So like 2 years ago, my heat pump went out. I called a repairman. And he came out, charged me like $100 for the visit, and told me it’d be like $1000 to fix. I have a buddy who knows a little about HVAC, came and looked at it, blew some shit up but in…

Let’s cut the polite framing and call it what it is: If you’ve ever called someone a “functional alcoholic,” you weren’t diagnosing them. You were projecting your own lack of control onto someone who clearly has it. You saw someone drinking more than you, performing better than you, and instead of asking how they do…