When I was a teenager, I saw the stories of exceptionally strange internet personalities like Chris Chan and Ulillillia, and felt a paranoia that I'd spend my l

When I was a teenager, I saw the stories of exceptionally strange internet personalities like Chris Chan and Ulillillia, and felt a paranoia that I'd spend my life in my overprotective parents' basement. When I look at my life, I've accomplished so many things I never would have expected I could have. I'm still missing a handful of things my community members remind me they expect me to have, the biggest one being marriage. In spite of needing to slog through tiredness and bouts of ressentiment, I can see I've beaten the average trajectory, and I've beaten the trajectories some people have put me down by saying I'll end up on. I actually have a slight chance of doing one or two more things in life that mean a lot to me. I am grateful I've been lead out of the basement, spared from literal prison; not hospitalized nor shut into an asylum (though some dear readers may think I belong there ;P). The world's a disturbing place, but I'm on a road to freedom and joy. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F66.media.tumblr.com%2F5b37902f2f2ea8dbbfbf3d947f899629%2F495416d2db2091ff-b4%2Fs640x960%2F0234477190a5661297947ab624a999c34ab92416.gif&f=1&nofb=1 https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F...