I chewed the gum. I chewed that shit like a cow, all day, going through multiple pieces a day and I got hooked on the knot in the throat sensation from the nicotine. I chewed it for 3 years, gradually switching to the lower dosage and eventually switching it out for regular gum.

Started smoking when I was nine, smoked for roughly a cumulative 25 years, quit for good in 2013

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I have a two parter that was a miracle for me. I smoked for 35 years 2 packs a day. I got on a very low dose of Wellbutrin and did something called “auricular therapy”. It’s been almost 2 and a half months and I’m doing ok.

I noticed some of those people who don’t admit their faults were always scared of many things. If they are wrong, their world is destroyed. So, admitting their fault is a matter of life or death for them. But as this author said, we don’t need to bother them. When I wanted to take revenge on someone, I just progressed and became happy by thanking the person for giving me a chance to learn about humanity because I knew that my happiness is the last thing they wanted to see.   

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Yeah, this one overlooks the importance of making active changes in your life. Circumstances will change but the odds against them randomly working in your favor are pretty small. You gotta make those kind of changes yourself

I don’t think the author is saying it’s either, just that the illusion is there. To the lone outsider, institutions seem indomitable but to the institution, an individual outsider could pose a significant threat. Institutions can be helpful or harmful, but either way we should bear in mind they are not invulnerable

That sounds wonderful!! I tried to move to Europe after my first visit in my early twenties. Didn't work out, but I've been telling my husband that if his company ever has jobs over yonder, that he needs to consider it!

Here’s a link to the original

https://viruscomix.com/page580.html

This is actually really neat

it is quite hard to read!

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but it looks beautiful, thanks for sharing this

Mine is Slick, and he is an asshole! A convincing one, but an asshole none the less.

Same. I guess....

Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while a great wind carries me across the sky

It's good that you feel stupid. That means you realize that there's room for you to improve and that you are surrounded by people who are smarter than you.

That's much better situation than if you feel smarter than everyone around you. There's a famous saying, "If you are smarter than everyone in the room, you are probably in the wrong room."

It's totally normal to feel like that as you enter the real world.

For me, I kicked everyone ass in High School. Got humbled the first semester in college. Got humbled further in grad school. And when I entered the workforce, I felt that everyone was so amazingly good and technically stronger than me. I realize this is a good thing and that I need to keep improving.

Keep grinding!

This is very good, well done!

Have you ever been assessed for ADHD? There's tons of stuff that doesn't have anything to do with attention that happens as a result. Depression and anxiety is right at the top for me. It looks different in adulthood

“Silenzio Bruno!”

Needed to hear this 🙏 it's tempting to give up on yourself but I won't

32, pretty much the most stupid person on the planet.

I spent so much of my youth and early adult life studying and training for my career I feel like I missed out on all the fun experiences and adventures that “normal” people have. I’m so desensitized to living alone and entertaining myself. This contributed to my divorce.

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I fortunately have a great career and plenty of money and great friends and family but I frequently feel very lonely and feel that I have a different set of problems than the average person.

You just need to realize everyone else around you is faking it too. We all are insecure. We all are just doing our best every day. It’s an awareness that you’ll never know it all like you thought you would.

You are not a failure, you are learning, and so long as you are learning you can avoid becoming a puddle of nothing, and so long as you admit you still need to learn you can avoid becoming a Karen. Just try to enjoy the process of becoming who you want to be

I'm 53, and despite graduating with honors, finding a loving life partner, a long-lasting job, and plenty of friends, I still feel like an idiotic failure most of the time. I don't understand it either.

Nothing good ever happens. You just have to make do.

It's just hard when I feel like this every other day

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