uncle joe, where are you going?
just out for a walk.
be careful out there, and don’t get into trouble. the world has changed since you have been away.
i have tried to tell you. we all had cell phones, and we did not do much except look at them all day. so i probably know more about the modern world than somebody like you who had to work.
if you say so. but i still say - be careful and keep out of mischief.
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good afternoon, madam. may i ask you a question?
no.
good afternoon, sir. may i ask you a question?
i don’t think so.
you do not think so? why do you not think so? what could i say to make you change your mind and perhaps be receptive to listening to my question?
it was just a manner of speaking. i do not want any part of your question, or any part of you. get lost.
certainly, sir, i had no intention of offending. i wish you well, and hope in the future you become more open to experience in your passage through this curious universe.
good-bye.
good afternoon, sir.
sir? do i look like a sir to you? apologize, or i will summon a policeperson and have you arrested for misgendering me.
i am sorry, madam. i meant no harm, i have read of such things in my sincere attempt to keep up with the rapid changes in modern civilization, but i have been away.
away where? there is no away any more.
i have been a missionary in darkest africa.
there is no more darkest africa. i see that you are a racist and a colonialist and a fantasist or a confidence man as well as a transphobe.
wow, man, i mean madam, that’s harsh.
and did you get that dead fish complexion in darkest africa? i will tell you where you got it - in prison.
you got me.
i know a scam artist like you - from a thousand miles away.
i congratulate you on your perspicacity. perhaps we could do business together. allow me to introduce myself.
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so how did your walk go?
could have been better,, could have been worse.
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