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[–] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've decided not to try to live up to "my potential", it was depressing and unrewarding when I tried.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, I made a bunch of money, felt really stressed, had very little time, and lost touch with my personality.

    Then I spent a bunch of money on therapy and changing my whole life. Now I’m poor and stressed, but I’m spending more of my time how I want to and I feel much more myself.

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  • [+] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    One of those was a lie all along.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Its corpospeak, gotta read into it.

    'We're family!' makes sense when you think of the person saying it as a family member who is an abusive narcissistic sociopath who's never wrong about anything and nothing is ever their fault.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Man, I fuckin wish I could get compensation for that...

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago*

    Fortunately, I was never told that.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    They didn't tell me how much energy it takes to put your mind to things. I can barely stay awake for a normal day length without putting in the effort.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    My only remaining ambition after age 40 was to be a worthwile human being at the very least (because that bar is very low) and I can't even do that.

    Some people are born broken, not necessarily through any fault of their own. But maybe I don't even clear that barrier and am simply useless to anyone. Oh well.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    No, it's none of that. It's that in my over four decades of life, I've never once lived up to my OWN potential, and despite trying my best, giving up, trying again, ... countless times, I've still never managed to markedly improve my station in life, or my enjoyment of it.

    I know I have everything I need to be capable, smart, confident person, but I've never BEEN any of those things, even fleetingly, so I can't really even imagine how it would be like.

    Pathethic, I know.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    What does worthwhile even mean? Have you ever had any sort of positive interaction? Who’s to say that small moment of enjoyment wasn’t worthwhile?

    Go find a someone who’s asking for help and help them.

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    When I was a kid, "class action" meant we were all being let out for recess

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I appreciate the image quality. Thanks.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Taking DMs?

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