Hear that? It's the sound of depression. Childhood is wasted in the hole known as school, where children are indoctrinated to believe that it is the only way to get on, and it is made so by their constant threats of adulthood requiring schooling to get in to a job. High school is basically filler, trying to "prepare you for college", with the same stakes, but slightly higher, than elementary and middle school. University or college is the determining factor of how bad the majority of your life is, with less university or college being that your life is somewhat worse, while more university or college being a better life.

During the first half of this period, you are generally hounded by your parents to do well in school, as it is how high schools and colleges let you in, and to advance to the next grade, to get out of the cycle. You will usually get a car during this period, as it is the main way to get around in North America and Australia, and a very good way to get around in Europe, while not the best. You will also get more privileges and freedom, because of the high levels of distrust from parents to small children. As a teenager, the distrust will usually return due to recent stereotypes that teenagers are not capable of being functioning human beings, but it will fade dramatically during your late teen years as you legally become an adult in most first world nations.

People who generally do better are heading on to a slightly better life, because they will make more money, therefore being able to buy more things to distract them from the massive depression that life is. People that have normal standards are generally headed on to a worse life, as they will be able to get fewer things to distract them. Life after this point has many variables, which I will go into detail with below.

Those with a better life will usually get a large house, and have more than enough income to sustain their somewhat extravagant lifestyles, with work being their reward. CEOs are usually very good at this, rubbing in others' faces what their income is, not their achievements, as they usually have few of the latter. Those of the lower high incomes are usually more normal, having a couple children going through the previously mentioned steps, and having work as their reward for being either strong-willed, or very intelligent people. These middle-high people usually are very skilled in their work areas, with jobs that easily sustain their high-entertainment budget.

The people in the middle are usually the people that were hounded by their parents previously, and have fallen into a normal job. These people will usually have slightly more children on average, having to support usually a slightly larger family. With their entertainment budgets being slightly limited, they usually gift their children entertainment to unknowingly keep their children less motivated to think. They usually have very busy lives to support their children, and instill the normal ethics in them.

The lowest third of the population in terms of income, with inflation increasing the way it is today, and their pay not increasing, are being able to get less and less entertainment, and usually had a downfall that cast them into their poorness. Their situation is only slightly different from the middle group, except that their entertainment budget is limited to simple things, and "grand" things such as a Wii or a computer on their children's birthdays. The lowest part of this group is the most depressing, usually just barely getting by to have even a house, and work longer hours to keep their houses. Sometimes, they live with their grandparents, or their other relatives such as their brothers or sisters so that they can all get by.

For the lowest two halves, once they retire, if they live to that stage, they usually have a sum of money to live out the end of their lives in peace, rest, and harmony. However, this is usually spoiled as simple injuries become major handicaps, causing many to have to live with their children in order to not go into a nursing home, which is the most depressing of the fates an elderly person has (confirmed by horror stories about neglect). Sometimes, in the top of the two thirds, they will gather enough funds to have their own house for a while until their handicaps grow too great and they have to move in with kin, also due to high medical bill costs.

The top third of the incomes usually have a great sum of money saved up, spending their last years making it the greatest with vacations and relaxing every day, and when their problems become too great, they hire someone or go to their children, as they may want to be with their grandchildren, as they bring the elderly great joy. Their last days are usually in a hospice, dying in care.

The elderly sometimes die in a more peaceful way than most, dying during their sleep. However, others will die due to horrible diseases or poorer choices during their childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, causing them diabetes only raising their issues that they have. The two main horrible diseases, known as Alzheimer and dementia, cause them to forget very simple things, eventually causing them to either forget how to breathe, or kill them due to the huge stress on their brain.


Btw, I was keeping back tears while writing the last third, and anger while writing the first third. My recent odd dilemma drove me to write this.

...next time from the Darvinci Code...

.... lowest two halves? Do you mean lowest two thirds?

Also, I might be missing something (I usually am), but what's your point? "Life sucks and then you die" is hardly an original thought.

Public education may not be perfect, but the only real alternative would be to not have it. Then you get an ignorant populace, which is unlikely to be able to increase the lot of humanity. Earth is obviously not a perfect place to live. That doesn't mean that life is pointless per se. At this point, I would point to the song Land of Confusion by Genesis (though I prefer the remake by Disturbed).

I don't know what your "recent odd dilemma" is, but the answer to such things is usually suck it up and do what needs to be done. Yeah, that's not pretty, but the only other options are to do nothing (which doesn't help. Trust me.) and to just prolong the problem, making worse in most cases.

Unless you're dying of some incurable disease. Then I'm a jerk. And have no useful advice.

Since it is barely above freezing in my area, I'll decide not to.

Go to college and skip middle and high schoo; we'll see how you do

you should really change your point of view to life, in my opinoin. hey, you're young. and it's not like I'm not, but I'm less of a young

my point is, there is plenty of stuff worth living for, trust me. the world sucks, but not life. if you're writing here it means you have a computer, which puts you in one of the richer parts of the world automatically. but it doesn't matter. you're 12, and you still have alot of schooling and stuff like that that can REEEAAAALLY be stupid, trust me, been there done that. but eventually, it's worth it. for me, the 12 years I studied at school were stupid as hell. I didn't give a dam about practically anything, and got a super-amazing-awesome graduation, which nobody looked at. I have studied a LOT for all those stuff, history, literature, citizenship, bible, etc. from 1 to 10, if you give me something, in any of these to answer, I'll know it 0. but having gone through these years taught me how to get along in society with annoying people, with people better than me, etc. it is important, even if we don't see it.

and money and job and distractions are hardly the main thing in your life, you know. it is a part of it, but not the fun part. real happiness comes rarely; but it stays. it stays in the form of memories, and feelings. sometimes I feel super uber duper depressed, and trust me I have reasons for those times. but you get over it, and you get up and keep going in life. trust me, life is fun eventually. very fun.

I know it sucks to be told that 'in a few years you'll understand etc etc etc' and stuff, I know. I've been there. but now that I'm older, I know it's right, and I also know that when *I* get older I'll understand it even more.

don't be depressed. get on with life, look at the bright parts.  

Also if you have a positive stance on life more fun things tend to happen. Like Mood Karma. Don't let the bad things bring you down.

Returned 'le topic to its original state.

Close your window, it's getting cold!

Oh please, it's just a little wind, I can handle it.
(My window is actually open right now IRL.)

*A blizzard passes by, covering the inside of your house with snow*

And that is why you close your window when it's gets cold.

Lol.
It's sunny and the window is only open like, five inches.

Sunny?

Do you even know where I live in NZ?

Well I live in a place that is currently sunny at this moment. In NZ.

England is getting cold... cold.

BUT YOU GOTTA KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, OOOOOOOOOOOOOH. YEAH YOU CAN'T LET YOUR HAIR DOWN, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEH

That was a pointless, random post.

so I'm not following, is this topic a part of a story you're writing or something? cuz otherwise why would you keep the text copy-pasted somewhere?

Well since there's at least 3 inches of snow outside and it's around 20 fahreinheit, and my windows are covered in plastic to keep the heat in, I'll try not to.

No, I have this same topic at another forum.

well, someone hasn't listened to the full song. The message is that when times are tough, keep going becaus eit's going to get better

Yes, I know that, but it's pointless to break into a song like a pathetic musical (unlike the good ones).

HAHA Nope. I didn't pointlessly break out into song, it was relevant to Darvince's post. YOUR POINT IS INVALID

How is singing a song at a random time relevant to Davince's post on life?

There is no need to quote the entire post when it is the one just before yours.

yeah. what he said.