here's how to feel really useless in one step. maybe two.

1. have someone ask you, what's the nicest thing you've ever done for someone?

2. [implied] realize every single thing you thought was super-nice was just a way of advancing your agenda and a way to delude yourself into thinking you're being altruistic.

you think you've made progress but you've been running in place. it is unsettling.

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