Stoicism helped me. The dichotomy of control.

“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this and you’ll find strength.” -Marcus Aurelius

Basically everyone is responsible over their own thoughts and actions.

Nobody wants to mention the Malazan Empire series? That’s probably fair since chances are good someone would screw it up royally.

Just don’t say Elric since we know how they screwed us over on his ripoff.

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

No joke. Many years ago we went to a biker bar and it happened to be a karaoke night. Asian guy sings Secret “Asian” man and we lost our shit.