This is relatable and I hate it.

The amount of weed I smoke. Teenage-me was still in the process of deprogramming from D.A.R.E. propaganda. She wouldn’t have expected to become a full-blown stoner in her 30s.

I’ve always had a strong memory, and unfortunately it feeds into my anxiety and depression. Weed definitely impacts my memory, but it’s a benefit - normally, all the stupid little things of the day would torture me. I’d be overanalyzing every word I said, worrying over social mistakes that nobody else even remembers happening. It’s a mental process that only serves to hurt me, and that I raw-dogged sober for most of my life. Weed lets me break that cycle, change my focus, and not remember all the dumb little details that don’t actually matter, but that would otherwise keep me awake at night.

As a teen, I would’ve struggled to understand that there could be benefits to marijuana. She would’ve just thought the self-torture was normal. Life’s weird like that sometimes.

Nobody said “blossom” but you, so it’s weird you keep saying it in quotation marks as if it’s something OP said. Imagine for a moment that women are people, not sex objects, and re-read what she said. Consider how much emotional and mental growth people go through in their 20s and beyond. We don’t know what OP was like as a young 20-something nor what she went through in life since then, but there are so many ways people can change and grow into themselves, to become proud of the adult they’ve become.

Just because she said “woman” instead of “adult” doesn’t mean there’s any sexual intent, and it’s frankly fucked up that simply indicating her gender is enough to put your mind into the gutter.

That’s like asking why so many anime women have massive titties. Fan service, obvs.

How many times have you seen a commenter on here say, “Fuck Reddit”? OP’s just giving the viewers what they want.

I read through all the comments hoping someone would explain the rubber duck part. Your comment’s at the bottom of the page, and yet it’s the first one I’ve seen to question it.

Does anyone know what the rubber duck is supposed to add? Inquiring minds want to know!

Depends. How are you eating? Are you meticulously separating your food and eating it in a particular order? Do you break apart your tator tots into tiny bits, or do you pull the chocolate chips out of your muffins to eat them separately? Maybe you eat all the green veggie straws, then all the yellows, then all the orange ones, never deviating from that pattern?

It’s fascinating looking around the lunch room in a school for autistic children.

I am an “always hot” kind of person, and I have similar reservations about this technique.

I sleep under a flat sheet, usually with a leg poking out. I have a second, cotton blanket that I can layer on top of my torso if the flat sheet isn’t enough, but to cover my entire body with the cotton blanket would be too hot most nights. Unless it’s the dead of winter or I have a fever, I need to be able to free a leg out from under the blankets at any given time. Being wrapped up like in this image would make falling/staying asleep even harder.

It’s also why I don’t make my bed. Tucking the blanket under the sides of the bed just means having to undo it all when it’s time to sleep. Besides, it doesn’t make much sense to “make a bed” when you don’t use a comforter.

The timid conundrum: anyone else ever say “excuse me” in such a small voice that nobody hears you? Then you end up looking like a jerk who didn’t say anything as you squeeze through people, yet the very idea of raising your voice to be heard feels even more rude somehow?

Trauma is a hell of a drug…

You lower most of your fingers if they tried to cut you off.

I love how you phrased this.

Lived in the states my entire life. Never heard of that.

A varied diet provides protein as well.

Science time! Proteins are made up of amino acids. Certain chains of amino acids form “complete proteins,” which are what most people think of as “protein.” However, the constituent amino acids connect with each other in our bodies even if they’re obtained from different sources. So two sources of “incomplete” proteins can still provide “complete proteins” if both are consumed. Which means it’s a lot easier to get your protein from a varied, vegan diet than most people might think.

Incomplete vs complete proteins on WebMD.

At first I read this and was like, “Wait, who?” I went back to the main page and tried seeing any posts by that name. I tried every sort-type and didn’t see it. So I looked up the name directly.

Found the profile. In the corner, I saw the button: “Unblock user.”

Ha! No wonder I didn’t recognize the name. - turns out I already blocked them some time ago! I rarely block anybody, their posts must have overwhelmingly been utter garbage to make it onto that short list.

I like finding movies on hotel cable. Many of the movies I saw when young weren’t from going to the theater, but rather from walking through the living room after someone else put something on, or by flipping through the channels and landing on something that captured my interest. It’s hard to get that experience nowadays. I’m more likely to get analysis paralysis from seeing all the films out there and end up rewatching the entirety of Futurama for the 200th time instead.

My fridge doesn’t have an ice machine. However, it does make a hum reminiscent of Hypnotoad. I’ll be lying in bed and picturing:

Smart Sharon, but Poor Towelie. I never thought I could feel bad for a fictional towel until that episode.

There’s a park that opened up near where I grew up that’s 100% for disabled people. It’s free and the only entrance requirement is their IEP upon registration (there might be different requirements for adults. I know it’s open to adults with disabilities as well as kids, but I’ve only gone there with child-clients so I don’t know.)

It’s so dope - it’s got an array of swings of all different types; a wheelchair-accessible zipline; a sensory garden (where you’re encouraged to touch the plants and explore); a soft-ground, wheelchair-accessible baseball diamond; and a “quiet zone” for when you need a break from all the stimulation. Although I wish such places existed when I was younger, I’m so glad the kids of today have somewhere so cool to play.

Some kid pulled my hair at work last week. Straight up yanked my ponytail out and dug his fingers up to my scalp. It was an interesting moment to demonstrate my sensory differences, though, as it didn’t hurt - I was just shocked for a moment.

Meanwhile, somebody touches my side in the wrong way, and I yelp. I’m super ticklish and I hate it, because tickling feels like torture to me. I’d rather have my hair yanked out than get casually brushed by someone’s fingertip.

My workplace has had a number of trans and gender-fluid people employed there, and the students have all just rolled with it. I haven’t heard a single comment from any of them about it. They learn the right pronouns from the start and it’s just accepted. One of the managers is a transdude who’s self-conscious about his voice, but the only time it ever comes up is when he brings in his guitar and asks me to sing so he doesn’t have to.

Intolerance is definitely a learned trait, and I’m glad to say we have a safe, inclusive environment for these kids to learn in. :)

Thank you for being an adult and attempting to keep your values consistent. My mom would’ve just told me, “Do as I say, not as I do,” then be surprised when I didn’t respect what she said.

Next time you want to experiment, try adding tater tots.

So many carbs, but damn it’s good. Just pre-cook the tots a bit before adding them to the pizza.