he texted :
: I emailed you an article, you’ve
got to read it NOW.
: : NOW?
: : Yes. Please.
: : I’ll take a looksee and get back to you.
he lookedvery briefly bordered on nanoish deleted the email he wasnt
going to go through the pains of textingnot with him half the things he told him he didnt follow
and he didnt like writingNOPE if he had
to endure communication hed talk to him
What the hell? You couldn’t have
looked all the reasons why already.
I didnt he thought hed let him drive the
conversation soif things went off the rails theyd go according to himhis words
How many did you look at?
I didnt
I did.
You understand I sent it to you
because so many reminded me of you.
Thank you You didnt look because you wanted confirmation
regarding yourself
Me? I don’t like being alone.
No you don Though glancing it reminded me of your
beloved Quora site
Beloved? Is not.
No
When we talk you bring it up
frequently
Id say ifya were honest you look at the app out of curiositywas trying to offer him a crust of
bread a few times
a day it must pester you daily ifnot several times a day
And goodness knows your phone has
become an appendage
It has not.
It has
It has not.
This
coud go on forever he thought When we talk When we talk at your
house The phone is always in attendancean
when it chimes you have to see
You
used to say Excuse me
Not no more
it
sounded like he snorted I
look because it could be important.
he
wanted him to think about that
hed give him time
and rope
It could be important.
How many timesnot tha you can
say how many times have you interrupted our
conversation an found the chime to be importantbecause I
cant think of one time
Be that as it may
Quoras mission
statement
It’s a place to gain knowledge.
Not gain an share
Actually its to share an grow world knowledge World
Why do you say it like that?
Im repeating what it advertises
As a matter of fact I have it upGoogled it
An I quote Not all knowledge can be written down, but much of that which can be,
still isn’t. It remains in people’s heads or only accessible if you I think this is my favorite part its only accessible if YOU know the right
people. We want to connect the people OF THE WORLD it doesnt say tha I am We want to connect people who have knowledge Quoras buttering your bread I said tha
Connect knowledgeable people to people who need it, to bring together
people with different perspectives so they can understand each other better,
and to empower everyone to share their knowledge for the benefit of the rest of
the world.
They did say OF
THE WORLD
Pretty fuckin ambitious
And wellwritten Ill add
I don’t see anything wrong with
that.
I don either
But their app chimingyou interrupting our
conversation is wrong Maybe not wrong Inappropriate
It’s neither.
No
I don’t think so.
You don think
I can tell you exactlyyou
can too how many times Ive allowed my cellphone to interrupt
us
Only because you never have it on you.
No
Its not an appendage Only moneymaking entities are interested tha smartphones
are appendages an indispensable like the United States
Thas a joke son a joke The inimitable Foghorn Leghorn
You’re funny hilarious.
he
imagined his deadpan face Im not it is Frankly you are
So you called to insult me?
I did not
I called to tell you
intelligence doesnt bait me but also to
say why I abruptly deleted it
You deleted it?
I wasnt interested but thas not
to say I do not appreciate your thought to extend it to me share it
How could you possibly do it as quickly
as you did?wasn’t your curiosity piqued in the slightest?
It could have beenmight have been
had it not been for the second word of the title
What was the second word?
Astonish
Yes. That’s correct, I recall.
I was astounded Found it astonishing
The title begins Fifteen
Astound Reaso . .
.
. Yes.
Please Listen The
title is Fifteen Astound Reasons Why Intelligent People Would Rather Spend Time
Alone
I’ve already agreed, yes.
Astound is a verb astound cant be
an adjective to describe Reasons Why Fifteen
Astounding Reasons Why
Astound not so intelligent
Didnt hook me
But you knew what they meant. It's a typo.
Yah but thas not wha they wrote
Everybody makes mistakes.
Everyone does But not in a headline
I know wha Im talking about
I was a proofreader for a local newspaper for a year
Astounding
1018, Sunday,
26 11. 23
1244, Sunday
