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I am writing this on my plan9front computer in a cafe. Behind me is a row of 4 macbooks and they are all like "Oh my god, who is that super hot guy with a plan9 computo!" Followed by a whisper coming from the adjacent room: "lol, he has sigrid's rio patch, cringe." I am unmoved - it is my computer.
Girls passing my table keep dropping their instagram handles scribbled on napkins. They know I can't open instagram. I am unmoved by their mockery. Tonight I will probably meet the woman of my dreams on okturing.
I notice the barista eyeballing the sticker on the lid. As she's bringing my tea over, she asks "Oh my god, you like touhou?" I don't even know what touhou is. But I don't have time to react - "I'm only kidding, that's so cool you're running plan9!" and she kisses me on the cheek.
The owner of the cafe comes over and asks me, if he could take a photo of me and my plan9 computer. I agree. He says he's never seen such a good photo and that with my permission he'd love to blow it up and hang it on the wall instead of a rare Toyen he got in an auction for 3.6 million euros. I am unmoved by his request - I inform him all photos of me are in the public domain. The couple at the table next to mine stop kissing and clap.
A small child waddles in, dragging a wooden toy duck on a string. It tells me it recognizes me as the co-author of "CLAUSE 15 COMMON ELEMENTS OF MAUS AND STAR TYPE" release art and asks if I know sl personally, and if qwx is truly as tall as they say. Its mother rushes in and apologizes.
By now a circle of about a dozen people formed around my table, watching me chord around acme and fmt(1)ing this very text on the fly. I finish my tea, leave 9 czech crowns by the teacup and get up.
Before walking out the door, I reach into my breast pocket and pull out a handful of usb sticks with the latest RELEASE and toss them into the cafe. As I'm closing the door behind me, I hear pure joy.
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