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| ▲ | forgetfulness 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| He “learned” long ago that if people don’t celebrate you for putting down someone else (or themselves), you can just remind yourself how big of an intellectual you are to give yourself that ego boost, and rationalize everything as you experiencing a more authentic life than others. |
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| ▲ | nchmy 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | Perhaps the saddest part of this extremely sad post was when he was actually validated by the loser who praised him at the end, rather than taking the complete rejection by the entire room as an opportunity to self-reflect. | | |
| ▲ | eatitraw 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | You do realize that everyone (especially the hosts) was in on the joke, right? I did chat to the hosts afterwards! | | |
| ▲ | nchmy 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | What joke? You presented this all as a completely factual thing that happened, and that you were the sole guardian of... non-cringe authenticity?... in the place, and that some loser thanked you for your service. Now you're saying that the whole article was a lie? Congrats, you're now even more disappointing of a person than originally presented. | | |
| ▲ | eatitraw 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | The entire article is true. And if joke isn't clear to you, I won't be explaining it. | | |
| ▲ | nchmy 18 minutes ago | parent [-] | | You have a tremendous amount to learn about writing, and communication in general. Good luck |
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| ▲ | leshokunin 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I’m looking forward to his “I posted on HN, but some other posts stole upvotes from me”! |
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| ▲ | nchmy 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | "9 ways Marcus Aurelius helped me ignore social media haters" |
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