Serious Hope is a curse

[Robinxyz]

I saw a homeless guy begging at a street corner today. He was a 0/10 subhuman, probably in his late 30s or mid 40s, dressed in rags and sporting the classic Brazilian flipflops which probably smelled of decay and despair.

I immediately wondered what force drives this man to continue to live like this. Why hasn't he killed himself yet? I believe the answer is hope. Hope makes you forget the present, it forces you to focus on a distant future where all your problems are no more. You trick yourself into believing that tomorrow will be better.

I think many of us, including normans, are being sustained by hope. After all, the lesser men have nothing but hope. I think I will choose the rope over the hope.

 

[tentacla]

It's not hope, it's fear. Most fear death, some only fear agony, but agony is there for both. Human body is unbelievably durable, even if it's 1/10. Although, some people use hope to escape from fear of agony or death, there's also that.

 

[Fontaine]

Yeah, it's not hope but more likely fear of going to Hell.

 

[tentacla]

Yeah, it's not hope but more likely fear of going to Hell.

Not everyone is a believer. And among believers, not everyone believes in your particular brand of supernatural. Yet, fear is commonplace. Therefore, I assume they are afraid of agony and death, and just mask it with fear of afterlife.

 

[Evildoer]

Your post has a fair point in it. Hope ensnares our minds, preventing us from raw, rational thinking. Why shoud you hope, when future was obviously never meant to be good?

 

[PleaseKillMeLoseSkin]

Drugs alcohol and people buying you tasty sandwichs.

 

[_wifebeater_]

Hope is cope.