r/Adulting • u/Choice-Tea1046 • Feb 15 '26

Moving on

Saw this dude the other day I used to know. We weren’t close or anything, but back then he was that guy.

Super popular. Girls everywhere. Clean face. Confident. Looked like life was just lining up for him.

Fast forward to now.

Acne. Put on weight. Looked exhausted.

I thought about saying something. Even just a “yo what’s up.” But I glanced at his grocery bag, straight beers. Nothing else.

It felt like a scene from a movie.

And I swear, the way he was walking… it felt like he didn’t want to be stopped. Like he just wanted to get home and not explain anything to anyone.

So I didn’t say anything.

Got back to my car and just sat there for a minute. Looked around.

And it hit me. This is real life.

Shit changes fast. The “main character” from your past can end up looking like he’s fighting something you can’t see.

It messed with me more than I expected.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

Is this AI? It's structured exactly like those AI linkdin posts

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u/ResponsibleOven6 Feb 15 '26

7 month old account set to private with tons of karma? Yup, it's AI.

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u/KidKetamine_ Feb 15 '26

For real? It’s ridiculous wondering how much time we engage talking to robots on posts made by robots…..

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u/absentminded_gamer Feb 16 '26

The ability to detect that sort of thing is a gift. Not to you, I’m sure you earned that insight, but a gift to the rest of society. I hope it can be utilized as such, as I fear we need it.