It could be argued that all industries sell depression, as selling or even freely offering anything implies that you want it, which would imply that you are currently suffering from a lack of it. The pursuit of anything could be viewed as a symptom of trying to fill an unfillable void in oneself. The only thing, in this view, that DOESN’T constitute selling depression, are things that negate the will directly.
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Become a musician.
Musician here. What is this sell? Aside from the church gig (which I do for free because they have a neat musical instrument they let me play. I can’t afford one of my own and I used to teach it. I try not to brag but I am legitimately one of the top 50 players in the world, maybe 25. If I could get my hands on my own instrument I could potentially be the best but it costs like 50-100kUSD. I get two hours a week playtime and that’s worth playing for them for free to me. In high school I had access to one every day and practiced two hours a day and that’s how I gat gud) which I occasionally get taken out to dinner for, I busk. Just me, my friend’s sax he’s lending to me, a speaker with a lofi background track, and an open case. Depending on the day I can earn some very nice compliments or a cup of coffee!
A few examples off the top of my head:
- Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
- Velvet Acid Christ - Twisted Thought Generator
- Depeche Mode - Violator
- Stabbing Westward - Whither Blister Burn and Peel
(why yes I’m of a certain age, why do you ask?)
Aleve or Advil for the back?
Hah! No back issues, thankfully. Knees and neck on the other hand… Advil for joint and sinus inflammation, Aleve for muscle aches and cramps.
Back and knees here, Aleve twice a day, Advil for flare ups. I’m pulling for ya, we’re all in this together.
Linkin Park - Pretty much every song
My niece is majoring in art in college. I never thought I would become one of those old people, but I’m like damn girl, for $70K a year you should maybe be studying something practical. And this is coming from someone whose goal in life in college was to become a comic book artist.
Depends. Are you sexy and depressed?
There’s always a catch.
Comedy is often a banger for depressed people.
Just don’t start doing crowd work. That shit requires a crowd.
Can I charge y’all admission to see my comments? Cuz I can’t do this shit on stage. That’s scurry 🥺
Nah sorry, you can’t make money by commenting on Lemmy. But if you do that a lot, you should use NordVpn. You can get your first month for free if you use code “abbadon420”.
I can give you guitar lessons. Can’t promise you’ll pay the bills, but if you play your cards right you’ll bum a lotta people out
Create a hit one person TV show/movie. Bonus if you’re millennial and messy.
E.g. Bo Burnham if you’re messy millennial man, Fleabag if you’re messy millennial woman, and Mae Martin if you’re messy millennial non-biney.
It’s called vtubing sweetheart, look it up.
Research studies is how you sell it 😂
Write a book/movie/song about your depression, sell the rights,
make the megacorpprofitExport it to the political campaign season
Does your depression allow you to sit at a computer accomplishing nothing for a couple of hours a day? I could use a second developer for a little godot project I’ve got going on. Funding is limited until crowdfunding starts.
But you aren’t though. If you can’t get out of it you are bad at depression.
The only ones good at depression are the ones who don’t have it. And they sell self-help books by the boat load.
Ooh, I’ve got existential depression. Is that worth anything?
Have you seen Vastaamo case in Finland? That’s how you sell depression. Multiple times even if you happen to be a hacker.
How to sell compulsive gooning and shame
