me: "hey, so i just got back from a week in the bahamas."

you: "wow! that sounds great! what was it like?"

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me: "man, i've been going through some seriously heavy emotionally draining shit lately, but kind of had an epiphany last week that really helped solidify my perspective."

you: "wow, that's cool. i know things have been crazy for you. i'm glad to hear something good has come of it. what happened?"

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me: "last week i took a vacation, drove to socal, hit disneyland, drove to the grand canyon, and road tripped my ass off."

you: "that's cool. i love that trip. how many times did you hit space mountain?"

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me: "just got back from faire."

you: "aw, man! i wanted to go but i missed it! did you see ron and barbara and frank and scooby and walrus and mike and..."

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me: "i went to burning man."

you: "fuck you, you elitist dirt-eating fucking smelly hippy. there's nothing of any value there whatsoever and i have absolutely no interest in hearing anything about your experience, regardless of what happened."

me: "but it changed my-"

you: "yeah, whatever, my life changed by having a good bowel movement. save it for those other assholes who waste their time and money on it. i don't care."