Shit, I’d tell that lie TODAY and then go hang out in a hotel room for a week and watch space movies so I could fake details when I got home. 

I have family in Florida, some I like more than others, and I worry about them with Mr. Do-Whatever-Trump-Wants-Me-To-Do as governor. The positivity rate in Florida for September so far has been 12.22%. I’m finishing up my testing line rotation though! They’ve hired almost 600 people just for testing, so the rest of…

I was going to Space Camp. 

My mom was head of audit selection our state’s tax department and my dad was in charge of the cigarette tax stamps, but I didn’t know that when I was in first grade, I probably didn’t even understand what an account was at the time, so on the day in first grade where my teacher Mrs. Adams went around the class and…

Not that wild...but as a second-grader I much preferred to stay in and read during mandatory playground time...so I wrote a note to my teacher from my dad, saying I could not be daylight until I adjusted to my new glasses...my mistake was signing it “Love, Guy.” Also block printing...

Good gawd, why are we still asking what is up with DJT2?  Cocaine.  The answer is cocaine. 

Western culture also places a premium on martyrdom and suffering, which must play heavily into this kind of thinking—especially within the wellness community, with its strong links to a vaguely defined “spirituality.”

Makes perfect sense. If you have access to a generally healthy food and living environment, health insurance, personal trainers and disposable income to spend on whatever you decide contributes to your wellness, then you can afford to indulge all sorts of oddball pursuits. But you look and feel good because you’re…

My girlfriend of 40 years had her eyes done. She did not tell me she was having the procedure and I didn’t see her for about 5 weeks. When I did see her again I just kept looking at her and saying...’you look great’. Then I asked her if she was using some new miracle cosmetic or going for facials or what ... because…

I am in my 40's and have to admit that, if I had the money to blow on a little high quality plastic surgery, I would do it.

Same. I'm lazy.

I was hoping to see lots of before and after photos.

I was very into the new age community for about five years. I even put on empowerment and wellness workshops about spiritual healing. I came at it as a leftist - I wanted to talk about Alan Watts and do mushrooms here and there. What I found, unfortunately, is that most New Agers are just Evangelicals in slightly…

Came here to say exactly this. People with the predisposition to fall for snake oil pitches will fall for almost anything that is framed correctly and fed to them the right way. Critical thinking and skepticism are vital to navigating the modern world without being duped. It’s one reason having a higher education is…

Thank you. Your comment is so much better than the self-righteous, sophomoric baby-Marxist class warfare angst of the original post.

This is the right take! The “I have it pretty good so why should I complain?” thought process kept me from therapy til I was 28 years old, and does the same for lots of other people. Not to mention that alongside these lifestyle pieces, the New York Times has had some of the most sincere, premiere coverage of the…

Thank you for this. Wonderfully said.

Thank you for this. I’ve become immune to these naval gazing pieces that are supposed to line us all up for a run in the Pain Olympics.