Are you certain it’s SAD? I ask only because I recently had a revelation that what I thought was SAD for years was really holiday depression and I now feel a strong urge to make a PSA anytime I hear about seasonal depression. You know yourself best but I just wanted to throw it out there in case your situation is like…

Seriously. Some of these “therapists” (of all kinds) will just stick any old thing on their resume. The last therapist I saw had such a laundry list of supposed specialties in her repertoire that I finally realized she was just making shit up. It took me a year and a half to be willing to try therapy again after that.

Being small and vulnerable-looking also sucks, but it sounds like you genuinely empathize with and understand that. I wish I had some good advice for you here but generally just using neutral body language, making small polite talk (and I mean really small talk - such as asking what floor and pressing the button if…

That’s a neat idea! I’ve never seen anyone do that before. I like it - it’s original and leaves no room for misreading of signals, which is what seems to get so many people.

Listen, I get that there are some greedy ass doctors out there and modern medicine really can be quite the racket. But none of that makes it any less effective at treating illness! It’s like I can almost kinda-sorta see where people are coming from but then they just take it to that next level and I can’t agree with…

It bothers me that CJHN doesn’t mention anything at all about the women he dates aside from their looks. He mentions having a passion project along with other hobbies and interests but doesn’t say whether he’s ever dated any women through these mutual interests. I have a feeling that he isn’t meeting women who share…

I was also taught this and still got roofied. Luckily nothing happened aside from me making a lot of weird duck faces for every photo and later becoming violently ill. The glass can be spiked in advance in a random (rather than a targeted) attack. Apparently people will sometimes do this to multiple glasses (and…

Thank you very much! It isn’t easy but I do my best. :)

I’m happy to report in case you haven’t seen it already that LW3 is in the comments and it sounds like they were able to make a good (albeit tough) decision that is working out well. One kitteh was re-homed and the other is doing much better.

You have no idea if they’re dyslexic or not.

If they’ve been to school then wouldn’t it make more sense to blame the education system for failing them, rather than them for not knowing how to write? Public schools here in the U.S. are absolute garbage. I’m dyslexic and I’m damn lucky that my parents instilled in me a true interest in learning - to such a degree…

My grandma is an octogenarian who was Catholic schooled as well and her emails are simply wonderful! Reminds me of the poet, e.e. cummings. I tried to copy and paste an excerpt but the comment box, oddly, removes the extra spaces she likes to add, which ruins the effect - although it seems you are quite familiar with…

Holy crap, I never realized that was him! I even had to Google it to make sure your gif wasn’t playing tricks on me!

I just (FINALLY) watched Wonder Woman a couple nights ago and second this comment wholeheartedly! See also, Star Trek.

I have a funny feeling that whatever employee was in on it (because obviously someone managed to get into the employees-only area and hide a camera, so even if they weren’t an employee themselves they must have had an in somehow) blabbed the wrong person who then tipped her off.

Yup - I had totally misread the comment I was replying to!

*headdesk* I am sorry. I completely misread your comment and leaped to dispel a myth that I particularly despise - that they wanted DST, not that they used Standard Time.

I understand your sentiments. I read some of your other comments and I like all the stuff you said about what the holidays mean to you and how you celebrate. It sounds so lovely. I think I would like it more if people didn’t get so hyped up over “stuff.” It used to be my favorite holiday but I don’t remember what…

No. The farm thing is a myth. Farmers with livestock revolve their lives around them, and suddenly changing the clock by an hour interferes with their natural feeding schedules because animals are very routine. It was actually implemented to encourage people to shop during the summer months, the logic being that since…

I like all the things that you said but I’m too tired (because I work in retail and it’s holiday season) to form a really coherent response or add much to it.