"this is my place of comfort" and it's fiction that only knows horrors and hardship

Writers: yes, you are still a "real" writer if you
- have never published anything
- have no readers
- didn't write anything this month
- didn't write anything this year
- can't articulate words anymore
- can only float and mournfully wail
- were murdered ten years ago on this very spot

Watching hours of Claire Saffitz baking while eating my Doordash pastries is peak depression culture.