ILLUSTRATION BY JOE ASCHEBROCK
I come from a functional family. I’ve never been institutionalized. This is not how interesting stories begin. I am not complaining about my fairly happy childhood, and cohesive family unit, because I don’t want to come off as the most obnoxious bastard imaginable. But I will point out one slight disadvantage that comes of this well-adjustment: If a lot of misfortune befalls you in your lifetime, you will have much to write about; if you skate by without much in the way of extraordinary emotional trauma, you will be tasked with having to make up some really interesting shit to make it as an author.
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