While we all lament the time/energy/love we wasted on LVM, it can be insanely satisfying to look at where they are now compared to us. We've put in the hard work to level up and they've stayed completely stagnant or even regressed, often intensified by the pandemic.

So Where Are They Now? Share yours below and we will schadenfreude it up in here with how the lowest of LVM are still industriously digging out hell to continue lowering the bar.

Mine is minor, I know y'all are about to outshine me all to hell, but the petty satisfaction made my week. He told me the week I met him two and a half years ago that he was about to defend his dissertation for his Ph.D. Ran into him recently. First, he's grown his hair out, has a scraggly, pubey beard, and basically looks like a refugee from Guns 'N Roses. I asked how the diss defense went, and he said he still hasn't defended. That Ph.D. ain't real, son, you're still a loser ABD with student loan debt. He now works for a weed startup. Plus he and the girl he saw for awhile after me broke up.

Meanwhile, I got a new car, new house, and was recruited into a new job in 2020 that has made me one of the youngest people in my field in this role, at which I am kicking ass. Bullet. Dodged.

Edit: salute to the queens who have no idea because they’ve blocked and deleted! By far the best policy! (Just came across this info on mine because I randomly ran into him in real life.)