I was gonna say at least he has a beard. If you’re gonna be a white guy in politics, I wanna see mutton chops, curly mustaches, big bushy sailor beards, etc.

Could be something like a YMCA which I personally prefer over a Planet Fitness when I do have a gym membership. One example of my preference for it is because mentally I can’t do treadmills when running and some places I have lived before haven’t bean great for running outside. Most YMCAs have an indoor track that you can run on even if it is tiny, and there are usually multiple options across town. Not many other gyms in my area with indoor tracks.

That’s a really dumb example. The OP could be a swimmer in which case a more expensive YMCA membership makes even more sense then. Just as another example.

I’m not OP but FWIW as someone who hasn’t necessarily had the most pleasant life and is ND I can try and add a little more context as to why that might not be comforting. Especially for someone that may be neurodivergent.

In short platitudes like that are basically just a secular statement of “thoughts and prayers”. It often seems like it is more for the speakers benefit so that that they don’t have to actually engage with the lived reality of the person they are talking to. I can’t speak for all neurodivergent people, but my mind works based on probabilities and evidence.

When someone says to me that they know I’ll find success after I open up about something that I have been struggling with for ten or twenty years, my immediate response (if I decide to ignore the social script) is to interrogate that statement. Where will I find success? When? Who do I need to talk to? Obviously they don’t actually know and telling me that is ultimately being dismissive of my experience. If they have genuine help they can offer there is rarely nothing more that I want, but it’s even more rare that anyone actually has either the ability or the willingness to help. In that situation I just want them to recognize and acknowledge my existence and to sit with and share that discomfort.

TL;DR If you can’t actually help, just witness them.

Putty ass looking wips

There are plastics that can be made from renewable materials as well. Not that I’m advocating for 3D printed houses, I think that is a terrible idea, but not for any of the arguments made here.