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Riding CTA, listening to your strange conversations.

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Tonight's hope: that 2020's pimple is about to finally pop and we can all finally feel relief from that mf-er. #Vote2020

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Usually I get annoyed when a large man takes up more than his half of the @cta #brownline seat. But when the temp reads 1°, I'm ready to snuggle in and call him daddy.

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Here's hoping I'm the first to christen this day #ohellnoween.

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The smell of sweaty cat (yes, feline rather than euphemism) is overwhelming this morning. Chicago humidity at its finest. #cta #brownline

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At least twenty times a day I want to pull someone's earpods out and say, "put your f*rng phone down and walk in a straight line." #cta #brownline #Lollapalooza2019 #lollainvasion

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Things heard on the #cta #brownline:

"Do not kiss the window"

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Rules for life

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Things heard on the #cta #brownline:

Man: I need a cigarette.

Woman: You don't smoke.

Man: Yeah. Yeah... Yeah

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That may be the heaviest and truest conversation I have ever heard. I hope tomorrow is better for him.

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Things heard on the #cta #brownline:

Little girl: "Why do I have to go to school today?"

Dad: "Because I need a break from you so that I like you again tonight."

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....that's gonna leave a therapist's mark....

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Looking around the #cta #brownline at so many people looking fresh and rested, I can't help but think to myself, fuck you.

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Thoughts from the @cta @brownline

Do you ever feel like putting your neighbor's shoulder when the train light darken for a few second?

No? That's weird? Okay, me either.

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https://t.co/ejIZqG12UF

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@WimmerMelissa Chicagoans can be strangely passive in our train ire.

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Horrible Angry Birds player seat spreading during rush hour. #cta #brownline

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That internal dilemma when Chicago gives you perfect snowball weather but you are pretending to be an adult.

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Things heard on the #cta #brownline

Sitter: Ma'am would you like to sit?
Stander 1: Oh sure. Thanks.
Sitter: I was pointing at her.

Harsh.

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@titusisanenigma Aha. It's you! Anonymity busted.

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Musings from the #cta #brownline single seat:

Do I tell the guy standing next to me that his fly is down...and that he forgot underwear this morning?

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On some Friday evenings, self control is defined as refraining from asking the man drinking MD 20/20 for a swig. #cta #brownline

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Some mornings one's #cta #brownline commute is uneventful, other days one shares a seat with a Breitbart-reading nosepicker.

Can't decide which part was grosser.

#Unsubscribe

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Things heard on the #cta #brownline.

"I never would have worn this shirt if I had seen that it had so much pink in sunlight."

Importantly, the shirt is Big Bird yellow.