You're a great writer. I haven't read a lot recently, but this was the type of story that I really could not stop reading.
replyI also didn't see that it said "This is a short story" at the top, so I read more than half thinking it was nonfiction. Heh.
My god, for a minute there I thought this was real..
This resonates, I bet a number of us know or Are an “Aaron”.
Thanks for this.
replyI'll admit, I was really hoping the end was going to be like, "And that's how Aaron Kalshi created a £XX billion company."
replyTHIS!
replyThis is incredibly well written had me hooked till the end (probably because I thought it was a real life incident. :)
replyThis reads so well I was supposed to go out for a workout but I couldn't stop until I finished it.
Incredibly engaging yet simple writing that flows well.
replyCongratulations! As someone who's written (micro and short) fiction for many years, I _feel_ how hard it is to get someone to read it. Enjoy it!
replyGood story, write more. You have a good NO AI style.
replyCouldn't stop reading! It's been an embarrassingly long amount of time since I got hooked to something like this. Keep going!
replyVery well written! I haven't read such a long piece on the internet for quite a while but this hooked me immediately, and kept me hooked.
replyBreath of fresh air between all the AI """writing""".
It so was. It's amazing how easily we can all tell what's written by a real person these days. It's gotta be like the early days of CGI.... ten years from now it'll be so hard to tell :(
replyThanks OP, great read
I really enjoyed this! Thank you for writing and sharing.
replyGood story. I was hooked.
replyYou write wonderfully, direct, heartfelt, human, real, the opposite of LLM output, and that’s the highest honor I can bestow.
replyWhy make him #5 in WoW of all games? Arena has never been that prestigious and most players primarily engaged in PvE rather than PvP, which didn’t have such rankings.
replyAaron seems like the kind of guy who would sink a ton of time in to something so meaningless now, doesn't he?
replyHe was #6.
replySuperb storytelling. Thank you. This was fantastic.
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