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The smallweb draws a certain kind of unhappy cynic. Chronically online, this kind of person sees evil everywhere. Probably depressed, fatigued with the state of the world, and able to find something wrong, immoral or reprehensible in most things. This is the kind of person you are likely to find on Reddit. Here's an example. I'm on the 32-Bit Café forum, where someone started a thread about…
Last day working in a warehouse. Two years spent by Hudson Yards and Sam didn’t even say goodbye. All things considered, it couldn’t have gone any better. I was exhausted after this last shift but I made it to Fulton St. Station. Wet, of course, it hasn’t stopped raining any of the past seven weekends. I put in my two weeks notice and Sam only told me that the company would be finding a…
I read once that a new life comes always at the cost of your old one. I’ve got one foot firmly planted in our future. The prospect of you and me seems recklessly exciting with a million and one possibilities. Will you join me? Presently yours, B New York, 17 October 2023
Before work I made my way over to one of the restaurants near my place. I’d also gone the previous day, so the cook recognized me and smiled when I asked for the same thing again—a spicy hominy and pork soup with lettuce and a tostada. Today it was extra spicy. I couldn’t help coughing and tearing up at the first spoonfuls, and after I’d had some water she laughed and asked if I really liked the…