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[cactusy]

is the place that doubles as an arcade seriously the only bar in town? where do you people go to get plastered and make bad decisions?

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[cactusy]

because different places have different vibes, and sometimes you're not looking for arcade games.

[levelshift]

[Okay, for a teenager who puts a lot of emphasis on aesthetics (and forever denies it) this is understandable.]

What kind of vibes do you want, then?

[cactusy]

low lights, loud music, and a crowd

the first two are easy to pull off, but the third sounds like a losing battle

[levelshift]

Not unless you ask the robots for help, and I don't think they'd be very good at partying.

[cactusy]

good thing I'm not that desperate. that would be a sad state of affairs

[levelshift]

They'd try their best.

[It'd just be a robot's approximation of partying, which... yeah.]

I'm surprised people aren't piling up with socialization offers. Someone around here had a party or some shit, it's not like there's a shortage of extroverts.

[cactusy]

not all socialization is interchangeable. personally, I'm not a big fan of dinner parties or rock-painting parties or whatever else people here get up to.

[levelshift]

Dinner parties are shit around here so that's good.

What the fuck is a rock-painting party?

[cactusy]

what does a rock-painting party sound like it is?

[levelshift]

I didn't think it'd be literal.

I'm not someone who likes parties, and even I think that's sad.

[cactusy]

the dude got excited about it, too. these are the dire straits that people here are in.

[levelshift]

Seriously? It's not like we're in some wasteland devoid of entertainment. There's better shit to do here than paint rocks.

[cactusy]

maybe it was the first time he was able to indulge in his creative side

[levelshift]

Even if it is there have to be better options available around here than rocks.

[cactusy]

I would have accepted painting easels

not my scene, but I get it

[levelshift]

People like painting their fucking fingernails, even that would've been better.

[cactusy]

I've done my nails before

or had them gone

I'd still pass at doing it at a party though, it's too high school sleepover

[levelshift]

I haven't.

Yeah, it is. High school sleepover is a step up from elementary school arts and crafts, though.

*DONE not gone

[cactusy]

I'd say they're equally bad for different reasons

I figured!

[levelshift]

Really? Why?

[cactusy]

for the same reasons kids and teenagers are annoying in different ways. high-schoolers come with weird posturing and failed attempts at maturity

[levelshift]

[..................................

He's a little annoyed by this, but it's true. There are kids back home that he knows who fit that description perfectly.

(But not himself, of course. He's come a very long way!)]

They can be annoying, but that's easier to shut down than a little kid being irritated. Those brats are relentless.

[cactusy]

[Regrettably, Shaw has no idea she's talking to a teenager.

Even more regrettably, she wouldn't respond any differently even if she did know.]

I had a conversation about this with a friend not too long ago

I'm going to copy and paste what I said to him

babies are better than children are better than teenagers

the older they get, the worse they get, until they hit about 25

[levelshift]

I've got no experience with babies.

[Babies never even occurred to him.]

So what, do people suddenly become tolerable when they age from 24 to 25?

[cactusy]

no way

but it goes back down a little. 75% intolerable instead of 100%