How to Stop Wasting Your Life: Boomermaxxing

[@MemeAnalysis]

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[@0live0wire0]

I'd pay a lot to see you debating Jay Dyer or Jimbob on philosophy and worldviews. This would be one hell of a debate.

[@jacques9168]

Have you ever thought of making a vídeo about music on the internet?

[@puppperoni]

my boomer parents (actual boomers, born in the 50's) spend their days watching tv, youtube, and using facebook. It's sad, I feel like I moved on from heavy internet usage long ago. Now I know how they felt when they saw me at 10 years old spending my entire weekend on the computer and never going outside.

[@theosophicalwatermelons8181]

Somewhat ironically, generations who didn't grow up with the internet never developed resistance to it, thus falling into machinic enslavement much more quickly and immediately than generations who had time in their formative years to simply become jaded to it. I predict that, rather than remaining skibidi infants for the rest of the history of the universe, Gen Alpha might become the most lucid, most pessimistic, most internet-bored yet; many being on phones before they can read is already causing many Gen Alpha to grow up way too fast, meaning that they won't remain skibidi infants for the rest of time.

[@blackpillfitness9136]

It is very ironic

[@Kaizen747]

Dude!! Isnt it fucking strange?? I feel the same, i was the typical gamer addict like 5 years ago and quit too, and now i see my past self reflected in them too

[@iTzic21]

Something I too can relate to. I've spent almost my entire free time during my youth in front of screens and my stepfather constantly teased and made fun of me for it. Nowadays I still sit on my pc most of the time, but try to break out by doing something different whenever I can. He, on the other hand, lays mostly on the couch, tv blasting and constantly scrolling on his phone. Even when he's outside, smoking cigs. It's almost painfully ironic to see the transition

[@LordVader1094]

@@iTzic21 Same here. I wish I could get my parents off their devices.

[@squid1712]

Instructions unclear, became a 50's greaser.

[@MemeAnalysis]

You achieved it

[@Sam-es2gf]

I think the cruelest part of this is knowing it and being unable to put it into action. I've had chronic health issues all my life from a young age, except a period of about 5 years. During that time, I had a decently paid job, travelled, made friends and girlfriends, had regular new experiences and felt like life had opportunity. Yet here i am again, unemployed, barely able to leave the house most days, my mind a fog and my body a joke in a cage. Online friendships only. Hobbies limited to the solo. It's no way to be.

[@corruptedmilk2481]

chronic shit sucks man, I also struggle from some ailments but try my best to live

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

I sincerely wish you all the best. Have a blessed day.

[@sassyjay100]

Hello I am a Sam, I am sorry to hear that, do you live in the states I assume?

[@hyperboreanpunk]

im kinda in the same situation im just trying to crawl my way out despite everything

[@offensivearch]

Nihilism is the door way to real life. You may not consider yourself lucky, but if you only go further you can see that each moment is perfect and exactly what you need. Chris is interesting, but his eyes are actually still closed. What appears to be misfortune from eyes closed is fortune with eyes open. All you need to do to realize what I am saying as reality in your life is to find your vehicle of progress, and before that (if you haven't already) to realize you are the sole authority of your life. The reality is life is perfect. There is no wrongness nor ever could be. Most people never realize this because most people never open their eyes. They trade the toys of childhood for the toys of adulthood, they never grow into real Adulthood. Misfortune can be the doorway if you let it.

[@antonioc.5778]

I WANT TO ESCAPE THIS PRISON AAAAAAAHHH!!!!

[@TBKOTOROB]

I feel this

[@baylbhgynjf-jvyy-unir-cevi8499]

Put ya phone down 🌚

[@star_duck]

Grab a stick and search of gnomes in the woods

[@anigeriantaxidriver5040]

You built it in the first place, just walk out the front door

[@romibee3315]

Meme guy: drinking beer is real fun, smoking weed isn't

[@Michael-ld2np]

I just turned 26 but came to this same realization only recently. My life has never felt/been more fun and spontaneous. And yes, I do feel robbed of life/time from all the times I’ve spent hours consuming nonstop.

