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a tiresome little fool

@dreamer-of-possible-dreams

"brackets"- george harrison

There’s something to be said for the way the older generation adheres to social rituals that cultivate community… when I was younger I would be mad embarrassed when my aunt would have me meet random people & I’m still shy but I woke up went downstairs and she introduced me to all of the stonemasons working on the house, bunch of guys she was feeding fresh fruitcake and coffee to and it’s like… yeah this is nice actually. This is what is missing from a lot of modern lives. Like making real efforts at introductions & getting to know whoever is around you even if it feels a little bit awkward is good for growth.

When people make disparaging comments, just say thank you.

“You’ve gain weight” “Thank you” “…”

Then they have to either settle with being misunderstood or double down and explicitly explain that they were intentionally being unkind.

I work at a church and religious people use coded language to say crummy things in camouflaged/passive aggressive ways. Today someone told me, “that was an…interesting sermon…”

“Thank you.” <smile>

Then I got to watch them squirm as they tried to decide how to respond.

Tl;dnr: when people are passive aggressive, just say thank you.

very important safety tip: NEVER use a blender to make paper pulp that you also use for food. the chemicals used in commercial papermaking arent safe for consumption, and it’s very difficult to properly and fully clean out a blender to remove all the traces of ink and paper pulp

also, blending paper can wear out a blender faster since it’s thicker than it’s really meant to work with, so you might want to go for a cheaper blender u dont mind replacing in a handful of months to a year