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I've been like this ever since I quit school.

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[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Decided? I'm not sure I had much choice.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The isolated part potentially is.

Every day the desire to say "fuck it", sell everything, and then go live in the woods grows.

[–] RiderExMachina@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

As a kid I didn't understand hermits.

Now that I'm an adult, I'm jealous

[–] NationProtons@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I'm working on getting out of this, but it's hard. So many years of living in isolation and not talking doesn't make it any easier