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Random messages and thread continuations welcome here!

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You can only make jokes if delivered stoically so most people miss them when using these umbrellas.


I’m not in the practice of having fun for its own sake, I need to ease into it with useful activities.

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A joke delivered with an umbrella like that is the kind they'll wake up about weeks later.

You'll get there. I have every confidence in your ability to enjoy yourself.

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When the clouds part, one might even say.

In my defense, it’s more difficult than some people think.

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Another great line from That Guy.

From what I've seen you at least have plenty of people that'll help you along with it.

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I’ll take it. I know it started out as a joke, but there’s an appeal to going by a name any might have directed towards them.

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There's comfort in that kind of anonymity, I think. Like distance from yourself.

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There’s that, yeah. Also knowing what it’s like to be one in a crowd of many, considered interchangeable if even noticeable. My name might hold some meaning these days, but it didn’t start out like that. A good reminder, I suppose.

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So it's a nostalgic anonymity?

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Mostly it was just a joke, but with an afterthought element of recognizing how much often falls through the cracks.

[acaseofyou]

Ah, so in a new twist I was the one that made it more serious.

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Don’t worry, it’s not an observation that needs to linger. It can remain a passing realization, and the twist can go back to referring to a dance move and song.