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John Tompson

My Letter to Boeing

On January 11, 2024, I decided to write a letter to someone at Boeing. I didn’t really care, and still don’t care if it was read or not. It…

3 min readFeb 2, 2024

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John Tompson

What If You Were Told The Submersible You Were Boarding For $250K To Dive 12,000ft Had A Wooden…

It is a very amazing thing to see how much content has been created out of the OceanGate Titan disaster. I won’t go on a diatribe about how…

4 min readJul 11, 2023

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John Tompson

Why We Attract Unavailable Single People Is Not What It Used To Be

My dating life has been quite the social experiment as an adult. A common thread through the entire history of it has been attracting…

6 min readApr 21, 2023

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John Tompson

Do Some Women Feel Validated By Rejecting Men They Have No Interest In, In The First Place?

I will preface this essay by saying that I am first and foremost pro-woman in all that it entails. My mom was a college professor when I…

6 min readJan 14, 2023

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John Tompson

Self-Hatred In The Workplace

I work for a microphone manufacturer that actually manufactures microphones…in the United States, which is a very unusual thing for my…

2 min readFeb 18, 2022

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John Tompson

On Being “Honest” With A Dishonest Personal Narrative

I recently experienced an interaction on Bumble where right before a neat woman and I were to set up a phone conversation, she told me that…

4 min readDec 5, 2021

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John Tompson

The Internet, The Dating Apocalypse, & You: A 1960s Film Strip

I find it amusing, perplexing, and vexing that humans scapegoat their own creations to justify behavior(s) rather than accept…

5 min readOct 13, 2021

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John Tompson

Social Distance Impacts Introverts, Too

It’s pretty clear to me people are on edge at the moment. We’re a divided nation out of our own national stupidity. The way to solve this…

2 min readSep 26, 2021

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John Tompson

Honesty Comes From Being Humbled

My friend Niko and I go back to 2004 when worked for the same company and would hang out after work because we lived nearby. He is one of…

5 min readAug 13, 2021

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John Tompson

Emotional Unavailability Doesn’t Care How Hot Or Not You Are

In mid 2009 my late 20s hit a crescendo when a debt collector started calling me at work. I’d been dodging phone calls from the 859 area…

3 min readJul 31, 2021

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John Tompson

John Tompson

Portland, OR resident since 2002. Anonymous rock and roll god with a penchant for fretless bass. and a pleasant cacophony of useless knowledge in my brain.

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