What will happen to me if I do that? […] Will I become the mood lighting?
Idk, I may assist with a colonoscopy today. Simon Louis has an extra 7 feet of intestine, and the colonoscope won’t reach all the way. […] Or is it Louis Simon? Anyway Not sure if I’m down to party. Wbu?
You're not going to the rooftop thing? The fireworks?
Also if I end up assisting, it's not like I'm going to be busting my ass, either. I'll just be touching them on the stomach and going, "Ah. Looking very regular in here. Keep up all the good work eating your fiber."
I knew there was a reason we got imaginary married. Among all the other reasons. Like I'll go to a 4th beach party for the hang-out, and firecracker slushies are actually really good. But other than that, eh. You feel me.
Napping is taking care of yourself, and that's very goated behavior, too.
It's very "there's nothing better to do" behaviour, but thank you. I highly recommend taking a break from the horrors of consciousness on the company dime if you can swing it.
I'm actually trying to see if it's possible for me to take a micro-nap while crouching in an electrical closet. I wake up very easily, but my big problem is falling asleep quickly on command.
Sometimes at 3:00 AM I'll be like, okay, I get it, we're thinking. We're capable of conscious thought. Let's try some dreaming now.
I would sleep standing up if the electrical closet was tall enough for that. But I could only sleep standing up if I had my neck at an almost 90-degree angle, and that sounds like it'll be a headache to deal with later on (literally). So I'm going with sleep-crouching. Like a Gollum.
Yeah, that's kind of true. They give off ultrasonic and chemical distress signals to warn other plants when they're damaged, but they don't have thoughts and feelings the way humans and other animals do, so a lot of that's just people projecting. TL;DR grass doesn't experience existential dread, but it doesn't enjoy the sensation of being cut, either.
Ahh, like that coyote and sheepdog cartoon. I see.
Wow, plants are just like us. I also give off a chemical distress signal to warn others when I'm being damaged. Scientists are calling it "flop sweat." Now if only we could get rid of that existential dread
That was a deep pull, man. Are you a fellow Looney Tunes connoisseur?
Oh I'll judge anything. I also thought Lincoln was kind of ass. Least favorite Daniel Day-Lewis movie.
So, question. You really don't eat food at all? Or you can but you don't need to? Sorry if this is a repeat question, I just want to make sure I really get it.
I never said I wouldn't judge. I'll judge anything. I'm a proud hater. The whole "what is art?" argument is just a big philosophical thing that maybe I shouldn't have read into so literally.
I can eat food, I just don't need to. Kind of like how a carnivorous plant doesn't need to eat insects, but it can if the opportunity comes up. I don't really get hungry in the conventional sense but sometimes I want a little taco as a treat, or whatever. If that makes sense. But it's more work than just passively absorbing sunlight.
No, you understood me right the first time. I’ll judge and say something isn’t art lmfao. I think big philosophical arguments are fun. […] And count as art lmfao.
So do you have favorite foods you go for when you want a little carnivorous plant treat? What’s your flavor profile?
Oh, all right, then. I do love a big, philosophical argument. One of my specialties used to be taking stuff that rich, fancy assholes didn't consider to be art and arguing that it was had more cultural value than whatever nepo baby shit they were into that month.
This is a very disparate flavor profile, my friend lol. You’re hard to pin down. I like to think that I’ll eat anything, but that’s not true. Cheese is a hit and miss with me. Not especially crazy about cream-based pastas. I never had Caesar salad before boarding school, and even to this day I have to be in the right headspace for it and steel myself.
Well, now I'm self-conscious. I'm not defending a thesis any more. What if I hate on Banksy and you throw me in the lake?
Sorry! I dunno, I'm just going off the top of my head. I wasn't a big cheese fan even when I still ate cheese. Not really much of a dairy guy. I don't "get" Caesar salad. It's just wet lettuce.
I’d have to touch you to throw you into the lake, and I can’t, so you’re safe from these philosophical hands. Visual art isn’t really my forte, anyway. When I was 11, I’d sit with a book of Thomas Kinkade paintings at the JEF library and pretend I lived in one of the houses lmfao. I’ll probably accept anything you say re: art—unless you say Thomas Kinkade is dope, because I know better about that now.
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To you as well. How are you spending the day off?
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Idk, I may assist with a colonoscopy today.
Simon Louis has an extra 7 feet of intestine, and the colonoscope won’t reach all the way. […] Or is it Louis Simon? AnywayNot sure if I’m down to party. Wbu?dm, 7/4
That sounds [...] productive.
I'm not partying. Everything I was going to do sounds lazy compared to doing a colonoscopy, though.
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Also if I end up assisting, it's not like I'm going to be busting my ass, either. I'll just be touching them on the stomach and going, "Ah. Looking very regular in here. Keep up all the good work eating your fiber."
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But you're helping someone. That's cool! I was just going to take a nap.
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Napping is taking care of yourself, and that's very goated behavior, too.
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It's very "there's nothing better to do" behaviour, but thank you. I highly recommend taking a break from the horrors of consciousness on the company dime if you can swing it.
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Maybe you could learn to sleep standing up like a horse.
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I would sleep standing up if the electrical closet was tall enough for that. But I could only sleep standing up if I had my neck at an almost 90-degree angle, and that sounds like it'll be a headache to deal with later on (literally). So I'm going with sleep-crouching. Like a Gollum.
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Do you think Gollum ever lies down or does he only do the little frog crouch thing?
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I think when he finishes his shift being a sick freak, he gets home, stands up straight, and starts talking normally.
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Ahh, like that coyote and sheepdog cartoon. I see.
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Now if only we could get rid of that existential dreadThat was a deep pull, man. Are you a fellow Looney Tunes connoisseur?
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Hell yeah, I am. They're Art.
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So, question. You really don't eat food at all? Or you can but you don't need to? Sorry if this is a repeat question, I just want to make sure I really get it.
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I can eat food, I just don't need to. Kind of like how a carnivorous plant doesn't need to eat insects, but it can if the opportunity comes up. I don't really get hungry in the conventional sense but sometimes I want a little taco as a treat, or whatever. If that makes sense. But it's more work than just passively absorbing sunlight.
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So do you have favorite foods you go for when you want a little carnivorous plant treat? What’s your flavor profile?
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There's a little vegan shawarma place in Boston that's pretty good. Also: Montréal bagels. Spicy miso ramen. If I'm gonna go through the effort of eating something, it's got to be way better than soggy cafeteria egg salad sandwiches, y'know? I used to be really into cooking, but it's usually just not worth the bother now.
What about you?
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This is a very disparate flavor profile, my friend lol. You’re hard to pin down. I like to think that I’ll eat anything, but that’s not true. Cheese is a hit and miss with me. Not especially crazy about cream-based pastas. I never had Caesar salad before boarding school, and even to this day I have to be in the right headspace for it and steel myself.
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Sorry! I dunno, I'm just going off the top of my head. I wasn't a big cheese fan even when I still ate cheese. Not really much of a dairy guy. I don't "get" Caesar salad. It's just wet lettuce.
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Thomas Kinkade paintings are made to sell jigsaw puzzles.
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left outside Lou’s apartment, early evening 7/4