It bothers me that you wanted to give up because you weren’t “successful” and one of your “reasons” was because your friends don’t rec your stuff. Really? Your friends can like what you do and like your stuff and tell you so, but they are not obligated to rec your stuff, b****. Besides, do you really want pity recs based on friendship and not on whether it’s actually good or worth reccing? Yes, there’s someone else who wasn’t nearly as good as you, but hey guess what? They were told they weren’t as good, told things to fix, to correct, to work on, and they did. They f****** did what you whine and boohoo about doing instead of actually doing it. So, yes, their stuff is now worthy of being recced. Your stuff isn’t. And your attitude about all of this is seriously making me question whether or not I want to continue being friends with you. I am your friend because I like you as a person, but if my friendship is only good to you so I can rec your stuff, well clearly you’re not a very good friend to have.