He was being a bad person the moment he thought "I hope she gets abused by her boyfriend." No need to do research on the guy after that point.

That said, he'd only saying that because hes incredibly close to being depressed and in extreme self loathing in response to being rejected and trying to protect his his will to live via delusional projection and lashing out. "She's the one with a problem not me. I'm great. She's a piece of shit and deserves to suffer."

People who don't delude themselves about how great they are unfortunately usually don't respond to rejection with "I need to improve myself" or "I'm just not his/her type I'll find someone." but with "I should kill myself, its hopeless. I'll be romantically alone forever and I can't take it." and the sheer mortal terror of potentially thinking that way causes the delusional insulation and projection.

People who refuse to vote when there is a clearly superior option deserve whatever the greater evil brings forth when they win.

One of the issues is a lot people don't want to do amateur stuff. They aren't comfortable even starting because then they'll start comparing themselves to others and begin self loathing.

"Ugh, I'm 32 years old and I draw like a 3 year old. Fuck this."

This applies to more than just art.

"I can barely manage to operate the basics of a computer there is no way I'll ever code."

"I have no sense of rhythm and I'm out of shape I'll never be able to dance and not look terrible."

"Can barely socialize platonically at all, there is no way I'll ever talk to that cute girl/boy, I'm going to die alone."

Capitalism makes abundance problematic.

Like, I agree with the tit for tat. But don't let your cat outside.

Second place to Harris??? Holy fuck we deserve our fate.

Edit: upon reading the article (I know...) AOC has the best net favorability. So a little more hopium there.

Originally I never wanted kids because it sounded like it'd get in the way of all the other stuff I want to do in life.

Now I don't because I see it as unethical.

It would be nice if we had elected the boring president yeah.

Let me just state the obvious: They fired her due to the current US administration. She got harassed in the first place because of the current US administration.

Trump is effecting corporate decisions without even making in specific executive orders as well bolstering the common rightwing individual's boldness in harassing people.

I took one of those autism tests and I can't remember off the top of my head what the score was but it was very high which both surprises and doesn't surprise me. I mask extremely well according to most people I meet. Telling me "You seem normal" or even "You aren't autistic".

I've only had two people tell me "It's obvious" ever, my mom and a single friend of mine.

But holy hell all the other autism personality/psychological aspects are like cranked up to 100 and I have a love/hate relationship with that. Hyperfocus is a double edged sword for instance. I love that I can get super into something and get really fucking good at it but I don't love obsessing over the same thing for months to the point of it keeping me awake at night and hurting other aspects of my life because I can't change mental direction.

It also isn't good for social anxiety, way too much rumination on single awkward conversations MAKE IT STOP.

It sometimes depends on the programmer's situation. Maybe its "lose a ton of credibility or live on the street/lose your H-1B Visa"

Sometimes its either ship something broken or lose your job.