I was pretty old but I already knew deep down, I just had my suspicions confirmed. Maybe 9ish when it all really came out? And we were pretty firmly middle-class growing up.

Err, I was pretty pissed. After the no Santa thing, I went straight to God, and well...you can imagine how that all went down (poorly).

I would totally drag my 37-year old vegetarian ass to McDonalds for that Happy Meal...

I get it, but that phrase assumes everyone wants to “do” and that teaching means they can’t, which is just...a fallacy. Eh. It’s just an obnoxious way for people to look down on teachers, but I don’t have a particular dog in this fight?

I mean, I’m not a teacher, but the time off seems pretty sweet so I’ve never really understood this argument. How many people actually want to bother with the job market in higher ed? I want to go into research but if I didn’t suck at it, I’d totally teach...

I’d probably be homeless without my Dad, so I really feel this. I’m working on building a new career that will hopefully put me in a better financial position, but I truly have no idea how I’ll feel supported. I have learning disabilities and such that are super-isolating, and my Dad’s been my only cheerleader since…

Yup Murakami is CONSISTENTLY on these lists.

Ugh, same. I genuinely have no desire to deal with men or dating, and am feeling pretty bummed I can’t just change my sexual preference at will. Meeting someone in person through a hobby would be great, but basically impossible it seems.

I also can’t spend Christmas with my family because none of my friends can watch my cats, I can’t afford a cat-sitter, and I can’t take both cats on the plane. It sucks. I feel you.

Yeah I’m a person like this (ADHD, but it’s no excuse, I know), and I approve of your methods. Just shake it up every so often so she doesn’t come to expect a certain lag time...

I can’t forgive my friend for inviting a guy she liked to meet us on an international trip after I hadn’t seen her in five years. Another friend for throwing a fit I was late to pick her up at the airport and refusing to stay with me while she was in town as planned. 

Yeah the one time I ran out of gas without AAA, I coasted off the highway, broke down on the exit ramp, and walked to a gas station at like 1AM (I’m a small woman), just to be turned away and told to walk further down the road to another station. A tow truck driver saw my car and had stopped, and if not I’m pretty…

Ha, sounding out “chi hoo ah hoo ah” is the way I learned to spell Chihuahua, but I’ve never actually said that out loud...

Hahahahahaha oh no.

Yeah I have very vivid memories of my Mom taking my baby brother out of the restaurant, to the car, and changing him in the empty trunk.

Yiiiiiikes, what medication, if you don’t mind me asking? I take a few controlled substances which do the opposite of impair me, but I’ve always been worried about a random test.

I think due to BMI charts, people who’re super-short are used to having fucked up ideas about weight. I’m like 4'10.5" and according to those things, I could weigh 90lbs and be perfectly healthy. In reality, at 110 I looked gaunt. It doesn’t work for me, and it was disordered and bad. Society also tells women there’s…

I have pretty severe anxiety and ADHD and am reaaaaaallly interested in microdosing. I’m just concerned about accidentally taking too much and tripping - I’ve never tried shrooms recreationally, but the mental health benefits for my specific issues are pretty appealing. Do you order seeds and grow them?

She also had leukemia! A decade before all this...

Apparently they were estranged until very recently?