[@Yungnode]

Bro I turned 26 this year too and flipped my entire life around in a year. Lost 60lbs put down the video games, got a motorcycle and on the path to boomermaxxing before I even knew it.

[@elfoxy1997]

Lost a load of weight and got pretty muscular, I think the thing that changed for me is not avoiding games at all cost, but being more deliberate with my time, rather than passively playing BS or scrolling through social media, trying to use this technology to enrich your life. I think you have to make some allowances for hobbies but also being mindful of what those things do for you, gym is a good outlet because I make gains, but it also helps me feel tired enough to relax and sleep, and also burning that energy helps you feel less stressed because you've done something productive and you're not lying awake ruminating while guilty scrolling shorts/tiktoks, you just get ready for bed and preparing to make the most out of the next day, because you've given today the effort it deserves. And also sim racing I really enjoy, occasionally FPS games, but mostly trying to focus on work and studies. Life would be pretty depressing if you just solely grinded all day every day, a little treat isn't evil.

[@Yungnode]

@@elfoxy1997 bro I'm literally on the bench rn typing this lmao, but nah you said it best dude crazy how things come together. I also thought about racing sims definitely gonna try to check it out seems like something I'd enjoy, but like you said for a use. I'll play rimworld or something not so dopaminergic that makes me only think about that video game, of course I'll play the next Elden Ring or whatever that's masterwork art that makes you think about things other than playing more videogames. There's always a good hour or two in the day where workout out more is gonna make you hungrier so video games can work in that time, and definitely I agree treat yourself and do it big. You need good moments after grinding it out to appreciate both good and bad times.

[@Kaizen747]

Ladies and gentlemen, The Consooomer

[@Kaizen747]

​@@Yungnodesimilar story here, quit porn, quit videogame ADDICTION, but not entirely as you said hahah, hit the gym and got ripped, became a lifeguard, started my own company, i really cant believe what ive acheived in the last 2 years with sheer willpower

[@mysterynewsbrasil]

Always right on point, my brother. It's funny because I was looking for a name for this transformation I've been having this past year. For years I'd been a millenial pothead dreamer, but something clicked and I completely changed my habits and priorities... now I focus on my new job, sports, got together with a girl I'd been sweet on for years. Cut off ties with the autistic gamer friends, planning to buy a car, trying to learn to cook, soon getting a place to rent. Now I'm barely ever on social media. I really been feeling kind of a boomer, I sympathize everyday more with their style of sense of humour, their outlook on life. Feeling totally disconnected from my generation in general. And it feels fucking great. I feel like I'm living in real life.

[@sporovid5856]

That’s great to hear. But everything comes with a cost. The more you realize how lost your own generation is, the harder it gets to make friends with them. Sometimes being successful can isolate you. My advice is that if you meet a peer, perhaps try and convince them to adopt your way of life

[@mysterynewsbrasil]

@@sporovid5856 Yes. I am feeling a bit isolated in this sense. But one thing I noticed it that this tends to happen when we start becoming more mature. We naturally gravitate towards (and away from) people, depending on our priorities, our 'vibration'. Still don't quite know how to deal with this. But I'll take your advice. Thanks :)

[@assassisteve]

​@@mysterynewsbrasillight sheds darkness merely by its presence, but trying to illuminate without their fragile egos getting hurt in the process is hard

[@williamshakemilk2192]

You dont feel like a boomer and dont hang out with them too much

[@bellum150]

just picked up my phone and scrolled for about 5 minutes, and one of the first notifications that I got was your video and under it a notification from my dictionary app giving the definition of the word "nomophobia" wich is the pathological fear of being unable to use your phone, specially not being able to use it to talk to other people online. That kinda creeped me out because I probably have that. Great video as always Chris.

[@wyatt77824]

The 30-year old boomers really have it all figured out, go fishing with the buddies, listen to classic 80s tunes while working out, build an improvised flamethrower that might blow up at any moment. Thats the good stuff, screw all these red pills and tick tocks.

