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Me, bottom 10%, making coffee for a paycheck and scavenging my new pair of pants from a dumpster: Yeah, man, you said it.

Oh, hey, we’re up to the Enlightened Monarchs phase of the Enlightenment of the 18th century.

I worked in mental health for years. Some of my most interesting patients were also some of the kindest and most compassionate. One lady was convinced that a famous director was her husband, and had (legit, in her record) walked across five states to accept his psychic wedding proposal. When another patient was in crisis, she was the first one to find us and tell us, and if we weren’t there right away, she would sit with them and reassure them until we could make it.

And then there was the dude who had scammed nearly a thousand retirees because he could–and having psychotic delusions was just something on the side.

Being mentally ill is not a precursor for evil. However, Kanye seems to have made it his mission.

I’ve heard this philosophy before, yeah. And honestly, it’s why I legit think of Jedi and Dudeists as credible. If some of the wisest writers in our distant history were revealed to actually be a shared pen name for five or six guys, then why is it weird to say that Master Yoda and Uncle Iroh are my favorite philosophers?

He’s refused help at every turn. Not even his wife could get through to him. Not his friends, not his family, not his colleagues. None of them could convince him to stay on his meds and stay sane.

Red Flag laws are used to remove guns from Trans, Latino, and Black people in red states too. It’s not the solution to gun violence that people think it is. It was a good idea, but it ends up falling to paradox of the false positive and even being weaponized against minorities more often than not. It violates due process as well.

More comprehensive care for people with severe mental health issues and arresting and jailing domestic violence offenders their first time is more effective. Unfortunately, we just defunded public mental health, so…