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Only because they can't make you make hollandaise.

It could be somatic. After a lifetime with a severe allergy you may have classically conditioned yourself to be repulsed and nauseated by the unmistakable smell of danger

I'm sure you heard about the man that saved his own life after seeing that Underwater Car episode of Mythbusters. Does that ever make you proud?

I can't imagine how painful it must feel to have your family do things without you like that. But on the other hand, I'm so so happy we have you, of all people, to guide us through the journey of recovering from a stroke. Your voice is so valuable and appreciated

I'm autistic and one thing that's always been super interesting to me is how many symptoms autistic people have in common with stroke survivors or people with TBI. It turns out that Autism is just the brain not culling synapses in early childhood, we also now understand that when the brain undergoes a significant injury, it 'rewires' itself around the damage to work around it. We thought it was a glitch but it turns out that's a feature. Autistic brains have extra synapses already so they're just extra wired around without the damage. It's my hope that autism research and stroke/TBI research can be used to improve the lives of everyone involved

Are there any surprising/unexpected symptoms you've developed after having your strokes?

For some reason in my the back of my head for a while it's been headcannon for me to think Winston Rowntree is a pseudonym. And also you're a woman.

Is it a pseudonym? You don't have to answer the latter, if you're taking a pseudonym it's obvs for a reason but also maybe that reason is that "Winston Rowntree" is a sick name

Alternative get-out-of-jail-free question where you can answer this one and ignore the text above this: are any characters directly inspired by real people?

I love Gimme Shelter. Speaks to me the most, easily in my top 3.