Chebucto Regional Softball Club

@llewelly

That sounds scary. Pica sounds like an angry? surprised? muppet.

@Moss

I love this so much. I love that you did this.

@GavinChait @KFuentesGeorge

We were feeling sick so I will need to go next year.

Some of the sounds that Pica makes, I like to imagine what I would think were I in the woods alone and heard such a sound.

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I would think "this is a very silly forest. You have gotta be kidding me"

What would you think if you heard the sound of your pet out in the wild?

@billseitz

I'm not familiar with Mrs Maisel, was it a positive thing?

@quinn

I thought it was a bit forward when he wanted to show me his spreadsheets about the transportation times for different subway lines on just the second date... but I also said YES.

Being a demure woman of quality I did not show my spreadsheets to him about prime numbers until we were going steady.

(this sounds made up but is how it really went down)

these humans think I have forgotten their cruel plastic imposter, but I have not forgotten.
#picathecat #catsofmastodon #cats #revenge

@quinn

He had me good with that one.

@quinn

On my dating profile I added a line that said "maybe we can go protest the Republican national convention together" as a "date idea" and this resulted in fewer messages in my inbox but those that came were higher quality and shortly after I got a note from my now husband asking if I wanted to go to the AMNH and could we talk about Jane Jacobs maybe?

The protest suggestion made most of the "hey baby" type responses dry up.

@amenonsen

Wow! What a curious little creature.

I would have guessed it was a wasp, but I assume you were able to see there were 8 legs?

@quinn

I literally ran the numbers and realized I only met about 3 new people in my age range as friends every 5 years or so.

My husband and I had zero friends in common, did none of the same clubs or activities. We would have never met in NYC if not for the dating app.

@quinn

I agree up to a point. This can be a trap: people will think that just by doing things they care about with other people they will eventually "naturally" just meet someone. It was only when I leveled with myself about what I wanted "I want to get married, a life long relationship" that I started making any real progress.

I knew many nice people but not enough to meet someone like my husband.

Started to think there was something wrong with me since it didn't just magically "happen"

@clayfoot

He's just saying the new buzzword. Matchmaking isn't as complex as people want to make it. The most important thing is that the people want the same kind of relationship. So they have a shared vision of being together that makes sense.

"What would it be like to take care of this person when they are sick? What will it be like to find their dishes in the sink?" These questions are key.

It's pretty normal to want a partner, they won't change who you are or solve your problems.

I always thought that matchmaking should be like a kind of guild, and the matchmakers would have sashes with badges showing off all the good matches they'd made. It'd be all about bragging rights for the kind of people who pride themselves on having those kinds of advanced social skills.

Maybe I will put such a guild in one of my stories.

Louis Rossmann is horrified that there are now paywalls on wheelchairs and we should all be horrified along with him.

He explains how a hacker has circumvented and unlocked these features.

@Susanna55

That could be the more general umbrella. A great deal of the horrors of the "world of dating" seem to come from people who aren't looking for the same thing wasting each others time.

If you want to get in a life long relationship be upfront about that. There are people who are looking for you!

@waitworry

"large hadron clyde-er"

OMG

Lots of people don't want to get married and that's fine. I just think if people want to find someone they should be able to. Being married can be awesome.

@FanCityKnits @knitting @fiberarts

I love this color combo and design. Super cute.

#fedihired ?

What if we started #fediMarried? Bad idea? probably.

I still think there ought to be some kind of introverts matchmaking service. And obviously it couldn't be a paid service as that gets the incentive structure wrong.

I found my husband of 18 years online before "match.com" was totally broken. IDK what I'd do today.

I know 6 people who kind of want to get married but none of them match. Gotta cast a wider net. They are introverts so this will not happen. How many have you got?