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>>6115589
Would we need to describe Stoicism to someone who has apparently practiced Stoicism for the past three years? OP highlights all the things that you can do to be the opposite of a Stoic, such as:
>Not caring about his inner self (calling it "nonsense")
>Publically throwing a bitchfit because he was unable to discipline himself
>"be a normal fucking person" when Stoicism itself extols the virtue of being more virtuous than the average person
>Not understanding that the best way to live your life is to give it your best try, and even if you fail you have nothing to really be angry about.

OP is just an angry man who thought that being quiet and suppressing his emotions. All Stoics feel as emotional as anyone else, but the idea is to discipline and steel yourself to overcome giving into those emotions. OP didn't overcome anything. He sat around for three years in frustration until he snapped and made that post.

If you need a real idea of Stoicism, go read The Discourses, Meditations, and Letters from a Stoic. There's a famous quote from Epictetus that reads,
>I must die, but must I die bawling?
In this case OP must live, but must he live bawling? Apparently his answer is yes. That is why he is not a true Stoic.