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AS Koi @asynkoi.bsky.social · 12h

museum security guard is where i needed it but i could have used it working in bars and offices years prior

AS Koi @asynkoi.bsky.social · 19h

i have some friends who could benefit from internalizing this

(i implemented this practice in the oughts when i started to feel less safe in public for *reasons*... it's helped immeasurably)

Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 10d

This Tumblr user summarizes something I've been feeling/doing lately. Against everything going on, it somehow feels helpful.

User homoquartz writes: as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it’s just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we’re small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, “i’m not here to hurt you. here’s something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we’re on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i’m being light-hearted and non-threatening right now."
Small talk isn't to get to know a person. It's just a greeting to affirm you're buddies in the universe. I am motivated by wanting the other person to know I am friendly, so I have gotten pretty decent at small tall when I used to hate it.

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AS Koi @asynkoi.bsky.social · 19h

yes, or perhaps if agent provacateur had not infiltrated the crowds at the WTO/N99 protests

i have mixed feelings about spiking trees ( that shit kills loggers, and we do still need wood) and magic-think that hurts the environment more (releasing minks from farms) but thats another tangent...

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AS Koi @asynkoi.bsky.social · 19h

i just tuck the flap inside the pocket, no flappy

AS Koi @asynkoi.bsky.social · 19h

People who fly in private jets, or who are waiting for some Biblical "End Times", or both, don't care if common folk suffer or starve, regardless of how we vote. Tis stopped being "politics as usual" years when Russ Vought and the Trust Fund Pedo Club got involved.

AS Koi @asynkoi.bsky.social · 19h

my scariest one was some dingus trying to jackrabbit across the 12 from one of the BF side roads in the 60 mile an hour stretch just past Summit.

I was the only other car for miles fortunately so i just swerved around them as they hit the brakes and not get tboned

AS Koi @asynkoi.bsky.social · 1d

i attended a wedding reception i was mildly concerned i wouldnt know anyone but the bride and groom or like, i'd have some bad blood with some folks from when i fell out with one of my old scenes, but no. Lots of actual friends and genuine adults. I'm grateful, really. I needed that, glad i made it

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AS Koi @asynkoi.bsky.social · 1d

such a lovely reception! thank you for having me. I wish i could have planned better and stayed at a nearby friend's because the drive back was Oops All Drunks yikes

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AS Koi @asynkoi.bsky.social · 1d

since i work weekends, i basically never drive on weekend nights anymore

narrowly avoided 3 collisions on my way home... didnt even need my red bull to stay awake and i am happy to have a tranq script at home

were there always this many entirely wasted people driving at night on the 5 and 101?

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