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[doitrockapella]

Carmen Sandiego

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it." —Winston Churchill

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[doitrockapella]

What does being Pinocchio have to do with not being fazed by anything?

[parodeity]

hes naive as fuck while simultaneously being kind of cynical
like
you know how pinocchio just kinda wandered out in the world to be a real boy
believing all this fairy tale bullshit
and also probably that con air was a good movie or something lame and patently untrue like that
thats john
he just wandered out there and went to make friends with people and believe in like everyone getting along
and like rainbows and butterflies and unicorns
and whenever you expect him to like not be ok with something
like you not wanting to hold hands and sing kumbaya
hes just like haha ok
like its not a big deal

hes kind of a fucking dumbass goober

[doitrockapella]

I see. And are you relieved with this outcome, or does it bother you?

[parodeity]

relieved if continuously baffled
idk why he puts up with me
but hes my best friend so id prefer he continues to do so

[doitrockapella]

He puts up with you because you're charming, intelligent, and likeable. That's certainly why I do.

[parodeity]

[ why the fuck is she saying nice things he can dish praise but taking it is so! embarrassing! and slightly weird these days. ]

personally i am beginning to think he needs someone to mother hen at
or like househusband at
he bought a handvac??
and cleans things
not that i dont clean things but theres like cleaning
and then theres actively cleaning with all the correct tools
and bothering to make your bed
which ftr i dont see the point of
im just gonna get in the damn thing at the end of the day
why tuck everything in if im gonna pull it out again
and if no one else is going to see it
does having a made bed like change your outlook on the world??

[doitrockapella]

I heard once that it has something to do with keeping dust and airborne particulates off of your sheets. But that might just be a lie made up by the make-your-bed contingent to scare people into doing it more.

[parodeity]

even on the off chance it isnt vicious bedmaking propaganda
which i find way more likely than me caring about dust and airborne particulates on my sleep
i choose to believe it is part of a vast chore conspiracy
skipping entirely chores that like matter
like laundry
and idk
putting away laundry nicely
feeding your pets
watering the plants

are you one of the people who has been persuaded by bedmaking propaganda to make your bed or are you a messy freethinker

[doitrockapella]

I have a robot butler that does it for me.

[parodeity]

it says something about you and this city that i cant tell if youre fucking with me or 100% serious

[doitrockapella]

I'm kidding. I don't have a robot butler (yet).

I'm fairly confident I could have one, though, if I wanted it.

[parodeity]

so you were diverting attention from the fact youre part of the bed making brigade and were sworn enemies or something i see how it is

also yeah probably
either via mad money or like
im pretty sure certain people are getting back robotics skills and stuff
hell maybe someone here WAS a robobutler
i wonder what that pays
like probably it doesnt come with dental since robots probably dont need dental
but the other benefits might be nice

[doitrockapella]

You have me all wrong. I'm actually terrible at keeping my house free of clutter — I had someone over recently and I'd left things all over the counters without even thinking of picking up first.

It'd be sort of off-putting, though, wouldn't it? If I had one.

[parodeity]

i find a certain amount of clutter kind of comfortable
im not advocating like leaving crumbs around or like
not taking out the trash
but things that look lived in are a little more easy to handle than modern art clean surfaces i guess?
it feels more like youre in a museum than a house if you do that

also i think that depends on the robot
like if it constantly asked you to touch its muscles yes
if it were less weird maybe no

[doitrockapella]

Why would it need muscles?

Maybe I'll have to take that to heart, about the clutter. I was thinking of buying a second house that would be less intimidating for visitors, but I've been advised that's a stupid idea.

[parodeity]

it wouldnt but mad science is mad for a reason

well
i wouldnt say stupid so much as really fucking extra
which you know can be fun in a way
but clutter is kind of fun to see too i think
not like hoarders ep levels but
like how when you see cds out on someones table
you glance at the titles and you kinda get to know them more
that kinda thing is impossible with neat freaks

[doitrockapella]

I have leftover Chinese takeout on my countertops, a can of half-consumed Arizona iced tea on my table (on a coaster), and family photos tacked up on my refrigerator with magnets.

Read my living situation tea leaves, O oracle.

[parodeity]

what flavor iced tea

[doitrockapella]

Raspberry.

[parodeity]

i assume the chinese is from tonight since leaving leftovers out would be bad for them staying safe but anyway
i divine that
you have good taste in arizona iced tea flavors and dont need to be disowned

also what kind of magnets actually
do you have alphabet magnets to spell out ridiculous messages
or are they like kitschy location ones
or the kinds that fast food places give out like candy
or just functional clip ones

[doitrockapella]

They're round and clear plastic, except colored. So colored transparent plastic with a magnet mounted on the back. They're aesthetic, I think. Or something.

Oh, and I have one of those magnetic poetry sets.

[parodeity]

thats absolutely apalling
ok clearly this needs to be fixed
give me two seconds

[ to. use time travel to send to carmen's doorstep a package of dumb magnets with several sheets of alphabet letters?

this was absolutely a terrible use of time travel. why does dave strider feel a fridge needs to be full on Tacky with magnets.

this is not aesthetic. ]

[doitrockapella]

...

that was LITERALLY two seconds how did you

[parodeity]

i am a very chronologically exact person
but anyway clearly it had to be done
this is basically like saving the universe
only more important

about five minutes later 1/2

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