You reply in the comments, and i try to guess your age based on a short conversation we have. That’s it!

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Hey love this idea! Random shit to start a convo: I just lost my job today (not great but I’ll be ok). I am maybe turning the corner w/ a longstanding chronic pain condition, after which I’m gonna get back to my hobby of fighting people in the park.

Also, if you feel like playing too: what have you been up to today?

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Hey mate glad you like the idea. Sorry to hear about your job. If you just want to vent other than playing the game, then that’s fine too. Happy to hear that you’re recovering from chronic pain as well. You fight people in the park as a hobby? What kinda hobby is that?

I haven’t been up to much. Mostly just brushing up on my Excel knowledge in preparation for my internship next week

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Hi, how’s your week going?

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Hey mate, my week’s been great. I’ve just been brushing up on my Excel skills for my upcoming internship.

How’s your week been?

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Not great, got my first speeding ticket over the weekend. It was a tiny town in the middle of a highway. I strongly suspect that town gets a lot of its income from speeding tickets in a section where they rapidly lower the speed limit to 25 (4 lane road).

So I’m still seething about that.

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25mph speed limit? That is incredibly low. Definitely something shady going on there.

What do you do for a living?

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I’m from Arkansas. Every small town on the highway is a speed trap. Although they haven’t seemed to care as much since the pandemic

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My brain is skibidi tier rotten and I have absolutely no money in my pockets, but Boxxy is still the queen and fr fr nobody can prove me wrong.

…sorry, I’m doing it on purpose to throw you off tracks. How’s going?

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The grammar pedant in me did not appreciate that first paragraph.

It’s going great for now. Tell me about some of your niche interests. Nerd out about it if you want

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If it’s any consolation, the grammar pedant in me didn’t like it either. Even if I was the one writing it. (Also, I’m glad that things are going great for you.)

As for niche interests: gardening, cooking, simulation games, constructed languages, ancient languages. Some tidbits of oil painting, but frankly, I suck at it; perhaps I should stick to digital watercolours. (This reminds me Island - the main character was recalling his travels through Switzerland, his mum painting a watercolour, and his dad sarcastically saying “The milk chocolate advertisement that [brand] rejected.”)

But I digress. My gardening is currently pepper plants, I’m trying to breed a new variety following very specific criteria - heat, colour, shape, size. Once I’m done I’m going to spread the seeds here and there, through the city, as some small act of anarchy.

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That’s a lot of niche interests. Constructed languages particularly are quite the interesting… interest. I never bothered with it because i found no utility for them.

How long have you been gardening?

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The Grammar Police fails to capitalize the pronoun “I”? 🤔

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Hey pal, I’m here to enforce laws not follow them

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You have made that abundantly clear so far. And in so little space!

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Gotta let you know what you’re dealing with.

Anyways, let’s get to the age verification shall we?

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Oh this is such a neat idea for a game! I’ll give you a misleading hint: I grew up watching the Andy Griffith show.

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Well that tells me you’re not a boomer, and most probably not Gen X, at least not early Gen X. So late 80’s 90’s or Gen Z are my initial deductions.

So what do you watch? Do you watch any cable TV?

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What do I watch currently? Mostly just anime and YouTube. You’re basically spot on. I’m 28, so just like right on the line between GenZ and Millennial.

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You didn’t even let me guess🙁. Yeah that’s 1996. I probably would’ve gotten it right though :P

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