So many people are weird about age. We've got 20-year-olds telling 25-year-olds that they “look good for their age.” Middle-aged people are catastrophizing about young people killing various industries. Twenty-somethings claim that a 26-year-old dating a 38-year-old is a predatory age gap. If you're spending too much time online, it might seem like nobody knows how to be normal about age. Luckily, the internet is not the real world. In the real world, it is not looked negatively upon to have me…

"This doesn't encapsulate my experience, so it must be bad."

It's their space too

No McDonalds allowed in Calculus

Grocery shopping is not easy these days. Inflation is high, and the prices just aren't what they were two or three years ago. You have to be so strategic to get more bang for your buck, and even when you're careful, you still end up spending a fortune. My local grocery store has it's perks. I can get a box of pasta for $1.99, which is nice. However, there is only one brand of pasta sauce that isn't $11 dollars a pop! I am so loyal to that $4.99 pasta sauce, it's like I'm married to it. Buying s…

It's not that serious

Sure, Jan

There's something to be said about living joyfully in public. I try to be as kind and happy to strangers as possible, both because it's in my nature and it makes people's day. I love to smile at strangers, even though 90% of the time, they look back at me like I'm crazy, but that's just New York City, baby. Smile at strangers in any midwestern city, and you'll get many smiles back. Like everything, relentless positivity can be taken too far. It can become a turn-off when it veers into the realm…

It's not that weird

Polos, khakis, and boat shoes as far as the eyes can see

It can't be that serious

I don't agree with the Baby Boomer generation on everything I don't really see the harm in giving out “participation trophies” for sports and other activities. As someone who received my fair share of participation trophies, let me drop a truth bomb on y'all: we knew they did not mean anything. Some kids actually got trophies for various achievements, but if you only got a single measly medal at the end of the season, you knew that you brought nothing but mediocrity to your organization.

Such a legendary feature

He's not very smart

Imagining ruining someone's life like this

Spoiler alert: it was during Blue Beetle