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Comment by IceMan88 on It's Not About The Nail · 2020-05-03T01:49:30.265Z · LW · GW

I'd like to add here (not in defense of the woman or whatever the video implies in a negative tone) that removing the nail itself might have more problems than if you just left it in for the time being. And in an realistic scenario, why exactly would you remove a nail from your forehead without proper medical attention or professionals around? That's just stupid. I myself was the recipient of several negative sources of attention some years ago from former friends (keyword: former) regarding some issues I had in the moment with living with some bad roommates. The cons outweighed the pros of living with them but I wasn't remotely in a good enough spot to move out or even find new roommates due to a lack of decent income, savings, and depression issues. They would pitch to me a slew of ideas for extra income, all of which required considerable investment of time and money with no real guarantee it would give back in due time.

I did make this known many times and they elected to say that I was being an idiot, lazy, and just trying to fish around for attention. I knew exactly what I had to do at the time, but at the moment I just didn't have the opportunity to do so and thus I was only looking to vent.

In short, that time in my life was my own nail in my head and I didn't want to start working on removing it without proper support from people who were willing to understand my situation as well as overcoming my other problems first. And I think that's just what a lot of people may not consider when looking at that video first, especially judging by some of the comments I've seen down there...