Composite 2 shots maybe? You would have to be sure to map routes in and out of the scene and then make sure the action doesn’t cross those routes.

Interns.

It’s because some of us used to be taught that when writing a letter (like with actual paper and pen or typewriter), you should always use a formal tone. Sometimes the sign off was longer than the actual letter:
*with the most profound respect, and with assurances of my highest consideration, your most obedient, most humble, and most devoted servant,

I have the honour to subscribe myself, Sir/Madam, your faithful and dutiful correspondent,

Respectfully and with sincere esteem, Mr Test_Tickles Esquire III*

Of course I’m being a little hyperbolic there, you get the idea. Once email appeared, people just weren’t going to do that shit anymore. But at the same time you don’t want to see me rude or angry, so you throw on a … to indicate all that other shit that we both know I’m supposed to write but I just don’t want to, but that’s cool because you don’t want to read it anyways.

That’s okay, don’t feel too bad about it… but if you do I hear there’s a potion for that.

Only if you are super poor enough to qualify, and have time and the capacity to jump through all the hoops to get one, and you live somewhere that there is a provider that has coverage, and ect, ect., then you can get a discount on your cell plan. For some people who are “lucky enough” to be super poor enough, the discount can actually be enough to make the phone essentially $0.

I once had it explained to me in a way that finally clicked:

What if beings from the 42nd dimension wanted to observe life on our planet? The problem is that they’re from the 42nd dimension, so they can’t just sit and “watch” us in our basic four-dimensional world. However, what they can do is stir up electrons in our atmosphere until they start a lightning storm. Then they can “observe” the lightning. It turns out that they can learn a lot from the lightning itself, but at the same time it may have some effect on life here on Earth.

At first I was 100% behind your argument, but then I thought about the current GOP… And now I am thinking maybe being raised by machines would not be bad.

Reality: Prisoners can and will be required to work as service workers from their prison cells.

Easy peasy my friend. Divide and conquer. I open all the mail, sort out the garbage from the important stuff. I throw away all the chaff and bullshit, sort that into important stuff that needs attention, and important stuff that needs to be kept track of.
I then throw the important stuff that needs to be held onto but requires no action, into a box with the year (or at least a year within the last 3 years) written on the side. And then every 5 years or so I throw away the old boxes.
At that point, what’s left is just a few pages per week that I then give to my spouse so they only have a couple of things to deal with.

They then take those couple of pages and put them on top of the ever looming pile of toxic things that we will never dare to touch again.

However, this pile is strategically placed so that it can’t be missed, and acts as an anxiety point that drives us to do other tasks that would normally be avoided, but now seems like a nice diversion in the shadow of “the pile”.

Or at least that’s the way it used to work, but now we just avoid that room completely.

How’s it going Bobby? I guess the worms must get all feisty when the weather gets cold?

That explains a lot. It turns out people often switch to upper case speaking numbers to me.

Wait, you think the Saudis buying EA have anything to do with profit? EAs profits and earnings are meaningless to them.

If you are white, around 11 months. If you’re not white… Well, haha… Funny thing that… Umm, let me uhh, ya…

Unless you are from the south, then it’s Kiss Your Sister.

Also, how in the fuck are they able to “fill” the entire dishwasher with just 5 small objects, but still manage to arrange them such that the dishwasher can’t get them clean? It’s like they have some kind of inverse TARDIS super power that only works on dishwashers.

So, they’re polite and can’t stand people who pretend to be Christian.

As if CO₂ wasn’t bad enough already? Now I have to deal with it making snarky comments about what I wore to work today?

I’m sorry, my response wasn’t clear about my intent.

I wasn’t arguing against you, I fully agree with what you said, and I was doubling down on the idea.

I fully agree that bringing her looks into the equation is stupid, but I also think it is symptomatic of their grotesque way of thinking. They honestly think that ugly people should be pushed to the back of the line.

So, if we’re going to objectify her, then let’s get a look at this object. If I am buying a used tv, I am not going to accept some pictures of just the remote as evidence of its quality, I want full 360 degree photos with it on and off.

I like to act like they just reminded me that she asked me to talk to them about it and then start talking about some really bizarre fetish stuff that she can’t deal with anymore.

One of my favorite ones actually got gagging noises from another person in the room. ‘Look, she asked me to talk to you about the diaper thing. Hold on. Don’t get upset… she’s fine with you wearing them, and even fine with you “soiling” them, but she can’t deal with you bringing them in “pre-soiled” anymore. It’s not like it happens every time you put on a different one, but even if only 1 out 10 has an issue with cough “leakage”, that’s still at least 2 times per night that she has to stop and clean it up or else the smell just like never leaves the room… and anyway, she says that really kills the mood.’

Seriously, if we are going to base part of our decision on the quality of her looks, then let’s get that T&A out there and on display. I mean this is the Trump presidency you voted for, you know the one where we dehumanize immigrants and women are property, so that should be fine right?