I have an e-book reader, so I looked it up:
"Mom had her own version of the day I was born, which I never believed, considering she was passed out for the event. Not that I'm any witness, being a newborn infant plus inside a bag. But I knew Mrs. Peggot's story. And if you spent even a day in the company of her and my mom, you would know which of those two lotto tickets was going to pay out."
I haven't read This is Where I Leave, so don't know how similar it is, but I really liked Demon Copperhead & it fits your criteria - trials and hardship but with some humor.
That was mine too. I hated it. I was playing to feel like a badass in Night City, not to scamper around and hide like a rat until the invincible robot catches me and drills into my face again. I was so happy to finally get out of there. Not because i beat it, but because it was finally OVER.
both are exaggerations to make it sound more impressive than it really was. but "literally" is for the people who aren't happy with the normal exaggeration so they're doubling down.
don't fight against gravity by trying to fly directly towards the universe. Instead, fly parallel to the universe until you are out of the black hole's pull, then angle back towards the universe.
A friend of mine really despises Progressive's "Flo" and that Geico Gekko. I'm no fan myself, but he REALLY hates them and says he'll never give those companies any business because of those characters.
those stupid lazy selection lists that seem to load asynchronously. items show up late to the party and are allowed to actually cut in line, shuffling the order of the existing (clickable) items below. how did those ever get approved?
i had a manual mustang cobra a long time ago and dealing with the clutch in stop and go traffic could get exhausting. my leg would actually start getting tired after a while.
always 15% regardless of service. best or worst, i don't care. im not going to judge anyone. i just want a meal and consider the 15% to be a convoluted tax for meals here in the US.
time flies like an arrow. fruit flies like a banana.
why did the little old lady fall into the well? she couldn't see that well.