I literally know a guy who did a bunch of backyard farming and sold stuff at these, so they aren’t all fakes at least

I man, yeah, I was just ribbing the person who made the post that was a knockoff of another post, and they took it as some good fun.

Perfect 5/7 edit

Oh you definitely were xD figured you’d appreciate some ribbing back

I was somewhere the exact thing you need to do to fix an audio recording so your voice sounds like it does in your skull, but I lost it. Pretty sure it was part of the great reddit purge of my life

Yet positive thinking has proven to be better for your mental and emotional state, helps you heal faster, and actually helps you succeed because you’re looking for opportunities instead of ignoring them, as well as actually trying those opportunities instead of talking yourself out of it.

It’s not a fallacy to try to think positively, it’s a scientifically proven tactic.

Yeah, you gotta know when to fold em, but saying that thinking you can do something is the same as a gamblers fallacy is a false dichotomy.

Ok yeah, I’ve lived like that too and I can relate. Trust me when I say that I totally get that mental state.

The one flaw with it, though, that one has to break through eventually, is that it’s reactive. It’s always, ultimately, defined by others.

The escape clause I found was that one of the best ways to get back at the fuckers was to thrive. But to do that, I had to do what I wanted, not just react. But to get what I wanted, I first had to want something for myself, and then I realized I couldn’t get that if I held onto the idea that everything would be terrible forever. I had to have a gritty version of hope. I had to adapt to a positive mindset for my goals or else I’d be hampering myself.

So yeah, spite can get you to accomplish things, but it’s always a contrarian way of doing things, constantly teathered to showing someone up rather than actual freedom.

This is a brilliant way of looking at this whole situation. I think that if people can contextualize it like you said it would really help bridge the gap!

I’m not talking about being in denial. I’m saying that if you want things to not suck, you do have to have the idea that things might not suck somehow later. If you think things are always going to suck then you’ll never bother to make things not suck.

I’m not saying never to be angry, I’m saying never to give up.

I’m not saying that you need to do it in NT style at all! You gotta do it your own way.

Ok, sure, but also negative thinking and giving up hope literally never helped once. It doesn’t help in real world ways and it makes your mental state worse. Obviously going around in a state of denial doesn’t help and ND people have specific challenges a NT person might not get, but ultimately you gotta cling to a positive mindset to make things better.

I said in a comment “hey why not universal healthcare and also ubi” and this nutcase yelled at me for over a week about it. I wasn’t going to bother with defending the idea since I was just asking “why not” and they were calling me lazy, entitled, and stupid.

We’re kinda already in that situation. The wealthy can afford medical treatments and life prolonging procedures, as well as healthier food and circumstances. They already live longer while we suffer and die.

I’m with with dehumanizing rich people

Fuck those future living pricks, having it better than me. What’s the future ever done for me anyway?!

Ok but we get bored with it because it’s our every day. A medieval peasant would have had their minds blown at driving in a car (seriously a folk version of heaven had baskets under cows so they didn’t have to shovel it, that’s where their standards were.) A 70s sci fi author would’ve been ecstatic to see how computing changed. A neolithic person would’ve seen modern homes as an impossible amount of luxury and safety.

I get where the common of coming from but sometimes it’s nice to take a step back and see how wild your own life is.

This is the most gen x post ever

Ok there’s another factor here and that’s taking into account the dipping sauce if any.

Crinkle cut without sauce? Bland. With a good sauce? Those little accordion fucks hold way more than shoestring.