So, three years ago or so, I started picking at skin and hair on my legs as a nervous habit. Naturally, this led to ingrown hairs and scabs, which I then dug out with razor blades and needles. I'm sure you can see where this cycle is headed.

Gross habit question in reply, because it involves some borderline self-harm stuff.

Guys, I am marrying the typesetting program LaTeX, and none of you can have it.

So much this.

I was just about to post this! BEST VIDEO EVER!!

Self, let's get to it.

I was reading about this a year ago, and while the stories of the fish entering the urethra have either been proven false or are completely unsupported, the stories of the fish entering the vaginal canal have not been similarly debunked. Fear is more than justified.

You did sobriety entirely on your own? You are one tough human being. The things you're dealing with now are horrible, I know, but if you have the strength to get sober and stay sober, on your own, for nine years, you have the strength to push on.

Wait, if your reactions were that bad, how could you even have lived with animals before meds? Also, why should I have to load myself up with pills and injections to spend time in a public library? I have more of a right to be there than the cat.

Beautiful. I sometimes think that if I suddenly had the attention of everyone in the world and I was allowed to say one sentence, it would be "Tolerance does not mean acceptance of hate."

Based on your last paragraph alone, I'm out of this conversation. If you're not willing to consider the social, cultural, and medical factors that can contribute to body weight, you're definitely not considering the implications of your belief system.

Except, with evangelical Christianity, they are pushing their beliefs on you.

Thank you.

No, it wouldn't be fair to call them lardasses because you have no idea under what circumstances they gained weight and maintained it. But all Christians, at some point, have chosen to follow an ideology that, in this country, is hurting people.

No, I'm just to the point where I find it depressing regardless.

This sounds disturbingly similar to the whole, "I know there's racism in this country, but black people shouldn't sound so MAD about it in public; it's alienating!"

Please tell me you just used the phrase "the gays" as a lousy joke that just didn't come through.

I'm into girls too, though, and I feel like they're a little quicker on that uptake. Still, I'm trying to be more relaxed about it.

Ha! I'm just going to go for the 'want to kiss?' business, but if that doesn't work out, we'll see...

You know, that is a really simple response, but it's great. Thanks!