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it's actually been a pretty hard week the last week because well. I never expected to live long enough to graduate. I never expected to overcome all the stuff I've had to overcome just to get to this point.

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my entire awooing for the next week is going to be like "OH MY GOSH IM GRADUATING HOLY HECK WTH IM GRADUATING?!?"

(Why yes this is absolutely the "rub it in their faces" post)

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What some assholes on the internet have been trying to do since 2014:
Destroy my life.

What I've done since 2014:
Launched an OS
Got a business degree
Consulted with major tech companies
Served on the board of two nonprofits
Overcome trauma and disabiity
Transitioned
Found love

Hmmm. Sure sounds like I made better use of the last four years.

Sometimes when I'm taking a walk I just look at all that's around me, the sheer beauty of it. /Life/. And I just think of how lucky I am.

disability, ableism 

Days Where You're Obviously Not Abled:
"I literally cannot get out of bed today."
Society: "DRAIN ON THE SYSTEM, PARASITE, USELESS BREATHER!"
Days Where You're Passing As Abled:
"I feel fine today."
Society: "FAKING IT FAKING IT FAKING IT!"

There's no better music to do homework to then Metal Gear Solid music tbh.

(Things I love about this platform. I won't get some jerk in the comments going "but have you considered you're faking it for attention?")

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Oh uh, I'm not sure if I mentioned this over here, but I have DID/MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder). I came out a while ago on my Twitter, can't remember if I did here or not.

(although it does say something that about only one alter in the system will play it consistently)

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It's, a very flawed game (and yes I understand it's still in early access), but it's also a game with an absolutely amazing based and a lot of really creative ideas. It's also technically impressive too.

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In other news, been playing Space Engineers for the past few nights and loving it.

harassment, GamerGate, James Damore 

And having partners and friends harassed and targeted because of James Damore's whining is, also a super hard thing to go through. It feels like I'm in the middle of GamerGate all over again, which is super ironic because January was one of the worst months of all that for me.

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harassment 

(who would have guessed that the worst harassment I've faced in years would be an absolutely tiring and exhausting thing. /sarcasm)

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Alas I shall do the responsible thing and construct UML Diagrams.

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Destiny 2 with partnercat is so much more appealing right now than UML Diagrams. X.X

Help a friend out who unexpectedly had ulcerative colitis after moving D:

gofundme.com/help-stiefel

Hey! I'm going to ask for a little help. I hope you all don't mind.

I'm close to getting to my bank account's overdraft limit. I have no income and I need to be able to buy food for the next week.

If you'd like to help me avoid falling into a difficult situation, I wouldn't refuse some financial help.

Here is my PayPal: paypal.me/siphonay

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