It's A Gambling Disorder if They Lose

It's one of those dark humor that randomly pops into my head. People come in for consult voluntarily or get dragged by their significant others due to their gambling problems but the not so funny but understandable side is that most people wouldn't even bother thinking it's a disorder as long as they win more than they lose enough to make a living off it.

This brings back to the old thought I observe just seeing people living with Schizophrenia on the streets. As long as they mind their own business and not cause any trouble for others, society just lets them be. I think it's one of the reasons why suffering in the workplace gets tolerated as long as the employee is functional to make money, their personality issues can be overlooked as much as possible.

It's like there are problems, but these are tolerable and it's not worth addressing as long as there are more upsides so people can do on.

Felt like writing because I haven't had the leisure time to do this mental exercise. I'll get to the rhythm of shitposting soon. Hive tanked lower, how's everyone's motivation to shitpost?

Me? still the same. I'll go back to the first time I wrote random stuff for myself before I got access to the internet.

Back then, the art and cringe pieces I wrote was a hobby that I did just because I just want to. There was no money involved or praise required to do it. Now that adulting and making use of your time wisely becomes a pressure source, suddenly everything this hobby does means less because it's not generating money for my time spent or even something worth bragging to a couple of friends.

So should one stop being an artist / writer because their work doesn't put enough food on the table? I don't know about your values. I just think I'm an artist or writer because I just do it without the money as the main driver. It's understandable that people could make better use of their time not shitposting for crumbs and it's killing oneself slowly if they do it for money than having fun in the process. To pursue a hobby without thinking of the monetary consequences is a privilege.

Just finished one of the expected worse weeks of my life this year, something about meeting deadlines, failing expectations, and getting a short term vacation packed into 7 days.

All these happening while I'm seeing the world and markets get everyone more miserable with each passing day. The outlook for the next couple of months is disappointing for the local stocks so that got me some motivation not to check these as often as I previously thought I should.

End of the random thoughts.

Thanks for your time.