002: text; subject field: "asking for a friend..."

[eyestitch]

tell me if this has ever happened to you!

you're minding your own business, cute and innocent as all get-out, and someone comes up to you all: 'someone ELSE in one of my dreamories, who is definitely ❌ NOT ME ❌, went through something, and i don't understand it, but i want to figure it out for the sake of this totally different person!'

and you're like: '1st of all, why are you talking to me? and 2nd of all, aren't you just asking for yourself?'

i guess what i'm wondering is WHYYYYYYYY would you do that? after all, we're all in this together! we shouldn't feel like we have to cover these things up! aren't we a support network?? like that gym all the fat people go to for some reason, we should be a JUDGMENT FREE ZONE 🏋️

from now on, i want us all to be way more honest with each other! 💛 if i see anyone else trying to ask a question for someone else's sake, i'm just gonna assume it's from you, okay? ok!

change starts now! it starts here! what sorts of things have you been hiding under cover of asking "for a friend?"

Comments

[thesettingsun]

Does anyone fall for 'asking for a friend', though? It's pointless, so you either need to be more creative or just come out with it.

[eyestitch]

sure they never just say 'asking for a friend,' but it's always like the second less creative equivalent!

like, what would happen if you met someone who ate their boogers?

then you can call that person a certified booger-eater, probably

[thesettingsun]

I could, but sometimes it's better to just let them pretend you don't know their embarrassing semi-secret.

[eyestitch]

because then they won't suspect you of any wrongdoing when someone brings it up an embarrassing situation later?

[thesettingsun]

Because I try to only humiliate people I dislike.

[eyestitch]

don't you think you should dislike someone who's a booger-eater?

gosh, anyway, that's not the point! it's not really acting like you don't know a secret; it's more like, both of you already know, so what's the point? why cover up what's already there?

[thesettingsun]

People are self-conscious even when they don't have to be. It's a human trait, or whatever people are now.