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On Percs
On Percs is a detailed account of Mike Rainey’s descent into prescription painkiller addiction expressed through hundreds of his most unsettling, intoxicated Facebook posts.
“What the fuck is this?”
— Most people who have read the On Percs Facebook posts
“Mike Rainey is a fat bitch who should have ended up as a stain on his mother’s Eeyore hoodie.”
— Mike’s nutritionist
“The thing that makes Rainey’s writing so compelling is his ability to stare directly into the humiliating minutiae of the past without flinching. No merciful self deception, no hyperbole, no unnecessary debasement for cheap laughs. Just a dude processing impossible to repress memories, building a bridge from cringe to catharsis. The bonus is it’s the funniest shit in the world.”
— Tim Butterly
“What the fuck is this?”
— Most people who have read the On Percs Facebook posts
“Mike Rainey is a fat bitch who should have ended up as a stain on his mother’s Eeyore hoodie.”
— Mike’s nutritionist
“The thing that makes Rainey’s writing so compelling is his ability to stare directly into the humiliating minutiae of the past without flinching. No merciful self deception, no hyperbole, no unnecessary debasement for cheap laughs. Just a dude processing impossible to repress memories, building a bridge from cringe to catharsis. The bonus is it’s the funniest shit in the world.”
— Tim Butterly
170 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2022
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June 7, 2024
4.5 His other book, Terrible Advice, is even better but this audiobook has tons of comedian commentary. If you don’t have an Oxy addiction, are you even from (Delco,) PA? This beautiful book about literal sh!tposting includes years of photo evidence that Percadoodles make you prematurely Boomery: sappy, scoldy, erratic, and everybody‘s favorite hate-scroll amid the “fat aunts and most divorced dads you know.”
This comedian re-broke his back while taking a sh!t, after all. Which led to screaming pain at the airport stall, Celebration Hotel, and following EMT transportation. A good third of the time, he seems to be live tweeting to no one at all about his rexplored love for Jay Leno and lesbianic pop music. You should snort a blue line every time he references autoerotic asphyxiation or volunteers to do manual labor he has no intention of following up on (though he does go above & beyond to help out an old lady after a vehicle breakdown).
The references are unparalleled: Cookie Puss apology cakes, light switch d!cks, Kohl’s Cash ransom, Disney pin virgindom, “icing your bird,” “unloading a loaf,” the embarrassment of losing Connect Four as an adult—and calling fighting bumblebees rumble bees is just plain cute. He drafts/sends physical fam mail to hokey musicians and athletes, occasionally likes/repeats his own statuses
The best way to get this book is to buy the bundle that includes paperback, ebook, and audiobook w/ tons of in-line commentary from fellow comedians/podcasters like Tim Butterly of Dad Meat, and even his wife.
I do wish more often the whole page was utilized w/ multiple posts and explanations since I’m sure he had hundreds of leftover posts and could have gone more into how the drug itself felt, it’s non-social side effects and how his kids fared during him emoing up the Disney trip. Maybe some insight into who was liking the posts or messages he received based on them. Let’s hear more from his boy Mayo.
I think this calls for a part two. Maybe about the pre-Perc Era where he casually mentions trading Apple products for crack pipes in Atlantic City or drinking pints of piss on a dare at his kid’s baptism! Or the brief mention of getting evicted from his house and having to move in w/ his wife’s fam. I did find it a tad confusing in what was on the pg versus explanations or asides in the audiobook however.
This comedian re-broke his back while taking a sh!t, after all. Which led to screaming pain at the airport stall, Celebration Hotel, and following EMT transportation. A good third of the time, he seems to be live tweeting to no one at all about his rexplored love for Jay Leno and lesbianic pop music. You should snort a blue line every time he references autoerotic asphyxiation or volunteers to do manual labor he has no intention of following up on (though he does go above & beyond to help out an old lady after a vehicle breakdown).
The references are unparalleled: Cookie Puss apology cakes, light switch d!cks, Kohl’s Cash ransom, Disney pin virgindom, “icing your bird,” “unloading a loaf,” the embarrassment of losing Connect Four as an adult—and calling fighting bumblebees rumble bees is just plain cute. He drafts/sends physical fam mail to hokey musicians and athletes, occasionally likes/repeats his own statuses
The best way to get this book is to buy the bundle that includes paperback, ebook, and audiobook w/ tons of in-line commentary from fellow comedians/podcasters like Tim Butterly of Dad Meat, and even his wife.
I do wish more often the whole page was utilized w/ multiple posts and explanations since I’m sure he had hundreds of leftover posts and could have gone more into how the drug itself felt, it’s non-social side effects and how his kids fared during him emoing up the Disney trip. Maybe some insight into who was liking the posts or messages he received based on them. Let’s hear more from his boy Mayo.
