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“My hairdresser’s nephew didn’t speak until he was seven. Then one day, in the parking lot of a Gelson’s, he said, ‘thermodynamics.’ Now he’s a concert pianist.” buff.ly/yvtg5zT

mcsweeneys.netA Field Guide to the Inspirational People You Meet After Having a Disabled Child“She has known your daughter for approximately eleven seconds, most of which she spent rummaging through her tote bag. She already knows what is wrong. Laven...

25/10/26, 6:03 pm18 reposts116 likes

J. Lucian Blackwell

@jlucianblackwell.bsky.social

Marvelous! I laughed all the way through.

Deborah

@deboraht.bsky.social

“The leading theory is that they have not yet learned to mistake difference for tragedy.” See RFKJR

Scott

@0kay1st.bsky.social

See also “everything happens for a reason”.

lg2033.bsky.social

@lg2033.bsky.social

Very similar if you tell people about a cancer diagnosis.

RoLynn

@16rolynn.bsky.social

OMG, when I was going through treatment and surgeries for cancer, a whole bunch of people shared their stories of people that they knew who had cancer and then died! 😱

👻 Spooky Dr. Kray-Z 🎃

@christinekray.bsky.social

Love this. The only thing the author leaves out is that many of these omniscient empaths are found in one’s own extended family and are encountered at every holiday gathering—each time bearing a new pearl of wisdom.