[@Kaizen747]

3 years to go until i become one of them 😅

[@SpookyChunks]

​@@Kaizen747ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US

[@Weltgeist97]

Reminds me of what a Jungian professor in community college would say. He’d refer to close encounters with death as “near life experiences,” as they remind us that our fates still remain in our hands, no matter where we might be

[@luckyluke5614]

So the live laugh love wall art we all hate so much was right all along

[@ToedCobra33]

Always has been

[@Kaizen747]

​@@ToedCobra33bang

[@kingkefa7130]

It's always been bizarre to me people actually hate those signs. At worst they are an easily ignorable platitude. At best, they push you to do nice things.

[@OliveMule]

Lol youre so right , boomers did bow down to Facebook

[@DotDotDot0272]

There's a magnificent hill/ mountain in my town, on whose foot only a gaggle of rich people live. I decided to climb up there one day, and despite it being completely surrounded by civilization, the top was empty. Lifeless. There wasn't even a piece of trash up there. It's about a 15 minute climb, and yet, most likely no one has stepped on there for years.

[@postcollapse1170]

did you spit down from it on the roofes of the rich?

[@chriss780]

@@postcollapse1170 "in the house of a rich man there is nowhere left to spit but his face" -Diogenese

[@KOOLAIDxK1D]

i dont understand the hatred of people with money purely for the fact that they have money

[@chriss780]

@@KOOLAIDxK1D how did they get the money?

[@letoAnthony]

It’s fun, it’s Lindy

[@Sulq]

39yo boomer here, as long as you are doing it with real friends, sitting on the box is pretty wholesome too. but fuck cars, fuck boats, fuck materialism in general, my approach is find someone elses trash and make it a treasure, fix and tune shit cars from the 90's, fix a leaking shit bucket to go fishing with, those kinds of "hobby machines" are fine... I agree with the video to a point, being aware of how you are spending your days is important, but how ever you decide to go at it, love the choices you make, don't let others tell you what's worth your time, and don't dwell on the what-ifs of the past.

[@emiyohgracious]

Riding motorcycles is definitely a thing that boomers are right about. Riding my machine, especially 20 or more over the speed limit on a back road completely wipes away all the trash and drama out of my life. A lot of friends of mine too scared to get into Riding motorcylces. The fear and the skill and the risk is what makes it great. Best thing I ever got into, other than maybe getting into guitar (another sort of boomer thing)

[@Zorbo_the_Grandiloquent]

Two wheels! Nothing quite exemplifies dangerous freedom like a motorcycle! I got my first one a year ago and it's the best investment I ever made 🏍️

[@Yungnode]

Couldn't agree more best feeling

[@yoelcapoful]

Guitar is not a boomer thing, playing blues is

[@WackestMack]

Go get a 40 minute workout in Actually get a pump Actually push yourself And see how your brain feels after

[@josephang9927]

The fear of wasting life is way worse than actually wasting it. If we are eternal we cannot waste time. If we are not eternal then we will not exist to regret anything. I scroll because there is literally nothing else to do with my life that would make sense... That I'm aware of

[@emiyohgracious]

Yo, try writing songs, save up and get a motorcycle, get into the outdoors, go to a dive bar and play pool with strangers or friends, play a pickup basketball game in the park, pick one or a few or all of the above

[@Kaizen747]

That you are aware of

[@josephang9927]

@@Kaizen747 I'm probably autistic or something. My social life never evolved in any significant way and personality traits can me masked but probably cannot be changed. These videos just start assuming it is possible to change permanently, but after trying for like 10 years to just go back every time, I think I will just take antidepressants again. If I get mushrooms I'll try them as they can change personality. I'm trying to improve and still have hope but keeping expectations high has caused way more misery than ironically being miserable.

[@ce8539]

I'm never more fulfilled than hanging with my boys or brother laughing and clowning for hours straight playing games. I get it, simple pleasures vs giving your life energy to content creators (what we do when we watch your videos). I enjoy cooking, I lift and walk in the woods as much as someone with a job can, but you nor anyone else will be able to take away the fact that chilling out watching anime is 100x more fulfilling to me than randomly going into bars or trying to strike up conversations with people I don't know. Tried it many times. Traveling isn't fun for me either, I don't like driving or airports, only do it to visit friends and family. People have different tastes. Nothing we do is a waste.

