This is so deep. You’re free but in a world that doesn’t exist for you. Gonna need some alone time to reflect. Wow

honestly a really good social rule of thumb is to not interrupt people. to notice the urge to interrupt and just drop the impulse regular interruption is such a social atmosphere pollutant give people space to surprise and delight and they will the only exception to this is

my new working theory on the loneliness crisis is to stop aiming to find friends. to make friends assumes an end goal. rather, aim to achieve the feeling of connectedness. a life filled with connectedness is someone who looks up when they walk around. they smile at the people

Everyone seems furious about this cover but as a native New Yorker, let me just say that this specific type of transplant is load-bearing for this city. This is what Carrie Bradshaw was. They move here to take jobs in publicity or marketing, drink too much on the weekends, post

the body and blood of Christ

the key to healthy relationships is taking turns being the sad one

Love! A diff way to say this is good-naturedness: are you the kind of person who can speak & laugh easily with lots of different people? It’s not really “charisma” as some people in the thread suggest, more like intellectual curiosity applied to people Or, from Virginia Woolf:

i have a friend that's 6'2, grew up on a farm, really likes his job, loves books and quiet study, but wife is still really mean to him. what is happening

my dream relationship is a neverending conversation

my hot take is half the people in tech who “love the grind” are just running away from an emotion they’re too scared to feel and may spend the rest of their lives doing so ad infinitum

All I want is some pretzels is that too much to ask?