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kleinbl00  ·  2156 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: May 23, 2018

"In a week, who's going to care?" got me through. Although "week" scales; substitute for "month" or "year". Some of high school required "ten years" and even that wasn't enough. However, when you can't dilute a problem through time you know you've discovered an actual issue. "In four years who's going to care" got me through the worst shit in high school because my problems were largely situational.

"That which does not kill you makes you stronger" but it can also make you a mean sonofabitch. When my mom divorced my dad he stopped drinking and started exercising because the settlement gave her (and her new husband) half of his estate "and he'd be goddamned if he'd let that bitch outlive him."

The suicides of my generation all involved tall balconies. I suspect they've locked all those off from you whelps as a consequence. My apologies.