I was a painfully shy, awkward kid, with low self-esteem and almost no social skills. Online, I didn't have a problem talking to people or making friends. But in the real world. interacting with other people - especially kids my own age - made me a nervous wreck. I never knew how to act or what to say, and when I did work up the courage to speak, I always seemed to say the wrong thing.
Ernest ClineBeing human totally sucks most of the time. Videogames are the only thing that make life bearable.
Ernest ClineYouโre evil, you know that?โ I said. She grinned and shook her head. โChaotic Neutral, sugar.
Ernest ClineI was 7 years old when the '80s began and 17 years old when they ended, so it was an incredibly formative decade for me.
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