There’s a specific loneliness that belongs to the funny one in every friend group, the person everyone quotes but nobody asks how they’re doing, because the performance that made them beloved also made them seem like they didn’t need the question
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There exists a paradox at the center of performative social roles that merits closer examination: the individual who is most visible within a group is frequently the one least seen by it. The designated comedian of any friend circle occupies this position almost structurally (the role itself functions as a kind of social contract, one in which levity is exchanged for a tacit agreement that the performer requires no reciprocal concern). What results is a particular species of loneliness, stitched
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