Yeah, that staggers me to this day. I hate this thought, but it seems to me that most people on the planet will rather do the equilibristics and put their heads way up their own asses than acknowledge a simple fact: “I am here because of the choices I made”. Whatever nuances, “good”/“bad” assesments etc - they all come after this basis. But noo, let’s pretend that if it were not for <insert here>, things would be have been better

Da fuck. I am in my thirties and see this, humanity is many thousands years old - can’t even figure this out?