"If you want help, help yourself -- people like to see that." - Chris Rock

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[–]stupidmechanic 3 insightful - 7 fun3 insightful - 6 fun4 insightful - 7 fun -  (3 children)

Oh

That makes sense. I'm stupid.

[–]Dashing-Dove 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

Username is especially amusing in this context.

Chris Rock is also right. I've seen the exact situation he's described. Some people are empathetic enough to lend a hand when someone else is trying but still struggling. It's a good mindset to cultivate regardless, being proactive about improving your own circumstances, because there's no guarantee anyone will come when you call.

[–]magnora7[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It reminds me of starting saidit... 3 years ago I kept crying "Why won't someone build another reddit? This website is obviously corrupt and broken!"

and then finally one day, I was like... where is the actual reddit open source code, let's install ubuntu and get this going. If no one is going to do this, I have to do this. And then d3rr came along to help "push the car", because he saw I was actually giving it real effort and serious time and trying my best... and now we have saidit

[–]aThievingStableboy 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

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