I know you shouldn’t compare yourself to others, but hearing about people younger than you who are ahead in some areas hurts deeply

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    5 days ago

    They don’t even have to be younger than me, just the fact they accomplished great stuff back when they were younger than I am now used to be enough to severely depress me. I guess I got numb to it

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      They were also in a place where they could achieve those things, with the support of those around them. There are no 1-person revolutions, comrade, we do it together!

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      And for those people those 18 year old billionaires and 20 year old noble prize winners are severely depressing those young people back then.