LET US NOT SPEAK OF SUCH THINGS

The one thing I have do today that requires leaving shelter is picking up more latanoprost. Which means being in the middle of the deluge. So I might as well have lunch while doing it. And it's a good thing that A) I have a thick coat and a sturdy umbrella, and B) there are at least three awnings over empty storefronts within two blocks of the pharmacy.

Yes, I could shelter during in the area in front of the hospital where the pharmacy is located, part of which is recessed. But that would mean being more social than I would normally wish to be, and not smoking my pipe while there.


For me, one of the great functions of Chinatown is as a place to smoke without Karenesque mostly Caucasian earthmothers yelling at me for killing butterflies and little kittens.

A life avoiding the Karenesque Caucasian earthmothers is a good life.
An excellent reason to avoid yoga studios and vegan restaurants.

An added benefit is that it's nowhere near the flood zone.
On a slope, well above sealevel.

It strikes me that one cannot have a civilized conversation with a person keen to show off what an unique, caring, and artistic individual they are, and lecture people about kale, apple cider vinegar, and manuka honey. Which is why the sensible person avoids karaoke joints (erm, I don't follow my own advice there, because I like watching disasters unfold) as well as many coffee shops (poets, writers, deep thinkers, and more unique individuals than you can shake a stick at).

At a Cantonese bakery one seldom runs into totally unique individuals. The patrons are usually there primarily for snackipoos and hot beverages (港式奶茶 'gong sik naai chaa'), secondarily to be undisturbed by creative types. Leave me alone, you crazy bozo, I am snarfing a cocktail bun (雞尾包 'kai mei baau'), I don't know a damned thing about kale (羽衣甘藍 'yu yi gam laan') or gluten (麵筋 'min kan'), besides, everything here probably has gluten anyway, and your meaningful tattoos are really quite appalling (睇到眼都可反感 'tai dou ngaan dou ho faan gam').

In short: Het spijt mij, ik wens niet met u te spreken over die dingen.
Zoals velen hier bent u waarschijnlijk hardstikke dwaas.
Mijn sterrenbeeld gaat u geen klap aan.


對唔住，我唔想同你講呢啲嘢。
同呢度好多人一樣，你可能完全黐線。
我嘅星座唔關你事。



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