’t give a shit what it means. Just stick it in front of their eyes for a few seconds before they move onto the next thing. It’s really fucked up.

It’s hard to compare it to something, but no, I know, you can draw an analogy with food: one person buys quality vegetables grown by a farmer, and he’s in good health, and another person buys factory-made products with much less nutrients, which makes that person a little lethargic, irritated, and weak and so on.

Get away from the internet when you can. It’s not a healthy place, and it can make people a little bit sick, I think. Make art for yourself.

Well, I’m writing my book, but sometimes it’s so tiring when you realize that no one is interested in it and you’re never going to get a penny, and it makes it damn hard to write. I still remember the words of the character from the dystopian film, which turned out to be prophetic, and it hurts me even more.