Thread by @TirsohCartoons

I always was a bit of the odd one out. As a kid, I never really fit in. Growing up, my sister always wanted me to do things that would make me more popular. As a teen when she used her mental stresses to make her go more and do more to get better clothes and be a bigger part of

her social circles, I took the other path. I had pretty bad social anxiety and depression. I turned inward. I learned to focus, and I learned music. I learned to ask questions. I had no one to answer the question that I wanted answers for, so I turned to religion and prayer.

I turned to logic, psychology, and exploring the world around me. I never got too close to people but I certainly had interesting times learning to understand and control my anxious mind. I learned peace and self control. Teaching was a disaster and marriage was an even bigger

one. But I finally started to understand what made other people tick, or at least somewhat. I learned how psychopaths work, and the dark side of what being abused does to one's mind. I learned how to calm my mind again and defend the little ones I cared for. I still am not that

good with people, but I am great with the things that were important to me. My sister became very successful in sales and business, but at the expense of the things that I hold dear. But that is her choice. The point of all this ranting is that I know I present information that

is very different than what anyone else has. I know that sometimes I am too sure of everything so as not to really entertain other's opinions as much as they may want. But I have always been told that my ways are not good, and that I need to do things differently. Frankly that

may have led sister to do very well in business and have much success and praise there, but she is somewhat of a disaster when it comes to psychological well being and true wisdom. I have been able to get through pressures that I never dreamed that I could. In addition to that,

I did then have the opportunity to have years of lessons from the other side on things I had never imagined before. I never saw that coming, but what I say here is not based on a quick peek to the other side. I literally have had years of classes and direct instruction on some of

the topics that I cover here and on the cartoon series. So that is nice, but it also adds to me being way off alone with not even the oddest fringes of the net understanding and having experience with much of the learning that I had to spend these last 8 years getting better at.

The thing is that I never want to offend anyone, or make it seem that I either do not value opinions or people's deeply held beliefs. I just have had a good many years of classes now on histories and subjects that now I have no one to discuss with. I still would rather have the

knowledge and be where I am than have done things differently. I love where I am and how at peace everything is now, but maybe you can see why I am here venting/ranting now. Seeing what I have and taking the classes that I have from various people on the other side, and not

having anyone other than my elderly mom to talk to about it means that now you all get to be subjected to my many rantings about the subjects I learned about. But most of the subjects here I really did not cover, so I do get a lot out of this nice community of people. We all have

our specialties. Some are good with research, others philosophy, and yet others nature and weather. It is nice being a part of such a group. Every person taking the lead at certain areas. We may have Q and Trump as leaders of the group, but in reality there is no leader. We all

step up when needed. We get better at knowing when to lead on a specific issue and when to follow. This structure is very robust and one I like. No one is an expert at everything, but together our group seems to be. The group itself comes alive with such a structure and is

impossible to take out. We are not like the Hydra. We do not have just a few heads. We are many and we have no leader but each other and the other side. Trump and Q help, but being organized like we are, it is a huge threat. Sorry to rant a lot, but as I need to bounce ideas

around somewhere, this will mean I have long threads from time to time. But the road less travelled is sometimes a good adventure.