{"id":22289,"date":"2013-09-05T15:20:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T20:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=22289"},"modified":"2013-09-05T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T20:20:45","slug":"hendricks-robert-stranger-two-stranger-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=22289","title":{"rendered":"Hendricks, Robert – Stranger Two Stranger #5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stranger Two Stranger #5<\/strong><\/p>\n

You guys are already reading this series, right? This is where my hatred of\/general annoyance at social media really slows me down, because all I can do is assume that you’re already reading this. If not, this is a series by Robert Hendricks where he illustrates those creepy\/hopeful\/soul-crushing “missed connections” messages on Craigslist, and it’s consistently a thing of beauty. Unless you stop to think about these people as actual human beings for too long, because if that happens it might make you despair for the human race a bit. Or not! Some of these tales are purely by people who had their faith in humanity restored because of an offhand comment by a stranger. Of course, other stories involve the graphic fantasies of a guy who just wants to massage the bunions on the feet of a lady before massaging her humped back in bed, but it takes all kinds. Other stories in here include the guy who bought panties for himself (but said they were for his wife), head-banging preventing a possible connection, the race that was not a race, the riddle of the egg and a half, an offer of an umbrella saving the day, the eternal question of dancing or heart attack, giving bad directions (and then hoping to get a date out of it, perfectly illustrating why these ads are such beautiful things), a phone leading to somebody thinking that their butt was grabbed, trying to get in touch with the lady who was taking pictures of dead birds, and the long cigarette. Robert also included a small book he apparently passes out at cons called Depictions, and in this case it was a list of images of children who had been convicted of crimes and their sentences in the late 1800’s. Completely unrelated, but ask him for one of these if you see him. As for Stranger Two Stranger, of course you should still be reading it. Duh! And if you aren’t already reading it, you should be. $2<\/p>\n

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