cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/18181439

Azul Crescent's silly scribbles

TranscriptAzul: "Uwahh... whenever i know should do something, but I haven't done it, I feel such existential dread." Azul's Brain: "Then why don't you just do that thing? You'd feel better after you're done with it." Azul: "You know it doesn't work like that! We're only going to do those things when I feel like it's too late!" Azul's Brain: "But why.."

Azul: "Uwahh... whenever i know *should* do something, but I haven't done it, I feel such existential dread." Azul's Brain: "Then why don't you just do that thing? You'd feel better after you're done with it." Azul: "You know it doesn't work like that! We're only going to do those things when I feel like it's too late!" Azul's Brain: "But why.."

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[โ€“] 14 points 11 months ago

If I do the thing, a new thing just takes its place. It's an endless line of things. Or put another way, the dread exists first and then just finds a thing to attach itself to.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 11 months ago
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    [โ€“] 25 points 11 months ago

    It's because we don't feel better, we feel tired. It's an exhausting process, and we don't get to feel reward chemicals from abstract tasks like that

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 11 months ago
    [โ€“] 8 points 11 months ago

    I donโ€™t feel better. Thereโ€™s not really a mental reward for doing the work, it just feels like a never ending list of maintenance to keep my life from getting worse.

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