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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yet another miserable rugged individualist born on second base and admiring those born on third and throwing rocks at everybody at bat.

Excellent post, but the quoted text is especially great. I don't know if you came up with that or saw it elsewhere, but I think it so succinctly describes some people's behavior that I'll be borrowing that phrase going forward.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I just came up with that to make my point, but please feel free to use it!