they yammered back and forth

friend falling over himself to be liked by everyone despite only they were there kept making excuses

pissing him off

                Awright  Then you tell me because I think we agree on the premise

Tell me when the decline of the American mind began

Decline . . .

So we don agree

Things rise and fall, there’s fluidity, things are in flux.

                                                           he was unconvincing

Decline of the American mind  I can say

                                              I can even say I recognised it early on

When?

Advent of reality TV

                     Thas when the toilet handle was pulled  Weve been spiraling down since yet to hit bottomflushed

I liked watching it, I watched it with my family.

My family watched it I sat in the room with them an read

You could read while the television was on you werent distracted?

There was nothing to distract me

                                   Youll remember Im from a huge family a survival skill ability to turn off sound

I liked them, I still occasionally watch ‘em. They’re mindless entertainment.

They are

          I don have a TV

Wha youre watching is our deterioration  Lay on top of it smartphones social media AI brick an mortar outlets goin byebye education online social interaction online interfacing online immediacy impatience

                                                                                               he stopped

Go ahead.

I think not

             I feel pessimism coming on

You havent said your piece

I think everything you mentioned is a sign of the times the way things are going. You got to go along to get along.

An you an your everyones are welcome to it

                                                Ill hold down the fort

he saw the expression in his face

                                      No sweat  Its what introverts do

3PMish,  Saturday,  28  9. 24

0927,  day-between-2-Ts,  9  10. 24