no but we do everything real subtle. whenever someone says “Trump” you fart and condition them like pavlov’s dog. so now whenever they hear the word “Trump” they expect the smell of shit to immediately follow.

Maybe.....and I’m just spitballing here.....they should, I don’t know? Support policies that are good for their constituents/the country and say no to policies that they disagree with?

I’m a person who has Bipolar II. It’s been so hard at times. She told it like it was and I have always related to her and feel like she’s a dear friend.

So sad she is gone. I know a lot of people who echo this.

If you get the chance, try the audiobook as well—she reads most of it, with her daughter Billie taking over for the diary excerpts. Anyway, there’s an adorable moment where she’s trying to put on a Welsh accent (I think Welsh), and you hear her giggle to herself and apologize for the accent—it sounds like she was…

I fully expected Carrie Fisher to live to 105, doling out pithy and biting observations the whole way. I’m not surprised, exactly—drug use sticks with you, and not everyone has Keith Richards powers—but I am shocked and very sad.

This. I struggle with alcohol (thankfully LSD isn’t addictive or I’d be in big trouble), and you have no idea how many people will say “You should just drink less”. Like...that’s a completely normal train of thought for some people.

It won’t get any easier. It’s been—what, two years?—since Robin Williams died and I’ll forget for a moment, then someone will post a clip or something and I’m right back in that despair from the day he died. Carrie Fisher has, apparently, a season of some Amazon tv show, the new Star Wars next December, and a…

As with Robin Williams, Carrie Fisher seemed so totally herself that I do feel I know her. Both she and Robin were huge influences on me as a kid—I adored Leia, and I was watching Robin’s stand-up way, way before it was age-appropriate for me to do so. I’ve read all of her books, I’ve seen all of her movies, I’ve seen…

I don’t think he was intentionally condescending. I think most people genuinely don’t get it. They’ve never felt the need to do something like addicts. Or they think that since they quit smoking cold turkey, everyone can beat addiction if they just apply themselves.

Okay sorry to do this to you but are you familiar with the Rolling Stone interview she did with Madonna back in the day (circa Truth or Dare)?

Yeah, what Rose said there struck me as a little condescending.

When some people die, it’s sad but you think okay, it sucks, but maybe they were old or miserable or it was their time. Carrie Fisher, it’s just seems too fucking soon. She still had amazing, hilarious, helpful, and meaningful things to say. I STILL WANT TO HEAR THEM. She was like my close flawed and wonderful…

It’s a strange thing to mourn someone you don’t know. Carrie’s death, like Robin Williams’, has really hit me. She was such a warm, whip smart, bad ass woman and she wasn’t here long enough. She seemed to have such a lovely relationship with her daughter, Billie and my heart breaks for her. I hope it’s some vague…

I’m an addict too and it’s always helpful to hear about the struggle from someone who doesn’t look like Gary Busey’s mugshot and who makes cultural contributions that don’t necessarily have anything to do with addiction. She was a good human.

Oh man. All day long it’s been a cycle of me pulling it together, someone posting a Carrie article I can’t turn away from, and me falling apart all over again.

ROSE: I don’t understand addiction.

If you ever have a chance to see Carrie Fisher do one of her live shows... DO IT.

Trump thinks he is being honest, I think Carrie Fisher is honest.

She is nothing like Donald Trump.

You think Trump is honest? He spouts whatever will rile up his audience the way he wants, like his insistence on seeing from his window miles away all those supposed New Jersey Muslims cheering 9/11. He is a constant liar.