[@schizosinkhole]

The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older. Shorter of breath and one step closer to death

[@corruptedmilk2481]

The time is gone, the song is over. Thought I'd have something more to say

[@RJ-qr3gr]

every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time 💀

[@luckyluke5614]

That nietzsche quote from the dawn of day made a lot of fucking sense. I saw my cigarette in a different light immediatly.

[@jiri6691]

this is the longest "just go outside bro" ever. Anway the problem with this is that if there is no communityy to fullful yyyou outside, or familly, what is the reason to even attemp that in long-term? I'm personally really lucky as I work from my home and can travel the world after studies. But many aren't. And all the things you mentioned is a termoral escape. People do the same shit everyyday, normal lifestyyle is literally Sysiphus. Maybe I just think about it differently tho.

[@emiyohgracious]

I don't see why it's so hard to find community for young people other than they just might not be stoked about anything enough. If you like music, get into your local scene. If you like cars or bikes or whatever, there are people meeting up on the regular for that. Like sports, there are people meeting up for that. Have a religion, there are people meeting up for that

[@jiri6691]

@@emiyohgracious I think it's mostlyy that when you are around 23 everywhere you go/join there is some kind of bond between each other. And yyou need to crash that dynamic, which many people find hard.

[@Goober504]

I’m going fishing with my friends next Friday. Going to get some striped bass

[@666vanish_]

I love drinking beers and driving

[@Randomness65535]

I think an example that's even better than Vitalik is Notch

[@Bro1223-c2e]

Notch Minecraft is simply EPIC!!

[@nr8813]

Boomermaxxing is true. I never thought mowing the lawn would be so fulfilling, you can reach a flow state so easily.

[@Logoguy7]

Replacing "lower" pleasures with "higher" pleasures might provide longer lasting happiness and better quality of life, but being happy and seeking pleasure is not the point of life (i.e., it won't bring lasting fulfillment). What people truly seek is not happiness or pleasure, but meaning. Nobody who's honest with themselves will say that the endless pursuit of pleasure to the exclusion of everything else is meaningful to them (whether that's being terminally online, or fulfilling your base desires).

[@azirious666]

There no high or low there only pleasure just like a high value man or low value man makes no difference is still a pleasure or in that scenario man

[@danielcrawford4141]

Mercury, a God associated with childhood, is also associated with speed, wit, and playfulness.

[@enzocompanbadillo5365]

Something I like about the catholic culture of my home country is running into devotional images of El Niño Dios (The God-child or "Baby Jesus") accompanied with the inscription "YO REINARÉ" (I SHALL REIGN) to which I always respond, in my mind: "Of course you will, deified inner child, of course you will"

[@TheWorldStorm]

Driving my car with nowhere to be is probably the simplest pleasure of mine. I've always loved US geography and visiting small cities/towns that are often looked over, as well as rural natural areas observing landscapes and looking for old, giant bur oaks, cottonwoods, etc. A couple friends of mine think would make fun of me and question why I would drive around like I do. If you can't find some enjoyment in mundanity such as the road, that's quite frankly too bad

[@ojk14325b]

We are all in our own cosmic cars. Like the Cybotron song.

[@corruptedmilk2481]

Appreciate your content as always. I've sorta replaced gaming with music as a hobby, I've taught myself guitar, got a bass recently, recording weird little songs. I want to write lyrics, and I want to write on this exact topic. A song about, a child, constantly distracted until the day he dies. And I want to pair that with some lyrics about how my grandparents met when they were young, a vision of, living life and having experiences. Music is continuing to be a genuinely positive force in my life, it's much more enriching and satisfying than videogames ever were, and I'm hoping it opens up experiences performing and so on. Guitar is cool as fuck.

[@sporovid5856]

That’s so cool. I’ve been wanting to pick up music as well but I’m a total beginner. Any advice on where to start?

