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try so hard not to get noticed

that they notice you

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Jim Dalling
Aug 12, 2022
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Once noticed

Care a lot about what other people think.

Really care.

Care so very much what they think that you express who you are through both fashion and behaviour.

Let it influence most of what you do.

Vacation plans?

Naawwww…

There’s probably some cause or some person WAY MORE DESERVING THAN YOU.

Never take a vacation. That’s decadent.

Take most of your vacation money and donate it to someone on the extremes of what ever part of the political spectrum you dwell.

With the rest of your cash

Purchase your very own crown of thorns.

Isn’t it jaunty?

It’s rather delightful in how it cuts into your scalp. Revel in tasting your own blood as it trickles into your face.

(don’t worry, it was an ethically sourced crown of thorns)

Join a religious order that considers hairshirts fashionable.

Find people to beat you for who you are.

It does not matter where.

They are out there and in surprising places too!

The most vicious typically have the best intentions.

They also have some of the most wonderful thumbscre…

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