"I have an idea, but I feel like you're gonna shoot me down."
Yes. What's the idea?
"Can we have a conversation in a southern accent?"
Oh, I'll shoot you up.
Maybe I should be more like my predecessors.
Stand up.
They'd be proud. Enjoy what you can, but defend what you should. Whatever it might cost - it'll be uncomfortable now, but it'll be better afterwards. Stand up.
For the children you don't have now, but friends will have soon.
Me: "I woke up like 4 times tonight - I feel like shit."
Coworker: "Oh...I got used to it."
Me: "Yeah, YOU got a kid. But I use condoms. That's the thing."