/wiz/ - Wizardry

So I heard my little cousins talking about some YouTuber who was a total recluse but apparently he's famous for playing some normie game and makes music.
This YouTuber is described as hot and whatnot but apparently has a slew of disorders and doesn't leave the house.
So it made me think. Any wizards out there who are attractive but just very badly adjusted?

Why is learning new things treated differently than other hobbies?

If you play a video game, watch a movie, or masturbate to porn, everyone just sort of accepts that it is ephemeral.

However, when you learn something there is this pressure to remember it, to make sure you don't forget, to make sure you're learning something 'worthwhile', otherwise, what was even the point?

If you remove this pressure, learning is actually enjoyable. Learning in an ephemeral way, not caring if you retain the knowledge, just being happy that you learned something new in that moment.

I'm sure many of you can relate. I'm sure the things you are the best at are things you accidently got good at. No intention beyond just living in the moment and chasing what was interesting to you at the time. I think this mindset can be applied to more traditional study subjects too.

Any thoughts?

This may be a bit of a controversial post but I'm posting this to see what other people think. This is a reflection of me trying to understand my own identity and place in society. I'm finally realizing "normies/normalfags" are not inferior but rather superior to non-normies, at least according to human society's objective standards. Normies are normies because in order to have obscure and esoteric tastes or preferences you need to spend a lot of time on the internet exploring the rabbit holes online. Normies rather than spend a day on the internet are engaging in real life activities with one another. They don't have a lot of time to sample all the different genres of a subject matter to have a more refined taste. For example the average normie doesn't know what wizardchan is because to find wizardchan you need to lurk 4chan or 8chan long enough for someone to mention it. One thing leads to another but only if you put enough time into it. Someone else I know who spends excessive time online uses that time to watch anime and so prefers much more obscure anime than normie/mainstream anime like Dragon Ball or One Piece. Essentially then "normies" are people who have chosen to prioritize real life over virtual activity. They are thus more successful and functioning members of society. Instead of some under-socialized social outcast in his parent's basement. The views of someone without any stake in society and with little interaction with others are bound to be views that aren't mainstream. And just because you're different doesn't make you special or smart. A major blackpill.

What does anyone else think of normalfags? What separates them from non-normalfags? What makes them tick?

Anybody else feel like their tastes in life have stagnated? I keep looking back at shit that used to make me happy at earlier points in my life. Rereading the same old books, playing Ratchet and Clank and some old C&C games from when I was younger. I keep looking back at Albino black sheep and reliving those crappy flash animations trying to feel something again. Anybody else reliving the past?

Do wizards cry often?

Post the last real event that made you cry and the last work of art that did, if there are any.

Any wizzies here exercise? Whether calisthenics, weightlifting, cardiovascular, or other. Share the reasons why you do/don't exercise, what you do, etc..

I tend to agree with Socrates: “No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”.

Do you guys already prepared for retirement?

I start working blue collar job from 21 until 31 Y.O.
Actually I hate my jobs but I also have no skill for other jobs. Always feeling down and depressed when I work. Also I'm social retard and have no friend in my working place.

Frequently I think to quit my job but I need money to support myself but it seems I can't working more than 3 or 5 years again since its make me always think to end my life.

I was reading The Giver and there’s this chapter where the elder, the giver, decides to finally transmit his favorite memory to the young boy who was preparing himself to be his replacement. This memory turns out to be a memory of an idyllic Christmas family celebration, and when I read that it got me thinking about what were my happiest memories, and immediately after about what were the happiest memories that humans can have in the course of their lives. So I searched for “happiest life moments” to see if there existed already a consensus on this, and I found that among what is regarded for many to be the happiest moments of life and consequently their happiest memories there is nothing I’ve had.

>The research revealed that men are happiest at 40 whilst succubi hit their positive peak at 38– citing being fit and healthy, having a great group of friends and feeling confident in their appearance as the main reasons for their bliss.
>The findings show that loving relationships outweigh money and material gains with life’s top ten happiest moments dominated by friends and family.

My happiest memories are of me playing in a cybercafe with some childhood friends, and times when I laughed so hard I could cry, but it's been so long that now it's all blurry and almost forgotten. Happiness in life and the remembrance of said happiness from what I read seem to be so dependent on relationships that is almost a cruel joke.
These past years, for example, even though I'm sure I've experienced some joy, those moments of joy… I cannot remember them and I think that is because I've been alone in every single one of them. It also reminded me of that time when I met my math teacher by chance one evening, I was 15 driving my bike near my old school, and the first thing he asked me was if I still kept in touch with my buddies from that school, I lied to him not to disappoint him, and he replied "That's good. I'm happy to hear that. Never lose touch with your friends. Never because those memories of you and your friends will stay with you forever." he said this agitated and I could see an expression of regret in his face but I remember this clearly because he truly meant and felt that and I even wrote it down in my diary.

Now it's too late for friendship and trying to get those happiest moments that we see in this top ten, and many could argue that most people live unforgettPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Part of the reason why I'm a wizard is because this world disgusts be greatly, this stupid materialistic world full of shallow people that behave more like mindless stupid sheep than actual thinking rational humans, this world that worships money, power and status, that tells you that if you work hard enough you will make it but actually very few people actually have happy fulfilling lives.

This disgusting world where people cheats and lie to each other, in this horrible rotten world even people you're supposed to trust betray you for their own benefit.

I was thinking about this all day, if I lived in a happy sincere world like those in anime maybe I would participate in society,maybe I would get a job, maybe I would get a cute pure wife, maybe I would contribute to my community.

But this horrible world worth is not worth being a part of, that's why I'm a NEET, that's why I don't engage with others, that's why I refuse to play a rigged game, the saying that the only way to win a rigged game is by not playing is so true.

Just wanted to share this with my fellow outcasts to see if someone else thinks like me and considered the same situation.

(I know tyler didnt want to die but stil relevant.holyland is very well written)
Anyways Im looking for books about a guy whose life is bad,mainly due to modern society,he fails suicide and then finds a whole new meaning in life.
I survived suicide myself and want to write my own memoir about it and the new life i built and im building now.
This image was compiled by me to quickly give examples of such works.
>manga is fine too,in lesser priority. The works by kaiji's author for example