Alienation Proclamation

Want to know a secret? I don't have many friends. Yes, I can count them on one hand. In fact, if I lost three of my fingers on one hand, I would still be able to count them on that same hand.

That's right, I have two friends.

Do I care? Yeah, I cry myself to sleep every night, thinking about how life would be so much better if I had fifty more friends to annoy me.

The two friends I have are all I need. I've known them for at least five years.

What usually ends up happening can be illustrated by a flow chart:

  • I meet someone.

  • We end up in a situation where I have no choice but to talk to them.

  • If the conversation is interesting, I dive into deeper subjects. If not, I feign interest and ask generic questions like “What's your minor?”

  • I get facebooked by the person, then receive no other form of contact (unless through work, school, etc.)

  • I become annoyed and bored by the person—because, hey, they aren't that interesting.

  • I begin making more and more snide/sarcastic comments on a no-regrets basis (you know, those things you just shouldn't say).

  • If all goes well, I can completely alienate the person, keeping them out of my life forever. If not, I have one more target for my sarcasm (I have a genetically inherited sarcastic quota).

  • In the end, everyone's happy. Well, I am at least.

So, there you have it. Not sure what else to say. It seems I tend to get along with people on SW better than RL people. I guess that's what I get for talking to a crowd of semi-intellectual writers, eh?

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  • Lol, you sound like me. I'm the sarcastic, antisocial, evil genius person. I only have two really good friends that put up with my trouble. I really don't play well with others unless they're funny and interesting.


  • Shadow06
    March 30
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    I can relate to this. I don't have a lot of friends either.

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