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Jun 21Liked by Jared Paventi

I believe social media would be invaluable towards mental health if people actually started posting what made them miserable in addition to the “look at me!” Junk.

Post the arguments with your wife that start at “What are we having for dinner?” and invariably lead to “You ruined my life and I slept with your best friend!”

Post video of your child melting down while melting down in a 114 degree Disney raging inferno of a park day.

Post how you were driving down the road and felt like taking a 90 degree turn down the embankment.

We can all associate. And realize we aren’t alone. Nobody has a perfect life.

Or to summarize from Dr. Denis Leary: “Happiness comes in small doses folks. It's a cigarette butt, or a chocolate chip cookie or a five second orgasm. You come, you smoke the butt you eat the cookie you go to sleep wake up and go back to fucking work the next morning, THAT'S IT! End of fucking list!”

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This is also why I hate the song "Live Like You Were Dying" by Tim McGraw.

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I mean, everyone is dying. Like everything in life, it's a matter of degree or how fast you're dying. I mean, I'm dying in that eventually I'll die. BUT, I'm also living.

Also, fuck the song I Hope You Dance.

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