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What am I reading here? The author getting sick once and throwing out the entire routine he had built for himself along with his world views?

stonethrowaway 2y ago
You forgot all those “what does 4chan think of HN?” posts that mocked the living shit out of the ridiculous blogs posted here. This is a drop in the ocean. Thankfully, 4chan doesn’t have the toxic concept of upvotes/downvotes so the art-imitates-life was on full display. And just to be clear, one of the facets that 4chan mocked was in fact some common, mundane event or situation that the author then uses in a melodramatic way for a blogshit smug title.
- dyauspitr 2y ago
  There maybe some truth to this but the world as viewed through the eyes of socially deprived shutin culture probably should be not be taken at face value. It’s going to be cynical for cynicism’s sake.
  - sandspar 2y ago
    4chan is for the unwell and the unwilling. The unwell can be ignored. But the views of the unwilling are extremely valuable and can be found nowhere else but 4chan. 4chan is the primary voice for conscientious objectors.
    - dyauspitr 2y ago
      That’s putting it on a pedestal which 4chan users always do. Just a lot of humble bragging. I can’t think of a single significant leak that has come from there over the last decade and a half, possibly before 2009. I would say less conscientious objectors and more contrarians. Less valuable views and more insidious, viral propaganda.
Daishiman 2y ago
You've never been sick from keeping an extremely busy life and when you do it takes out your will for a couple solid weeks?
- dyauspitr 2y ago
  When I’m sick, I usually can’t wait to get back to my routine, especially the weightlifting part. I do know what that feels like when I take a vacation though. It’s a bit harder to get back into it once you return from a multiple week break.

stonethrowaway 2y ago

You forgot all those “what does 4chan think of HN?” posts that mocked the living shit out of the ridiculous blogs posted here. This is a drop in the ocean. Thankfully, 4chan doesn’t have the toxic concept of upvotes/downvotes so the art-imitates-life was on full display. And just to be clear, one of the facets that 4chan mocked was in fact some common, mundane event or situation that the author then uses in a melodramatic way for a blogshit smug title.

dyauspitr 2y ago
There maybe some truth to this but the world as viewed through the eyes of socially deprived shutin culture probably should be not be taken at face value. It’s going to be cynical for cynicism’s sake.
- sandspar 2y ago
  4chan is for the unwell and the unwilling. The unwell can be ignored. But the views of the unwilling are extremely valuable and can be found nowhere else but 4chan. 4chan is the primary voice for conscientious objectors.
  - dyauspitr 2y ago
    That’s putting it on a pedestal which 4chan users always do. Just a lot of humble bragging. I can’t think of a single significant leak that has come from there over the last decade and a half, possibly before 2009. I would say less conscientious objectors and more contrarians. Less valuable views and more insidious, viral propaganda.

Daishiman 2y ago

You've never been sick from keeping an extremely busy life and when you do it takes out your will for a couple solid weeks?

dyauspitr 2y ago
When I’m sick, I usually can’t wait to get back to my routine, especially the weightlifting part. I do know what that feels like when I take a vacation though. It’s a bit harder to get back into it once you return from a multiple week break.