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Could be big picture, like a life goal. Could be what you want right this moment. What do you yearn for?

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[–] raldone01@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I would love to spend the rest of my life creating open source software. Bonus points for working on my own projects and getting them to a state where other people can use them.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A world in which people with Antisocial Personality Disorders are institutionalized rather than being put in charge of governments and corporations.

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm pleased to inform you that most people suffering from ASPD have in fact been victimised by the police, and that the politicians and billionaires you're thinking of don't have ASPD.

I know it can feel comforting to have some pseudoscientific explanation of which people are fundamentally good and which people are born evil. But there is no Jewish illuminati, there is no lizard people illuminati, and there is no neurodivergent illuminati. Extreme wealth turns people evil, regardless of what race, religion, or neurotype they were born with.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

maybe. but imo extreme wealth hoarding is usually only possible/successful by people with little empathy who exploit others around them

[–] liuther9@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes and it is disorder for sure. Their brain is missing something crucial.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 11 points 3 days ago

I would like to live in a global society were the worst off person has a decent life. food, housing, medicine, education.

[–] darthsundhaft@piefed.social 25 points 3 days ago (32 children)

I want my own place. So tired of living with my folks as a 30 something. I just want my own fucking place.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Come to northern Maine! Cheap houses up here. They're maybe not the best, but if you're handy and have tools, it's not bad. I bought mine with a $5500 downpayment, and I have 10 acres of land.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This guy gonna get eaten by a bear day 1

[–] darthsundhaft@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

I am actually deeply afraid of bears. So maybe not totally far off. lol

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[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Enough money to never work again, be comfortable, and live in isolation, preferably in the woods.

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[–] Mr_Wobble@thelemmy.club 19 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

I’d do anything for a full 8 hours of sleep except go to bed early enough to get a full 8 hours of sleep.

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[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A fresh start somewhere around ~2-3 years ago with the mental help I needed at that time

[–] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Hi me. It's never too late to try. I finally started getting the help I needed, and it was 2 years too late and after I already permanently ruined my chance at something really good that only happens once in a lifetime, but better late than never, right?

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've only ever wanted 3 things in life, the fourth desire came later on.

Stability.

A loving relationship.

A stable, well paying job. (Not looking to be rich, just not relegated to renting illegal shitty apartments.)

My own home.

I'm turning 40 this year and I've gotten 0/4 so far...

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For things to stop getting worse

[–] Keshara@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

A fresh start, and I'm currently planning to make that happen.

First step: Get promotion with pay bump [Done]

Second step: Increase client hour utilisation with work to support an interstate move and be set up with strong income flow right from the start [Done]

Third Step: Figure out where to live in the new city [In progress]

Fourth step: Move [TODO]

Proper wealth distribution for now and in perpetuity (no billionaires or trillionaires. Apparently my spell-check doesn't recognize the latter as a word, so it's got the right idea.) I'd like global warming to be fixed, AI to disappear, and for people to use critical thinking on a daily basis both for the news they encounter, and to reflect on their own beliefs.

Then once that's accomplished, I'd like to be aged back to my mid-20s so I can have a family. I love kids, but the idea is absolutely unfeasible with the way the world is. Even if things started getting fixed today, it would take years if not decades for everything to settle, and I'd be in the "advanced maternal age" camp with all its risks, or straight up going through menopause before it's all done. Even if I adopted, I'd rather have more youth myself so I can keep up with the kids.

The rich really, truly fucked the world (and shot themselves in the foot) by making it prohibitively expensive for so many of us to survive.

[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago

I want my ex to get her shit together. For the sake of our kid. Get your drivers license already, get a job, stop sponging off me, and kindly show him that he can have two stable parents instead of one stable parent and one who’s a hot mess.

And I want to get put on salary at work but that’s a pipe dream.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (5 children)

The power to eradicate all mosquitoes in the world in one fell swoop

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[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Peace and consideration.

I want to be able to help and make my neighborhood better and feed my family but without the frantic pace. I once had a surgery that put me in the hospital for a few days. Even with the recovery and pain and everything, it remains one of my happiest memories. I was resting, cared for, and looked after. I have none of that in my daily life.

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] TheFresh16@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be gendered correctly without immense effort on my part. I know it's trivial af for cis people, but it steers most of my decision making and how I interact with people. I wish I could just exist and be seen correctly like most everyone else.

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[–] OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I want a rusty axe, I wanna know voodoo, A fat bitch named bridgett, And a little sip of faygo too

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[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

I want the american tech industry to stop ruining the world.

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

To be able to walk again

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My health back (post covid syndrome).

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I also want that for you, buddy. Stay strong.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 days ago

My mom back

[–] ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

An RTX 5090

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I want the island base the bad guy has in The Man With the Golden Gun. And maybe the golden gun, too. Don't need the 3rd nipple, tho.

[–] SethranKada@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Money, so I can afford a completely impractical networking setup I'll never use to its full potential. It'll be damn fun setting it up though

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[–] orgrinrt@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Being content and at peace without being constantly tired or feel shame and guilt about finding it.

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