Slightly related - I went to the doctor’s with a suspected UTI, which turned out to be nothing serious. During their scan, they discovered that I only have one kidney. I was shocked, but they explained that it’s more common than you might think and that my life expectancy/quality would likely be unaffected. I was 47 at the time and drank pretty hard in my 20s. Zero ill effects, but definitely unsettlling.

Annoyingly, I made the mistake of telling a friend immediately after the diagnosis. I live rurally, so now a bunch of people know me as the guy with one kidney, which isn’t ideal.

Yeah, I seem to spend half of my time here responding to killjoy puritanical misanthropes, which likely says more about me than I’d like to admit.

Don’t get me wrong, there’s many interesting and intelligent folk here, I’m just not sure it’s the best place to find a pal.

Manic Street Preachers

It’s a trend I’ve seen on Reddit and laterly here. I wondered if it was a north American thing? A slightly preachy, straight laced approach to life that feels kinda of smug, judgmental and insular.