[@corruptedmilk2481]

@@sporovid5856 Can't give better advice than, basically having a go. Find an instrument and give it your best shot. It's pretty difficult at first especially with self taught stuff but when you start to build up the muscle memory, when it begins to take less and less effort to play a melody (be it your own or something from a song you like), it's so satisfying, and things get easier. On guitar, took me about 6 months to be able to do barre chords as well as pick out melodies and be able to hear my scales and such. In the early days a good approach for me as, if I struggle to do a certain pattern, exercise, or riff, put the instrument down for an hour. When you pick it back up again, you'll likely find it easier. Our brains are clever things and they do a lot of work in the background, they just need a little bit of time. Somewhat more specific advice is that the simplest bits of music theory, scales, how to form chords from intervals, very useful.

[@euro5227]

You should maybe give "Space Child" by UFO a try then

[@corruptedmilk2481]

@@euro5227 cheers for recommendation, been meaning to look more into UFO actually. Got a friend who's been teaching me the solo by Uli Von Roth from Sails of Charon, scorpions.

[@euro5227]

@@corruptedmilk2481 Np, UFO and Scorps are my 2 all time favourites

[@SundreeOFFICIAL]

If I could go back in time and tell myself from 4 years ago that MemeAnalysis would be like this Tyler Durden figure in my life I'd honestly laugh. But I'm not laughing...

[@OliveMule]

My dad was born in 1943 N E V E R EVEN TOUCHED A COMPUTER

[@dremcfleuve]

I'm dropping self-improvement. Been at it for years and felt isolated, weird to others. Most people are trash and assholes. I'll probably just revert back to normal if I quit this shit. Idk why I'd just ruin all the fun in life and try to be better than anyone who's ever had a stable life ever needed to be.

[@jettfuelfitness]

Most boomers I know seem rather miserable, regardless of wealth. Almost all of them seemed to follow either the ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ model and are now exhausted from the prototype of what we call ‘the grind’, and the others were born-too-late wannabe hippies who are now worn-down and barely mentally functional. The ones that seem happy are mostly just the ones I meet at church, or the ones who hang out with their own kids a lot.

[@Janolinni]

I dreamed about you today. We were discussing the aquarius eon and I just couldn't wrap my head around some little aspect of it. I stated that the spiritual progression is linear and the age of aquarius is just another step on a line to humanity's betterment, and you (very convincingly) were telling me that it is not linear and the revelation of this age is something I just cannot grasp with this way of thinking. I think you have become a symbol for a sage archetype in my psyche and that's a little wierd

[@Mr371312]

Im actually not mindlessly scrolling, im scrooling to find something meaninful. It just takes longer and longer each day

[@officialkingofswag67r.g53]

Have actively implemented this philosophy in my life from seeing this video and can say it 100% broadens and re-introduces many simple and happy experiences that I brushed off as I became more self conscious, I can now enjoy things simply within themselves again without “good” experiences having to be the contrived Anthony Bourdain style “most authentic experience”

[@jukasides]

I work with mostly boomers who are near the ends of their lives. The happiest ones all have a hobby or creative outlet they can pursue into old age. The ones that play the guitar, paint, build stuff, and have friends that come to hang out with them are all doing great even as disease destroys them slowly. I don't think just having fun is enough, though it can create powerful experiences and memories. Creating things and sharing or creating with others is the secret however. Like you do with these videos you create or the tarot deck you made, and like those of us with hobbies which allow us to be creative do as well.

[@victorquesnel-leduc1932]

You are a magician of Words, Wise

[@JaguarGames1337]

been a neet shutin for 10 years, its been pog, but it indeed has been sacrificed to the box. not the wet kind either.

[@jermasbiggestfan7796]

You should change that before you die without children.

[@Jamxknife]

This made me appreciate my time enlisted

[@bruh55547]

Making a daily to-do list filled with productive small goals and big goals for the day has helped me tremendously. I think it is because I feel accomplished filling in each box.

[@ploctopus2810]

I don’t want to live a state of paranoia over my lost time. It is what it is.

[@Kaizen747]

Ive done my grieving time already, thank god its all in the past

[@Juck_The_Fews]

Said like a boomer

[@Dezzreck]

As long as you learn from it you shouldn’t have to

[@jamesgrey13]

No matter what you do, or where you go, you'll always be missing out on something... One should be at peace with what they can catch, and let go of the feeling of missing out... For the feeling of missing out is where the real Hell lies.

