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Man. I get that it's a sad story, but I got a few paragraphs into this and the "heartstrings pulling" the article was doing made me stop reading. It feels like

• Balgair 4y ago
  Meta comment: TheFP is kinda like that. Weiss et al. are still finding their voice and trying to turn the substack into something more. It's not going well. Honestly, it's kinda the same libertarianism over and over again. Weird unpasteurized milk articles, complaining about college undergrads and admins, purported insider views of Washington from obvious outsiders, complaints about getting into the Ivy leagues, etc. Like most libertarian stuff, it's people stuck in their 20s realizing that their life isn't going to plan. Like, 'this year I'm going to learn Spanish/practice piano/be more intentional' Great, sure, have fun, I really do mean that. Everyone with kids and a mortgage and responsibilities has moved on from these, I dunno, frivolous/childish/trying-to-create-meaning things (not good with English today, sorry!). TheFP is kinda stuck in that zeitgeist.
  • watwut 4y ago
    > Like, 'this year I'm going to learn Spanish/practice piano/be more intentional' Great, sure, have fun, I really do mean that. Everyone with kids and a mortgage and responsibilities has moved on from these, I dunno They come back to it as kids get older and don't need that much of your time. If feels unbelievable and impossible at first, but slowly it comes back and you start learning things and finding hobbies again. None of the things you mentioned is childish either. Especially nit learning foreign languages. That is like ... super adult thing.