Do you find coming to terms with the mindless tedium of it all presents an interesting challenge?
If you've got it, flaunt it.
You are not responsible for what your friends do, but you will be judged by the company you keep.
My dad's not a big talker.
Homophobia is very, very difficult to root out, to extricate. That's why we have to bear witness. That's why we have to be so public about it, and that's why we can't just play footsie with it.
This is what I say: I've got good news and bad news. The good news is, you don't have to worry, you can't change the past. The bad news is, you don't have to worry, no matter how hard you try, you can't change the past. The universe just doesn't put up with that. We aren't important enough. No one is. Even in our own lives. We're not strong enough, willful enough, skilled enough in chronodiegetic manipulation to be able to just accidentally change the entire course of anything, even ourselves.
Doubts must be resolved alone within the soul. Otherwise one would profane one's own powerful solution.