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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Godspeed to you as well.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope that I get to reverse the trend of my quality of living plummeting.

[–] gon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

Best of luck on that

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Get those shelves on the wall. Maybe manage to decide on a new couch. That'd be nice.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Get those shelves on the wall

Eeeeh.... You can do that tomorrow, hey? shrugs

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nope, can't. The walls are made of concrete, I think, some hard as fuck material in any case, so drilling is a massive undertaking that requires a hammer drill. Also don't have all the materials because I forgot to mention "have the energy to go to the store to get materials".

[–] burrito@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Have you considered getting an ADHD diagnosis?

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Funny you should say that, I'm on 60 mg of extended release methylphenidate a day.

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not die in the coming global wars for resources. But I mean realistically I’m not well positioned for that.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Congratulations! You get to be a low-level henchman. If you're lucky, some actor in the distant future will play you in the movie adaptation and they may even get assigned a designation like "Henchman #7" or "Blue shirt Henchman"!

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I mean you gotta do what you gotta do πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Your question fell right after a post of this comic in my feed.

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In reality it may be different and the terminator will also look different he will most likely be smaller and in camouflage and there will be no point in shooting you will be immediately arrested and eliminated so you know reality is cruel you are not a hero in it you are just almost nobody. Oh I couldn't resist and answered...

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Heroes are everywhere, but you're right they don't generally look like Rambo 🀣

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[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Slow down, do less, achieve less, buy less, worry less. More casual hanging out with trees, birds and lizards in my neighborhood. Eat the rich.

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[–] krysel@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

Moving out of the city into or near the mountains

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

To have, on balance, made my life better more than worse.

Should be married and own a house by then assuming I don't catastrophically fuck something up.

Hopefully a dog

[–] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I would like to buy some land. And start prepping for the shit show.

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Preferably somewhere with fewer people, preferably in a village or even in a forest far from civilization, or will you arm yourself to the teeth and defend your fortress from from marauders and others?

[–] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure. I think I would like to be more self sufficient at a minimum. Gardening, hunting, fishing.

But to answer your question, probably. And hope it doesn't come to that.

[–] SugarCatDestroyer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Still, firearms are a good idea in a pinch, although crossbows can also be used to hunt animals and eliminate opponents.

[–] islapollo@piefed.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Buy a house.

Get a second vehicle.

Hopefully get a better job or a few promotions.

Maybe a second kid if the first time around works out okay and the wife wants another. She’s still pregnant with our first so we’ll see. I love kids so I’d probably want more than one.

Survive as well as possible. Might not but oh well.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] cornshark@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Hope you have a good cardiac lawyer

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Build myself a new life in Australia, get a motorbike and do lots of road trips, and maybe start a family.

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Fire body for me πŸ”₯πŸ‹οΈβ€β™‚οΈπŸ”₯

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago
[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Play guitar on stage for first time

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Work through my Steam library.

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

The most unlikely thing here

[–] arsCynic@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

A consistent beautiful high kickflip.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Die. I have no hope left in pretty much anything. But I am also hoping to be surprised, I guess.

[–] lb_o@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I hope I will be able to release my third indie-game about life after singularity. For now have only one released, but it is going strong.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

A threesome with my wife and another woman 😎

[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Getting some personal projects and bucket-list items done:

  • Fixing my sleep schedule and other health habits
  • Getting back to my pre-COVID gym schedule
  • Making my own mechanical keyboard
  • Learning about 3D modelling and acquiring a 3D printer
  • Organizing and curating my 6 TB data hoard
  • Start learning a new language or polishing up the one I learned in high school
  • Finding better furniture and decor, preferably the old kind without particle board
  • Travelling
[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

As always the right lottery numbers, so far I never got it right but it is what I hope to achieve in the next 5 years

[–] Lazhward@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Who knows, I might finish my novella someday.

[–] Trent@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Escape velocity.

[–] mugita_sokiovt@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm an aspiring Vtuber focused right now on narrating for one of three YouTube channels I'm associated with (that being Cocules Reddit Readings), but I want to expand on that in the future once I get myself out there with proper connections.

I do this, however, using Linux and FOSS. My producer does his channels the exact same way.

[–] CoffeeTails@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Same as the past 10 years. Get a job.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 2 weeks ago

get rid of first the anxiety, then the old mouldy house so we can put up a new one i've designed.

also finish that design.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

girlfriend and driver's license

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Keep my sanity

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago

Get shit back on track I guess. On the one hand I shouldn't have much to complain. I own an apartment, have enough money to get by and buy myself something nice every now and then. But mentally and physically I'm a bit of a trainwreck at the moment. Burnt out and unsure what I really want from all of this. I kept going on too long in a state that provided me everything I wanted on paper, but somehow caused a lot of trouble in practice. Ignored my hobbies for so long that I don't really know how to start with them again. I need my younger spirit back. The one that just did things because it sounded fun without overthinking or focusing on the end result. But I feel like corporate life has poisoned me to think in results and plan everything in advance.

[–] happydoors@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Took a hit professionally to move states and get out of and escape a few years of bad employers. Now I have a part-time job where I feel overqualified but it’s essentially the same price for me to be a stay-at-home dad most of the time with my new baby. So, I really hope that when she’s 5, I can have some semblance of challenge and purpose outside of fatherhood again. I am a video director so some sense of creating art for fun again would be nice, too.

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