My wife, mom, and doctor all called me a fatty (in different words) in the span of one week. "You think I'm fat! I'll SHOW YOU FAT!" And yeah, they're all kinda heavy themselves too.
In other shit-news, a pretty close friend's 20 yr old son committed suicide late Monday nite or early yesterday morning. The poor kid was struggling with depression and anxiety for several years but I think Covid and isolation set him back and it was too much. He struggled last year. The school year was really tough. And despite ongoing and recent mental health counseling and medications, where he said he was fine, he apparently never saw a future or at least a way out of the hole - so he devised a plan to die. He was smart, talented, and a kind, gentle human. I'm crushed for him and his family that is left to cope. I can't shake the image of what his last moments alive were like.
So young, so alone and afraid. I'm sorry that we failed you, dear boy. I'm so sorry.
Fuck this country and its rat race, fuck this county and its broken corporate-controlled healthcare system, fuck this country and its failure to keep college affordable. fuck this country. FUCK!!