The only part of life I look at through rose coloured glasses is the early to mid 90's and upcoming anime conventions. Everything else seems specifically designed to piss me off.
Is 18 too young to be bitter?
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Nope, not too young man. Though if you don't want to be bitter but don't want to change your outlook on reality due to it compromising your integrity as an intellectual, you might want to look into becoming jaded and caustic as well. Ironically it'll make you a happier person.
Whiny teenage rant incoming:
I hate that I'm going through a bitter/depressing phase. I went through my entire high school career looking at the good things in life knowing they'll come. Then I went off to college, and I guess I had hopeful expectations, so when I arrived it was a giant disappointment. I figured it would be a diverse, open place that lacked the high school grunt work and had people who actually wanted to learn. It turned out to be the exact opposite than what I thought and my high school was better than this. At least I didn't have creepy 40-year old people in my class and terrible teachers. Not terrible as in mean, but terrible as in should have chosen a different profession they were better at. One of the reasons I was happy throughout high school was because I would think "It could be worse" and now it is and I'm having a hard time envisioning something even worse than this. Unfortunately there are no other colleges near my house, and I don't think I could handle working more than I already do and worrying about bills to the current shit I have to deal with.
I hate that I'm going through a bitter/depressing phase. I went through my entire high school career looking at the good things in life knowing they'll come. Then I went off to college, and I guess I had hopeful expectations, so when I arrived it was a giant disappointment. I figured it would be a diverse, open place that lacked the high school grunt work and had people who actually wanted to learn. It turned out to be the exact opposite than what I thought and my high school was better than this. At least I didn't have creepy 40-year old people in my class and terrible teachers. Not terrible as in mean, but terrible as in should have chosen a different profession they were better at. One of the reasons I was happy throughout high school was because I would think "It could be worse" and now it is and I'm having a hard time envisioning something even worse than this. Unfortunately there are no other colleges near my house, and I don't think I could handle working more than I already do and worrying about bills to the current shit I have to deal with.
I'm not bitter at all, and I'm 19. I've got little or nothing to be bitter about. No-one has fucked me over, I've had a good upbringing in a caring family who have enough money, I did OK in school and I'm at uni. My mates have never let me down, no-ones bullied me, and I've managed to keep life on a pretty even keel so far.
The only things I have to be annoyed about are things that I've only got myself to blame for, things that I regret doing or not doing, so I'm not really bitter, just regretful. Regret does you no good I know, and I waste far too much time overthinking, but hey thats me.
"Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue."
From my glass-half-empty point of view, it's so true haha
The only things I have to be annoyed about are things that I've only got myself to blame for, things that I regret doing or not doing, so I'm not really bitter, just regretful. Regret does you no good I know, and I waste far too much time overthinking, but hey thats me.
Reading that brought this quote to mind:ZeroMachine said:
"Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue."
From my glass-half-empty point of view, it's so true haha
I'd say the official age to be an angry bugger is 65 (59 for Males) because that's when your entire body begins to slowly switch off and you suddenly find herself in the extreme danger group for a whole lot of cancers (namely prostate in men).
If you're bitter (true bitterness and hatred of others/self/society in general) by the age of 18 you damn well better have a good reason ... like .... you're an orphan, you have BDD, you were sexually abused, you've been mugged more than 8 times in your life, you have a rare disease causing you excruciating pain, you're a (former) child soldier in a brutal and violent dictatorship.
Any other reason and you're kidding yourself and being generally unlikeable.
If you're bitter (true bitterness and hatred of others/self/society in general) by the age of 18 you damn well better have a good reason ... like .... you're an orphan, you have BDD, you were sexually abused, you've been mugged more than 8 times in your life, you have a rare disease causing you excruciating pain, you're a (former) child soldier in a brutal and violent dictatorship.
Any other reason and you're kidding yourself and being generally unlikeable.
I'm 17. I've been feeling like that since I was 15. If you think 18 is too young, what should I be thinking? Wearing cynicism as my armor has helped me got past the downs in my life. Mainly because I expected it.Cobbs said:
Generally, always assume the worst and surprise holds little power.
Age is and has always been just a number. Bitterness is certainly justifiable depending upon life experience. What circumstances you have struggled through define you as a person, not how long you've existed.
When you're 18, that ain't being bitter, that's angst.
Being bitter is 20 years of hardwire programing in being disappointed, by then you won't even notice it and might even think you're a happy person. Only until someone tells you you're bitter and that comes as a shock.
Imagine a septic tank, at 18, disappointment is a rush of scum, feelings that comes and goes across the surface. At 35 or 40, it's like the thick sludge that has settled at the bottom, and trying to remove it is....very difficult to say the least.
lol
Being bitter is 20 years of hardwire programing in being disappointed, by then you won't even notice it and might even think you're a happy person. Only until someone tells you you're bitter and that comes as a shock.
Imagine a septic tank, at 18, disappointment is a rush of scum, feelings that comes and goes across the surface. At 35 or 40, it's like the thick sludge that has settled at the bottom, and trying to remove it is....very difficult to say the least.
lol
I,m 17 and used to be bitter when I was 16 I thought my entire point of existing was to get bullied