From the Everyday Ranting thread...
My best friend is ruining his life. He didn't pay attention to education, so he dropped out of high school. He obtained multiple jobs, but got fired from all of them because he wouldn't go. He went for military training, but got kicked out dude to a foot injury... never went back. He says he wants to go to college, but never applies. Now he has said "screw it" and has adopted an anti-establishment mindset. He doesn't do anything now. No one but myself ever speaks to him like an adult and no one tells him what he is really doing to his own future. I care about him, but he is surrounded by people who encourage him to think the way he currently does (which in the long run will accomplish nothing). Now he won't listen to me at all because I'm a "conformist". I know what's important in life is different for everyone, but he refuses to take things seriously or put any thought into his own actions. He doesn't really know what he wants, he just rolls with the punches thrown by complete laziness. At this point I feel like giving up on him, but I really don't want to see him end up regretting his decisions later on in life. He has no drive to do anything and no goals set for himself, and only harm can come of that...harm to himself and the people that care about him.
I don't know what to do anymore. I'm really worried. He has no reason to think the way he does, yet he has some extreme (borderline sociopathic) opinions... His outlook on humanity is of an existential nihilistic nature, which I KNOW for a fact isn't really what he thinks. He's so rooted in his opinions that he refuses to listen to reason (though again, he himself has none). I asked him a simple question, "Where do you see yourself in 30 years?" to which he answered, "Wherever I end up."There's nothing more I can do. I've tried to talk to him, but he just shuts me down and calls me blind. I know this all makes him sound crazy, but he really isn't! I know why he thinks the way he does, but it in no way justifies it. If anything, it works against him. I suppose the only way he'll learn is to experience it, to live in absolute misery, desperation, and desolation. I don't want to see it happen, but it seems like the only way at this point.
What else can I do?