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Cake day: April 3rd, 2026

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  • For years I was subscribed to this one guy who made a couple of videos talking about his struggles with panic attacks and agoraphobia. I found his channel at exactly the right time when I was struggling with the same problems. It was really comforting to hear someone talk about things that were so familiar to me when I felt like I had a unique problem. He seemed like a really cool and interesting guy that I could relate to in a lot of ways, not only his mental health issues. He liked music, movies, and video games.

    His videos were uploaded mostly between 2007 and 2009. I think his very last video was uploaded in like 2010. They were like a time capsule to the mid 2000s. And he only had about 15 - 20 videos, most of which were pretty short. He was in his late 20s or something, so he’d be in his 40s or so by now.

    I still think about that dude every now and then, I hope he’s doing alright. His couple of videos had an impact on me during a difficult time in my life. I remained subscribed for about 10 years even though I knew he wouldn’t upload again. Mostly out of respect and for the nostalgia.















  • Once I was out with some friends for lunch and there was one girl I’d never met before who was a friend of one of my other friends.

    I remember we were all just chatting casually as you do and she asked me a question. I didn’t hear what she said so I was like “Sorry?”. She asked me again. I didn’t hear it the second time so I was like “Say again?”. She repeated herself a third time. I still didn’t hear what she said, so I was like “Sorry, I still didn’t get that”.

    She repeated herself a FOURTH time and you guessed it, I still didn’t catch what she was asking me. So this time I just smiled and nodded and hoped that whatever she had asked me could be answered with just a “Yes” or “No”. She just sat back and said “okay…” and gave up. I could tell she was thinking wtf is wrong with this guy.

    Makes me wince to think about even now. I still have absolutely no idea what she was saying that day, and why at that particular moment I couldn’t seem to hear her properly.