[@odothedoll2738]

It’s bad but it could be worse. I recently went to the Netherlands to see Ayreon (my favorite band) and the pinball convention in chicago. Good times.

[@kriegsmaschine4050]

If they ever do a remake of Zorba the Greek they should cast you as the title character

[@lukejap11]

You are hands down my favorite KZbinr man you deserve way more subs. Always click on your vids immediately

[@SGBD8933]

We are being blessed with content this week! 🧙‍♂️

[@drsnk6854]

Sage advice. I hope you find your peace of mind Chris. We'll love ya all the same

[@tripjj8662]

Bro watched fight club 😂

[@gquestions]

I needed this, scrolling makes studying/tasks feel so blunt

[@Lichnaya_pravda]

Fuck your fun. Fuck your thrill. Fuck your "coolness" (which is the more beautiful word for dependence on social approval). The only things that are worth to do are the things that help you to remain alive.

[@AMAGIGE]

Excellently put man. I was an extremely depressed teenager due to my life circumstances, and I spent an ungodly amount of time hidden away in my room on the computer playing games. Thank god I drew and found music, otherwise I would've done nothing. It's unsettling to think how much time I spent doing something that just takes your time away, rather than investing my time into productive things, as I have thankfully done ever since then. Sure my life has a bunch of difficulties in it, and that time has still flown by, but I can at least look back at it and see that the time was spent well developing skills and spending time with people I care about :) Memes matter, life matters, lets go outside and have some fun with good company!

[@josueramirez7247]

Yeah movement seems important. I am reminded of the film “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”. A character (Becky if I remember) goes around in an RV and her life seems very different from the main characters who seem stuck in their town and life situation.

[@kirenscragg740]

Can confirm that driving is very fun, especially going 160 across the Coquihala highway

[@syndaxvuzz]

Yo! good lookin out. Important points. But when we weren't grilling we were at our day jobs building the trap the young ones find themselves in

[@Tandle779]

Artificial boredom is a great tool to get yourself to actually experience life. That said, if your circumstances suck, don't think that life otherwise has great things. This is more about not giving yourself up to consuming media. Life is mostly boredom, but in a good way a boredom worth pursuing. If you draw a line between getting nothing and getting what you want and call it "compromise", you usually get something between nothing and "compromise.".

[@LuiKang043]

HE'LL YEAHHH BORTHERRR DON'T FORGET YOUR SUNGLASSES NEXT TIME GOBBLESS 😎

[@MemeAnalysis]

KEEP GOING IN THE VIDEO, I PUT THEM ON BROTHER 😎

[@gen-zboomer]

I am boomer maxxing. I don't use a smart phone, I am watching this on a laptop (ThinkPad X220). It's not perfect, but it works for me, and it is a better way of doing things. But I must go further.

[@owendubs]

I've come to interpret Hells and Heavens as metaphorical places people end up in within their lives, the span of time they spend experiencing. Being a lactose intolerant person going to participate in a cheese eating competition is welcoming a Hell of cleansing at a later date for the sake of pride, they all want to be the winner. Living the good life and doing things that are truly good to do is welcoming a Heaven one can enter any time there is no more cleansing to be done, nothing more to work on or fret about. "Happiness is a good flow of life." - Zeno of Citium

[@owendubs]

Hells and Heavens that occur post-life on the other hand? Those I consider to be psychoactive substances. Addictive ones at that. We consume them in the present and make ourselves less worthy of their actuality. Depending upon one's dosage either one could be a sedative or a stimulant. It's a pleasing downer to imagine a loved one eternally happy. Wishing for them the absolute best is one thing but having a fetishistic obsession with them smiling forever is a completely different thing. Expect annihilation and this will be your last life.

[@boristsonev1499]

You know Chris, what I like most about your channel is that you fundamentally have a good message to send to people, and that you want to do good.Thanks

[@SquatPro]

motorcycle goes brrrrrrrrrrrr

[@MitternachtssternXIII]

but what is left for me in this cruel world other than playing videogames

[@jonahblock]

Content is like food, the type of content and how you consume matter more then anything imo

[@soulie2001]

I keep watching people buy their own land, start their own families. i want that. i want a piece of that. I will have it. Our ancestors perfected living. The finer details were yet to be meshed, but we have more of them now.

