feeling anxious at a social event. gonna pick at my cuticles. surely i will not rip off too much skin, thus causing me to awkwardly hold a blood-soaked tissue to my thumb for the remainder of the event. surely i have learned my lesson by now.
My unpopular opinion is that fireworks are stupid. They're nightmarish for many veterans, they pollute the air, they scare the shit out of pets, and they harm wildlife. There is no reason for them being in set off residential areas.
The neurodivergent urge to overexplain during a misunderstanding so nobody misunderstands you again only to accidentally create three brand-new misunderstandings in the process.