Michael

All right, uh,

I told myself I wasn't going to do this, but I did write something up so I don't forget.

Oh, you're good.

You're good.

Over the last several years, I was really invested in politics.

By that, I mean I followed everything religiously, on social media, with people I talked to, things I watched, everything.

It was consuming.

And a big turning point for me was when Charlie Kirk was assassinated.

I respected him.

And after that, my best friend of 25 years posted something on Facebook saying that he deserved to be killed because my friend disagreed with him.

And I sent him a message saying that was hurtful.

And previously, my friend had posts saying that if any of his friends voted for Trump to delete him as a friend because he didn't want to be associated with those people.

So I never said anything political ever, ever, ever to him.

But I did tell him that I like Charlie Kirk, and that I did vote for Trump, and I'm not going to read the comments on this video.

I told him how I really do not care who my friend voted for.

He's my best friend, and I loved him, and I was hoping and would assume he felt the same way.

But unfortunately, he didn't, and he sent me basically a 10-page research paper on why I'm wrong, and we have not spoken since.

So since then, politics has really added nothing positive to my life.

I get stressed out about every single thing happening in the world.

Every little election feels like the most important election ever, and I would lose sleep over some random election in Vermont or something.