Thank you for always being there for me, Habibi.
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I wanna be friends with these middle schoolers.
might be the first time anyone wrote that sentence
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I once saw a group of six middle schoolers try to one up each other for half a hour with “put ups” instead of put downs, and it was glorious.
Sounds like a compliment battle.
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Sounds like a compliment battle.
Yeah well fuck you, you're a fantastic human for linking to something like that and I appreciate it
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This was 100% my shop owner my second trip over. Beautiful human by the name of Yusuf. Every time we'd enter his shop it was just one put up after another. We actually were able to secure his citizenship and help him immigrate, which was a rare success story from my experience. All 7 shop owners my first go around were dispatched. Family and all. Horrific.
Yusuf, how goes it my friend?
(This is like '06) "everyday day I'm shufflin'" (sandle life)
Followed by how grateful he was for everything.Oh how my country loves to make promises to good people and abandon them without a thought.
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I think people do not recognize the immense value of weak interpersonal bonds, like going to the same corner store all the time. But they are the glue that holds society together. It's not the deep friendships, you can only have a few of those. It's those people you are acquainted with, and look forward to seeing, people you wave to, all those little connections add up.
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Yeah well fuck you, you're a fantastic human for linking to something like that and I appreciate it
You’re awesome for appreciating them. They’re great for sharing. Lemmy needs more of you.
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You’re awesome for appreciating them. They’re great for sharing. Lemmy needs more of you.
Listen here buddy. Voyager tracks my upvotes and you have 4 upvotes from me across the platform, meaning I think you’re probably a great person. So I appreciate you saying that and I think Lemmy needs more of you too. I wish you all the best
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I think people do not recognize the immense value of weak interpersonal bonds, like going to the same corner store all the time. But they are the glue that holds society together. It's not the deep friendships, you can only have a few of those. It's those people you are acquainted with, and look forward to seeing, people you wave to, all those little connections add up.
The Hidden Brain podcast episode, “Relationships 2.0, The power of tiny interactions” is about just that! Very good episode of a very good podcast.
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I think people do not recognize the immense value of weak interpersonal bonds, like going to the same corner store all the time. But they are the glue that holds society together. It's not the deep friendships, you can only have a few of those. It's those people you are acquainted with, and look forward to seeing, people you wave to, all those little connections add up.
One of the many many reasons I hate big corporations that come in, plop down a walmart, and drive all the local owned businesses out of business.
I visited my dad, and saw the corner store I used to go to when I was a kid, at the top of my dads street. I walked in, and the guy who owned the store when I was 12 still owns it today. His hair is greyer, his face is older, but we IMMEDIATELY recognized each other. He used to have a smaller store across the street when I was 4, but moved to the bigger store when I was 6. He's still there, AND he bought his competition. A different corner store 3 streets away.
He was out of the pina colada drink I used to buy as a kid. But it's partially because the company that makes them went out of business 20 years ago. I jokingly said "The ONE TIME I come to visit, and you're OUT???" And he said "Yeah yeah. Normally I'd have them in that cooler over there, but, ya know....I don't get shipments anymore after that company closed."
Now and Laters are $1.50 now!!! When I was a kid they were $0.05!!! And now they're chewy!!! They used to be hard bricks that eventually softened up after 10 minutes. What is this chewey madness???
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Man, I tell you, there is something nice about being a regular and engaging like that.
You do have to make sure the staff are cool with it, but being able to roll in for your transaction and be happy to see the staff, and have them happy to see you because you're happy to see them and everyone is nice to each other, it fucking rocks.
My corner store of choice, I used to go there for cigarettes almost daily in part because it was such a good time. I could have gone less often and bought more, but it was cool as fuck.
They knew me by name, would ask my dad or wife how I was doing if they went, and they'd send messages back to me.
There were times when things were really busy, and regulars would start bullshitting with staff and each other, and the less familiar customers would be smiling and laughing too because happy is contagious.
How fucking rad is that?
I stopped smoking, but I still find reasons to stop in here and there, and it's still that same friendly, relaxed vibe. It feels like a community in there. That's mostly because the staff are all people that make that vibe possible by being willing to do that social dance. Yeah, the people in the area have to play their part too, but you gotta respect and admire the folks putting themselves out there like that.
Back during COVID, the crew at our stop n rob managed to maintain that community feeling, even behind masks and the plastic shields, while wearing gloves. That's fucking beast mode right there.
You find a store like that, where people can be people instead of machines exchanging goods for cash, that's the place to be.
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Sounds like a compliment battle.
Reminds me of Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns cutting a compliment promo on each other.
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I think people do not recognize the immense value of weak interpersonal bonds, like going to the same corner store all the time. But they are the glue that holds society together. It's not the deep friendships, you can only have a few of those. It's those people you are acquainted with, and look forward to seeing, people you wave to, all those little connections add up.
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My wife and I order breakfast once a week from this local place. They’ve undergone some changes and transitions over the years and in their current phase they partnered with another business (a coffee shop) where they use they kitchen space that came with the building and the coffee shop plays to their strengths.We can’t make as much small talk as we used to with the owners of the restaurant when we go to pick up our food (ordered online 99% of the time), but there’s always a sense of connection in being recognized by the restaurant staff, who will pop out of the kitchen to hand me my order if the baristas are busy, or when the baristas see me and just grab my food from the order window and call my name before I’m halfway through the crowd of customers. I’m a big fish in a very small pond!
