Or after the “but” and before the “and”

But also when you’re 13 everyone else does actually know.

They know because they were 13 once too.

We don’t deserve ants

I go back and forth. I like getting cozy and warm, but when it’s cold my skin feels uncomfortable, like it’s crawling or shrinking on me, like I put it on wrong. And my hands feel gross and cold and I rue having to touch myself with them in the bathroom.

But when I get warm enough it’s nice.

I’ve read 500 page novels that have touched me less than these 5 paragraphs.

Thank you for sharing this story.

So anyway, I love those dark maples with the leaves that are so blue they’re almost black in certain light. I call them goth maples.

Picture:

I think soup was so popular because everyone had bad teeth and trouble digesting, especially as they got older.

But I’m just guessing

Legitimately though.

Yeah I’m still not getting it. Maybe I’ll see one for real one day and then it’ll click

Oh I didn’t know that, they can’t just wave it away?

Yeah I’ve never seen one in real life, so I feel like like I’m not grokking the sense of scale.

Kind of like seeing a horse or moose for the first time (guess my hemisphere lol).

That was Steve though - he probably knew the croc

Robot laws innit

Idgi

E: oh, no threat of violence?

Every time I picture an alligator biting me I’m like I bet I could wiggle out or like somehow overcome it, because their jaws look so long and flat - like how much strength could they have? Certainly not more than a lion.

Well.

The email is 100% optional though. Also customer can decline a receipt.

… they’re just underpaid and under a lot of pressure from management to try multiple times and in some cases they even get written up for not doing it because it’s deemed part of their job. They hate it just as much as you.

I’ve worked retail and call centre jobs and I can assure you this is many people (at least those who are not too exhausted to care). These workers are constantly pressured to enshitify their service at the expense of theirs and the customer’s experience.

I haven’t worked a counter in over a decade, so can only imagine it’s got worse.

This is sadly very common where I’m from, except you don’t even get a discount from it. I’ve taken to just politely declining, since I’m sure the person working the cash is probably pressured to get people to give their personal info.

“And can get your email?”

“No thank you”

“I need your email for the receipt”

“I appreciate it but no thank you”

It’s a slight non sequitur while still being polite. Saying “no thank you” when someone is pressuring you works well in many situations.

Bandcamp follows and whatever is playing on CBC music.

Where the Trains Turn the game