#like the coworkers nearer my age are Neat n all but i guess i get the feeling that i don't rlly know how to interact with/approach them

[rubberbandballqueen]

i am going to preface this post by saying i am not intentionally trying to make anyone feel old, But--

yesterday i found out that my coworker graduated in like 2011 right, n so i was asking her abt what Teenaged Life in the 2000s was like, and she told me that when she was in elementary/middle school, she'd submit her writing on floppy discs, and for whatever reason, that was just so unexpected to me. i just kind of assumed that people would either submit this sort of thing either handwritten or printed at home, and now i'm just kinda sitting here like "on floppy discs!!!!! (delighted discovery)" over n over to myself

#finding out that this coworker is almost 30 has immediately launched her to 'coolest coworker (to ME)' status #though i guess the fact that she is Also Queer helps with that. i asked her abt her gf n we ended up talking abt stationery #i remember looking through my dad's old stuff n finding essays he submitted that were typed on a Typewriter (in the 60s) #but like. that's a pre-computer era in my brain ofc one would use a typewriter #although when i discovered that essay i remember also being surprised it wasn't just submitted handwritten #anyway. idk i just think this stuff is cool!!! it's so cool!!!!!! i love learning the details of everyday life in now-bygone times!!!!!!! #the worm speaks #*squints out window* although i guess i should've expected the typewriter thing to have continued into the 90s at least #bc i remember seeing this cartoon called jacob two-two when i was a kid n the father char was a professional author #n he wrote using a typewriter. but i guess i must've assumed that was an anachronism? or for professionals only? #*shifting around a bunch of thoughts like tiles on a mahjong table* starting to notice that the coworkers i think are coolest are the oldes #which checks out bc everyone on this website knows that people just get cooler as they age. this is Proven. it's a Fact #like the coworkers nearer my age are Neat n all but i guess i get the feeling that i don't rlly know how to interact with/approach them #but the older coworkers are like chill and friendly n will talk to me First n generally have good n pleasant conversational skills #LOL i feel like a duckling that's imprinted on something or someone