Funnily enough, a dentist did tell me something like this once, but for soda.

Apparently it’s better to chug it than sip it because the acid in the soda doesn’t touch your teeth for as long.

Ok, Mr. Moneybags who’s never had an overdraft fee

(JK, I don’t know you or your life, in case the reading comprehensionless mob comes for me)

Can confirm, god is just dog backwards.

If only they had an iota of self awareness, they too could live the gay life they so desperately crave.

But instead of taking cocks, they take conservative viewpoints. How disappointing.

Conservatives dream of seeing her get spanked, the fucking perverts.

I was under the impression it was primarily " if it isn’t broken, then don’t fix it" levels of tradition.

I could be wrong though, so if someone with more creds than a random internet dweller comes along, feel free to ignore me.

Heck, if you think I’m an idiot, feel free to ignore me :)

You know what’s hyper fucked?

Back when I was a baby republican (read: a parentally brainwashed child) and just learning about gerrymandering in school, my reaction was basically “well that’s shitty, but at least it’s the people I like doing it”.

I’m pretty sure that’s very common thinking amongst hardened republicans. I don’t even know how you convince someone to not be like that either, I just changed when I was out from under my parents boot and finally allowed to learn about the political effects of racism.

Tldr; common think pattern leads me to believe Texas is fucked until reepublicans lose their power there.

That’s the “lgbtq+” multiplier and it ends your presidential campaign in scandal

“If you spiral into the grave, your cost of living goes down by 100%!” - some jackass at the wsj soon, probably

So the interesting thing about this is that I personally don’t think just because you haven’t had those experiences doesn’t mean you can’t write about it (for the most part, I think there are likely exceptions I would draw the line at). However, as someone who hasn’t experienced those things, my reasoning goes, it’s part of your duty to ensure it’s not going to cause harm, and that takes a lot of research into the topic (ideally with people who have experienced what you want to write about) along with a healthy dose of empathy.

I think you’ve made some mistakes in the past that you’re currently feeling growing pains from. Don’t feel like you’re a bad person just from your past actions, you seem to be growing. You’d be a worse person than you are if you were continuing to do it on purpose despite realizing all of this.

The only issue I currently take with it is when it’s presented as real. Otherwise, creative writing is a good thing in general. It’s like the set of emotions one uses to approach the content with is different when one thinks it’s real vs when one knows it’s fake, and people get real sore when they feel like their emotions have been exploited for any reason, even if it’s only for internet points that don’t matter for anything.

I really hadn’t considered the trauma perspective, I seriously don’t understand why someone would fake a story about enduring trauma for internet points… But that’s my perspective.

Personally, when I find out reddit stories are fake, I usually just feel a little annoyed and roll my eyes, but then I move on. I don’t think it’s really anything to beat yourself over. Keep writing, just advertise it for what it actually is (just my opinion of what the best path forward is though, this is not a command lol)

In the words of one of my favorite memes that I’m too lazy to learn how to link right now: '“who would do that? Go on the internet and tell lies?”