I was sympathetic to the original commenter at first, because I interpreted it as an ‘existential despair for the state of the world’ sort of thing, and I’ve certainly been there. I’m still there a lot. But“Why would the experience of others whether it’s good or bad have any bearing on how I feel?” makes it sound much…

All of your comments here are like... what I wish I could’ve written if my brain wasn’t so addled by a decade of chronic pain and lifelong mental illness. And I say that as a person who used to be in the ‘very superior’ IQ range. (Haven’t been tested recently but I’m sure it’s gone downhill.) Intelligence doesn’t…

Thank you for making the comment I came here to make! I’ve struggled with my gender identity for a long time because I suffered from black-and-white thinking and I just couldn’t figure out why neither gender felt completely right. Everything fell into place once I learned about (and taught my brain to accept the gray…

Also, wasn’t the staircase a lot farther away from the front doors? This layout looks familiar but like — not from Full House. It’s weird.

I wish it had helped my fibro. I did see a gentler massage therapist who was really careful around my tender points and it didn’t hurt, although I can’t really say it helped outside of that hour either. Sorry you couldn’t continue with it though, I know how frustrating it is when you find something that actually helps…

Is this what you’re referring to? “Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Tuesday that he thinks there are about 58 votes in the Senate to end federal funding of Planned Parenthood” If so:

Is English your first language? I honestly can’t even understand what you’re trying to say anymore. There are only 50 states in the US; how could there be 58 that beg to differ? Do you mean 58 countries? Because their laws have no effect on ours. Planned Parenthood’s actions are legal here. So who the hell is begging…

Oh god, I made the mistake of getting a deep tissue massage once, where they dig into your trigger points “until the knot releases and the pain goes away.” Except all that went away was my will to live.

I need for you to know that this comment made me laugh harder than I have all week. A++

I can imagine this helping with my joint pain — but only because my muscle pain and Raynaud’s would be flaring up so much, I wouldn’t notice my joints anymore.

It’s weird, I don’t usually like shows that have no rootable characters, but I LOVE UnREAL.

No, I guess I don’t. Do you? Because what you claimed was the issue — from your comments: “I would venture to guess when it was discovered that a non profit was profiting from the sale of fetuses.” & “The profit is made from fetus parts” — isn’t actually happening.

I was terrified of bees too, until one took an interest in me at the beach last summer. To keep myself calm I started talking to it like I’d talk to my cat — “hi there, baby bee, how are you? Sorry I don’t have any food for you, sweetie” — and I guess it tricked my brain into thinking the bee was adorable.

Very interesting, thank you! Apparently a ketogenic diet can help some neurological conditions too, so I’m definitely going to look into this further.

Except that they DON’T profit from fetal tissue donation. They receive payment to cover the costs of removal & transportation of these donations, which is LEGAL. In fact, the law says they MUST be compensated for those costs.

I’ve never even heard of ketosis before (or if I have, I’ve forgotten it) — which probably makes me very stupid, but I’d love any articles or info you might have, if you’re still willing to share!

So I have serious issues about my breasts (they’re different sizes, like way different, and one is all droopy and the other is kind of tubular and alsjfldk) and I’m sitting here listening to “Titties” and crying because for maybe the first time in my life I’m considering the possibility that I could be proud of my…

And now I can add "duck vagina" to the list of weird things people will find in my search history when I die.

Yeah, this is why I had selective mutism as a child. And why I’m still fairly quiet as an adult.

That was roughly my thought too. At least the humans (presumably) got medical attention for their wounds!