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[–] don_kiedyck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago
[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

The universe must really love me. I know, because it's always trying to fuck me.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

Keep moving forward.

How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

There's people dying all over the world right now for bullshit reasons.

or

Its all bullshit anyways.

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

When it is time for the cream to rise to the top, all of the powers of the universe combined cannot stop it.

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"What is your duty?" Asked by a Chaplain, a warrior-priest overseeing the physical and psychological wellbeing of their fellow battle brothers.

Originally from this video https://youtu.be/O1MSPCXMn0Y and yes I've gone through all 10h of it multiple times during depression.

This one captures the essence of it rather well too https://youtu.be/R1IaMSz8AFk

I just really like the "Beatings shall continue until morale improves" approach for pushing myself, rather effective

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 1 points 1 day ago

Nice one, that got a chuckle out of me.