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even for normal people they're not really designed with human joy in mind....but GOD it's miserable trying to start a real thing just from cold texting

i mean look at this what the fuck am i doing. the phrase 'pissing in the wind' comes to mind

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't think you did bad. You provided a genuine compliment and a decent conversation starter

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

thank you - it's very hard continually coming up with perky, happy sounding chat up lines and sending them off into the ether with little response. how do i even know how well i'm doing?