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PaperclipPerfector  3mo ago (text post)   2029 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 28, 2024

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I smoked weed after so many months and threw up like crazy so that was not fun. Will watch the fights this weekend, I reckon Jiri Prochazka will lose. His style is built on him being a physical freak, lacking any sort of brains or finesse needed to win fights.

My work now requires me to grow a tiktok account, I will be posting daily tiktoks about the origin of the English language. I read the Cambridge Encyclopedia for the English language a while back. That made me want to post this stuff since the stories behind our words are inherently fascinating.

I do miss my parents, startups are brutal, and a small part of me is always worried that I will have no future if this fails but I need firm belief in myself, my team and what we are building. NVIDIAs founder once said something along the lines of how he would not have started NVIDIA if he knew how difficult it would be. Paul Graham spoke about how his startup was about to go under right before they sold it and how getting his dental cavities fixed felt like being on a vacation, still, I know things will turn out well. Have a great week ahead folks!

My work now requires me to grow a tiktok account

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My on and off love affair with weed ended abruptly in February in Thailand when I saw men who are perfectly entertaining when sober or drunk become Circe's pigs when on weed. I mean holy Moly.

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