[@BlankBey0nd]

You can go as fast as you want but you will never outrun compound interest.

[@MitternachtssternXIII]

yes ur right i dont want 2 look back and think that i watched a black mirror for half my life

[@GloriousGrunt]

Watching content is a the filler episodes of your life

[@kaiobikeg8749]

I feel as though I did waste a LOT of time in my teens and early 20’s. Every time I feel I’ve grown in consciousness a few years have passed and I’m feeling that same revelation that I’ve grown in consciousness. ( typing that out makes it seem like nonsense ). Since 2020 I’ve become more spontaneous, going to all the live music concerts I’ve ever wanted to attend. More traveling even if it’s a state or two away from my area. All this with my wife. I have two young children and I see the same traps that snagged me being laid for them. It’s difficult to get through to them as I’m sure it was the same for my parents towards me. I’ve become more spiritual than I could have ever believed when younger and since 2020 I’ve read up on and collected a library of occult books ranging from an array of subject matter. That’s eventually how I found this channel, among many others.

[@hendricka3029]

I believe that you idealizing boomers. It is true, they lived like you said when they were in their teens to their 30. Yet, today most boomers in their mid 50s and 60s spend their day in front of the TV while checking Facebook, laughing at boomer memes. Isn’t this also the problem with existentialism? Maybe Walter Benjamin was right with his notion that the new is the “always-the-same.” However, I do think that you are right with that we need to live more. But again, depending on where you live, even if you go out to meet people you will most likely find people whose interests do not go beyond being on TikTok and instagram, scrolling their lives away.

[@breadman2060]

In the immortal words of the wise philosopher Bueller: “life goes by pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

[@Isaac1B]

I hope Chris is aware of Boomer USA. The only video on the channel "Rick Steubens".

[@SchwaWasHere]

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking The hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets are mounting... Do you understand? →I understand →remain ignorant

[@robinrehlinghaus1944]

I understand, I want to understand. God help me to understand. God help us all.

[@rumination2399]

God bless you

[@ob3ythee.t.128]

Perfectly timed video.

[@adia3661]

Watching this while drinking a beer and eating saussages, hell yeah

[@gymleaderluis]

While I don’t disagree with the core of your argument, surely partaking in videogames or marijuana is not inherently wasteful. As you mentioned consuming alcohol is “cool” but if you were to drink in excess and alone it would have the same effect of idleness as weed and videogames. Recently, I hung out with one of my classmates and his roommates, whom I’ve never met, and near the end of the night we got high and played videogames. It was a great experience and now I can say I’ve made a few new friends. Also, I’m always trying to do something cool with my girlfriend and we are frequently high while doing so. Whether it be eating out, visiting a botanical garden/museum, making love, etc., being high enhances our enjoyment. I think it should be noted that boomers were once (and many still are) stoners.

[@RobertKempf122]

As a 40 year old man who wasted his youth, I can attest to what Chris is saying.

[@TheUmbraSol]

"Go outside" but the sun is literally poisonous to me :c

[@noythingnothing2309]

But it's cold outside 🥺

[@postcollapse1170]

Just engage the world and at least meet the people you wanna hate.

[@Paul_M_Bradley]

I feel this sometimes, but apart from some content watching in the morning, I’m mainly using my computer to write my novels. On one hand I wanna be out there doing stuff (not sure what or with whom since most of my friends have busy work schedules) but on the other hand I’m desperately compelled to enact what I feel is my true will and write these books, often involving large stretches of time spent indoors. It’s a tricky balancing act 😅

[@OpsReitia]

I don't think you need to worry about that. First of all, writing is your way. Second, writing is active, whereas just browsing and consuming content is a passive activity. As an aside: Years ago (before social media even exploded in this massive way) I also had this revelation that everything I was doing was passive consumption and I needed to get up and be active, be one to create pieces of the world instead of being spoonfed imagery, thoughts and entertainment. Trying to write was one of my reactions to it. Until I really took arms and started getting shit actually done, built a habit, got a little better at it... there was a lot of difficulty and a lot of internal and external fighting. So don't underestimate the way you have chosen. Finally, maybe there are ways you can combine writing with being out in the world more. Get a notebook, rather than a laptop, and go to places, sit in cafes, go to other places on purpose to write, talk to other people for research/inspiration, partake in activities and experiences you have not done before... and then write about it. I don't know, I am a bit guilty of not doing that myself that much, but I am sure there are ways to practice writing with a more hands-on, expansive approach.

