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jesus
i'm sorry
that's fucking awful

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let's establish a blanket ground rule where you really don't have to apologize

otherwise I'm gonna feel weird telling you about all the alien murder and how they fucking took Starbucks from me

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you can have one of the 15 thousand we have in my version of new york
but okay, no more sorrys

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wow where's your empathy

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it's 2030 where i'm from, so i'm gen z
we don't have empathy

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wow you should've mentioned that
I'm actually old enough to be your great great grand pappy

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i'll get you a walker
you sure you can push the button on that detonator with all your arthritis?

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I have it wired to a LifeAlert necklace

wait

shit, okay, is that before your time?
flex seal?
shamwow?
head on, apply directly to the forehead?
oxyclean?
vince with slap chop

did any of that survive the test of time

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oh my god
yes
i'm 25 not 3
plus the internet exists

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so infomercials are a yes
razor scooters and hand held gaming devices are a no
this is a fascinating glimpse into cultural relevance

i wonder what this says about us as a species

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i know what razor scooters and switches are
i just didn't get the dumb joke you were making

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am I out of touch?
no, it's the children who are wrong

whatever tiny baby human

oh hey by the way if you didn't see some guy asking for people to Do Something Impactful you might wanna check the network and see if that's up your 'doing shit' alley

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oh my god
you're not even that much older than me
and what thing? the bring down the una stuff?

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yeah, apparently they're like the Big Brother party
if you've ever read 1984
which is not an age joke it's just not everybody reads orwell anymore

just as a general stance it's good to be against consumerism capitalist driven forms of government so you know

throw their tea in the harbor

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are you trying to radicalize me now?

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just throwin out suggestions
damn good way to feel like you've got control of your life, future, and surroundings if you overthrow the fucking government

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that would be a fucking story
i don't know if your world is as messy as mine but
the whole rich vs poor thing is already bad at home
here it's like
infinitely worse

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it was medium-rough
there was definitely an incredible disparity between upper middle class and the poverty line, almost no middle ground, minimum wage was a joke, and multi billion dollar corporations don't have to pay taxes

capitalism has been funding politics more and more

it's not this bad, but it's probably those beginning moments that snowballed to this

burn the oligarchy, redistribute the wealth, etc
I'm sure you've stereotype-insighted this about me already from the pot smoking and the general vibe that I'd buy coffee at a protest

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it was the complaining about rich kids part that convinced me
yeah, it's way worse here
total dystopian hellscape

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definitely what I pieced together
it would be really nice not to watch my second chance world shoot itself

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it sounds kind of like you want to tear down the system

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I've been known to be moderately irritated against the machine

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what a badass
are you going to join morningstar?

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I don't know yet
I wanna get a feel for them
Just because they're rebelling doesn't always mean they're good

the people from it I've met have been, so far

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yeah
at least they help us out
that's something, right?