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I'm reading Install from Risa Wataya and right from the start, there's a
sentence I had to read many many times before I could make any sense out of
it:

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> 「バカだねみんなと同じ生活が嫌なんて一体自分をどれだけ特別だと思ってるんだ努力もせず時間だけそんな惜しんで、大体あんたにゃ人生の目標がない、だからそう、うだうだと他の何百人もの人間が乗り越えてきた基本的でありきたりな悩みをひきずってんのさ。」

Here's my (poor) attempt at a translation:

> Isn't it stupid? Not wanting to live the same life as everyone else. With
> time you'll regret not putting any effort in thinking about how much you're
> special/different. First off, there's no goal in your life if you're not
> part of it(?). That's why you're having to drag the basic (?) and common
> trouble of surpassing hundreds of people.

I feel about 0% confident in that translation, especially because of all those
subclauses. Did I get some of it right? ^^

Thanks!

EDIT: Here's my attempt to add punctuation:

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> 「バカだね。みんなと同じ生活が嫌なんて。一体、自分をどれだけ特別だと思ってるんだ努力もせず、時間だけそんな惜しんで（す）。大体あんたにゃ人生の目標がない。だからそう、うだうだと（他の何百人もの人間が乗り越えてきた基本的でありきたりな悩みを）ひきずってんのさ。」

I'm assuming that's incorrect? ^^;
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I don't know why the author punctuated in such a strange way, but I'd say
you're 70% correct. Split the passage into five sentences as follows:

>   * バカだね、みんなと同じ生活が嫌なんて。
>   * 一体自分をどれだけ特別だと思ってるんだ。  
>  How special do you think you are?
>   * 努力もせず時間だけそんな惜しんで。  
>  (You're) Just grudging time, even though you're making no effort.
>   * 大体あんたにゃ人生の目標がない。
>   * だからそう、うだうだと、[[他の何百人もの人間が乗り越えてきた]基本的でありきたりな悩み]をひきずってんのさ。  
>  So that's why you're being bothered by [the basic and common trouble
> [hundreds of other people have already overcome]].
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  * The third sentence ends with で/て just because いる is omitted after it. (It's not a request)
  * 時間を惜しむ = to grudge/value time
  * 他の人が乗り越えてきた悩み = trouble which other people have (already) overcome
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