• hedge_lord@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Is it grinding away at what little remains of my mental health? Yes! But it also allows me to do funny little experiments!!

    (and also no one would hire me… but I guess that means that I can stave off the soul-crushing capitalism-flavoured hell for a bit longer! I’m screwed anyway!)

  • atrielienz@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Where I learned things and inhaled books at a furious rate? Yes. Where I was successful academically? No.

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      2 days ago

      I mean, making joints out of the pages of books doesn’t magically make you smart, you gotta read those pages first

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    I feel like the downward trend after the peak is accelerated if you are specifically studying philosophy.