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286 "She actually did it."

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Published April 16, 2016 22 Comments

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  1. Glenn says

    April 16, 2016 at 6:49 am

    Yup. I’ve had moments like this.

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  2. FML says

    April 16, 2016 at 7:39 am

    I avoid any contact with people from my past for this very reason.

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  3. Melanie HowarthMelanie Howarth says

    April 16, 2016 at 7:43 am

    That hits close to home. <3

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  4. Matthew BowlingMatthew Bowling says

    April 16, 2016 at 7:52 am

    I get this with people I actively interact with. I constantly compare my failures to, at least, what from my perspective seem like constant wins for those around me. I think the proliferation of social media makes this worse not just for me but for everyone else that feels this way too.

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    • Peter Watson says

      April 18, 2016 at 1:16 am

      Matthew, you are spot on about social media! Thanks for your post pointing it out. Absolutely goddamn right.

      To me, Facebook is the “High School reunion that never ends”, or a continuous “annual holiday letter” that does nothing but depress me. I cannot stand it.

      I started out like everyone else, connecting with people I hadn’t seen in years, getting “News Feeds” from friends and former friends, college pals, etc. After a while I realized how shitty I felt every time I looked at it.

      At worst it makes me feel like a loser, and/or resent “the beautiful people.” At best it shows me that half of the sane people I once knew are now political nut cases, or want to bombard me with details of their lives that I could not care less about.

      My breaking point was when I read that a girl I had a crush on in college had walked her dog that day, and someone from high school thought the clerk at Walmart was rude. I thought “Fuck you, Facebook.” I try to stay away from Facebook like I try to stay away from alcohol. Just like alcohol, it’s a depressant.

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    • Alex says

      April 23, 2016 at 12:40 am

      There’s actually a term for this with social media, it’s called “Facebook depression”

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  5. Janmat says

    April 16, 2016 at 7:55 am

    Her face in the last frame. She’s going to be thinking about that a lot. The past seems like another planet sometimes.

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  6. Jsoe EblolJsoe Eblol says

    April 16, 2016 at 7:55 am

    as a musician who plays and has had bands fail left and right….. this one really hurts

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  7. YK GreeneYK Greene says

    April 16, 2016 at 8:20 am

    I love these comics but they sometimes hit a little too close to home for comfort.

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  8. Cerri DwennCerri Dwenn says

    April 16, 2016 at 11:25 am

    This.

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  9. Opus the Poet says

    April 16, 2016 at 2:49 pm

    Or lawdy have I been there.

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  10. Joseph Yong KimJoseph Yong Kim says

    April 16, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    Whenever you see another Facebook post about someone getting their dream job or graduating college…

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    • Peter Watson says

      April 18, 2016 at 1:25 am

      Yeah Joseph, I know exactly what you mean. I rant about Facebook in a reply to Matthew’s post, above. Facebook fuels my depression and makes me feel like the woman in this comic: a failure, a fuck-up. I have to stay off it, and when I’m tempted to go on (God knows why), I always come away feeling bad, and remember why I don’t log on to it.

      The “social mirror” is always inaccurate, but toss depression in there on top of it, and it’s a not-so-fun house of distorted mirrors that makes us feel like shit. Social media only amplifies it. I do my best to stay away from it.

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  11. Timothy Gettemy says

    April 17, 2016 at 3:59 am

    Yep…Depression destroys so much of a person’s life.

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  12. M says

    April 17, 2016 at 4:11 pm

    Yup. Know the feeling. But also, ask what the guitarist’s day job is. Probably the same lol.

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    • Agarax says

      April 18, 2016 at 11:23 pm

      You can always find someone who’s more successful than you are, depending on how you measure success. I think she’s doing pretty well to know someone who genuinely cares about her.

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  13. KDavis says

    April 17, 2016 at 5:25 pm

    I always feel this. I can relate. My best friend has a band, we both sing. Both wanted to be entertainers. I have depression and issues she never had or have. Smh. I am happy for her but my life is awful.

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  14. Johanna ManninenJohanna Manninen says

    April 17, 2016 at 6:13 pm

    Yup. ?

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  15. Evan J SandersEvan J Sanders says

    April 20, 2016 at 3:30 am

    Waaaaaaay too close to home. Good work.

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  16. Sarah CarterSarah Carter says

    April 23, 2016 at 7:20 am

    So much this.

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  17. Hamzah NuttHamzah Nutt says

    April 24, 2016 at 2:19 am

    When all my “friends” suddenly cut me off and became popular af last year

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  18. Michalina WnorowskaMichalina Wnorowska says

    April 30, 2016 at 3:20 pm

    when you’re alone everyone around make it..

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