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I don’t look down on her, she’s pretty cool IMO and it isn’t a chore/charity to see her. My achievements etc are more to highlight the fact that it’s not and s

by mikrl 4y ago

I don’t look down on her, she’s pretty cool IMO and it isn’t a chore/charity to see her. My achievements etc are more to highlight the fact that it’s not and shouldn’t be weird for us to be friends, in this age of hyperoptimizing relationships for personal gain, though I see how it can come off. Really, we are cut of the same cloth, just my life went way easier and I was fortunate enough to get to where I am without falling through the cracks. I only judge people on their actions as I perceive them, not who they happen to be.

kfajdsl 4y ago
This is a good take, but to me the way you phrased it definitely made it seem like you though less of her; like she was an interesting peasant that someone of noble stature like yourself deigned to interact with. I thought you were an asshole while reading through, then when I got to the end I was just confused. "Success" is a loaded term; it can mean wildly different things to different people. I assume you meant financial success in particular.
- JohnFen 4y ago
  > "Success" is a loaded term; it can mean wildly different things to different people. This is so true that in the absence of qualifiers, I consider "success" to be a meaningless buzzword.
- mikrl 4y ago
  > an interesting peasant that someone of noble stature like yourself deigned to interact with There are enough people on this site, online and IRL that honestly, unironically and proudly think like this. It really gets to me. So yea, forgive me for flexing a little to show “I’m one of you” but it’s not the small town folks I want to feel superior to, it’s people who would have just passed her by when she was in trouble. I was apparently the 5th person to pass and the only one to ask if she was OK. But yea, I’m not really good at expressing myself tbh so I can appreciate that without knowing me I prob seemed like an ass.

by mikrl 4y ago

kfajdsl 4y ago

This is a good take, but to me the way you phrased it definitely made it seem like you though less of her; like she was an interesting peasant that someone of noble stature like yourself deigned to interact with. I thought you were an asshole while reading through, then when I got to the end I was just confused. "Success" is a loaded term; it can mean wildly different things to different people. I assume you meant financial success in particular.

JohnFen 4y ago
> "Success" is a loaded term; it can mean wildly different things to different people. This is so true that in the absence of qualifiers, I consider "success" to be a meaningless buzzword.
mikrl 4y ago
> an interesting peasant that someone of noble stature like yourself deigned to interact with There are enough people on this site, online and IRL that honestly, unironically and proudly think like this. It really gets to me. So yea, forgive me for flexing a little to show “I’m one of you” but it’s not the small town folks I want to feel superior to, it’s people who would have just passed her by when she was in trouble. I was apparently the 5th person to pass and the only one to ask if she was OK. But yea, I’m not really good at expressing myself tbh so I can appreciate that without knowing me I prob seemed like an ass.