I respect you so much for waking up this conversation. A lot of friendships are hostile and competitive because there is this need for a friend with a little bit more experience to look down and consistently lecture their other friend just for existing and experiencing life in-
Olivia Rodrigo has grown on me in the way that I do understand her musically and artistically and I like the music, but damn sus you like 22…did you even try the clubs?
I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.
at some point you need to accept that you are also made up of people you don’t talk to anymore, people who hurt you, people you hate. and that forgiving them is forgiving yourself. that love can exist in pockets of time, and stay there. even when you’ve left and can’t turn back
So much of adulthood is just grieving in secret..... grieving ex lovers, grieving dead friendships, grieving your parents sinking into old age, grieving the person you thought you'd grow into, grieving cities you never got to live in, grieving parts of you that couldn't survive.