It lets us treat our friends like marginally entertaining podcasts to distract us while doing dishes or quietly peeing.

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Who could it be?

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What do they want?

And will I have to talk?

The possibilities are too frightening to even consider.

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What in the name of Alexander Graham Bell is going on here?

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To call many in the current generation is to infringe on their schedule and disrupt their emotional state.

Who in the hell do you think you are, buddy?

People clearly still meet for coffee and hop on Zoom and all the usual social crap.

And I’m not just saying that because I have a great low voice.