When my wife and I both worked retail, we had about 12 of our coworkers over to our tiny apartment for a “retail orphan” thanksgiving and it was one of the best holidays in my adult life.

ooooh Tilda Swinton!

That’s awesome! 👊

damn that goes hard

who can put the right oomph on "while not Olympian"?

I submit Emma Thompson, Maggie Smith, or Jeremy Irons

In a less flippant manner, the arrangement of darknesses against the vibrant store interior is very well done. It reads more like a nighttime storefront outdoors than an airport shop, especially with the gleaming reflection on the tiles, but with a calmer, meditative atmosphere. Thanks for sharing.

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My wife also says “I’m using this cup” as a ward against preemptive strikes

And each time I narrow my eyes, because

are you?

Going solely by titles he’s just a dude trying to hold down jobs in a gig economy operated entirely as euphemism

Parker
The Mechanic
The Beekeeper

Upon further inspection this bit didn’t really have the legs I thought it did

I imagine VCs have Geiger counters to keep themselves from wandering too close to the idea of “lucky rich guy”

I mean, in a global age this is an eight-lane divided highway

Yeah I just checked the original post. At least the comments are mostly English folk shouting “WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT”

This is a decent piece of satire and hilarious if sincere

When I worked at a college, I told our student employees you can’t ironically eat a sandwich.

usually a manifesto instead of a memoir

why do gatsbys come in packs of ten and daisys come in packs of eight