[@Paul_M_Bradley]

Those are some great suggestions, thanks! I’m going on holiday next year, I think I’ll journal it as well as take pictures. 😄👍

[@demolition_lovers]

Abolish all speed limits.

[@rhetoric5173]

Asking to be guided to the straight path is recited in the 5 prayers 17 times. Minimum.

[@Magnetic1884]

The only real Achilles heel in boomerism is that they don’t get to do any of the cool stuff like driving a corvette/motorcycle and traveling until they’re 65. By then they’re too old to be cool and those things are wasted on them. Alan Watts has a good riff on this.

[@Eans_urban_jungle]

Watching/listening to this from a kayak at 6am About to watch a hundred swimmers begin a triathlon

[@DasStoic]

It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire SPEED, the lips acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

[@OliveMule]

There's O N L Y ONE HOLY CATHOLIC & APOSTOLIC CHURCH

[@rw_yr1352]

I notice it, in every video it is featured. Your choice of vehicle. You should know, it is named after Ahura Mazda, as in Wisdom.

[@km2898]

What camera is this shot on? it looks fucking majestic

[@feyisthey]

Did he Respond to you?

[@km2898]

@@feyistheyno:(

[@leo--4341]

id go outside if property that surrounds me wasn’t private

[@sorenjunkers3834]

what you do for living? yeah i am a trustfund kid and pretend to be above average iq on the internet

[@ce8539]

Just trustfundmaxx, simple as that

[@shaunvanwyk4775]

U sir are absolutely necessary. My you prosper in abundance.

[@latinobacon]

Crankhog maxxing

[@nullset2]

Pretty ironic to tell people to stop being prisoners of Moloch... through a constant stream of youtube content... hehehe.

[@vvasara666]

This is the essence of these merchants of meaning... tapping into your existential neuroses by using provocative phrases such as 'wasting your life' in order to make you consume more of their so-called wisdom.

[@krvr989]

How else is he going to reach you? If you were to quit consuming social media and saw this guy on a newspaper it wouldn't already matter to you

[@swarthyneeky]

Im glad that everything said in this movie is the direction Im taking rn. Poping pints with the lads and bbqing is the way to not waste your youth

[@quirinoguy8665]

That's great, now... Time to find some buddies to enjoy life with.

[@emanonymous]

are you assuming I have money like boomers? [hearty chuckle]

[@robertrohde4681]

Some will find it sweet to rot beneath the earth as we rot and live and breathe.

[@ventomario3251]

I need guidance at 25 I lost my job and couldn't find a new one, got to a second round interview at trader joes and didn't get it (even after they made me wait an extra hour and a half) I can't focus entirely on fun either online or boomermaxxing because I honestly don't know what carrer or job I can get with an associates degree in Computer Information Systems at this point

[@icarlyfan102]

If you're looking for a min wage job unrelated to your major then I think you should probably take your degree off your resume as strange as that sounds. Most of these places will think that you will just be here until you get something better. They want someone who can't do any better and will be there for years to come. Lie about your past experience and say you worked at another grocery chain or something for a few years.

[@nenirouvelliv]

I know Chris strongly disapproves the use of psychedelics, but one of my most profound myceline wanderings hit me with the realization of how we are slowly dying, being zombified and rotting away at our screens. I know this is a cliche take but having the actual physical sensation of yourself and loved ones murdering their own soul by drowning themselves to the abyss of the led screen is very different from the notion of looking at a teen staring at their phone and feeling moral superiority towards them. The feeling I had was the profound sadness you get from someone close to you dying.

[@leeuum764]

We are all worm food in the end my friend its all meaningless