For me, they are people from an online community. We know eachother since 1-2 decades and they know some things about me that even my own mother doesn't know. They even unknowingly saved my life when i was on the nearly suicidal during COVID, simply by responding to my cry for help. Sometimes, we get at each other's nerves, but we still close friends nevertheless.

When reflexes acquired in your job are invading your daily life.

-When i was an intern in a retail, i had to fight against the urge to store the shelves during my own shopping sessions.

Reps voters: vote red because they think queer people are inherently pedophiles. Ted Cruz: want to stop us attacking pedophiles. Whoopsie !

-I'm on a Discord server composed with people i know since a dozen years. Despite some heavy drama, this is the most perennial community i've ever frequented. We care heavily for eachother and they know some thing i never told to my own mother. We were first on a discussion forum then moved to discord when the site linked to the forum died.

-My sister's friends. She is so close to them that they all became mine.

-My cat, a fearsome inveterate hunter, came in the living room to pridefully show me his prey: a sock.

-To go outside, my cat prefers to meow at the door that doesn't have a cat flap rather than go through the one that does.

"Well, dems looks like the WBC for giving middle finger to Kirk, so i'll join the party that turn US into a fascist dictatorship".