By Don Hall

…that “self-care” has become little more than narcissism dressed up in a Chicken Soup for the Soul label and an excuse to be a selfish fuck. Nothing screams “I’m a piece of shit!” more than an insistence on justifying your need to eat Cheetos and binge-watch Netflix in the face of people living under your porch to avoid the rain.

…that anyone accusing Ricky Gervais of being “too right wing” following his scathing and brilliant Golden Globes opener has their head up their ass.

…that Soleimani was a terrorist monster who deserved to be killed and Trumpenstein is a horrible man deserving of impeachment and removal from office. Both can be true so quit bending yourself into pretzels in existential crisis.

…that unless your hurt is physical pain or illness, your hurt is a choice. Every time. Stop trying to convince the world that your bruised ego and wounded pride count as anything other than your choosing to agonize over them.

…that the “internet” that trolled and fat-shamed Lizzo is the exact same “internet” that trolls and shames everyone else online. It isn’t the “internet,” ideology, or identity that is the problem. It’s the fucking trolling and shaming that are the problem. Justification ain’t just a river in Egypt.