>>442303
It's crippling me.
I'm sure by anxiety being good for you they meant in small doses.

Why is Time Magazine so shitty?

>>442342
Being shitty is a characteristic of all American media.

Anxiety is not good. I know what their argument is, and a teacher of mine used to do the same thing. Something like, "stress and anxiety make you get shit done, and want to be ambitious."

No. They make getting things done harder, and kill ambition. It is not the same kind of stress a shot of adrenaline brings, but a soul scouring, morale killing kind of stress. I am afflicted, and I don't want to do anything but do the bare minimum, come home, and then sleep. Keep in mind I am a healthy 25 year old male with no responsibilities outside of my shitty low-paying job, and a worthless degree from a university ranked 90-100 by USNWR.

Anxiety is great. I love getting gripped with an unpleasant physical sensation every time I try to talk to someone I don't know.

Talking to women is right out. I have to drink just to combat the anxiety brought on by talking to a 5/10 chick.

Why is American society just shitty?

>>442467
BECAUSE THE MARKET DEMANDS IT!!!

>>442467
Misguided idea that more money and more material possessions = better, harder working person.

The idea is fed to the American people that you need an iPhone, LCD TV, and a fancy car to be a worthwhile person. Just watch the average TV advertisement to see the subtle ways Americans are demanded to consume.

>>442609
And how is that different than saying the free market demands it?

Anxiety is a sign of weakness, a sign that you can't handle the rigors of life and society and that your failure is imminent. Weakness and failure are unacceptable in our Social Darwinist society, no matter how many times you're told "it's okay, everyone feels that way" or "it's not a failure, it's a setback".

If you can't steel yourself against all the fear and stress, you might as well just kill yourself. Sure, you can get welfare or Social Security. But then you will be useless and hated.

>>442640
>Anxiety is a sign of weakness
Anxiety can be purely chemical, you moron. That's like telling someone with a chemical imbalance leading to depression to "suck it up".

>>442653

>implying most people in our society don't tell people with "chemical imbalances" to "suck it up"
>implying "chemical imbalances" don't manifest themselves as personal character flaws that cause dysfunction within a social group dynamic

>>442640
Yeah, I wish our Social Darwinism actually rewarded intelligence, responsible behavior, etc.

Western society seems to be a hospitable place for parasites.

AKA Goldman Sachs, ghetto bitches, and Turd World immigrants

>>442691

>Yeah, I wish our Social Darwinism actually rewarded intelligence, responsible behavior, etc.

Yeah, smart, responsible people totally don't get paid more to live comfortably, attain material possessions of a higher of quality, and wield a greater social status. It's bullshit, I tells ya!

>>442688
I like how you put "chemical imbalance" in quotes as if to suggest that such a thing does not exist.

Tell you what, go do a bunch of MDMA. It'll be fun for a while, but you're going to feel depressed a few days after because your various neurotransmitters (serotonin, oxytocin, dopamine, adrenaline, etc) are depleted. Then you'll know what it feels like to have a chemical imbalance.

It's really fun feeling depressed for no reason. You can think about how you're a privileged possibly white male living in the first world, but your body will still send signals that you're depressed. You could have 10/10 girlfriend with huge tits and a 160 IQ that lets you fuck her in the ass every night, and you'll still feel like a piece of shit because you literally do not have the bodily resources to feel happy.

Someone should show the picture of the EU one that was like top celebrities or some shit while the US had something like "THE DEATH OF THE EUROPEAN UNION!".

Is there any doubt that corporate media is shitty?

>>442733
LOLz.

I laugh at how everything just goes right over your head.

>>442739

>Tell you what, go do a bunch of MDMA.

Go to rehab, junkie!

>>442766
>implying MDMA is addictive

>>442623

>Implying Americans are capable of rational and objective thinking

1. "Anxiety" can mean any apprehensive feeling. Very small amounts can be useful in making you get shit done, focus, etc. Larger amounts are bad, of course.

2. Anyone have a link to the non-U.S. version of that issue? I want to read the "Revolution Redux" article.

>>442772
Whoever said the market was always rational?

>>442342

Time isn't shitty compared to alot of other media outlets, but they do have some shitty journalists.

>>442776

Demand is assumed to be rational to best maximize the utility for the consumer. Obviously this implication determines the market

>>442807
>>442807

>Demand is assumed to be rational

please. my sides.

>>442691
HEY GUYS LOOK AT ME IM SO SMART.
BUT NOT SMART ENOUGH TO REPRODUCE.

maximize the utility

And there's your problem. What determines utility? In advanced economies utility can become quite perverted.

>>442807
No it isn't. Despite high demand, food was too cheap, so they had to destroy 1/3 of its supplies to decrease supplies and increase the price.
That's how I got rich and don't have to work anymore for the rest of my life.

>they had to destroy 1/3 of its supplies to decrease supplies and increase the price.
That's how I got rich and don't have to work anymore for the rest of my life.

Where/when did this happen?

>>442891

Great depression.

>>442935
Then poster must be 100 years old.

>That's how I got rich and don't have to work anymore for >the rest of my life.

>>442891
It happens all the time.
I saw it once myself in Brasilia, with bananas and coffee beans.
Every third package will get dropped in the river or burned, disregard of quality.
There was a grocery crisis 2 years ago, but it's ok, if you don't remember it, as it was overshadowed by an even bigger crisis.

>>442942
I made my first Million at the age of 18. Good American soldiers died for it I can tell.
My everyday life consist of "working" at monday at the Wall Street, betting some spare money at what my attention catches. Sometimes I check on tuesday morning, if my orders were delivered correctly. If that is done, I have weekend till the next monday.