ikr the more I think of it, the premise of @[email protected] 's story is flawed.
Mid-sized midwestern cities usually have 1-2 universities and often a couple smaller colleges too, which means at least 1 walkable neighborhood with cafes and art galleries and smaller concert venues and populations of people who graduated and stuck around to form co-ops and quirky small businesses because they like the quality of life and cost of living. Not to mention most major acts tour all those cities.
Pharmacy tech? I can easily think of 3 friends who I wish had a job that good. iirc it requires a background check, so that means if you got that job then you don’t have a prison record nor do you have a drug habit that would lead you to start swiping the opiates.
“Sure, it might be a little cringe to see an older person dressing alt,” Sergio said as he looked in the mirror. But you know what? There’s a whole legion of people who don’t care about that, who wear dark clothes and fishnets and dark makeup, who make it a point of pride that they can’t be touched by those people who think that they’re underachievers, those people who call them scrubs, who think that they’re too fat or too poor or wear clothes that don’t quite fit… YES! Crack open a Faygo and put Milenko on loop! For the MC of the story will always be welcome among the JUGGALOS!!! WHOOP WHOOP MMFCL [email protected] !!!
I saw their follow up and I think that it makes more sense in the context provided there. The idea being that this is a person who engaged in the alt version of peaking in high school, compared to what we’re seeing as someone who’s living her best life even if it’s not what others would see as a best life. I’ve met both of these people, as well as those who are just adequately playing the hand they drew.
Also I will concede that mid sized Midwestern cities could refer to Cleveland or to Akron, the former is a perfectly fine achievement to wind up in and for many people even a place to brag about, the latter, well so long as you’re happy, I do have plenty of fond memories of it.
ikr the more I think of it, the premise of @[email protected] 's story is flawed.
Mid-sized midwestern cities usually have 1-2 universities and often a couple smaller colleges too, which means at least 1 walkable neighborhood with cafes and art galleries and smaller concert venues and populations of people who graduated and stuck around to form co-ops and quirky small businesses because they like the quality of life and cost of living. Not to mention most major acts tour all those cities.
Pharmacy tech? I can easily think of 3 friends who I wish had a job that good. iirc it requires a background check, so that means if you got that job then you don’t have a prison record nor do you have a drug habit that would lead you to start swiping the opiates.
“Sure, it might be a little cringe to see an older person dressing alt,” Sergio said as he looked in the mirror. But you know what? There’s a whole legion of people who don’t care about that, who wear dark clothes and fishnets and dark makeup, who make it a point of pride that they can’t be touched by those people who think that they’re underachievers, those people who call them scrubs, who think that they’re too fat or too poor or wear clothes that don’t quite fit… YES! Crack open a Faygo and put Milenko on loop! For the MC of the story will always be welcome among the JUGGALOS!!! WHOOP WHOOP MMFCL [email protected] !!!
I saw their follow up and I think that it makes more sense in the context provided there. The idea being that this is a person who engaged in the alt version of peaking in high school, compared to what we’re seeing as someone who’s living her best life even if it’s not what others would see as a best life. I’ve met both of these people, as well as those who are just adequately playing the hand they drew.
Also I will concede that mid sized Midwestern cities could refer to Cleveland or to Akron, the former is a perfectly fine achievement to wind up in and for many people even a place to brag about, the latter, well so long as you’re happy, I do have plenty of fond memories of it.