• Syndication@lemmy.today
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    15 hours ago

    Ngl I thought this was going to be a really fucked up greentext as soon as I read the word “cancer”.

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          5 hours ago

          Cool that he is wholesome even then, but he shared quite the moment and relationship with a person he will never see again. It is very one-sided.

          Anon is still kind of a loser here, when you think about it, despite doing the right thing.

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              4 hours ago

              He gave everything to person, got dumped, which is always a risk, but never got a new girlfriend. Now I know this is not what happened, but it makes him look like he got used as a stepping stone, and is still happy about it.

              99% of these end in some doomed 30+ year old, being happy about some other thing, while their life is awful, and they rot away slowly.

              They all seem so oblivious.

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                  4 hours ago

                  I never dated in my life, or had sex, so…nothing to project.

                  I’m doing awfully though, and it affects my view of humans in general, and my approach to relationships.

                  Hence, I won’t be dating (or posting anymore NSFW things).

                  Not until the entire right wing is gone, until then, no.

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        22 hours ago

        It’s just a running joke for greentexts to call them “fake and gay”, which became having to come up with some justification to attach both labels to the story instead of just saying it is. This is completely regardless of what the greentext actually consists of.

        The more you have to stretch to make the labels fit, the funnier it is.

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          18 hours ago

          Yeah, and I find it funny precisely because of the stretching to make the labels — it makes it feel like it’s making fun of people who would unironically call things fake and gay in a manner that was nihilistic and homophobic.

          It’s similar to how I hate the “git gud” gatekeeping that can be quite prominent amongst fans of games like Dark Souls. However, I take great joy in saying “git gud” in a context where it’s patently absurd, like when my housemate arrives home completely drenched from torrential rain. It turns the joke back on the gatekeepy rhetoric

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            5 hours ago

            I used to behave this way, but people took me seriously every time. Like saying Veterans should die off, because they are no longer of use (as criticism to our way of seeing humans as expendable) and I became very hated for this.

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    1 day ago

    My ex from 16 years ago (16 year olds) wished me happy birthday the other week. Was weird we’re both married with kids and never speak at all

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        1 day ago

        Yeah just way outta the blue, now the real question is so I have to remember hers now? Cause I don’t think i do haha

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          23 hours ago

          If you want to, ask her and put it in your calendar! It’s always nice to know someone remembers you fondly enough to send well wishes 😊

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            18 hours ago

            Yeah, this is great advice. It’s unfortunate when pressure to do social niceties holds you back from enjoying meaningful connection with people. Some people are better at remembering dates than others, and caring enough to ask (and put it in one’s calendar) is at least as powerful a gesture as actually remembering it.

            OP could take a jokey tone to things, such as by expressing surprise that she was able to remember, and then asking what her birthday is