I think this calls for a part two. Maybe about the pre-Perc Era where he casually mentions trading Apple products for crack pipes in Atlantic City or drinking pints of piss on a dare at his kid’s baptism! Or the brief mention of getting evicted from his house and having to move in w/ his wife’s fam. I did find it a tad confusing in what was on the pg versus explanations or asides in the audiobook however.
February 15, 2023
Hilarious
February 26, 2023
Good quick read, had no idea Percs made you love Disney so much. Also wish there was more of an arc to the story, things just kind of kept happening until they didn’t and then that was the end of the story, no real lessons learned it seemed.
May 19, 2024
saw mike on an ep of matt and shanes secret podcast and they mentioned the book, which i immediately thought was a genius and hilarious concept
the tree post and the recurring jay leno appreciation posts got me good, mike writes like i would tbh a very funny snappy read
the tree post and the recurring jay leno appreciation posts got me good, mike writes like i would tbh a very funny snappy read
February 17, 2023
hilarious. audiobook is even better. Rainey's the man and one of my favorite Philly comics and comics period
March 16, 2023
This book was all around funny and I hated that it ended! I plan on buying all of his books just because it made me giggle!
April 7, 2023
Phenomenal quick hitter. If you like Philly Court, Gilly & Keeves, MSSP, Stuff Island or any other Philadelphia born comedy content, this book will give you the giggles.
January 12, 2023
I found the book to be crying and can no longer breathe funny in parts, that's the achievement. From a purely literary perspective what it lacks in continuity it more than makes up for with humor. Unlike normal tell-all's following a drug addiction, the author is his largest critic. The two largest drawbacks are poor formatting that make it look like the book is milking its page count and erring on the side of brevity.
Rather than use the shameful posts to kickstart stories or tales of his addiction. You get mostly one-liners or quick adjective filled judgments and then you move on. Sometimes you get the same post again, but reacted to differentlerhy.
The gift and the curse of this book is that the reader is left wanting more.
Full disclosure, I bought this book twice because I could swear that I had pre-ordered it, and then I could find no receipts in my inbox, so I bought it again, only to have it arrive in the mail that day.
Perhaps I shall give the second book to a woman with short hair who needs the kind of confidence boost only a quick walk by an open-air drug market can provide.
Bird in hand,
Forever yours.
Rather than use the shameful posts to kickstart stories or tales of his addiction. You get mostly one-liners or quick adjective filled judgments and then you move on. Sometimes you get the same post again, but reacted to differentlerhy.
The gift and the curse of this book is that the reader is left wanting more.
Full disclosure, I bought this book twice because I could swear that I had pre-ordered it, and then I could find no receipts in my inbox, so I bought it again, only to have it arrive in the mail that day.
Perhaps I shall give the second book to a woman with short hair who needs the kind of confidence boost only a quick walk by an open-air drug market can provide.
Bird in hand,
Forever yours.
November 26, 2024
Really funny book about getting addicted to opioids but very repetitive. Smashed it in a day but it’s barely an achievement.
June 16, 2023
He did a lot of Percs.
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August 19, 2025
I’ve always viewed painkiller addiction as a tragic epidemic. Good, hardworking people across America would suffer an injury or undergo surgery, and in trusting their doctors, were prescribed powerful painkillers—often without realizing they were being handed a highly addictive substance. Too many lives and families have been devastated because of it.
On Percs is one of the clearest, most personal examples I’ve seen of how easily a good person can fall into the opioid crisis. Through the sincere and unfiltered Facebook posts included in the book, you see not just the struggle with addiction, but also the humanity—the kindness, humor, and good heart—that existed beneath it all.
I’m grateful Mike Rainey made it through that dark chapter and is now able to reflect on it with humor. This is the funniest book I’ve ever read, and at the same time, it provides an honest and powerful representation of the real people who suffered through opioid addiction.
On Percs is one of the clearest, most personal examples I’ve seen of how easily a good person can fall into the opioid crisis. Through the sincere and unfiltered Facebook posts included in the book, you see not just the struggle with addiction, but also the humanity—the kindness, humor, and good heart—that existed beneath it all.
I’m grateful Mike Rainey made it through that dark chapter and is now able to reflect on it with humor. This is the funniest book I’ve ever read, and at the same time, it provides an honest and powerful representation of the real people who suffered through opioid addiction.
October 9, 2023
Really fun book from a great comedian
February 27, 2024
Kinda funny
August 14, 2024
big fat natural guard will forever stick with me
December 14, 2024
It’s really more of a coffee table / bathroom read than anything. Had some funny moments but not worth the purchase.
July 10, 2023
A cringe-inducing look back at one person's addiction to Facebooking while on percs.
This book satisfied the prompt "read in a day" on my 2023 reading list.
This book satisfied the prompt "read in a day" on my 2023 reading list.
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