Many was the time, in my 20s, when I sat in the cool air of a Kansas evening, listening to the petty complaints of coworkers and friends. I’m not exactly nostalgic for it, but at the same time I do miss knowing people who could stimulate me mentally. That’s not to say that the people I still know aren’t mentally stimulating, but they are all far away and text or a phone call isn’t the same as breathing the same air, in the dimming light on the plains. It must be very different working retail these days. If any of your coworkers are terminally online you might have a cancerous creature potentially roving the halls of your workplace. Held back by little more than the danger of starvation and homelessness. I got out before that sort of thing started seeping into the real world so much. It was bad enough with regular cancerous people. I’m not sure how I would fair if I had to fight the battles I fight online in person. I guess I would at least be physically intimidating and surprisingly charming in person. I dare not ask what it’s like for fear that the comments would devolve into conflict. It’s already been edging that way over little things for a while. It’s not unnatural for people to get crossed purposes though. I can detect a difference though. Tone, subject matter, and ad homonym. The hallmarks of terminally online behavior. I fear that soon there will be very little difference between online behavior and real world behavior. It’s already been merging, much to the detriment of all, for decades. It’s a blessing that the merging has been mercifully slow at least. I wonder where I would be if I hadn’t chosen to drop out. I guess I already know.

I think I should stop typing. My mind is wandering to places that require too much explanation and I have neither the time, nor inclination, to bother with the exposition. The weekend is upon us. I hope it greets you kindly. Maybe I’ll take a little time for myself on this weekend. Maybe I’ll think about it, but not actually do it. It will resolve into reality at some point. In any case I will return on Monday with more comic. I hope you will still find yourself invested enough to return. In fact I hope you will find yourself so invested in it that you will invest in it monetarily. I have secreted links to do so about the webpage. Can you find them? I’m sure you can. In any case, until we meet again, this comic was brought to you by the letter P, and the number 9.

2973 A Missing Part.

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