To be honest if I'd had the option I probably would have stayed at home for a few more years. I moved across the country from my entire extended family a month after I turned 18, and less than two years later was entirely financially independent. But honestly, not having to worry about rent and food would be so nice.

Of course, the tradeoff is that I can make pancakes and bacon whenever I want.

edited 16th Apr '14 1:33:58 AM by kegisak

I call Existential Angst (But would have preferred Social Anxiety to be perfectly honest).

edited 16th Apr '14 1:36:16 AM by edvedd

Bacon pancakes?

27 and still living at home. Dropped out of college about two years ago and had a growing sense of dread that my life was going nowhere, but I was fortunate enough to snag a decent job awhile back and I started feeling better about my life right away. Things can certainly suck for long periods of time, but they can also turn around remarkably quickly in the right circumstances, so you need to always be ready to pounce on them.

And maybe all it takes is bacon pancakes.

The ability to make bacon pancakes whenever you want has been proven to instantly increase your quality of life by 137%

Your life expectancy will however, be 30% shorter. But it'll be a damn good life.

Hmm. Element of Crippling Self-Doubt, or Element of Stasis...

Element of Panic Attacks.

I call Element of Hope.

That's not a dysfunction, silly!

Can I be the element of Stress?

But seriously, I find that incredibly relatable as well. Especially the bits about "holy crap I've lived for over two decades and I haven't contributed bupkis to the world." Which I know isn't entirely true, but still. (BTW, 25 and I still live at home. I am employed, but it's a minimum wage job. It's mainly because the cost of living in the area is insane and trying to get my own place would be very difficult, but I still want to just to prove that I can.)

That said, I find that having some sort of plan can help. Right now, I'm considering getting a teaching certification so I can try to make the next generation a little less screwed up. Though I'm still not sure whether or not I should go for primary or secondary education.

edited 16th Apr '14 6:42:17 AM by JapaneseTeeth

But an Element of Hope is something all of us could use.

So basically the Elements of Dysfunction are collectively a Pandora's Box: A bunch of nasty stuff with a pinch of Hope mixed in.

Yup. Hope can't always break through, but when it does, man.

Post of the Day #713

Hey guys. I'm usually not here at this time but I have work tomorrow. So, what up?

Discussing Dysfunctions.

@Ed ....ok. I'll see you guys later.

Wallow in your infinite sadness, dude.

I'm moving across the country this summer for my job, but if it were close by, I'd probably remaining living with my parents.

As far as accomplishments, I've created a Java decompiler that's actually used by people, so that's something. It still feels like so little in the scheme of things though. Aaron Swartz created Reddit and look where that got him.

Depending on how one feels about Reddit, that might not be something to be proud of. Still, there's Always Someone Better, though.

21, living with my parents and not always enjoying it. When I'm not working part-time for minimum wage, I'm working for my mom for no wage at all. As for accomplishments, I've written a 3-part Total Drama fanfic that's over 100,000 words, and I got my Bachelors degree at 20, but that hadn't helped me find a job as much as I expected it to. I feel like I'm stuck. On the other hand, I know things are slowly getting better, and I have someone to look forward to talking to via email when I get home.

I call element of laziness, by the way.

I guess that would hurt the most if you subscribe to the notion that everyone is better than you.