I used to think memes were just jokes, but @elizabethh63's post and the grief story here changed my mind. They're like a backdoor into real talks when words are too hard. Pretty cool how that works.

Oh man, the bathroom is the worst for this. You think those bright vanity lights will work, but they're always positioned to light up your face from the front, which is the exact wrong direction for seeing the back and sides of your head. You end up with this giant shadow of your own skull blocking everything you need to see. It's like the room is working against you. I've had better luck dragging a chair into the middle of the kitchen with a cheap clamp light from the hardware store, just to get a single bright source directly above. Even that isn't perfect, but at least the shadows fall straight down and aren't fighting the room's main lighting.