63cities When I’m drinking low in Shinjuku’s Golden Gai, I often get mysterious texts that say things like, “You want to be a writer? I’ve passed the second round of the New Writers Award, so you might want to take a look at it for reference.

63cities Yeah, they definitely have value in misfortune they experienced (even if they don’t put any special arrangement on it, it can be understood by all and should be sympathized) and they protect themselves by believing that people who don’t understand their own misfortune are idiots. I felt that people who don’t understand their own misfortune are protecting themselves by believing that they are idiots, even though there is a universality behind the reality.

  • Thoughts that are worth the misfortune I experienced. - empathy must be empathy.
    • Defensive belief that people who don’t understand their own misery are stupid.

63cities The opinion that “there are many shady people who write and read novels” that came up in one of the reviews should be taken quite seriously, or it might be a good opportunity to hang a message on your doorstep that says “the fact that you have no friends doesn’t justify your bad character and It might be a good opportunity to hang a message on your doorstep saying “I’m not going to justify your lack of friends by telling you that you have a bad character and are needlessly aggressive. You’re not well-liked.


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