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[throughbamboo]

just bros being bros

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[doggonemad]

Holy fuck, yer an old fart.

[throughbamboo]

[elbowing him, wow]

[doggonemad]

[ cackles! and starts to click around. ]

It's "surfin' the net," bro. But no one says that anymore, they ain't since the 90s.

[throughbamboo]

[leaning in to better squint at the screen]

Then what're ya supposed to call it?

[doggonemad]

S'just the internet.

[throughbamboo]

Huh.

[he nods to the screen] Guessin' this is the same shit ya'd find in the newspaper?

[doggonemad]

Yeah, 'cept ya don't gotta wait for it ta go to print.

[throughbamboo]

[he hums a bit in understanding]

Instant news is pretty handy.

[doggonemad]

Right? It's the best.

[throughbamboo]

Okay, so news an' e-mail. What else?

[as he scrolls past it - ]

They chose a real bad picture of ya.

[doggonemad]

Hmm?

[throughbamboo]

[he makes a gesture]

Y'gotta make it go back up.

[doggonemad]

[ scrolls back up . . . ]

[throughbamboo]

[as he scrolls up, there's a short (thankfully) short article about what happened, just rehashing what was shown on the news, complete with a couple of pictures. You know, the kind you need to click on to make bigger]

See? 'S tiny. Not that I wanna see yer mug in the paper, but ya can barely see it.

[doggonemad]

Oh, yeah. We gotta click on it ta actually see the story.

[ does . . . that . . . ]

[throughbamboo]

- oh. That does make it easier.

[doggonemad]

[ clicks his tongue in annoyance as he scrolls through. ]

What the fuck. Minami knows I got pictures for the media.

[throughbamboo]

Ya do?

[doggonemad]

'Course I do. Depends on the story, but we got ones that make me, yanno . . . palatable to the general public. Without lookin' like a friggin' goofball.

[throughbamboo]

[he snorts softly]

"Palatable". Y'mean yer all fancied up?

[doggonemad]

Yeah. Got a different eyepatch an' everythin'.

[throughbamboo]

[the corner of his mouth lifts]

So real fancy.

[doggonemad]

Yeah. Better'n this shit.

[throughbamboo]

Mmm, makes sense. Bet ya look real smart like that.

[doggonemad]

'Course I do.