Melissa Snyder
@melissa-snyder.bsky.social
I'm just somebody I used to know; a shadow of my former self with a talent to amuse. I've worn many hats along the way, and some of them even fit.
Heck, it wasn't that many generations ago that you'd see it in English, too.
March 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Heck, it wasn't that many generations ago that you'd see it in English, too.
The majority of those who voted. It's an important distinction.
March 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The majority of those who voted. It's an important distinction.
I can't get over how the news media keeps describing it as "tense." It wasn't tense. It was sickening, Shocking. Certainly triggering, to anybody who's a survivor of domestic abuse.
March 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I can't get over how the news media keeps describing it as "tense." It wasn't tense. It was sickening, Shocking. Certainly triggering, to anybody who's a survivor of domestic abuse.
Everything tastes better when it's on fire.
March 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Everything tastes better when it's on fire.
The kicker? She wanted to name me Joan. JOAN! Who the heck is Joan? Not me, baby! As soon as you're Joan you're Joanie, and then you might as well go jump in the lake. You have an ounce of baby fat and the schoolyard bullies make sure you're Joanie Beefaroni until graduation. And the wire hangers!
March 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The kicker? She wanted to name me Joan. JOAN! Who the heck is Joan? Not me, baby! As soon as you're Joan you're Joanie, and then you might as well go jump in the lake. You have an ounce of baby fat and the schoolyard bullies make sure you're Joanie Beefaroni until graduation. And the wire hangers!
(Maybe it helped that there were three sets of identical twins at our high school, which in retrospect seems kind of strange for a school with <1,000 kids K-12 under one roof in the middle of a literal cornfield.)
March 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
(Maybe it helped that there were three sets of identical twins at our high school, which in retrospect seems kind of strange for a school with <1,000 kids K-12 under one roof in the middle of a literal cornfield.)
A few days ago she casually mentioned that DAD chose my name, that she had grown up HATING having a twin name, and she had always worried that we'd resent it. As soon as I picked my jaw up off the floor I reassured her that we had both liked it and it had made us feel special rather than weird.
March 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A few days ago she casually mentioned that DAD chose my name, that she had grown up HATING having a twin name, and she had always worried that we'd resent it. As soon as I picked my jaw up off the floor I reassured her that we had both liked it and it had made us feel special rather than weird.
After all, she dressed us alike, gave us the same haircuts, threw us a joint party in between our real birthdays, the whole nine yards. Whenever she said we were more like twins than she and her sister were, I assumed she thought it was a good thing.
March 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
After all, she dressed us alike, gave us the same haircuts, threw us a joint party in between our real birthdays, the whole nine yards. Whenever she said we were more like twins than she and her sister were, I assumed she thought it was a good thing.
HEY SKULLTITS!
February 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
HEY SKULLTITS!
I've always felt he was a real kindred spirit.
February 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I've always felt he was a real kindred spirit.
It's nice to know when we've had a positive effect on someone.
February 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It's nice to know when we've had a positive effect on someone.
It really is a bizarre social bugaboo. I'm actually an inch taller than my "official" height on every government ID because I never stood up straight to be measured as a teenager because I didn't want to seem unfeminine. It's so stupid.
February 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It really is a bizarre social bugaboo. I'm actually an inch taller than my "official" height on every government ID because I never stood up straight to be measured as a teenager because I didn't want to seem unfeminine. It's so stupid.
Jeff Clark would be one of those miserable bastards who would just glare at you if you wished him a good morning.
February 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Jeff Clark would be one of those miserable bastards who would just glare at you if you wished him a good morning.
Why is ANYONE near a beach trapeze? Why is beach trapeze?
February 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Why is ANYONE near a beach trapeze? Why is beach trapeze?
I want to be the Phantom of the BBC Hat Warehouse
February 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I want to be the Phantom of the BBC Hat Warehouse
I LOVED House of Usher, and I've been reading Poe since primary school. I thought it really captured the spirit.
February 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I LOVED House of Usher, and I've been reading Poe since primary school. I thought it really captured the spirit.