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s_e_t_h's avatar

I’m your first vote…and my opinion is pretty weak FWIW. I too have niche things to say that no reasonable person would want to read! I also used tell people abortion should be mandatory and “no lives matter.” Now, I just rant about how low quality comparing everything to Flat-Earthers is. The times they are a-regressing. We’re all Devo!

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Cluis's avatar

What do they say, "comparison is the theif of joy"? Instead of Flat-earthers, ant-vaxxers, and Nazis people should just make shit up to confuse the narrative. "You are just like the 3rd wave Neo-Omnichronists when they were confronted with the Viceroy to Nargilim winning the Tumult of Mauritania." By the third google search they will have abandoned hope. I thank you for your vote, limp wristed as you may think it is I value it! :D

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s_e_t_h's avatar

I’m totally on board. My wife was a hotshot Chicago concierge and I had this business plan to give super fake city tours where I just made up dates and names and pointed at random buildings. Aside from the fact I don’t want to move back to Chicago, it may be time for someone to take this amazing job opportunity and run with it.

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s_e_t_h's avatar

And think about it….as the home of improv comedy, you advertise it as such and every tour is a chance to get more ridiculous than the last one. I think it’s genius. I also think I’m a genius. Hyuck!

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Cluis's avatar

My office used to be above / next to the river and on my smoke breaks I would sit out there as the ferries went by. I always figured the guy doing the play by play was just making shit up for the bobble head tourists that didn't know any better. "On your right you will see the Willful Consolidated Latex corporation building, which was built on an Takomasak Indian burial ground. They say if you listen closely at the peak of the summer solstice you can hear the ennui of those buried there." Or atleast that is what I would do were I forced into that job. :D

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s_e_t_h's avatar

You’re a natural!

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Cluis's avatar

btw is your avatar savage sword era conan?

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s_e_t_h's avatar

Hell yes it is. I’m a Big John B Conan freak all the way.

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BT's avatar

Your writing is entertaining. I loved the soap piece.

I think it’s hilarious that as I write this, three of your options are tied at 33% each. So no help at all.

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Cluis's avatar

Not all precincts have reported yet, and as we have learned from the current election there are plenty of bodies yet to be exhumed who will have a say before the end, it just takes time. :D

Glad you liked the soap bit, I did what I could.

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Tardigrade's avatar

I did enjoy the Soap Post. You can find the most amazing things on eBay, such as obscure parts for your vintage motorcycle.

Your CV reference doesn't appear to be *that* Andy Weir. Bummer. That could be the subject of an interesting post.

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Cluis's avatar

Oh I HAVE to limit my ebay exposure. As a guy who has a 1971 Ford f-350 I can concur it is indispensable for finding old shit you may need. But also it is essentially a gravity well for nostalgic saps like me, and there are only so many storage totes to fill in this here house. :D

Yeah, wrong Weir but to me the best Weir.

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