everythingās complicated
everythingās a struggle
have you noticed?
itās a psychological horror
is this feeling the āadult disillusionmentā I keep hearing about?
I mean, things work, if you sit on them like an eggā
if your mother things along and helicopter a result.
I mean, what do people do who don't have
my resources and sunny disposition?
I get Americaās increasing paranoia but I think that it's *** backwards. Even if someone's were out to āgetā you, no one actually cares about doing their job anymore. There's just so little competence around, that the dysfunction feels intentional. And because you need something and youāre helpless, you can't help but feel targeted.
But I think I figured it out, so let me elucidateāthey aren't giving YOU bad service, it isn't personalāeveryone is getting bad service, two pieces of chicken in the box when you ordered three, five day delivery when youāre clearly paying for two, failureās become routineāendemic.
My go-to phrase has become, āWhatāll it cost?ā (the answer, usually: twice as much) āMake it so,ā I say, swiping something with my Apple Watch, and suddenly, everything works!
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A song for this:
decide to be happy by MisterWives
BLT Merriam Webster word of the day challenge 03/29/25:
Elucidate = to make something clear and easy to understand
My ex-navy stepfather always says, āMake it so,ā itās an old navy phrase that means, āproceedā