• otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    I can only speak from experience, but I’m willing to bet that “bitch-made” is low-effort projection on their part, NGL. 🤌🏼

    FWIW, I’ve nearly died/been killed ~7x now, IIRC, and I’m fully fragile AF these days.

    While still unreliably heroic in short bursts (like dwarves hunting uruk across the steppe), there’s a hefty non-zero chance that my internal Not Today, Death engine sputters & chokes at the starting line, too. Might even need a flatbed to get to triage. 🤪

    No one’s journey is anyone else’s, and those that would judge you for yours in times like these? They’re cowards, and trying to shift the blame to you for how terrified they are that they’d never be able to endure what you’re going through. You can pity them, or tell them to fuck off. Regardless, you’re still a motherfuckin’ badass for sticking with it. 🤘🏼❤️‍🔥 Don’t suffer the backbirths. You’re better than that.

    • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz
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      4 days ago

      Thanks Otter. Just knowing it’s plausible helps me string together a through-line that tracks with my experience as I remember it. There’s a realistic narrative missing from my culture about what a man should do after devastation so I appreciate hearing people talk about it in ways that don’t include caricatures of cowardice.

      So, so thanks for still being alive to speak your truth. 🤘