• CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social
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    6 hours ago

    The second half of this post is how I got through highschool. And college. And the military. “I didn’t see anything about it in the handbook/UCMJ” was my motto. And I already realized hard work didn’t pay off, cuz I watched my siblings do that.

    There are two ways to get through life. You can conform, which is hard for you but easy for everyone else, or you can find and exploit every loophole you can which is hard for you AND hard for everyone else. I’m not one to make things easy for other people unless its also easier for me, so…

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      6 hours ago

      Depends whom you’re making it hard for, I suppose.

      It’s often easy to make things harder for those who already have it tough in life and little to no means to improve that. Let’s find more worthy targets in our endeavours.

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        4 hours ago

        If you are in a position to be impacted by my “easier for me, harder for you” mentality, you by default aren’t the sort thats struggling in life.

        It targets those in some sort of power, those who wish to restrict my life for mo good reason. The sort of people who (think they) can make rules to govern my life.

        I challenge you to come up with a time where finding the loopholes makes things worse for people who are also living under the same rules.

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          33 minutes ago

          Karens attacking restaurant staff would be one example.

          But I’m glad we agree on this.