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Subhash Ramesh's avatar

banger post

vincent huang's avatar

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

Anson Yu's avatar

have you ever asked ur purple for other purples

Aadil's avatar

fk u just get me

brit's avatar

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

Aadil's avatar

😘 ty for the inspo

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!

Aadil's avatar

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

Kasra's avatar

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

Aadil's avatar

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

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 ❤️

Aadil's avatar

ty for commenting nameless homie

mathu's avatar

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

Aadil's avatar

hell yeah thanks mathu

siddharth's avatar

thank you for the slice, was delicious

Aadil's avatar

yw glad it was yummy

gray's avatar

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

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.

song's avatar

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

song's avatar

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

Aadil's avatar

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

Aadil's avatar

who even knows