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P.S. I'd also like to point out that I am relatively privileged in many ways!!! If shit sucks so bad for me, imagine how it is for people who are also marginalized in ways that I am not!!! This country is a death trap actually!!!!!

If you buy a cheap seat, maybe you will get a free seat upgrade like I did today 👀

But yeah, sure, I'm lazy and irresponsible and whatever. 🖕🏻

Y'know how we thought quicksand would be a much bigger problem when we grew up than it turned out to be? Maybe the quicksand was a metaphor for student loans and every other weight around our necks. (8/8)

I'm currently waiting to see if the insurance's pharmacist will deny my appeal for my supplies after a "clinical review". If so, I'll have to pay about $200/month, and either reopen my gfm or move back in with my parents. (7/8)

I work 40 hours a week and I'm chronically ill and exhausted all the time. I make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, and I'm "not disabled enough" (i.e. can work) for disability & Medicare. I pay $75 a week for healthcare that doesn't cover all my needs. (6/8)

I also make less than my supervisor who did not go to college (who is also underpaid!). I pay almost as much in student loans as I do in rent. I will likely never own a home because of that. I have a hard time building savings because of that. Thank god I don't want a wedding or kids, lmao (5/8)

So, with diagnosed mental illnesses and undiagnosed (including self-diagnosis) autism, I landed into the job market with a useless Masters degree in a niche subject. Adjusting for inflation, I make much less than my parents did when they were my age. (4/8)

And then it turns out that because of said undiagnosed autism, I was unprepared to work after college and went to grad school instead, where I deferred my loans for many years as interest grew. And then because of said mental illness and other factors, I didn't finish the PhD. (3/8)

And for people who knew how to make their application impress, not pathologically honest loners.

And also turns out my dad was emotionally abusive and I was mentally ill as a result and if I hadn't gotten out of my hometown (read: lived on campus $$), I don't see a path I would have survived. (2/8)

I may also have gone a little crazy on the sweets, including Christmas-colored chocolates and nougat (separate), and hot cocoa flavored mochi ice cream balls. In my defense, they were all gluten-free... and I wanted them. :p

I've never used or touched those before, so I'm very curious 😅

I'd be extremely surprised if it was possible, tbh... I'd honestly be surprised if those other ones even fit in my ears. I have pretty small ear canals, even when they're not infected 🤣

Ohhh, I looked online for a pic of mine and saw what you mean... the ones shaped like that used to be made of wax, and they sucked! 🤣 I might try to look for them and see. Mine are silicone but look like this, with a guard on the side that tucks into the folds on the external ear.

(Yes, I get ear infections -- ear canal infections, i.e. swimmer's ear -- from showers. No I do not know why exactly, but I have been very prone to ear infections since I was basically a newborn.)

At least I'm going to the Toronto Christmas special show which he's not cancelling!

nnnooOOOOOO CANCELLED!!! apparently he has an injury 😭

Oh noooo! I'm sorry! I'm supposed to see him Tuesday! 😬🤞🏻