You run in the same limited circles for long enough and you start to pick up some very niche social signalling that you associate with “the cool kids”.

Unrelated, here’s a photo of my pocket reform ina coffee shop and Friendly Computer 2. I am valid.

Black pocket reform and black totem keyboard next to a flat white on a coffee shop table.Friendly Computer 2, a black and white zine boasting interviews with 100r and the tangara crew
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