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Ellen Walsh's avatar

Thank you for this! I tend to be one of those macabre/always seeing the worse case scenario types. Gonna start looking for smiles and wags.

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John Skipp's avatar

YAAAAAAY!!! Turns out there are a LOT of us! Let's cheer the fuck up TOGETHER!

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Summer Koester's avatar

Damn Skipp, just about blew my mind with this piece. Thank you so much. From one ever-depressed sensitive human to another. I feel so damn seen. And conveyed with so much love and humor and fire. Just my kind of writing!

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John Skipp's avatar

YAAAAAAY!!! You are my kind of writer, too! LOVE YOU!!!

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mark's avatar

Thank you both!

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John Skipp's avatar

Thank YOU!

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mark's avatar

Just what I needed, when I needed it. Cried as I read it.

Good Shit!😎

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John Skipp's avatar

WOOOOOOOO!!!

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Renee Roland's avatar

I know why you suffer depression. You ate an empathy in a bowl of narcissistic broth served with selfishness ( u could also order a side of your mashed hopes and dreams with defeatloaf,) and a touch of it's all aboutme me" and a sprinkle of backstabbing and slander. You r a brilliant artist because you care and feel so deeply. Fck your 🫥 depression. I pray it gets sent packing and you are able to glean some wisdom from it then let it go forever. You, of all ppl, deserve joy and love and fulfilled b.c just the thought of our hilarious laughing fits has gotten me through tough times. Luv u. Hope to see u soon Nee

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Renee Roland's avatar

Correction. " you are an empath in" : stupid thumbs make me text typos

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Renee Roland's avatar

This world is the "asshole soup" in that metaphor. It sounded clearer in my head lol

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Christine Ahh's avatar

SO MUCH True Real AF Goodness here, all mixed up with the so-called BADnesses... like life? Thanks for this, especially, today:

"You wanna write that thing? GO WRITE THAT THING. But do it not in hopes of future reward, but for the singular pleasure of the doing itself. Maybe people will like it. Maybe they won’t. That’s not your fucking problem."

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John Skipp's avatar

Dear Christine -- YAAAAY!!! Thank YOU!!!

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