BEHOLD! ART!

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> opens my email

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> launches a software

Email scripts work for phone calls too. Say hi, introduce yourself, state your need or problem clearly and immediately, and ask if they can help or direct you to someone who can. Be polite and friendly and try to reassure the person that you understand if they can't help immediately or if they're limited in what they can do.

If you get their voicemail, a quick script is, "Hi, my name is [name] and I'm calling about [topic or problem]. If you can get back to me at your earliest convenience, that would be great. You can reach me at [phone number] between [times when you're available]. Thank you for your time, bye!"

If you have a very specific thing you need to be done but that doesn't actively need your help, you can state the whole problem in the voicemail (example: "Hi, my name is [name] and I was just calling to cancel my appointment on [date] at [time]. Please call me back at [number] or contact me via my email to confirm the cancelation. My email is [email]. Sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for the assistance! Bye!"). If you have a case or file number that is relevant, you can mention that. Otherwise, keep it relatively vague so that they have to call back for more details.

You can be as offended as possible about the language used, or you can look at the actual intent behind the words.

This man grew up in a time when trans people used that word for themselves. He probably hung out with a few often enough and just absorbed the language.

He was very much using it in a positive context. The barista he’s referring too is probably the only one that makes his favorite drink just right.

This.

I'm 30something and new(a year and change) to my transition and you can pry tranny from my cold dead hands.

I'm also a gay man and you can pull faggot out of my clenched teeth.

I stood on the outside for decades like an orphan in the rain but I never stopped fighting the good fight as an "ally" and now I'm inside I will say and do whatever I fucking want forever because those words feel right on me.

“kill the cop in your head” means,

btw.

The thing is, there’s no way to know where these people are coming from. In the before, when fandom was more in the corners we all knew about, you could search LJ or a message board or whatever social bookmarking site we were using. You could join the community and participate.

You could get a little dopamine hit by seeing someone tell their friends why they loved your story.

Anymore, those recs are hidden in discords, or in tiktoks or instagram slideshows that you can’t search for. They’re inaccessible, not discoverable unless you’re already there. You may never know why 27 people left kudos on an old story of yours, what they liked and found in your writing. You just get the thumbs up and a kinda lonely feeling, cause these could be your people. You could like them, maybe. You could be friends.

But you’ll never find out why they stopped by, or what people are saying about you behind your back, and that’s sad.