Being physically near to people you care about is huge.

It really is. My best friends live in different states; it's an eight-hour drive between me and Gretchen, and a cross-country flight to Katie. My friends in the area are a 30-40 minute drive, which still feels like a lot, especially driving home after dark on twisty country roads. I don't get lonely much, really, but it would be very good to have friends within 5-10 minutes to hang out with, without having to make plans well in advance. Not sure how many adults actually get to have that, in our society, anymore.

Because I think internet April Fool's jokes like "our site used to be X, but now we're Y!!" are funny, I meant to come up with something for the Good Stuff tumblr, but definitely not Bad Stuff! So I didn't think of anything. Oh well.

Because I think internet April Fool's jokes like "our site used to be X, but now we're Y!!" are funny

I love those. The year PornHub became CornHub was my favorite.

Speaking of Good Stuff, I see stories like this [link] and think they are nice, but then I think why the fuck is an 80-year-old man still needing to work? And then I no longer think the story is good stuff.

What say you?

Yeah, but then half the stories in the world would be not good stuff, I think.

Does Google not do April Fool's stuff anymore? When did that happen?

I can definitely see it giving second thoughts, Jesse.

I am already pre-exhausted from April Fool's. Though my Google calendar did say something about organizing it with a game? So I'm guessing there's something in there somewhere, Amy.

Does Google not do April Fool's stuff anymore? When did that happen?

Google Maps has an old-school snake game: [link]

Yeah, but then half the stories in the world would be not good stuff, I think.

This is why I share so few stories anymore! "Look at this formerly-abused pet!" "Community raises millions to pay for child's medical care!" "Cops do nice thing!"

I think they cut way back, Amy. Not sure when that happened. They have a "snake" game in Maps. Back in the day they'd have something for every feature, right?

I see what you mean, Jesse. In that particular case, it seems like all the individual humans are bringing what good they can into a world with major systemic problems, so, on balance I'm going to say it's Good because that's so often the best we can do and it's worth celebrating

on balance I'm going to say it's Good because that's so often the best we can do and it's worth celebrating

That is a better attitude, thank you.