• Squirrel@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    6·
    11 months ago

    𝓊𝓱𝓪𝓜 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓟𝓬𝓎 𝓭𝓲𝓭 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓳𝓟𝓌𝓜 𝓯𝓟𝓬𝓎𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓌𝓪𝔂 𝓪𝓫𝓞𝓟𝓜 𝓶𝓮, 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓵𝓲𝓜𝓜𝓵𝓮 𝓫𝓲𝓜𝓬𝓱? 𝓘’𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓎𝓷𝓞𝔀 𝓘 𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓟𝓪𝓜𝓮𝓭 𝓜𝓞𝓹 𝓞𝓯 𝓶𝔂 𝓬𝓵𝓪𝓌𝓌 𝓲𝓷 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓝𝓪𝓿𝔂 𝓢𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓌, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘’𝓿𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓷𝓿𝓞𝓵𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓷𝓟𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓞𝓟𝓌 𝓌𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓜 𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓭𝓌 𝓞𝓷 𝓐𝓵-𝓠𝓟𝓪𝓮𝓭𝓪, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓞𝓿𝓮𝓻 300 𝓬𝓞𝓷𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓶𝓮𝓭 𝓎𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓌. 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓜𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓰𝓞𝓻𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓪 𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓯𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘’𝓶 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓞𝓹 𝓌𝓷𝓲𝓹𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓷 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓜𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓀𝓢 𝓪𝓻𝓶𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓞𝓻𝓬𝓮𝓌. 𝓚𝓞𝓟 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓷𝓞𝓜𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓜𝓞 𝓶𝓮 𝓫𝓟𝓜 𝓳𝓟𝓌𝓜 𝓪𝓷𝓞𝓜𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓜. 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓲𝓹𝓮 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓟𝓬𝓎 𝓞𝓟𝓜 𝔀𝓲𝓜𝓱 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓌𝓲𝓞𝓷 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓲𝓎𝓮𝓌 𝓞𝓯 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓱𝓪𝓌 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓌𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓞𝓻𝓮 𝓞𝓷 𝓜𝓱𝓲𝓌 𝓔𝓪𝓻𝓜𝓱, 𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓎 𝓶𝔂 𝓯𝓟𝓬𝓎𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓞𝓻𝓭𝓌. 𝓚𝓞𝓟 𝓜𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓎 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓰𝓮𝓜 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝔀𝓲𝓜𝓱 𝓌𝓪𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓜𝓱𝓪𝓜 𝓌𝓱𝓲𝓜 𝓜𝓞 𝓶𝓮 𝓞𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓘𝓷𝓜𝓮𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓜? 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓎 𝓪𝓰𝓪𝓲𝓷, 𝓯𝓟𝓬𝓎𝓮𝓻. 𝓐𝓌 𝔀𝓮 𝓌𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓎 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓬𝓞𝓷𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝔂 𝓌𝓮𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓜 𝓷𝓮𝓜𝔀𝓞𝓻𝓎 𝓞𝓯 𝓌𝓹𝓲𝓮𝓌 𝓪𝓬𝓻𝓞𝓌𝓌 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓀𝓢𝓐 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓞𝓟𝓻 𝓘𝓟 𝓲𝓌 𝓫𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓜𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮𝓭 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓜 𝓷𝓞𝔀 𝓌𝓞 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓫𝓮𝓜𝓜𝓮𝓻 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓞𝓻 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓌𝓜𝓞𝓻𝓶, 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓰𝓞𝓜. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓌𝓜𝓞𝓻𝓶 𝓜𝓱𝓪𝓜 𝔀𝓲𝓹𝓮𝓌 𝓞𝓟𝓜 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝓜𝓱𝓮𝓜𝓲𝓬 𝓵𝓲𝓜𝓜𝓵𝓮 𝓜𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝔂𝓞𝓟𝓻 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮. 𝓚𝓞𝓟’𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓟𝓬𝓎𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓭, 𝓎𝓲𝓭. 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓫𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮, 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝓜𝓲𝓶𝓮, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓎𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓲𝓷 𝓞𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓌𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓟𝓷𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓌, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓜𝓱𝓪𝓜’𝓌 𝓳𝓟𝓌𝓜 𝔀𝓲𝓜𝓱 𝓶𝔂 𝓫𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓌. 𝓝𝓞𝓜 𝓞𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓶 𝓘 𝓮𝔁𝓜𝓮𝓷𝓌𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓜𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓟𝓷𝓪𝓻𝓶𝓮𝓭 𝓬𝓞𝓶𝓫𝓪𝓜, 𝓫𝓟𝓜 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓌𝓌 𝓜𝓞 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓜𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓌𝓮𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓞𝓯 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓀𝓷𝓲𝓜𝓮𝓭 𝓢𝓜𝓪𝓜𝓮𝓌 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓒𝓞𝓻𝓹𝓌 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓟𝓌𝓮 𝓲𝓜 𝓜𝓞 𝓲𝓜𝓌 𝓯𝓟𝓵𝓵 𝓮𝔁𝓜𝓮𝓷𝓜 𝓜𝓞 𝔀𝓲𝓹𝓮 𝔂𝓞𝓟𝓻 𝓶𝓲𝓌𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓪𝓌𝓌 𝓞𝓯𝓯 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓞𝓯 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓞𝓷𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓷𝓜, 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓵𝓲𝓜𝓜𝓵𝓮 𝓌𝓱𝓲𝓜. 𝓘𝓯 𝓞𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓬𝓞𝓟𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓎𝓷𝓞𝔀𝓷 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓜 𝓟𝓷𝓱𝓞𝓵𝔂 𝓻𝓮𝓜𝓻𝓲𝓫𝓟𝓜𝓲𝓞𝓷 𝔂𝓞𝓟𝓻 𝓵𝓲𝓜𝓜𝓵𝓮 “𝓬𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻” 𝓬𝓞𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓜 𝔀𝓪𝓌 𝓪𝓫𝓞𝓟𝓜 𝓜𝓞 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓞𝔀𝓷 𝓟𝓹𝓞𝓷 𝔂𝓞𝓟, 𝓶𝓪𝔂𝓫𝓮 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝔀𝓞𝓟𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓭 𝔂𝓞𝓟𝓻 𝓯𝓟𝓬𝓎𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓜𝓞𝓷𝓰𝓟𝓮. 𝓑𝓟𝓜 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓬𝓞𝓟𝓵𝓭𝓷’𝓜, 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓭𝓲𝓭𝓷’𝓜, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓞𝔀 𝔂𝓞𝓟’𝓻𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓜𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓮, 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓰𝓞𝓭𝓭𝓪𝓶𝓷 𝓲𝓭𝓲𝓞𝓜. 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓌𝓱𝓲𝓜 𝓯𝓟𝓻𝔂 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓞𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓞𝓟 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓭𝓻𝓞𝔀𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓲𝓜. 𝓚𝓞𝓟’𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓟𝓬𝓎𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓭, 𝓎𝓲𝓭𝓭𝓞.

