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plato

Thank you, Jack

I'm sat out the front of a cafe in Hatton Garden. I've just eaten a brie and bacon panini, and I'm rolling a cigarette. Feeling very London. An old man comes up to me and asks for a roll-up. I oblige.

i was tempted to lie about my name

It's loud and he's gone deaf in one ear, so I don't think he's really hearing anything I'm trying to say. We're both pretty drunk too. It's making for a kind of surreal interactive Business Insider YouTube video of a conversation. He talks, waits for my response, sees my mouth moving but doesn't hear my words, then he imagines something in their place, and replies to that. At least I don't really have to do anything but drink and mime and listen to a lot of bullshit fake gangster talk, being an actor, boxing, the old days, blah blah blah.

i did until you asked which kind of gave it away

what do you think my name is

i don't really want to be associated with that one for some reason

was it worth it

magnetises a pin

But seriously, thank you, Jack, for telling me that I could submit this to a high-level literary magazine or creative nonfiction outlet with some minor tweaks. I don't think I will do that.

no like which do people call me

The Hatton geezer (fuck off) reminds me of this old failed actor who I'd met at a party a few years ago, another man out of time and out of place. This actor had scored a minor role in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and never really let go of it, had gone on to build his whole identity around it. I can't really blame him.

i have read not even 1 book

its good short few pages

like first name

ahnaf is it worth reading all those books

stalgivc is the greatest poster of all time

way too random but already engaging. i want to explore it

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 23:49:08

It's

dusk

ion

which magnetises chains of pins

what do you mean

you know who you are. no more time, not like

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isaac newton

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 23:18:46