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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 11h

thank you, i mean it🧡

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 14h

me too. at least it helps us feel understood.

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 14h

you might have a gambling addiction (and you might be my father)

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 14h

if you rob a bank at gunpoint and stash the money in a clothing donation bin and you blew through your family’s entire savings and can’t hold down a job for more than a few years and you spend your weekends hitting local casinos and lying about it even though your friend’s husband sees you there…

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15h

If you’re hiding the fact that you gamble to your friends and family, do it when you’re stressed and experience mood changes, you may be showing warning signs of a gambling addiction.

How do you know if you have a gambling problem? AP Explains

If you’re hiding the fact that you gamble to your friends and family, do it when you’re stressed and experience mood changes, you may be showing warning signs of a gambling addiction.

bit.ly

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 14h

we’ve officially entered “let’s pick this back up after the holidays” time of year, thank fuck

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 18h

he was a member of the chorus, as was my teacher’s husband, so it wasn’t totally unfounded but it was also Too Big a Gesture!! for a 16 year old who only saw him in person around half a dozen times since we lived 45 miles apart and my parents hated him!!!

mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 18h

over AIM, the week after he had a barbershop quartet sent to serenade me on valentine’s day in my junior year theology class

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 1d

tell me about the worst way you dumped someone (mine is "myspace message")

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 21h

i made friends with a composer on one, back in 2011. i couldn’t open the door (it was 5am, i was weak), he helped, then there was only one empty booth. sweetest guy i’ve ever had the pleasure of talking to.

mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 1d

marcus the worm is giving me the same kind of absurd joy that homestar runner did 20 years ago, sometimes the internet is good

mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 1d

enjoy every minute! you deserve it.

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 1d

yes, whew.

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 1d

i applaud your getting that out on west coast time.

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 1d

presale for the presale that went mostly unannounced is dumb as bricks. i’m sure we’ll get in just fine tomorrow, but. good grief.

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 2d

throw a mcdonald’s in there too

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 2d

sir, there’s a second nazi tattoo

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 2d

trying to construct a good joke post about fool me once/fool me twice and the nazi tattoo politician but i’m tired, so tired

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 2d

right! i got scolded at a music festival for standing too near a photograph in an art display to take a photo with it. just wild.

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 2d

this isn’t the own you think it is.

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 2d

god can he fuck off already

mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 2d

hey bozo as one of the paycheck-to-paycheck taxpayers you represent, this theft IS big ball to me

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Fetterman describes Trump trying to steal $230 million from taxpayers as "small ball, and I think we have much bigger problems than worrying about those things."

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 2d

some mornings are dark home office, slow email replies, pumpkin coffee, and rhinestone cowboy blasting. those, those are good mornings.

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 3d

opened bluesky, saw a post that we need to extend grace to nazis, closed bluesky.

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 3d

ah, my west coast friend. welcome aboard.

mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 3d

hi yes where can i send my three bucks

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mer wilcox @wilcoxmer.bsky.social · 3d

👀

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