SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoWhat happened to the smartest kid in your class?message-squaremessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhat happened to the smartest kid in your class?SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoI mean we had a few that were al up there. From what I recall Jamie dropped out and had a couple of kids, Mark still lives at home 'cause he’s got no job and Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot. Jay committed suicide. Brandon OD’d and died.
minus-squareMaeve@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoSociety doesn’t reward intelligence and drive, together or singly. Society rewards mediocrity (make boss look good, not yourself) and undercutting.
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoChances thrown, nothing’s free
minus-squaresnapoff@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoLonging for what used to be. Still, it’s hard
minus-squareNaN@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoShould’ve known we’d never get far.
I mean we had a few that were al up there. From what I recall Jamie dropped out and had a couple of kids, Mark still lives at home 'cause he’s got no job and Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot. Jay committed suicide. Brandon OD’d and died.
What the hell is going on??
Society doesn’t reward intelligence and drive, together or singly. Society rewards mediocrity (make boss look good, not yourself) and undercutting.
The cruelest dream - reality.
Chances thrown, nothing’s free
Longing for what used to be. Still, it’s hard
hard to see
Fragile lives
shattered dreams
Should’ve known we’d never get far.