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I often wonder if the less emotionally developed among us ever ask themselves: "Could I be the one with the problem?"

Sure, it's definitely tough growing up but if we could hack emotional development so we could gain a decade or two of experience, we'd all be a little better off. This quote comes to mind.

“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”

― Muhammad Ali



Yes, the more mature of us would close the browser in only one second. Or thinking coolly and rationally, block Facebook traffic on our home networks.

Edit: I accept the downvotes for pointless snark, but really, what would maturity look like in this case? Closing the tab with less swearing?


There there, we don't mind, and all had excused your emotional development issues. Nurse will be around soon to help out.


Watch out for the hellban son.




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