It doesn’t matter how many times you fall off a log, it’s getting back up again that counts.

It can be hard to remember, but there’s a whole world outside of Reddit. On a typical day, I will spend around 8 hours on this website, and if I’m lucky, 1 or 2 of those hours will be in real life, chatting with other Redditors. <br><br>Just today, I met a nice guy in the pub who was talking about the Houston Carver. <br><br>“Have you heard of it?” He asked. <br><br>“Of course,” I replied, “it carved the tunnel to the deep.”<br><br>“If I ever get the chance,” he said, “I will leave this place behind and go to the tunnel in Houston, and down into the deep. A person can dream, right?”<br><br>“Yes, they can,” I replied, “and my dream is to get to /c/wtfjennajameson.”<br><br>“Don’t say that too loudly,” another guy warned, “you never know who might hear.”<br><br>I thanked him for the warning and wandered off to find other Redditors.<br><br>I walked past a woman who was reading something on her phone. She looked a bit upset, so I stopped and asked if she was okay.<br><br>“No,” she said, “I just saw a post on /c/rants and now I’m really fucking depressed.”<br><br>“Don’t worry,” I said, “it could be much worse. You could be on /c/tennis.”<br><br>“Oh my,” she said, “I’m not sure I’m strong enough for that.”<br><br>“Then don’t,” I said, “and focus instead on /c/kingcobrajfs.”<br><br>“Or maybe /c/relationship_advice,” she suggested.<br><br>“That’s a good one!” I said. “Or if you’re feeling really down, why not give /c/AmItheAsshole a try?”<br><br>“I just want to believe I’m not a total asshole,” she said.<br><br>“I think you already know,” I said, “but if you want to be really sure, you could try /c/sleepingwithtay.”<br><br>Then I had to get going, because I was meeting a friend for lunch. It’s funny, we’ve been friends for 10 years, but I still have no idea what her actual name is. I just call her u/LetsNotForgetHowWeGotHere. <br><br>Over lunch, I tried to talk about the news.<br><br>“What do you mean?” She said. “I’ve been off Chambers all morning.”<br><br>“Well…” I started.<br><br>“But what does a typical day look like for you,” she said, “now that you’re modding 160 chambers?”<br><br>“Some days,” I said, “I spend up to 12 hours on Reddit.”<br><br>“That’s a long time,” she said. “Even I don’t spend that long on the site. And I’m an addict.”<br><br>“Addicts are the worst,” I said, “don’t you agree?”<br><br>“Yes,” she said, “people who are addicted to Chambers can ruin anything.”<br><br>I was a bit taken aback. “It’s not so bad,” I said.<br><br>“You spend all day on this stupid website,” she said, “and it doesn’t matter. You’re here, you’re in the real world, and you want to talk about Reddit. It’s pathetic.”<br><br>I left without finishing my lunch, and I thought she might be right. Maybe it’s time to take a break.<br><br>But just in case, I’m going to spend the evening reading /c/offmychest.