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      1 day ago

      If you think I even graced those bozos with so much as a glance, you’re sorely mistaken, stranger. I was speaking to my bartender.

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          23 hours ago

          Can’t really avoid taking to him, ya know? And if you’re asking why I didn’t keep my mouth shut, recall the topic is a papered-over genocide.

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            2 hours ago

            I avoid them by not going to bars lol. If i am at a bar anyway talking to the bartender is one of the hardest parts. They’re always so busy

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              2 hours ago

              I’ve been told I have a voice that people listen to. So, I use it when given the chance. This was a neighborhood brewery in the deep south. People here are polite and will engage. I feel it’s important to at least register my existence as someone passibly literate and semi- informed

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                1 hour ago

                Yeah, that’s awesome! I am just trying to imagine that state of mind where someone would not be uncomfortable speaking to strangers, because it is so foreign to me.

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                  51 minutes ago

                  Not from the south are ya? It’s a true stereotype. People being nice and talking to strangers

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                    22 minutes ago

                    Nope. But i worked for a retail job after high school where we had to help customers, and they were usually happy i was helping them, so that taught me to be a little more comfortable talking to strangers in certain situations.