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I took some prescription drugs to help with my very real depression and they didn't work for me. You know how I responded? I stopped taking them. But I didn't pretend that experience is not only exactly like everyone else's, but also made me smarter than all the world's mental health professionals combined. If I did think that way, it would make me pretty idiotic.
So you took the pills to find out the same thing I knew not taking them and now you are lashing out calling me an idiot and downvoting every one of my comments though I don’t mirror that same hostility and disrespect. Very cool.
You know, getting depressed sometimes is a part of the human experience. Some are born into happier conditions than others and some are destined to misery by virtue of the family, class, and culture they came into. It’s all random chance in a chaotic universe. I still think being born human beats being born as a friggin’ tapeworm or bedbug or some other shit animal though, so it could be worse. Just do your best to distract from the depression when it strikes, don’t label yourself with some bullshit diagnostic another flawed ape monster put on you (who no doubt has many of their own mental issues), enjoy the small things, and know that this all comes to an end one day (thank God). Fuck it.
Yeah this is just you adding a new spin to "I'm smarter than an entire field of study": self righteousness
Man, you really are just a miserable cunt then. Best of luck with that. Maybe those venerated geniuses will come up with that magical solution for you.
Imagine we’re at a party. I am now grabbing my beer and going to talk to somebody who isn’t an asshole. Don’t follow me.
Imagine you're at a party and there's some idiot claiming to be smarter than everyone else. Imagine what you would want to say to them. Instead, you go home and tell others what a fuckhead you just met.
But you are that fuckhead.
Look, I know that you love me, but I asked you to please not follow me. Maybe we could have had something great, but you ruined it. And that’s on you, kid. I don’t believe in second chances.
BuT iM sMaRtEr ThAn GeNeRaTiOnS oF aCaDeMiCs
Shhh shhh shhh. Fly away, little moth. This flame doesn’t burn for you. This flame burns too bright.
Me SmAHT
I’m gonna block you now, bud, because it’s getting creepy. You have to learn when to let go.
Too smart for me!! /s