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my wife's got a weird old man - he doesn't have any friends or family, so he goes into every store downtown to talk at people. it's a bit sad (the consequences of not having third places, etc) but also he says some really weird shit so the goal is always to be kind but not so nice that he'll be weirder at you personally (which happens)
Some guy I was helping years ago went on a rant about how Japan secretly won WWII and now an order of samurai are running the US through the national parks service based out of Alcatraz.
oh man, i would take that in a heartbeat over my usuals