This is gonna be the thread where we talk about stuff

It is very interesting to me how much people's - or at least mine, I shouldn't make generalizations - mental health and well-being are influenced by the most basic and arbitrary of social needs. I've been in a truly foul mood all day today for a number of rather serious reasons, and all it took to really cheer me up and get me on a much more even keel was a pleasant and pointless small talk conversation with another customer at a shop while I waited to have my stuff bagged.

Being made of meat and chemicals is weird and our programming is so poor, but it's all so cool and interesting. Especially when you're as full of bugs as I am, elemayo