• hedge_lord@lemmy.world
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    The school system yes but also the problem is much deeper, as capitalism is a hell system that grinds away at human joy, stifles personal growth, and recontextualizes all genuine passion towards evil. In this essay I will-

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    I’m not arrogant enough to say I’m gifted nor am I bi but I get it.

    I guess some of us have less of an axe to grind with the world which may be part of the nurture part of “nature vs. nurture”

    I struggled as a kid fitting into the norms due to my undiagnosed ADD but I also had and have a supportive family.

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    I don’t know if I should feel better or worse knowing that I’m a whole ass archetype.

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    As a former gifted student, this kinda tracks because I always felt that half of the class were “weirdos” (now known as neurodivergent) and the other half were repressed “weirdos”. Not sure about everyone being bi, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was far more likely than typical students.

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    Not 100% straight, but I’m definitely heteroromantic, at least.

    Other than that, yeah, things are going okay personally. World’s fucked, but I’m doing what I can. Thanks for asking.

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    Oh I am LIVID. FUCK the current state of US public education and FUCK cars (angrily and not with sex) too, while we’re at it.

    Related: ||I’d strip you naked in the corner of a Wendy’s (with consent ofc ||(my point is yes I swing many ways))

    Uncanny and comforting that so many people had the experience we did.

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    Well, I’m on year 12 of my bachelor’s degree and I’m unfortunately not bi. So, not great?

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      hey, it took me 7 and i tried 8 different majors. i only left because at year 5 i hated the school and picked the fastest degree to get me out of there. my wife took longer than me. you’ll get there.

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        I managed in 6 years, if I include the associate’s degree I got to fix the 2.5 wasted years. And I think going as to undergrad at 18 should be seen as precocious. Backpack around a bit and learn who you are as an independent adult.

        Or you might discover you have a lot of unresolved trauma and fall into depressive states easily in the middle of a semester.

        Probably not just a “me” thing.

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        Well, looking at masc people doesn’t give me the happy feelings like looking at fem people. That isn’t to say that I necessarily wouldn’t enjoy sex with masc people, but I’m not attracted to them.

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      Neurodivert folk seem to have an easier time not blindly going along with social norms simply because that is how everyone else behaves.