Roni Laukkarinen on Nostr: I’ve been ”different” my whole life. I’ve felt like an outcast. I was that ...

I’ve been ”different” my whole life. I’ve felt like an outcast. I was that quiet and awkward kid who was into computers, Linux and ”odd things”. I studied French and Spanish as only boy in the glass because on top of Finnish, English and Swedish they teach in schools here as mandatory, I was into languages on top of Tolkien’s Elvish and Lovecraft’s R’lyehian. Girls said out loud that I was weird and had a sour face whenever they had to so pair studies with me.

I was never part of the cool kids’ group. Not really. I never knew how to talk to other kids. My only friend was a kid that was into super heroes when I just liked to code. He kinda didn’t care for not to belong, but I did. I suffered from it. I got severely depressed.

What I’m trying to say is like the book title by Felicia Day: You're Never Weird on the Internet, but more than that: You are never weird on the Fediverse. I’ve found my place in the world and I thank you for it.

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