PeriodicallyPedantic

That entirely depended on how 1337 you were 😬

Yeah, it should be slangopodes.

This is absolutely not the reason, because even back then when we started doing it, we did it on ICQ, MSN, etc. those chats didn't have length restrictions, and typing was easy on a keyboard.

Armed with my screwdriver
Life is never a bore
I study and research
Data galore
Nothing can stop me
Accolades and more
Now let me prop open
The Demon Core

This is a red, beige, and green checkered flag.

• wants to chase down people
• is whimsical
• can't make up his mind
• is controlling
• cares about fitness
• not a gym bro

I'm kinda surprised that people are so offended by a homescreen that they're downvoting.

Do you not like my arrangement? Or is there something about live tiles themselves (what? They're just like widgets)? What is it that has you downvoting over something so benign?

Windows phone for life

There is more when I scroll down, but I figured this was enough. Rather show the live tiles working than the last few rows

I think you missed my point.
Also idk how serious you're being.

It's about expectation management. If you're taught to expect that you can turn struggle into strength and obstacles into opportunity, then when you're unable to then you'll feel like something is wrong with you, and when society expects it of others then it becomes a moral failing.
But the times where it's feasible to transform those negatives into positives are rare and fleeting, so we're setting ourselves and others up for failure with messages like this.
And equally important, this effectively absolves responsibility from those with the power to help.

So I don't believe it's healthy to take that "positive" perspective, because I don't really believe it's positive, any more than the belief you can fly is.

Lol I'm not sure which of the perspectives that'd fall under, but I'm not sure that's a great long term strategy either in the current job market.

Reality and ideality (is that a word?) are unfortunately pretty divergent

Share Your Crayons, Bestie Susie

You're placing the onus on the wrong party. If you tell someone that they just need to take control of a situation in which they have no control, what psychological impact do you think that'll have on them when they're inevitably unable to?

This advice is dangerously naive at best, and victim blaming to support existing power structures at worst.

I should have known