But I think it says so much that JD Vance was like “my housing plan, my health care plan, my child care plan? The same plan: massive wide scale ethnic cleansing.” And we DON’T have a strong norm against that.

No combat? That sounds amazing. (I detest combat.)

Clergy here. That is .appalling. and I'm so sorry that happened to you. Utterly, completely inappropriate for them to say that to you for .any reason whatsoever. Holy crap that makes me so angry.

More likely that they could change their names back to match their ID in time

Lol oh no! Whoops.

Lolol. I'm glad they accommodated him.

A cost of living salary for a writer?no these people even read? How did they not know what "bestseller" means? Also can they not consult google or their local research librarian? Smdh.

RIGHT? Like...if you submitted that as a movie script they'd be like, "nah, man, bring me something believable. relatable. This isn't swashbuckling cowboys anymore."

(oh no, I wonder if that's why it took me so long to develop healthier relationship dynamics instead of just fawning...) creativity, fucking with our brains since the beginning of time.

I mean, resistance to identity and systemic change are both Deeply Human things, although some of us are unusual and like the brain-tingle feeling of new pathways forming. (me, I'm some people). But change is metabolically expensive up front, and I suspect we're wired to resist it.