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TCB#093_Nick Tryhard Sherman

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A story about the transformative power of not being good enough.

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Oct 14, 2022
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“I am the Tryhard (IV)

The Tryhard needs at all times to be kept just out of reach of what he wants so desperately to attain.

For to do so only improves the Tryhard’s single redeemable quality—his grit, his try-hardiness—where if you let the Tryhard truly attain something, he will lose the edge.

Total Success is of no benefit to the Tryhard.

Though this is,…

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