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Here is the thing about living in the country. You need a lot of guys. You need a wood guy, and a plow guy, and if you don't have a big enough truck you're probably going to need a truck guy. I've got a garlic guy and a produce guy and a well guy and a chimney guy.
The produce comes from a family farm and their primary point person is a lovely woman, sure, but still, I got a guy for that.
You gotta get a lotta guys.
You gotta get a lotta guys.
You only gotta get a lotta guys in the city if you're, like, fancy. Then you gotta get a tailor and a cobbler and probably a sommelier too, I'm not exactly clear on how sommeliers work.
But in the country, you gotta get a lotta guys no matter how fancy or not fancy you are.
But in the country, you gotta get a lotta guys no matter how fancy or not fancy you are.
Ah, this makes sense.
In the countryside there are only two places, the gas station (which is also a grocery store and general store) and the cafe (which is also a restaurant and pottery studio), and you gotta run into your guys there. https://twitter.com/open_sketchbook/status/1208840270692933632
In the countryside there are only two places, the gas station (which is also a grocery store and general store) and the cafe (which is also a restaurant and pottery studio), and you gotta run into your guys there. https://twitter.com/open_sketchbook/status/1208840270692933632
The next step after gettin all your guys is to BECOME a guy. This is called "being in community." https://twitter.com/jon_jmp3362/status/1208841345206493184
The way to tell if someone has become a guy yet is to size up their eccentricities. Once someone is a "bit of an odd fellow" you can be sure that's a guy, and now you just gotta figure out what kind of guy you're dealing with. Weed guy? Truck guy? Hand-spun, plant-dyed wool guy?
Everyone should strive toward being a uniquely helpful guy, forming a community-wide matrix of skills and offerings, so that nobody ever has to "make a trip into town" (the failure of the guy state).
You gotta look around, see the gaps in available guys, and skill up.
You gotta look around, see the gaps in available guys, and skill up.
Then, ideally, you have a robust-enough guy economy that you can guy up for someone in exchange for homemade marmalade or a cord of dry wood, and you can be someone's guy even if they're flat broke.
This is called anarcho-communism and it is the best political-economic system.
This is called anarcho-communism and it is the best political-economic system.
Here is a handy guy scale:
0: The company sends whoever is available.
1: Hands you a business card.
2: Is listed in the phone book but not on the internet.
3: Gives you a discount if you pay in cash.
4: Advertises with a handwritten flyer.
5: Will gladly barter for local honey.
0: The company sends whoever is available.
1: Hands you a business card.
2: Is listed in the phone book but not on the internet.
3: Gives you a discount if you pay in cash.
4: Advertises with a handwritten flyer.
5: Will gladly barter for local honey.
A quick illustration of the guy economy at work, from the local group chat.
