Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for September 07, 2021

I heard that there’s a race of aliens who eat nothing but a flavorless powder that contains all the nutrients they need. Consequently, they no longer have taste buds.

We can turn off the sound in our world too. They’re called earplugs!

Phoebe aint a philosopher

Yum, Yum. Cardboard!

But what if someone is immutable?

Marigold’s right, Phoebe. Sometimes you should think before you speak if you don’t want to be muted. Now, if you were as insightful as I, you’d know when to talk and when to stop. I just have this… unique perspective. I see the world differently in a way that most peop—

Oh, Phoebe! …Heavenly doesn’t want cardboard with great taste…she wants cardboard that tastes great!

I’d ask if common sense could be switched off but chances are that it already was.

Marigold, I get what you’re thinking behind that last question, but I think there’s no good way to handle that can of worms. ;)

HA!!!!

There’s “being able to”, and then there’s “wanting to”….

I can eat cardboard now. I just can’t imagine any reason to think I should.

I do occasionally pretend to be blind, heightening my hearing and feeling. (I’d rather not exercise my sense of smell most of the time.) You don’t even need to close your eyes, really; just unfocus them and ignore the input.

“it works…”

may i please have a good explanation of *how it works*?

This is why hearing aids are wonderful. You don’t want to listen to that darn smoke alarm outside the kitchen going off again? You don’t have to! (Um…)