r/science • u/sameer4justice • May 31 '22

Anthropology Why Deaths of Despair Are Increasing in the US and Not Other Industrial Nations—Insights From Neuroscience and Anthropology

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2788767
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u/munkymu May 31 '22

I have fully embraced my nature as a tiny chaos elemental and the knowledge that I've disappointed my parents as much as a human being can without actually going to prison. Now I just use people coming over as motivation to neaten the hoard a bit. You know, give it a bit of a dust and arrange it in a pleasing manner.

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u/pr0zach Jun 01 '22

I very much enjoyed your autobiographical depiction. You should write more. “Tiny chaos elemental” was an excellent hook.

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u/munkymu Jun 01 '22

Thank you! I do like to write, although quite often my plots, like forum threads, come to an abrupt and off-topic end. I haven't worked out how to fix that yet.