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[just_displaced]

Ten Things I Worry About:

1. War. Specifically nuclear war, but war in general qualifies, I guess.
2. Hurting someone.
3. My thoughts.
4. What if everything we experience is actually just in our heads and in reality nothing is real.
5. Reality and what defines it. Is it different for different people?
6. What happens after we die.
7. Dying a virgin.
8. Is it really important to wear matching socks? Who decided that? Is that completely arbitrary? Who decides what "matches" anyway?
9. Being stuck in the City forever.
10. Making lists because what if they're not actually the top ten things I worry about and there's something else I want to put on it but the list is already made?


[Cursed with Listmania, of course, and not thrilled about this being shared.]

Comments

[defies_reason]

You worry too much.

[just_displaced]

Yeah, I'd kind of noticed. And now everyone else has noticed. So that's great. Another thing to add to the list to worry about.

[defies_reason]

At least you needn't fear running out of concerns.

[just_displaced]

Yep, that's one benefit to being neurotic: there's always something to occupy your brain with. It's fantastic.

[defies_reason]

You could always list your blessings for a bit of balance.

[thefavorite]

If everything is in your head, wouldn't your head still have to be real?

[just_displaced]

[A long pause.]

That's... a remarkably good point, actually. Although maybe it's a layered type of thing -- I'm just an invention in someone else's head, and then other people're just inventions in my head, and so on.

[thefavorite]

[ Likewise, a long pause. ]

Okay.

I'm real.

[just_displaced]

Okay. I'm relatively certain I'm real, too. So I guess we're in good company.

[thefavorite]

See? Everyone's real. And if they're not, then it doesn't matter anyway, because it isn't real.

[anunluckypenny]

A lot of these're pretty legitimate. Are you really worried about dying a virgin?

[Maybe not a polite thing to ask, but it's a sad thing to be concerned about.]

Socks're tricky. There's a time and a place for mismatching.

[just_displaced]

Yeah. I mean, it's a valid concern. Wouldn't you be worried about it? If you were one, that is. Not that I'm saying I know anything about your sex life.

[Why can't he talk to people like a normal human being.]

I think probably guys have it a little easier with the sock thing, because mostly all we get is, you know, black socks, grey socks, brown socks, blue socks, all the boring colors that kind of blend together anyway. But I can imagine it being a legitimate problem for women, who have more options and thus more opportunities for mismatching or not mismatching, depending on the situation at hand.

[anunluckypenny]

Maybe, but it's not that hard to get rid of it, you know? You're a sweet, good-looking guy. If it's really a worry, nothing's stopping you but you.

[Too subtle? Not subtle enough? Bad idea?]

Well, yeah, but then no one really cares if your socks don't match. If I mismatch some of my cute socks, it looks like a fashion statement instead of an accident.

[just_displaced]

I mean, I guess maybe it's not that hard to get rid of if you're a pretty girl like you. Or if you're a sweet, good-looking guy who isn't also neurotic as hell. But my luck has consistently been terrible, and I don't know how to turn it around.

[Too subtle. Way too subtle.]

Yeah, because you're allowed to wear colors and have fun with how you look. Or at least, more allowed to do it than guys are.

[Not that he's... ever paid attention to those rules, considering the variety of loud colors he's wearing at the moment.]

[anunluckypenny]

It's not about luck, Ginsberg, it's about making a connection with someone. What you'd call neurotic might be endearingly quirky to someone else.

[Sigh. Why's she trying to offer to take Ginsberg's virginity anyway? Just because the person she wants is unattainable doesn't mean she should go around deflowering virgins.]

What's keeping guys from having fun with the way they look?

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[deuterium]

invest in a fallout shelter. nuclear war happens in at least one timeline.

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[just_displaced]

See? Thank you! Everyone tells me I'm crazy for thinking it, but I'm telling you, if the US was able to drop the atom bombs before, there's no reason full-scale nuclear war could be far behind, right?

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[deuterium]

what year is it supposed to be for you? the year it would be if you weren't stuck here with the rest of us.

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[just_displaced]

It's 1968 back home. What year is it supposed to be for you?

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[deuterium]

not 1986

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[deuterium]

might want to hold on to that fallout shelter for another century or so.

[water_wine_wizard]

In regards to number four, according to my brother we're all figments in someone one else's head.

In regards to number seven, I can help you with that.

As for ten, couldn't you just revise it?

[just_displaced]

[Hang on just a second, Laruna, that's a lot of information to take in all at once. Give him a moment... okay, now cue the confused face.]

In regards to number four, I can totally believe that.

In regards to number seven, that's very nice of you, but I'm not sure why you'd offer.

As for ten, yeah, I could. That's why most of these worries aren't rational.

[water_wine_wizard]

Remind me never to introduce the two of you.

And because why not? You're cute. I like the mustache and hair.

[just_displaced]

Because it seems kind of...

[Sudden? Random? Suspicious? All of these are good words.]

... premature.