Tyler Austin Harper(@Tyler_A_Harper):I bought a gratuitous number of energy drinks at the gas station last week and the cashier who—this is a neutral description of fact—was obviously a drug addict looked at me with such genuine concern that I exclaimed “I need these for fishing!” and that did not quell his alarm.

Tyler Austin Harper

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Staff writer @TheAtlantic. Co-host of the Time To Say Goodbye podcast (@ttsgpod). Gone fishing.

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Tyler Austin Harper@Tyler_A_Harper

2026.08.22 18:12

I bought a gratuitous number of energy drinks at the gas station last week and the cashier who—this is a neutral description of fact—was obviously a drug addict looked at me with such genuine concern that I exclaimed “I need these for fishing!” and that did not quell his alarm.