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[REDACTED], if I ran [REDACTED], and I know I don’t—it’s yours to run how you would like—but if I did, I would run it from the heart. I would be the only one to make decisions. I’d [REDACTED] people as I see fit, but I’d err to the side of forgiveness, because that’s how I am…it’s how most people I’ve met are. It’s how you are. I wouldn’t painstakingly hold my decisions to some sort of ideal, I would just deal with shit as it came up, and I would act on it honestly and from the gut.

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In life, you don’t run every interaction through a scientific framework to see if it’s acceptable. Don’t do it here, and don’t give the pretense that you might. Demote [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], and tell people you’ll just do what you want. And do it, honestly and emotionally. Act carefully, admit your mistakes, and just generally let it be.
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When I drink, I often find myself behind a keyboard. To be fair, I often find myself behind a keyboard anyway, but my writing takes a certain tone when I’ve had a few belts. It can be super melancholic, but moreso I’m struck by how earnest I get. And yes, it can certainly be overwrought and grandiose, and sometimes painfully bad. I wrote this somewhere last night, identifying details have been redacted. It’s just kind of an honest thing, and I like it for some reason. Also, I kind of wanted to put redacted on here a lot.
And just in case anyone’s imagination begins to run wild, this isn’t about work. It is regarding decidedly less smaller stakes, an internet forum, not a business.