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[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

And they use... reddit... eew

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Most people around me are significantly less me than me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I'd be you sometimes if I wasn't so busy being me. Sometimes it might be cool to be you and not me. Even something as benign as the way your mouth feels when closed,

do your teeth line up better than mine? Or have you developed a weird way for your jaw to rest due to clipping teeth if you're not careful.

Anyways I think it's my turn to report in on the huddle so bye

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

The street address?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago

I live in my house, they don't.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

It is so brave of you to share your struggle with that horrible affliction with us here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I'm weird. No sacaram intended.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They're middle-aged, while I'm... blessed with experience.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

I'm... blessed with experience.

... Approaching 60 BTW

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Compared to them, I'm broke. My street has 1.8mil+ houses on it. We got a super good deal on this place, it's getting leased to us at cost.

We have to drive 10 minutes away to go grocery shopping. Not that there aren't stores around here, but who wants to pay $8.39 for a box of organic hippy brand cereal?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Don't really know, I've never talked to any of them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

They're conservative Christians and I'm a socialist atheist πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I live in my house, they live in theirs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Maybe you should try living in theirs

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm a foreigner. Most aren't. I work from home. Most don't. I drink kava everyday. I doubt anybody else does.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

nothing. I am a very ordinary earthling in a very ordinary and nondescript living area. Everything is very very typical and does not stand out at all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

And I walk with my human legs. Nothing to see here.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I think we're the only middle aged couple with no kids on this street and adjacent ones. Every couple I've seen even remotely near our age when we walk our dog either has children or a pram.

Did try to make friends with some new neighbours a while back that were roughly our age. Very friendly first chat, they were both enthusiastic about greeting us - they approached us first.

The first thing they asked was whether we had children, when we said no they were visibly disappointed and seemed to lack interest in furthering the conversation.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I’m the only one with a key to this door

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They’re all cunts. I’m not quite so bad.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Funny they said the same thing!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

I don't own a car

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I ride a bike as my primary form of transit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm the only one not buying or selling drugs

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Have you considered trying to be a market disruptor by leasing drugs?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

In contrast, I'm doing the most drugs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

My NZ accent

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Nobody is ever outside, unless they are mowing their lawn. Even when its nice out

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Language skills. I suck at the local language. The rest of them are native speakers.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

My neighbors come in two main flavors: they're all either devoutly religious or think the moon is hollow. I'm just a regular atheist, guys, stop freaking out about fake shit!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

They do things the way they want while I'm doing them the way I want. Which is clearly the superior way (though they disagree).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Age. I live in a beach community and most my neighbors are all retirees.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

No kids and I drive a shit car.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I am not on Nextdoor, despite the invites.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

They don't know I'm watching them.

I'm always watching.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

What a strange question to ask

Can I ask what brought this about?