We don’t always do this, but sometimes we just can’t shut up. Welcome to After Afterthoughts—where we go even deeper into the weird, the wild, the controversial, the cheeky, the mind-melting, and occasionally...the smelly. No rules, no filters, just us, spiraling for your entertainment.

From Cormac McCarthy to Tribe, from ghosts to dishwashing mindfulness. Today, we’re jumping headfirst into the magic of words, the chaos of creativity, and the weird ways we exist in the world. Books that haunt us, imaginary friends, and whether a messy house is really a moral failing (spoiler: it’s not).

Can you change your personality? Should you? And if you could live one day as a completely different version of yourself—who would you be? A villain? A poet? A gardener?

Let’s talk. Drop your book recs, your hot takes, or just tell us—what’s the best way words have ever moved you?

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