evacide14h ago
Sometimes I wonder if working from home for so long has turned me into a goblin who cannot be trusted to interact with other people without making it weird. Then I remember that I have always been a goblin who cannot be trusted to interact with other people without making it weird.
Show threadMark T. Tomczak14h ago

@evacide I gotta be honest, it was surprising to me to find out that I actually did have a threshold for alone-time and there was such a thing as too much.

Granted, I didn't find it until COVID, but still...

Show threadPhillip Upton

@mark @evacide

Heresy, I say.

When I was a kid I dreamed of being on a mission to Mars, alone.

The South Pole seems kinda fun too.

*Working remotely since 2002, not a fan of places with people.

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Show threadCaptain Button10h ago

@philsplace @mark @evacide

SF story here is "View From a Height" by Joan D. Vinge.

(Analog Science Fiction - June 1978)