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Jason Pak Swienckowski's avatar

I mean.... yeah. Props for the honesty, but internet edgelord honesty might not get you around the best community. I respect you (kind of?) for choosing to die on this hill, but also, I don't respect you. Personally I think it's a foolish choice. But hopefully this gets you where you want to go! I urge you to not get stoned every waking moment so you don't end up in an ego spiral.

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Cherry's avatar

yknow moms are right usually like mine🧍‍♀️ jokes aside, i respected that you're standing behind your work and identity, i couldnt dare to that

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Lirpa Strike's avatar

I think it's pretty ridiculous that you got fired over that, actually. I don't think you deserved it at all. I'm sorry you lost the community, though. That's the worst.

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Defamilair's avatar

I only recently came across your writing and would say I am between the concerned and amused subsections of your audience, but I deeply respect your frankness and I think the world needs more of it. It may take time, but I think you’ll end up where you need to be. Also it might not seem so right now, but integrity is always a safer bet. After all, you don’t have anything if you don’t have yourself.

Keep up your weird ways, you’ve come this far.

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Klaus Zynski's avatar

Fuck 'em.

There's no point to this if you can't be honest.

But I like my anonymity, and don't plan to give it up.

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Sheluyang Peng's avatar

Don’t delete the blog or change your name on it, because everything is archived so it wouldn’t make a difference anyway.

And that MCAT firing was bogus, as having this blog has nothing to do with how well you can teach that.

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Night Cracks's avatar

That’s a hard one, friend. No easy answer.

I respect you like hell for standing up for what you believe in, considering the consequences (unless you didn’t see them coming at all).

Whenever I write I do ask myself “what would my superiors think if they read that” (I’m a father of 3 - I simply can’t allow myself to lose a job.)

I can’t and won’t even try to share any wisdom, but I wish you all the best!

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Anonymous Dude's avatar

If you were a woman they probably wouldn't have booted you from the artist community at least (though you might still have lost the job).

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PostPlandemicChronicles's avatar

Bro, you got a part of you that’s exactly like Roosh V before he converted to Christianity. He’s a former PUA whose magnum opus was Poosy Paradise.

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Yueyue Wang's avatar

You could debate it both ways. I think you’re very brave for sticking to your convictions. Hopefully this crash out leads to bigger and better things in the future. You might enjoy reading Invictus by H.Henley to help with this transition.

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