People who demand nothing of you

Before I get into the post, I want to blow off the dust and say sorry I haven’t written here in over a year. I’ve instead gotten into the habit of writing extremely long Twitter posts ever since they added the feature. I just type 10 paragraphs directly in the box and hit Post. Other than that, I’ve still been journaling every day. Meeting my friend Dan has encouraged me to start up my Substack again. At least, I can cross-post what I’ve been putting on Twitter. At most, it can become something more. If you’re still subscribed, thanks for being here. I've been thinking about what makes some people more enjoyable to be around than others. It might be impolite to talk about this, but at least from personal observation, there are differences in how people make me feel after I spend time with them. To a degree I respect polite fictions and what they do to maintain social ties, so I wouldn't support telling anyone outright if I found them boring—definitely not in front of others, and only v

Before I get into the post, I want to blow off the dust and say sorry I haven’t written here in over a year. I’ve instead gotten into the habit of writing extremely long Twitter posts ever since they added the feature. I just type 10 paragraphs directly in the box and hit Post. Other than that, I’ve still been journaling every day. Meeting my friend Dan has encouraged me to start up my Substack again. At least, I can cross-post what I’ve been putting on Twitter. At most, it can become something more. If you’re still subscribed, thanks for being here. I've been thinking about what makes some pe