im staying with a friend from high school that lives here with his wife. his directions were pretty bad. let’s leave it there. so i asked chatgpt and its directions were a piece of art. it even helped me save $ with the LIRR train ticket by telling me to choose an option that i would not had chosen myself 

i used to travel asking people everything. and believed it was a powerful source of serendipity and connection. nowadays i feel less like doing that, i don’t really know why

Because you're starting your grumpy old man arc... Happens to us all