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Subhash Ramesh's avatar

banger post

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vincent huang's avatar

It’s been a crazy year. Probably the longest of my entire life » it was a leap year after all

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Aadil's avatar

VINCENT

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Anson Yu's avatar

have you ever asked ur purple for other purples

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Aadil's avatar

fk u just get me

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brit's avatar

love it. so glad this is in writing, so glad you alerted me to its existence

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Aadil's avatar

😘 ty for the inspo

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SamBuel's avatar

Thank you for writing and sharing this. I've been reading your Substack for about a year and really resonate with your struggles to find a place. I admire how much you have grown, as I can see from the posts from this year. Really happy for you Aadil. Keep publishing!

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Aadil's avatar

dude wth thank you for this comment, made my day, im so happy rn

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Kasra's avatar

brilliant. I just re-read your appreciation letters too, so touching. a soulful human u are

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Aadil's avatar

this is so ultimate to hear coming from u<3 so glad we're friends

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Nameless123's avatar

Love all of this. Really feels to me like you’re shedding some old unnecessary stuff. The quotes also hit me right in the gut. Thanks for continuing to write ❤️

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Aadil's avatar

ty for commenting nameless homie

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mathu's avatar

this was so good!! i love the purple analogy and i relate, something special when you find your people :)

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Aadil's avatar

hell yeah thanks mathu

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siddharth's avatar

thank you for the slice, was delicious

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Aadil's avatar

yw glad it was yummy

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pov i liquefy my heart online's avatar

<3

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gray's avatar

so so so grateful to know you as you. <3

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Keane Moraes's avatar

Thanks a lot for sharing this aadil. A really lovely read and I deeply felt the part of "not brute forcing relationships" and having people that see you for who you are. Banger blogs reccs too.

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song's avatar

I wanna see you broker peace between the reds and the blues…

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song's avatar

love that I get to read this heading into the new year :D

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Isabella Grandic's avatar

you are special 🧸

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Aadil's avatar

ty thats also what the psychologists told me in 3rd grade

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Isabella Grandic's avatar

am i purple

(good stuff)

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Aadil's avatar

who even knows

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