Anon has a realization

This meme is making me question my whole life. They're not supposed to do that 😔

Anon triggers existential crises throughout Lemmy

This would be true for me if I was hoarding the primo life stuff but I'm not. I'm poor AF and simply don't have any of the primo shit irl lol

It’s a balance anon. Save some for tomorrow, but you need to live today because that’s all you have.

Instructions unclear, am now in crippling debt and in fear of tomorrow. But yesterday was fun.
Exactly. There are people who save so much to retire early, but I’m in my late 20’s and just living life instead of waiting. Sure, I’m putting away some money into my Roth and 401k to retire on time and live a comfy life after that, but I’m definitely traveling, going to events, spending more to live in a city, etc.
- Here’s my thing. I don’t know when I’m going to die. I might live to ripe old age. I might not. But if I don’t, I want to know I had a good time also.
  Imagine if you hyper optimized for an early retirement and then get hit by a bus at 35. Stuff happens. We’re all gonna die. Enjoy yourself where you can because you don’t really know how many years you’ve got.

Uhm... Fuck.

Also a reason why I avoid playing on easier difficulties

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/PlayingWith/TooAwesomeToUse

I suppose you could say this about saving for retirement, but it's super important to start early. I'm not sure what else in life you could apply this to?

Taking chances is my guess. Each weapon is a "life experience"
The basic pistol is your normal day to day. The shotgun is your night out.
But that gauss cannon, or rocket launcher are those big risk moments like asking that person out, or going to that once in a lifetime concert.
"I can't go to that concert I have work tomorrow" "But it's literally their retirement tour and you love them!" "I know but...I really need this job"
Yeah it's the responsible decision to go into work, but you're going to regret missing a day of work way less compared to missing that once in a lifetime event.
If you're saving money it's fiscally responsible not to spend it, but your peak years of health are going to be wasted "saving for your future" when you're 60 and your body isn't as capable as it used to be. So you're ruining the overall "game"(life) by trying to conserve and inducing more struggle onto yourself just to save an extra buck here and there.

This applies to video games to a T, but tf is OP talking about with it applying to life, everyones struggling because we're getting less and less of the Overpowered Cool Ammo

That's just because some people are hoarding all the resources.
- Ok, but that doesnt really apply to the meme or what its saying

Yea but you can also fuck up in the other direction after this realization. Nowadays I literally evaporate every thousand of currency I manage to get my little hands on.

Perhaps it is the climate collapse awareness. Why would I hoard stuff if it is near? Just to wait till the money loses all value? I need to liquidate some of those assets and buy a boat or smh when I still can. But I have this problem that this money lets me not work and not suffer so I can’t really use it unless I am 100% sure shit hits the fan next week.

I would call it being barely rich. You don’t feel rich, you can’t afford stuff but theoretically you are so it’s kind of weird. If you spend it you will stop being barely rich very fast. But if you won’t spend it you won’t ever feel rich.

Going through life with a butter knife when I could be in an F-35 Lightning.

Literally every battle royale match

Fuck this one cut deep.