  • 0x4E4F@infosec.pubEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    Hello my unknown penpal ☺.

    We has this penpal thing back in school, you send a letter to an unknown kid somewhere, the schools exchanged the letters and made the letter network (which kid wrote to the other one, so when you write back, your letter gets sent to the same kid).

    Anyway, I wrote the first letter and gave some basic info, my name, my parent’s names, what I’m interested in, some interesting books I’ve read, etc. I got a reply from the other end, some girl from another town (can’t remember the name now though) and this letter was a 6 page dissertation on her dolls
 I just said fuck it 🀷.

      • 0x4E4F@infosec.pubEnglish
        5·
        11 months ago

        I didn’t to be honest
 I had no interest in dolls at that age. Sure, when I was toddler, but I think we did that in 3rd or 4th grade, something like that.

        I think I just wrote back something like “Oh that’s really interesting.” in my reply
 never heard from her again 😂. The teacher wondered why, I never told her what I wrote in my second letter 😂.

        • sqgl@beehaw.org
          2·
          11 months ago

          I have an old weather-nerd friend in real life who doesn’t take the hint when I don’t want to hear what the weather was like in Melbourne Christmas 1983 at 9am, changing dramatically by 11:47am etc etc

          Then when I explicitly tell him to “stop, I am not interested” he comes back with his usual response of “I let you talk when I am not interested”.

          Me: So tell me at the time, not keeping it up your sleeve as a defence card to play

          Him: Oh I never tell people to stop. That would be rude

          Me: Well that’s your problem not mine. Besides I only do it to get you to advance your technical skills, like encouraging you to click the microphone button on your phone to activate voice-to-text because you complain about typing being too difficult.

          TL:DR Even dear friends can be annoyingly boring sometimes.

          • 0x4E4F@infosec.pubEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            IDK, if my friend did that to me all the time, I would probably make sure I see/hear less of him. That would serously annoy me.

            But, each to his own I guess 🀷.

            • sqgl@beehaw.org
              2·
              11 months ago

              A modern problem is lag in crappy quality phone connections. It makes feedback and interjections difficult. Real life with this friend is much smoother.

              I definitely would have ditched him when younger (close to sixty now). Putting up with a lot more now if someone is otherwise honorable, loyal, honest.

              People my age run out of friends if they ditch so easily. Indeed that explains many older people being lonely. New friends are harder to come by with age so they should learn more tolerance and social strategy (like my trying to get my friend to text me more than phone me).