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Most people who know me think I’m a just swell normal guy with perhaps some offputting vibes. But I was raised under circumstances that would fuck up most people. Turning out well-adjusted, educated, and starting a stable family all basically started as a rebellious phase. I still am gutter trash deep down, but I’ve got a wife and a kid now who I somehow support on a single income working 100% from home. I’ve overcommitted to this bit and there’s no going back. I have to “be a sane human” who doesn’t “sleep in storage units” now. I’ve become a man who “updates underwriters” and doesn’t “dress like a wizard, cast spells in public parks, and barf on the sidewalk”. God help me.

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We’re all faking it, at least a bit. The fact that you care enough about your family to keep your shit together proves that you’re not trash inside.

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Proof is perhaps too strong a word for it, but whatever spends is money, eh?

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You can dress like a wizard, just do it at sponsored events, or with your kids. Don’t barf on the sidewalk, but the wizard stuff is fine, in moderation.

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That stuff is behind me, for now. The fact that I’m a bearded recluse in a tower who makes a living staring long and deep into a glowing piece of glass that is slowly driving me insane is pretty cool though

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4 points

Thanks for this different perspective. Makes the grind more tolerable

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I use Linux but can not stand Linux users on here. As soon as there is any conversation about windows there’s a line of people “why aren’t you using linux?!” As if it’s the solution for everything. Linux users have become the vegans of the internet.

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Hey, another Linux user here. I like to push for using the best tool for the job, whatever that might be, and I think more people should.

I think a lot of Linux users need to understand their solution is often creates more problems than it solves, including for themselves. I’ve been guilty of this too, where if I see a distro solving my current problem with XYZ, I’d switch to it, only for the switch to cause many other problems in the process, so I’m worse off than I started.

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“Be careful what you choose. You may get it.” -Colin Powell

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19 points

I yearn for human connection but i cant stand the thought of being known and understood

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Yeah, I understand that. I feel like I know you, you know?

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eurgh, i know you’re kidding around but damn if this comment hasn’t given me anxiety all day long lol

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15 points

Literally dying from cancer and the only one single thing in the entire world I want before I die is to fall in love one last time.

Got turned down the other day by a woman who literally said “I love you” when I told her I wasn’t going to survive the cancer.

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I’m so sorry. 10/10 would date you cancer or not.

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Thank you for saying that. Where in the world are you?

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Canada. I will adopt you.

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14 points

The iron in my blood.

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