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But it's also pretty terrible that anyone expressing the slightest bit of self-doubt or unhappiness is publicly torn to ribbons

Add to that pathologically stupid stupid advice it evokes, and you would have to be pretty desperate for attention to post your private problems on the internet.

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I've posted a lot of my personal problems on the Internet - although usually in semi-private venues where I have some sort of relationship or common community with the people reading my entries - and the most common response I get is "Hey, me too."

Haters gonna hate, but I usually just ignore them and choose to engage with the people who choose to engage with me.

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