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Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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gabriel666smith ◴[] No.45245315[source]
This is cool, but, man, I felt like such a pathetic excuse for a human being when, brutally craving nicotine, with my vape empty of the fruit-flavoured juice that I am literally addicted to like the stupid pathetic baby that I am, and stuck with the cravings because all the shops are closed until morning, and so, in need of a distraction, I opened Hacker News. FFS.

Sometimes the only option is to laugh at your own expense! Clearly this is a sign. I should buy more juice next time. And maybe start smoking more actual cigs.

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panarchy ◴[] No.45245431[source]
Having an addiction doesn't make anyone "a pathetic excuse for a human being"
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gabriel666smith ◴[] No.45245539[source]
I agree wholeheartedly.

I've been (I am?) addicted to many substances, from fruit-flavoured nicotine juice through to heroin.

I find self-deprecating humour useful, personally. It helps me not wallow, to take the cravings less seriously. I of course wouldn't say the same about anyone who isn't me.

Because, as you say, someone who has an addiction isn't lesser than anyone else. It's a state of being that requires an awful lot of strength.

That said, having to use that strength on 'mango e-liquid' is, I think, funny in an absurdist way. We live in strange times!

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1. panarchy ◴[] No.45256787[source]
Good. Just wanted to make sure you weren't being too hard on yourself.
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2. gabriel666smith ◴[] No.45257607[source]
No - that's what the drugs are for. Only joking (for real).

I appreciate that, thank you. And I can totally see how my comment above might read patronising to people dealing with shit that is functionally much, much worse than the situation I described, so I appreciated the opportunity to right that, also.