• homes@piefed.world
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    2 hours ago

    This is bad news that feels like good news. Like when your house burns down, but it kills your abusive parents, so you’re kind of happy about it because it means you didn’t have to go through with your plans, and it means you don’t have to become a murderer after all.

    And you have all that money saved up, and you already got that scholarship to college, and you can just move on with your life without any of those chains tying you to them in your former life…

    So, really, what’s the actual fucking problem here? no more birthday balloons? Boo fucking hoo. My shitty parents never threw me a birthday party anyway.

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      18 minutes ago

      No more medical imaging.
      No more fibre optics.
      No more semiconductors.
      No more laparoscopic or eye surgery.
      No more hard drives.
      No more titanium.
      No more rockets.

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        14 minutes ago

        I feel like you weren’t really listening to what I had to say

        Tell me: when you read my post, what did you hear?

        How did that translate in your head?

        • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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          You asked:

          So, really, what’s the actual fucking problem here?

          That’s what they heard.

          They answered:

          No more medical imaging.
          No more fibre optics.
          No more semiconductors.
          No more laparoscopic or eye surgery.
          No more hard drives.
          No more titanium.
          No more rockets.

          That’s what you didn’t hear I guess.

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        51 minutes ago

        I’d like to think that I’m happy but it’s only partly true— the truth is that I’m simply relieved.

        I suppose that the lesson here is… Everyone is damaged, and you never really know someone. You can’t. Everyone deserves a hug.