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r/OldSchoolCool • u/db7112 • Jul 27 '26
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This may not be happier times at all.
1.1k u/kingrobin Jul 28 '26 My brother's college gf was the happiest, bubbliest person I ever met and nobody ever saw it coming. She left a simple note: "This is going to be painful." And it was, for her, her family, my brother, and everyone else close to her. -23 u/[deleted] Jul 28 '26 [deleted] 149 u/kingrobin Jul 28 '26 You can judge someone for jumping from a burning building, but you weren't in the room to feel the flames. This is a metaphor, if that wasnt clear. 6 u/eleanor61 Jul 28 '26 Infinite Jest reference? 6 u/kingrobin Jul 28 '26 yes. 5 u/eleanor61 Jul 28 '26 One half of a semester my senior year of college was dedicated to this book.
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My brother's college gf was the happiest, bubbliest person I ever met and nobody ever saw it coming. She left a simple note: "This is going to be painful." And it was, for her, her family, my brother, and everyone else close to her.
-23 u/[deleted] Jul 28 '26 [deleted] 149 u/kingrobin Jul 28 '26 You can judge someone for jumping from a burning building, but you weren't in the room to feel the flames. This is a metaphor, if that wasnt clear. 6 u/eleanor61 Jul 28 '26 Infinite Jest reference? 6 u/kingrobin Jul 28 '26 yes. 5 u/eleanor61 Jul 28 '26 One half of a semester my senior year of college was dedicated to this book.
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149 u/kingrobin Jul 28 '26 You can judge someone for jumping from a burning building, but you weren't in the room to feel the flames. This is a metaphor, if that wasnt clear. 6 u/eleanor61 Jul 28 '26 Infinite Jest reference? 6 u/kingrobin Jul 28 '26 yes. 5 u/eleanor61 Jul 28 '26 One half of a semester my senior year of college was dedicated to this book.
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You can judge someone for jumping from a burning building, but you weren't in the room to feel the flames. This is a metaphor, if that wasnt clear.
6 u/eleanor61 Jul 28 '26 Infinite Jest reference? 6 u/kingrobin Jul 28 '26 yes. 5 u/eleanor61 Jul 28 '26 One half of a semester my senior year of college was dedicated to this book.
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Infinite Jest reference?
6 u/kingrobin Jul 28 '26 yes. 5 u/eleanor61 Jul 28 '26 One half of a semester my senior year of college was dedicated to this book.
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5 u/eleanor61 Jul 28 '26 One half of a semester my senior year of college was dedicated to this book.
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One half of a semester my senior year of college was dedicated to this book.
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u/Miss_L_Worldwide Jul 28 '26
This may not be happier times at all.