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I get that people are trying to be helpful, and think that's great. But this blog post was awesome, raw, and captured something that so few of us can really re

I get that people are trying to be helpful, and think that's great. But this blog post was awesome, raw, and captured something that so few of us can really relate to. Dude grinds for 10 years, keeps grinding, doesn't know where to go but will probably keep grinding. "Twicsy, you son of a bitch. You frustrate me so. I love you, but oh how I hate to love you." Shine on, buddy. Best of luck!

sockgrant 13y ago
Agreed. This was a fun read and I really hope things work out for him.
bashcoder 13y ago
Absolutely - well said.
dumbfounder 13y ago
Don't worry, you haven't seen the last of Twicsy!
krapp 13y ago
I know... his failure has already been more successful than many people's successes.
KamiCrit 13y ago
Spot on man! I gotta admit the website is meh (although what can I say, I've never published+hosted a website before) but that story is pretty amazing! Maybe OP should try to publish an ebook on his 10 year adventure?
n_coats 13y ago
Well put! (and a bit unusual to see such kindness in an HN comment haha) Kudos to the author, best wishes for the future!
jaredsohn 13y ago
>captured something that so few of us can really relate to. >Dude grinds for 10 years, keeps grinding, doesn't know where to go but will probably keep grinding. >"Twicsy, you son of a bitch. You frustrate me so. I love you, but oh how I hate to love you." Maybe not the ten years part, but I imagine that a decent number of people here can relate to this (i.e. working on a startup for awhile and having a love/hate relationship with it while it is not yet a financial success.)
moot 13y ago
I know this man's feels. 4chan is only one month older. It's like we're cousins.
- asdfs 13y ago
  Oh, don't pretend you haven't become fabulously wealthy with all those 4chan passes. How many of those do you sell, anyway (if you don't mind me asking)?
- dumbfounder 13y ago
  Yes but you are an Internet god and nobody has heard of me :) But, I am happy to be considered your cuz, even if it's the one you always beat up and lock in the shed.
vidarh 13y ago
The projects I've kept grinding on for the longest have been the ones with the worst odds of making me rich. There are many types of projects that are just too seductive and habit forming. "Just one more tweak" becomes an intellectual challenge or a hobby as much as about business. Though ultimately I think those kinds of projects are also the ones that often lead people to massive success too, because a lot of projects that are eventually successful takes long enough to get there that you'd give up if they didn't have that seductive effect. The problem, of course, is figuring out when enough is enough (though the absence of commercial success is not necessarily a good yardstick, if it's still fun)

sockgrant 13y ago

Agreed. This was a fun read and I really hope things work out for him.

bashcoder 13y ago

Absolutely - well said.

dumbfounder 13y ago

Don't worry, you haven't seen the last of Twicsy!

krapp 13y ago

I know... his failure has already been more successful than many people's successes.

KamiCrit 13y ago

Spot on man! I gotta admit the website is meh (although what can I say, I've never published+hosted a website before) but that story is pretty amazing! Maybe OP should try to publish an ebook on his 10 year adventure?

n_coats 13y ago

Well put! (and a bit unusual to see such kindness in an HN comment haha) Kudos to the author, best wishes for the future!

jaredsohn 13y ago

>captured something that so few of us can really relate to. >Dude grinds for 10 years, keeps grinding, doesn't know where to go but will probably keep grinding. >"Twicsy, you son of a bitch. You frustrate me so. I love you, but oh how I hate to love you." Maybe not the ten years part, but I imagine that a decent number of people here can relate to this (i.e. working on a startup for awhile and having a love/hate relationship with it while it is not yet a financial success.)

moot 13y ago

I know this man's feels. 4chan is only one month older. It's like we're cousins.

asdfs 13y ago
Oh, don't pretend you haven't become fabulously wealthy with all those 4chan passes. How many of those do you sell, anyway (if you don't mind me asking)?
dumbfounder 13y ago
Yes but you are an Internet god and nobody has heard of me :) But, I am happy to be considered your cuz, even if it's the one you always beat up and lock in the shed.

vidarh 13y ago

The projects I've kept grinding on for the longest have been the ones with the worst odds of making me rich. There are many types of projects that are just too seductive and habit forming. "Just one more tweak" becomes an intellectual challenge or a hobby as much as about business. Though ultimately I think those kinds of projects are also the ones that often lead people to massive success too, because a lot of projects that are eventually successful takes long enough to get there that you'd give up if they didn't have that seductive effect. The problem, of course, is figuring out when enough is enough (though the absence of commercial success is not necessarily a good yardstick, if it's still fun)