I was not expecting my violent and visceral reaction to seeing this image.

I've learned something about myself today. Thanks, I guess? 😜

'Tis a dream devoutly to be wished.

Enjoy your husband's new estate, I guess?

I hear you. That's big Strange Attractor energy. I've got a lesser form of this... ability? gene? curse?... that I call The Humanity Magnet. Strangers just start talking with me, oversharing more often than not.

And yes, I've been leaving the house less and less over the past 5 years.

It was a perfect fall day on campus too, which made the experience even better.

I think I'm more worried about new AI "features" to "help" us that we won't be able to get rid of. Only 2 hours to go.

I appreciate your effort and reassurance. There's still plenty of misguided decisions to dread, and only 2 hours left to let the anxiety run wild.

"Remember how we said you'd have access to v2 forever? Well, we've rethought that position and we're blessing you with the ability to pay a monthly subscription fee!"

The dread, it lives deep.