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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by hydroptic@sopuli.xyz to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

Description: white text on black background. "Remember -- the only thing standing between you and your dreams is your appearance, lack of talent, and general personality"

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[-] Pissnpink@feddit.uk 30 points 5 months ago

And student debt, and lack of access to affordable health care, and affordable housing, and affordable childcare, and quality public transportation

[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 11 points 5 months ago

As someone from a first world country let me tell you that you can still suck with all of those things.

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

No lies detected, although I'd assume lack of those doesn't make not sucking any easier.

[-] ChocolateTeapot@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

Forgot "lack of money" - that helps too!

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 10 points 5 months ago

With enough money you can buy 99% of dreams, anyways. Look at bezos: he bought his way into being an astronaut.

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 3 points 5 months ago

He's not a real astronaut, this cowboy hat comes right off.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

He couldn't buy hair, though - even Melon Husk was able to do that.

[-] jodanlime@midwest.social 17 points 5 months ago

Let's not forget about my piss-poor attitude

[-] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

But I probably would because of my piss-poor memory

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 5 months ago

And mental health disorders

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago

Oh yes, musn't forget the mental health disorders. Certainly haven't done me any favors

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago

Have you tried making art? I hear mental disorders are a pre-requisite to being successful at that.

[-] radix@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

me when I forget I have depression because the depression ate my memory

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago

And the whole being stupid thing.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 9 points 5 months ago

Looks around at famously successful people...

Good news, that one can be overcome.

Did you happen get the "rich parents" starting feature? It seems to be the preferred solution...

[-] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

Hey they were talking about achieving my dreams, not being famously successful.

[-] metaStatic@kbin.social 8 points 5 months ago

fuck, how do I keep forgetting that one.

[-] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

and the lack of discipline. all-around lack of motivation, really

[-] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I'd almost call mine an absolute disdain for anything needing effort unless it's something I happen to wanna be doing at that moment.

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Don't forget body odor.

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

No, I've got all that in spades the real problem is that I was raised abusively in a way that actively discouraged agency which severely exacerbated my predisposition towards executive disfunction.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

There's also my colossal lack of motivation.

[-] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

OOC:

Ya know, take a moment to look around. Think about yourself a year ago, 5 years ago, 10 years ago. What were your biggest problems then? What are your biggest problems now?

My hope is that you have better problems now than you did back then. I also hope you are doing some things now that you only dreamed of back then. I hope you had the courage and opportunity to make the moves you used to be terrified of.

The thing with success, is that it's not the top of some mountain. It's this elusive thing that keeps you dreaming for more and more, because you don't just stop dreaming if you "attain" success.

"When you take a moment to accept things as they are, you don't need to hope anymore because you realize where you are is kind of okay."

this post was submitted on 23 May 2024
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