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    7 days ago

    Are these British or Canadian aliens, perhaps, or is apologising to inanimate objects and people who walk in to you more universal?

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      Merkin here: I apologize to things and also say thanks to digital assistants. It is just polite, I suppose.

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            7 days ago

            Yah. At 6’2” I get people a bit scared of me… and then we talk. It can be a kind of entertaining turn of interaction, especially with kids.

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              6 days ago

              I’m actually not very physically intimidating. I’m just shy of 6’ and have a few tattoos, which scares a few older white women if they’re not paying attention. But I’m also chronically underweight (never been above 170lbs even when I was pounding 4 heavy meals a day and mass gainer between) and all of my tattoos are cartoons and trees and hearts and the likes.

              I like to think that people tell me that I’m mentally intimidating but I’m not certain because every time I ask why I’m intimidating they say they’re not sure. Just “my aura” or whatever