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Re:Quitting the Rat Race by seanbarry on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:20AM (#34426290)
Author here. You'll notice I didn't ask the reader to "follow me on twitter".

I had ~30 people reach out to me in DMs on twitter.

Some were people who feel in a similar position but don't know what to do. Others were people who have been where I am and offered advice.

Twitter is just a tool to connect with people outside of the immediate circle I have around me, I don't think there's any problem with using it as such.

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Re:Quitting the Rat Race by bacon_waffle on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @04:27PM (#34433333)
Forgive me, but I don't understand the relevance of "follow" vs "reach out to".

In the post, you wrote a paragraph starting with `Almost everything around me is designed to addict me.`, which seems incongruous with communicating through Twitter. I'm glad it has worked out well for you and those ~30 other folks anyway.

Mainly I intended to say that I have exited and successfully re-entered the rat race, and fully support others in doing so. Many commenters clearly don't get it, and probably never will. But, I do, and I don't have a Twitter account.

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