I don't get how you have a long ass post on the right to repair, internet culture and media portrayal only to finish it on the subject of trannies of all fucking things. The fact you decided to focus on them shows how derivative they are to any subject online. Rather than focus on your struggle you shill for them because they are seemingly the most important minority in the entire fucking world.
And this does tie to the right to repair because trannies are used over and over as justification for draconic measures, especially silencing people for going against corporations - "You don't like the last <product>? Must be because it had a trannie in the commercial/show", it is used over and over cynically and people always buy into it.
There was at least one page's worth of comments curious for my opinion, so I provided it. That has nothing to do with right to repair,
Over a year since I replied to this thread and no surprises here.
I wrote some screeds some of you might be interested in digging up about how his narrative about moving to Austin never made much sense, and lo, here’s the other shoe dropping and he doesn’t really have it all together because he doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing. He took a big paycheque, ran away from New York, and now things aren’t working out and we’re supposed to believe it’s all the fault of some Reddit trannies even though he’s the one baiting them in. Give me a break.
Louis, if you want to unfuck your life, besides stopping doing whatever stupid shit you’re up to right now, go back to New York and own the place. It’s in your blood and God knows it takes guys like you to be nasty and hardy enough to thrive in that place and make it into what it was back when, and I mean that in the best of ways. Sincerely man, get a grip.
the short post you've made here is far off from reality, so I can't imagine any writings where you've invested more time would make any more sense. Discussing the standard online negativity & its link to the type of weirdos who've followed me home wasn't about how they "ruin my life" - it was answering the question on how i could be insane/narcissistic enough to believe i could ever end up like that CEO. I'm not dumb enough to think that isn't a possibility. but that's hardly my primary(or second, or even 99 on the top 100 list) concern or problem in life.
I disliked where I lived. I started focusing on ramping up mail-in in 2013 as this would allow me the freedom to run a business from anywhere. It took almost ten years before that was viable, but it eventually was. NYC is a great place to try & start something. you have 8 million people in a space the size of knoxville tennessee. There's lots of opportunity to try new things, meet new customers, etc - however, it does come with the stress involved when packed into an old, decrepit, expensive sardine can. it's a place where anyone with less than a million dollars will be reminded, every day, that they're a second class citizen. It gets old after a while.
NYC was great for that stage of life. having $250 in my pocket, no degree, no friends/family & working in the park to start something from scratch. I could hang a few pull tab signs & a craigslist post and I was off to the races making a living. This came with the downfalls of living in NYC, but the upside was worthwhile. Once I have an established business, it doesn't make sense to stay.
I had enough mail-in to consider getting out several years sooner. By that time, I already had over 10 employees and I felt like I'd be fucking them over by leaving just because I didn't like NYC. It felt like a petty thing to do. After several audits, warrants, and liens that were all bullshit, I decided enough was enough. I can't live a life where I'm stressed beyond belief for the sake of other people. One of my flaws is that I will corner myself into a box where I am living my life for the benefit of others, at the expense of myself. There are still echoes of that now. It's not because I'm a good person, or even a decent one; it's just the result of bad decisionmaking. I didn't want to carry the stress anymore.
It was worth the pay cut. moving to austin was a net pay cut overall, but it was worth it to lead a lower stress life, in a prettier looking place, and to start from scratch.
What made starting my company so fun back in 2008/2009 is that every single day I lived a different day. Every day was different. I did housecalls where one minute I was at some small bank executive's office and the next hour I was in east new york in the projects. I didn't know what my future held. Every day was something new.
At some point, my day became a pattern. I knew what the next day had in store. I knew who I'd see, I knew how I'd feel. I knew where I was and I knew what I was tired of putting up with. At some point I found some random town in the middle of bumfuck nowhere new hampshire and got an apartment there just because it was time for a change. it wasn't the right place, or the right time; but every day wasn't the same anymore. that is a valuable thing.
i have a lot to do at the moment to make sure that i don't fall into the trap of living the same day over & over again - but it's going to be a lot of fun
What kind of low quality woman googles this dude and takes issue with the findings?? Brother man could probably fix shit you didn’t even know you owned and you blew it. Sad!
I'm not kidding when I say that the two threads were one on apple batteries(where she didn't read my reply) & one where the top voted comment was rooting for me to scam people.
Even if you're not famous; anyone who tries to get to know you via the internet isn't worth dating. You are the source of truth for you. Someone must get to know you through shared experiences, not interrogation.
lol calm down man
This isn't even a lolcow thread but you're acting like it is.
Oh this wasn't the thread I was referring to. I was referring to the other sources. As I said, I do believe it says a lot for the negative state of other communities that the least amount of intentional character assassination occurred on a website that is known to most of the world as a place that revels in driving creators to suicide. That is what caused me to look this site up, a news article. and i saw a thread about me as soon as i clicked.
this place is filled with boilerplate, routine,
this-is-what-happens-when-edgy-teenagers-are-given-anonymity-on-4chan culture. but; not a single person here has claimed i rip off customers because i placed a bag of screws atop a keyboard backlight, or piled on rooting for me to be found a scammer, or knowingly misquoted me for the purposes of defaming me because they dislike what i say & are too cowardly to address it. credit where credit is due - as much flak as i will take admitting that publicly(& as much as it'll come back to bite me in the ass), of all the online forums I have mentioned - there's less cases of someone
willfully making something up with the sole underhanded purpose of making me out to be a piece of shit in this thread, than many sanitized websites.
the low hanging fruit from detractors who hate me would be
"if horrible people don't shit on you, what does that say about you", to which I would reply -
"horrible people have lied about me less than you - what does that say about YOU?"
Mr Clinton doesn't deserve greenies after the Oreo epsteining attempt.
They are.
You should. I know it won't convince you, but I'm saying it anyway. Also that guide of yours? I'm hawking around my less-computer-illiterate relatives and some of them are interested to the point of actually trying it out. I fully anticipate being called in for tech support at some point, but it might actually be fun this time. Take that however you like.
Hearing that someone feels like they are more capable of succeeding at something they never thought of trying before makes the two months of hell re-writing that completely worth it. Thank you.