This story breaks my heart, and this woman really is a hero. I can’t think of anything more important than generosity, of having some softness of heart towards others. Pretty much everything would work out if that were the basic rule of thumb.

It’s legit awesome. Real-life laughing out loud - with sound - awesome.

Never heard of the guy or the show, but he looks like a cheap version of an eternal archetype, namely:

Will watch the hell out of this on some long flight.

I don’t know if we can stop thoughts, of whatever sort. They come and go as they please, don’t they? But probably what one can do is realize that one doesn’t have to identify with these thoughts, or as you say, not let them hold you back.

I’m not sure that these are the two options I would work with (everyone obsess about being likeable vs. dog eat dog). I think that people can be educated to be kind and considerate through seeing others as just as human as they are, and that all people are interconnected. What’s also good about this is that people can…

Agree to disagree, Florida is heinous.

Oh my god, 80 pages of Jon Snow’s thoughts about walking through snow. It’s like high school: nothing would induce me to experience that again.

Frankensteen.

I thought you were just paraphrasing it, but wondered if there was something else going on. Maybe not, and we’re just saying each other’s usernames now.

Isn’t a question?

Is that the Improper Dancing viking?

Stars for the Dune reference!

Ennui.

That’s pretty graphic.

I read somewhere that the English are also sticklers for detail!

the slime, the slime!

What I like about this comment is that restraint the English are so famous for.

I’ve been in England exactly twice, and I have to say that the pub food was outstanding, if lethal to the arteries.

I think ‘sproutsy’ is an underused insult.