HeyJaredSocial Cohesion Lab
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Pot and Popsicles. (opens the original)
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“Suddenly this immense, soothing, calming sensation came over me and I realized, wait a minute, I’m free. The first 21 years was, Yes Mom. And then the next 25 years, I was a mom and a wife and a business person. And to have that sense of freedom, no wonder people stay out there… You become feral and learn to live with very little. ” — Andi, from NovatoWelcome to another post asking, Is Anyone OK? We interview regular people, asking who they are and how they feel their lives are going. Today, we
It’s Literally Insane. (opens the original)
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“I didn’t have social media until sophomore year of high school, I kind of skipped all that in middle school, which I think was a very good thing. Until I visited a cousin in California and she was like, we need to keep in touch, let’s keep in touch over Instagram. So I got Instagram. I don’t talk to that cousin anymore because she works for SpaceX. ” — Roxanne, from TexasWelcome to another post asking, Is Anyone OK? We interview regular people, asking who they are and how they feel their lives
The Price of Candy (opens the original)
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“I have a lot of opinions, opinions on everything. I got opinions on what people should do, what they shouldn’t do. But I keep reminding myself that I’m not the mama of the world. I had to learn a new language, I had to learn how to shut my mouth.” — Janet, from LouisianaWelcome to another post asking, Is Anyone OK? We interview regular people, asking who they are and how they feel their lives are going. Today, we’re talking with Janet about sugarcane farming, skiing with alligators, and c
Pokémon, but with Relationships (opens the original)
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“I’ve swiped on so many profiles. One person I matched with, they got angry at me because I didn’t spend $300 on them for clothing. We were speaking for like three months and I was writing poems, she was enjoying them, we were doing puzzles together and then she was like, I don’t make her happy. It didn’t make sense to me. ” — Gabriel, from the PoconosWelcome to another post asking, Is Anyone OK? We interview regular people, asking who they are and how they feel their lives are going. Today,
You Must Believe I’m a Good Person? (opens the original)
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“I wasn’t going to do anything to find her because I didn’t want to screw anything up if her parents never told her. Adoptions were not really very common back then, you know. The baby-daddy’s mom wanted to raise the child and be like, Oh, this is Aunt Abbie. And that was just a Lifetime movie waiting to happen” — Abbie, from New OrleansWelcome to another post asking, Is Anyone OK? We interview regular people, asking who they are and how they feel their lives are going. (Thanks for bearing
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