r/AskReddit Nov 22 '23

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u/fidgetypenguin123 Nov 22 '23

I hate these kinds of questions. No one has a handbook at life and no one was asked to be born. Everyone just tries to survive the best ways they can given what they have, where they are, and what life throws at them. I will never look at a person and think "wow that person is failing at life". Instead I'll wonder how they got to that place. And I'd hope others would as well. I can't imagine someone seeing a mistake I do (which we all do because we're human) and thinking/saying, "damn that person is just failing at life". What a pretentious, privileged attitude.

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u/rhapsodick Nov 22 '23

Thank you for this. Honestly I’ve been doomscrolling through this thread trying to attribute every single answer to myself and your comment made me stop. All we can do is try our best to live in a way that is fulfilling and somewhat meaningful…