Dannica Ramirez

"Picky eaters are a HUGE turnoff. If you're difficult about food, then what else are you difficult about in life..."

"It's not that Gen Z doesn't want to work — we're just not tolerating the work culture that older generations accepted. No one should feel like they need to work 80 hours a week for a job that only pays for 40."

"I remember sitting in my first college class in the fall of 1987 and smoking since our desks had built-in ashtrays..."

"When the fog hits, I might as well be a different person: I get aggravated more, I get confused in conversations, I can't plan, and I get very impulsive, which means I've had to learn how to handle that — which has taken the better part of over a year at this point. I'm only 25, but I feel like I'm 85."

"I still tell people that was the best job I've ever had. As a shift manager, I was making $10/hour when the minimum wage was, like, $5.50. I got five free rentals a week, including video games, if I wanted..."

"I've been having such a hard time getting on my feet, and I was so confused why, but now I know: Money does not go as far in America, and we're being scammed."

"She was so excited — the most excited I'd seen her be in years. I wish we could have gone together. I miss her so much, and I regret not getting to know who she was before she had kids. I only saw her as 'Mom' and not anything else."

"Everyone thinks the grass is greener on the other side and that making more money can solve the problem. Everyone thinks more money equals more free time, and that's just not the reality..."

"I used his kitchen tongs to pick everything up, threw them into bags, and hid them away. I take every opportunity to make a few jokes whenever we're hanging out alone, but he refuses to acknowledge what happened that day."