The overwhelming majority of people in this world do not want the responsibility of thinking for themselves. Thinking for ones self means making your own choices which means living with the consequences of said choice. This means that if said choice was incorrect, you have no-one to blame but yourself.
Why go through all that hassle when you can just blindly obey and then complain and blame others when it doesn't go your way?
Concerning this one, as other comments have suggested, asking the question as to whether such a decision may have been ill-advised opens Pandora's box.
I don't think it's either of those. For some, the struggle with the sheer weight of all that is going on can certainly take a toll on the mind. It sounds more like a cry for reassurance that there are still things out there that are worthwhile.
You think this place is any different? Try posting a dissenting opinion on here and watch your account get banned. Few people entertain the idea of discourse these days because their opinions are just parroted from others and they can't defend them.
Can't we just go back to the old days when men just got a girlfriend and didn't complain about degenerate bullshit?