Destiny and Chicken.

Tbh I never read Gifted Kid™ Angst as “I’m no longer special” but more like “I had unrealistically high academic expectations put upon me at a very young age and learned to measure my worth by academic success and as a consequence constantly feel as if I’m not good enough”

Also we never had to study or try very hard in earlier grades, so by the time we get to high school or college, our skills have plateaued and we have no study skills to fall back on whatsoever. We go from excelling with no effort to failing and having no idea how to catch up.

Also, once you are out of school, there are no more academic tests with which to prove your own worth to yourself. This only heightens the sinking sensation of ‘I am not good enough.’

dean is like everyone younger than me is a little sibling and everyone older than me is a parent figure and im responsible for all of them

democrats want to destroy the nuclear snow leopard family

If you’re ever asked by a straight person who is your celebrity crush but you’re not out and your brain decides to take a vacation on lesbian island and you can’t come up with the name of a single man that was ever famous just say Chris. The other person will immediately say the Chris of their choice amongst the 50 that are famous and you just agree with them.

Boost for closeted lgbt+ people

Just fyi for gay men, the female equivalent of Chris is Jennifer.

Like literally if you just say “Chris…oh man! I’m drawing a blank! What IS his last name???” People will give a last name! Just agree! Jennifer and Julia are excellent options for the female equivalent.

I’d also go with “Emma” since at least three Emmas are successful and generally-considered-attractive actresses.

Ryan also works for a guy because most know Reynolds and Gosling and will get excited and ask Reynolds or Gosling? And you can you can just say whichever name sounds better to you and make up some bullshit reason if they ask like I think he has better hair, or his eyes are nicer. Side note I think @bemusedlybespectacled has it right with Emma, the fewer people attached to the name the more likely you are to be able to cover if someone asks which one. Also with Emma you can say you know the brunette/the red head/the blonde (Watson, Stone, Roberts respectively) and they’ll figure it out for you.

For if you immediately think Kristen Stewart when you are asked who your celebrity crush.