Post by Mr.Schadenfreude on May 21, 2018 22:52:36 GMT -5
Lorne has lived a tragic and disastrous life. He was possibly abused as a young boy/man. He wasted his youth/twenties by being directionless. He failed to change his ways during his thirties and ultimately suffered the ultimate punishment/karma for his actions. His forties have been the same and he has not learned from his past. He is approaching his fifties, the final decade before he reaches the golden years, the third and final stage of the human experience. Instead of enjoying the Third age, Lorne will continue to face immense obstacles to survive. He will lack a retirement plan. Little to no savings and no nuclear family to look after him are just some of his problems that might be too big and too late to solve in the next 17 years.
At the moment, he is dependent on others in order to survive, but that will have to come to an end around the time he reaches his sixties, specifically his mother will pass. I can see that Lorne is endlessly optimistic, but how can he sleep at night. I am about to enter my thirties and will propose to my girlfriend later this year, have my first child in the next two years, have to become a homeowner in the next five years, and begin to finalize plans for my parents and her parents. I experienced my first panic attack in eleven years not too long ago and had to go to the hospital. I feel that I have done the best I can do, but still feel the stress of my incoming responsibilities.
So to see Lorne looking for inanet girlfriends, throwing his money at his addictions, mooching of others, and simply wasting his time fascinates me. Actually, it catches my full attention, like seeing a runaway train speeding towards a vehicle in the middle of the tracks. You know of the inevitable destruction and watch closely to replay it in your head. Lorne’s life is speeding towards an even harsher reality and existence, but has decided to ignore the incoming impact. I understand through his alcohol and tobacco consumption he gets to escape reality, but he now works and is sober at least part of the day. I get he is childish, but even he has to acknowledge he is about to fall off the edge of the cliff, and this time he won’t have much support or the energy to survive more hardships.
Finally, i have added a yearly reminder to go off on Lorne’s birthday, so even if the community ceases to be active, I will google Lorne to see if has made the news or if an obituary has been released. Lorne and TCAPism has been an enjoyable part of my twenties and has gotten me through tough times, so I have to see the finale of this series.
Please do share your thoughts.
At the moment, he is dependent on others in order to survive, but that will have to come to an end around the time he reaches his sixties, specifically his mother will pass. I can see that Lorne is endlessly optimistic, but how can he sleep at night. I am about to enter my thirties and will propose to my girlfriend later this year, have my first child in the next two years, have to become a homeowner in the next five years, and begin to finalize plans for my parents and her parents. I experienced my first panic attack in eleven years not too long ago and had to go to the hospital. I feel that I have done the best I can do, but still feel the stress of my incoming responsibilities.
So to see Lorne looking for inanet girlfriends, throwing his money at his addictions, mooching of others, and simply wasting his time fascinates me. Actually, it catches my full attention, like seeing a runaway train speeding towards a vehicle in the middle of the tracks. You know of the inevitable destruction and watch closely to replay it in your head. Lorne’s life is speeding towards an even harsher reality and existence, but has decided to ignore the incoming impact. I understand through his alcohol and tobacco consumption he gets to escape reality, but he now works and is sober at least part of the day. I get he is childish, but even he has to acknowledge he is about to fall off the edge of the cliff, and this time he won’t have much support or the energy to survive more hardships.
Finally, i have added a yearly reminder to go off on Lorne’s birthday, so even if the community ceases to be active, I will google Lorne to see if has made the news or if an obituary has been released. Lorne and TCAPism has been an enjoyable part of my twenties and has gotten me through tough times, so I have to see the finale of this series.
Please do share your thoughts.
