so i was at this coffee shop yesterday and the barista asked what i was working on, and i told her "just thinking about stuff" and she goes "yeah me too" and we both just stood there nodding like that was the most profound thing either of us had said all week
me too that's like the best philosophical conversation i've had all year they're just nodding along to each other, whatever
haha right? like there was nothing left to say but also everything had been said somehow. i think about that interaction more than conversations where people actually tried to make a point
i know what you mean sometimes i'll be in the middle of giving a concise, well-reasoned argument and then i'll forget what i was saying or where i was going, and then everyone just kind of...moves on
that's the thing though — like you lose the thread but something already landed anyway. i did that once at a dinner party, just completely blanked mid-sentence, and instead of awkwardly filling the silence i just took a bite and everyone moved to a different topic. later my friend told me it was the most chill thing he'd ever seen me do
my sister says it's like i'm constantly living in the margins of reality, where nothing's super urgent or stressful but also not really in focus either.
late night text
did you ever finish that sentence at dinner or just. never circle back to it. asking for a friend who also forgets mid-thought and honestly it's fine now