Not everyone is terrified of loneliness, but I think it's safe to say that most of us are. Not romantic loneliness, necessarily, but just the idea of having no one. No connections. No empathy. Existing without context. What would be the point?

I found that a coffee with full fat milk and a dash of sugar fills me up. A coffee with reduced fat content makes me reach for a cookie/toast. My anecdata supports this theory.

That sounds so great! :) I am glad you found someone who makes you happy. And the right prescription isn't too shabby either. I hope you two had a great Valentine's day (or just a nice lazy weekend). Thanks for the encouragement.

I haven't! I'll try to see if my library has something she wrote. It's a long shot, they don't stock many English books but maybe in a translation? Thank you! ♥ (And if you know her because you are in a similar situation, I hope it works out for you in the end. It's not hopeless when you can still hope for it, do you…

That is so great that you found a way to make things work for you! It must have been hard, I knew some people who "self-medicated" with alcohol as they say and they could never really give it up. It's really cool that you could. :) I spend months inbetween two glasses of wine and I never touched drugs beyond what was…

Mh. There have been people who wanted to spend a lot of time with me, and they were wonderful people...which is why that never went anywhere. I know me and I know my limits and I know what being with a depressed person does to your own happiness and self-esteem. I could never do that to someone I cared about.

I'm single because I am clinically depressed and haven't had a single day without contemplating suicide in ... I don't actually know how long. It's not dire at the moment and it's usually a passing thought but it's there and it's never going to go away. I am just not what I would wish on someone I like.

"For all you single people..."

You didn't? We had it in history and social sciences, though the latter mostly focussed on the Radfahrermentalität in the German empire vs the actual situation in the colonies.

OMG these are all great! I also loooove the short 50s educationals they did. The commentary was brilliant and the films itself were already so wacky.

I used to like it but the premise of the show really doesn't work for such a long run.

As someone else said, it's practically impossible to choke on the egg case and these things are so tightly shut that it can't open by accident. AND nobody eats the eggs by biting into them anyway. You neatly split the egg in half, pretend to be immortal for 0.2 seconds and then you inhale the chocolate. After that,…

Why does this article sound so...accusatory? The way I see it, there are two options: one, she has an eating disorder and then she shouldn't be asked to "take responsibility" beyond taking care of her own body or she hasn't, then this is just another example of body policing.

Am I the only one who never had a Valentine's Day anything?

It's a joke.

It would be pretty awesome if the whole poem was a parody and "kismetly" just a dig at Meyers.

I feel bad for laughing at this because, as you said, it's really brave of her. It's entirely possible the genius of her prose is just flying over my head but still...can't stop cackling.

Okay, apparently the people at rapgenius are currently working on the poem.

Is "kismetly" a real word?

I can't feel happy about this. Sure, it's great that she as a woman gets paid as well as a guy would (or better!) but that doesn't change the fact that this sort of salary is a symptom of a greater social injustice.