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This is a place to share greentexts and witness the confounding life of Anon. If you're new to the Greentext community, think of it as a sort of zoo with Anon as the main attraction.

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If you find yourself getting angry (or god forbid, agreeing) with something Anon has said, you might be doing it wrong.

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[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

why are you posting empty 4chan screenshots?

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 6 points 10 months ago

what? It wasn't empty. There was, um, something about... hmm I don't remember.

[–] 2910000@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago

Aye!!!! More cowbell!!!

[–] ThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A half dozen keychains has the same effect without being quite so odd

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

Make sure they're tied tight to your belt. You don't want them to fall off, like, 'cause, what if you've got seven keychains hanging off your belt, and you're jogging, and you're happy, but then a couple of them fall off but that's cool, you still got five, that's enough. still, then you can keep jogging, and maybe two or three more come off, and now it's getting not as much fun, and now it's not a look anymore, now you're--you got two or three, in-in-in-instead of a whole bunch, and, and people are starting to notice, 'cause if you've got a lot of keychains hanging off your belt, people are gonna be like, "Wow, that's a lot of keychains," but if you've only got two, people are gonna be like, "Hey, what's with the keychains?" or, or, like, if you only have one, people are gonna come up and say, "You know, you got a keychain hanging off your belt," like, like, they're, they're gonna think maybe you didn't know, or maybe it was an accident or something. And, and, and, and people are gonna say, "Hey, how come you've got a keychain hanging off your belt?" And, and what are you gonna say? "Well, I left the house with seven but six of them fell off"? People are gonna think you're an idiot. You see, you've gotta be able to demonstrate that what you're doing is intentional, otherwise people will think you don't know what you're doing. You've, you've gotta appear in the know. You've gotta radiate an aura of control. If, if you only have one keychain, next thing people are gonna notice that your socks don't match or that you're wearing plaids and stripes or something, and nobody's gonna take you seriously

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What have we learned? Anon is boring and wearing soft shoes.

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

might also have a problem with walking normally (constantly crouching, making stealth higher)

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

I have this too. It's when you move too silent. I just start conversations by saying DO NOT BE AFRAID with the voice in their head. Can recommend.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

try burping and then saying "oh fuck yeah that's good" as you approach before you get too close. this way they know you're coming and they know what you'll smell like

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

And if you can't burp, you can instead fart.

[–] yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I hate fartin and wastin' it, I'd rather burp and be tastin' it!

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 1 points 10 months ago

With enough workarounds you can taste your farts as well.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

while you rip you can let out a sigh and say "ugghhh god yea" so again they know What to expect

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 1 points 10 months ago

Username checks out.

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

I think the problem is that

Um

What was I talking about again?

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ooor, someone had to "survive" their family's bullshit and being unseen was the best way to do it. Then it became so ingrained in said someone's existential fingerprint, that they're now a ninja without even realising it.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

You don't need some tragic family background to be soulless creature wearing human costume.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah I'm like this and it's not really a trauma thing for me. I'm just autistic and ADHD which basically means I take advice too seriously and I have a bad habit of getting into someone's field of view or in their way by accident. As a result of being advised to be less visible every time I got in someone's view, I accidentally became invisible. It's something I've been working on lately actually and I've noticed I scare people less often since I started thinking about it

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, bullying at school works too.

[–] Prime_Minister_Keyes@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

And one day when we flee
From our sweet misery
And shed our human costumes then
Revealing somewhat smaller men
Go off to work and then back again

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You don't need to assume that it isn't a tragic familial background, either. Or any other sort of trauma/condition which would push one to close off. Throwing the "soulless" label aroud willy-nilly is just an extension of abusing the "narcissist" moniker. It prohibits any nuance and facilitates unjustified suspicion.

Yes, there are sociopaths who can be considered soulless. But just because one is odd does not intrinsically mean one is soulless. There's a plethora of other potential reasons.

Plus, don't forget, oddity is in the eye of the beholder in the first place. My odd may be completely different than your odd.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I have the opposite problem—I’m a strong impression making motherfucker. Strangers consistently approach me to say “you look like [insert famous person].” Acquaintances tell me “I never forgot you.”

And yet, nobody keeps in touch without a lot of effort on my part. I wish I knew how to transition my “I remember you” power into an “I want to be closer to you” power.

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Give him his soul back you monster

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, you're only allowed one soul.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I am like this and do not understand it. Literally the other day a FedEx guy remembered me because he was my brother's friend, another guy said he remembered me from 2nd grade. Neither of them at all familiar to me, and this happens regularly. I could never be a spy. It's not looks, I'm average in looks. This is not a small town either.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I get alot of people thinking I'm someone else.

Maybe we fought and died together in another life stranger, but I don't know you in this one.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

OP would make a great hunter

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago

That's some medieval ass logic

[–] recentSloth43@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He should play basketball with that superpower

[–] SparrowHawk@feddit.it 1 points 10 months ago

Anon no basket

[–] OrderedChaos@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I can walk in making noise with my feet or humming and still scare people. I think op just works with people who are deeply engrossed in their thoughts.

[–] YarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Live SCP, image of anon is a cognitohazard.

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I also have weak presence, but I like joking about actually being a ninja

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I call it my 'stealth field,' because I can turn it off. It just defaults to on.

[–] emberinmoss@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

You just need to wear something bright--doesn't have to happy bright though, could be like a bright green skull on your shirt or something, bright coloured shoes with black attire. Own that spooky vibe. Lean into it. Be proud of it. You're not soulless, just a spooky ghoul and spooky ghouls are great.

[–] Pyro@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago
[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

I like to say 'knock knock' to get someone's attention, seems to be a little less starting than a hand on the shoulder.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

They should start wearing juggalo makeup

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

OP is a high level rouge with a CHA dump stat.