You’re not alone and, though I admit it’s nearly meaningless, I’m here for you.

Wait until you find out about healthcare. Or banking.

I was gonna say “;)”

I hope your scary event goes well!

Also I don’t remember any Discworld characters named “Ben.”

I mentioned that it’s been a while; maybe they resolved it. In mine there were plenty of at signs and colons. I agree there’s nothing upsetting about your links.

The links were functional, but odd looking. The recipients didn’t like seeing characters that don’t usually show up in links and considered the links suspicious as a result, sometimes not clicking them.

Not exactly a flaw with the tech, but also a reasonable precaution by the recipients. I’m flattered that you assume my friends are on the fediverse but most of them aren’t so trying to explain instances and such to them wouldn’t go smoothly.

Politics and such aside, I have a scary personal event happening this February and so I feel this image quite strongly.

Gotcha, thank you for the clarification.

It for sure does not surprise me that other kinds of microphones exist, but I strongly agree with your last sentence.

Perhaps I’m confused, but your wiki quote itself references piezoelectricity (a word I’m pretty surprised is in my keyboard’s dictionary). Am I misunderstanding?

line the frame with flesh

Here’s my unhelpful contribution: I believe microphones work using piezoelectricity and I also think that’s really cool (that it exists and that humanity found a use for it).

Of course. The only time I intentionally / knowingly say something to hurt people is when I’m very certain they will benefit from hearing it (“you have this flaw and it’s hurting you, so hearing this input hopefully helps you improve your lot”).

I don’t do that often at all because I’m bad at a lot of things, including some at which I’m good, so I’m rarely confident enough about stuff to criticize someone else.

I suppose technically I also might offer hurtful feedback if my honest opinion were to be solicited about something bad.

Your prose was good - I even made a user note about you to remind me next time we interact - but even if it were awful I can’t see how me being a dick about it would help you. I do like your username, though.

Sorry for the narcissistic WOT. I hope you have a great day!

Pessimists only get happy surprises.

You’re right.

We should put them in the freezer so that they last longer after cracking.

I want to make a joke about your username as it would fit the second statement you made, but I lack your creativity and also don’t want to diminish legitimate praise.

I found Piefed to be fine but, when sharing links, the recipients of my sharing complained about their format. It was several months ago, though, so maybe that’s changed.

He’s just bad at Pool.

My first job was at a convenience store. I was told I was allowed to wear black or tan pants and the company provided shirt.

The first time I wore a new pair of black pants there I was told to wash the floors. I was given a bucket of water and a bottle of bleach to do so. I’d never heard of bleach before.

Turns out that pouring bleach onto the floor from shoulder level isn’t a great idea when wearing brand new black pants. Your mom might get upset with you and the results. Or she might blame the manufacturer and you might be too scared to fess up.

… Not that I would know.

Will you be my co-worker?