Jun 13
When I made the mistake of taking her for granted, and lost her, lost my mind. Only took me 4 years to find it again. Thank goodness! All dusted off and good as new.
And better for the wear actually…
I’m back and ya’ll Clip Artists are fuqqqed. It’s always legacy stories. Never wanted to be a journalist in the first place. Just really good at it so…here we go!
#TheUneven #PercyAswell #CausationalJournalism #SpyForThePeople #Undercover #WhereAmI #WhosAMole #PickUpThePhone
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I’m gonna need Tony khan to #pickupthephone because imma need Brody king to win something STAT
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May 30
Pickupthephone va devenir "Pickedupbyan ambulance" on va te choquer avec mes harags d’idf
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May 16
May 16
Maxey off my team in a month let’s go
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May 9
~ TRUE MICKEY AND HOURGLASS REDESIGN :D
#Fnati #TREASUREfanart #Hourglass
#true #mouse #pickupthephone
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May 7
The difference between mature and immature people is not chronological age. It is that the mature person, when angry, breathes for a moment and then asks the source a direct question. The immature person tweets vague subtweets at 11 PM and then says publicly they do not want to talk about it.
You know exactly what I mean. You have done it. I have done it. Probably half the people reading this did it last weekend without admitting it to themselves. The pattern is so consistent across age groups and cultures that it is almost comforting in its predictability.
Something happens. You are hurt. You are angry. You feel completely justified in being both at the same time. So instead of going directly to the source of the hurt and saying simply "this hurt me, can we talk about what happened," you do the modern thing. You go online. You post something cryptic and slightly pointed. Something the actual target of the message will immediately recognize but nobody else in your audience will. You enjoy the small but real dopamine hit when they see it and either react publicly or message you privately asking what is wrong.
Then when they ask what is wrong, the move is always the same. You say nothing. You say you are fine. You say you do not want to talk about it. You say you just needed to vent. All of which translates accurately as "I want you to know I am angry but I do not have the courage to say what I am angry about so I am going to make you guess while I performatively withdraw."
That is not strength of character. That is not healthy boundaries. That is not the much abused phrase about protecting your peace. That is a fifteen-year-old emotional skill set in a forty-year-old body with a slightly bigger vocabulary and a smartphone.
I caught myself doing this exact thing last year in March. Got hurt by a friend. Posted something subtweet-shaped on X about loyalty. Felt momentarily satisfied. Then realized two hours later that I was 53 years old and behaving exactly like the version of me from 1989 who slammed doors instead of saying what I actually felt. The post was up for fifteen minutes before I deleted it and called the friend directly. That call was uncomfortable for forty minutes. It also resolved the thing.
Real maturity is uncomfortable in the moment. Real maturity is calling the person and saying explicitly "this hurt me" and then sitting through whatever their response is even when their response makes you angrier momentarily. Real maturity is the boring private conversation that nobody wants to have because the alternative is feeling justified for fourteen more days while the resentment compounds.
The subtweet is therapy for cowards. The phone call is therapy for adults.
Nobody is modeling adulthood publicly anymore. Half the people my age still passive-aggress on social media like they are back in high school cafeterias forming alliances against absent classmates. The technology made it easier than it has ever been to be emotionally underdeveloped. The platforms reward the behavior algorithmically with engagement. The people normalized it by all doing it simultaneously.
Pick up the phone instead.
Even when it hurts to dial.
Especially then.
#NoahDaren #PickUpThePhone #3AMThoughts #QueensNY #RealTalk #ThoseWhoCameFromTheCode #TherapyForCowards #FifteenYearOldsWithSmartphones #TheBoringConversation #EspeciallyThen #IDeletedItIn15Minutes
ALT March of last year I caught myself at 53 doing the same passive aggressive move I used to do at 21. Posted a subtweet about loyalty. Felt momentarily good. Realized two hours later I was acting like 1989 me with a smartphone. Deleted it. Called the friend. Forty uncomfortable minutes resolved what fourteen days of resentment never would have.
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Apr 24
It’s taking over 😩🤣 #pickupthephone #Amber
Apr 22
Been on TikTok and now I have
“Pick the fcuk now, if you want this relationship to last, pick up the phone.
I swear to god Amber” stuck in my head! 😭😭
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Andrade vs Speedball v RUSH vs Mark Davis vs Ricochet vs Komander in a 6 man Ladder Match at Dynamite Spring Breakthrough for the Vacant TNT championship #PickUpThePhone
😐
Apr 6
give el idolo the tnt title and let him make magic
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