• @[email protected]
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    71 day ago

    I got taught that you can do anything if you work hard enough, and took it literally. I didn’t realize at all what competitive hellscape we lived in.

  • Snot Flickerman
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    82 days ago

    Don’t worry, they still taught me that it’s dangerous to actually be different.

    Too bad I didn’t listen because I was already different.

      • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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        31 day ago

        It took me a while to grow into myself.

        I’m like the ugly duckling but mentally.

        • @PlasticExistence
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          41 day ago

          I’m genuinely happy for you!

          I also had that same basic experience. For a while, I did feel like I had grown into myself and would be okay.

            • @PlasticExistence
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              31 day ago

              Lots. My health really tanked and it keeps getting worse. I used to have decent financial security, but that wiped it out.

              I’m okay, just not feeling like the left side of the meme anymore at all. It could be much worse though.