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_refugee_  ·  3878 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Unshared Hubski Gems or What is wrong with you people?!

Yeah. He was super-old. I checked out his blog because he put up poetry stuff. Didn't stick around long.





lil  ·  3878 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think he was super-old. Wasn't he born in 1951?

Ha ha -- it's all relative.

user-inactivated  ·  3878 days ago  ·  link  ·  

'51? Mentally-ill? Vet.

Now his comments are even sadder.

lil  ·  3878 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No evidence that he's a Vet, but might have been. He lived in Vermont or Maine in the woods, it seems. He was passionate about climate change and furious at climate change deniers. Came on intensely and left just as suddenly.

I didn't get the impression that he was mentally ill, but now that I've read over his bits, I'd say yeah. It's okay to have strong opinions, but you can still act your age. He was wise to leave if this place made him so angry.

Hubski isn't necessarily for everyone.

user-inactivated  ·  3877 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    No evidence that he's a Vet

Only circumstantial.

If I lived in Vermont in the woods I don't think I'd care what the internet thought. I'd go fishing and smoke a lot of weed, and eat maple syrup. And read. And write. Maybe dip a toe into Canada when I was feeling adventurous. Go to Acadia. Build a treehouse. Sleep outside in a hammock during summer.

ButterflyEffect  ·  3878 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I call anybody that is older than me super-old.

_refugee_  ·  3878 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is very relative and I knew that saying it. If you are more than twice my age I am likely to call you "super-old," but it really is subjective. Sometimes people get offended when I use that term. I am very young!

lil  ·  3878 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I thought you were almost 30. No? Have I been treating you like a more experienced, more mature version of yourself. (Just kidding)

_refugee_  ·  3878 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I am not quite 25 and experiencing all the trite "quarter-life crises" that arise around that time, such as: "Should I buy a house? Is this the career I want? What should I do with my life?" but thankfully, I have also been engineering a lot of long-term plans. I believe insomniasexx and I are almost the same age.

Edit: It will be my half-birthday sometime between April 30th and May 1st. So I am not really even not quite 25.

lil  ·  3878 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Should I buy a house? You can even ask that question? Wow. I'm impressed. I say definitely yes, then rent it out.

You probably saw my various comments on the quarter-life crisis w/ commentary by apes and newgreen. If not, it's here, originally posted just after you signed up on the hub.

by the way, "What should I do with my life?" is a great question. I'd love you to #askhubski.