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1) “It’s not my fault, I have a disease.”

2) You can see how other people with similar problems deal with them.

3) You can talk to other people and they get it, they understand. For some people it’s like they suddenly find their people, like when someone who’s been reading HN for years goes to Silicon Valley and realises this is what it’s like to be surrounded by people who care about your interests or when you go from being the guy at your gym who’s trying to lift heavy to joining a powerlifting gym. Suddenly people understand.



Thank you, sounds reasonable!




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