Being different
if you’re sufficiently weird there actually isn’t any “place where you belong”. you gotta patch it together yourself
— Siddharth (@ftlsid) November 28, 2022
Been thinking about the phrase “help isn’t coming” for some time. It’s obviously a negative / pessimistic sentiment but for some reason I find it freeing and empowering
— Siddharth (@ftlsid) April 12, 2023
pretty sure that you can just circumvent the whole attractiveness hierarchy by looking sufficiently unusual
— Siddharth (@ftlsid) December 31, 2022
in spite of all the emphasis on “contrarians” it’s still low status to work on actual contrarian ideas and this is where all the real opportunity remains
— Siddharth (@ftlsid) December 10, 2022
the tech people claiming to support “contrarians” and “outsiders” have done more damage to contrarians and outsiders than the normies ever did
— Siddharth (@ftlsid) January 6, 2023
my entire life feels like I’m thirsty but neither myself nor anyone else have ever seen or heard of water
— Siddharth (@ftlsid) February 6, 2023