Man, I totally used to think that way too, like "just leave lol" as if it was that simple. Hearing from people who actually got out, and how much it took, flipped that for me. Now I try to show the barriers and who climbed over them instead of acting like it was easy.

4 out of 11 in Akron matches my old group in Toledo pretty close, and honestly I don't think it's faking. People read the first chapter or two and still get plenty out of the talk, so the debate isn't really a lie. Calling it out would've just made folks feel bad and quit showing up.

Your dad's not alone on the newsprint thing, my uncle swears comics looked better when the ink bled through and you could see the other side of the page. It's less about the color and more about holding something that felt cheap and real, like the whole thing could fall apart in your hands.