to distract from existential dread 2024-10-08T04:51:00.000Z https://graham.build/ graham https://graham.build/s/a-blog/004-thought-i-saw-someone-i-knew/ 2024-10-08T04:51:00.000Z 2024-10-08T04:51:00.000Z cohost eggbug squishmallow <p>I was walking down the street to get some takeout tonight, and out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a huge stuffed animal sitting in the front window of a toystore.</p> <p><img src="/post-assets/004-thought-i-saw-someone-i-knew/smoko-mallow-beet-zoom.png" alt="Closeup of a maroon face with black eyes and a black uwu mouth"></p> <p>And it reminded me of an old friend.</p> <p><img src="/post-assets/004-thought-i-saw-someone-i-knew/eggbug-plush.webp" alt="Closeup of eggbug from cohost doing the same face with the same sort of coloring"></p> <p>Until I looked again more closely.</p> <p><img src="/post-assets/004-thought-i-saw-someone-i-knew/smoko-mallow-beet.png" alt="Zoomed out stock photo of the stuffed animal from a product page"></p>