atomicorange

Lights the world economy on fire, sits back with his buddies giggling about how stupid everyone else looks running around trying to put it out.

So accurate.

For me? Usually it’s because answering the first question on the list took a lot of time, research, or mental energy and I had forgotten there were other questions by the time I finally had the answer written down. Sense of accomplishment, hit send.

Yep. Basically you need to respect their time, and not ask them to duplicate the work you’ve already done. This is especially important for executives, but works well on anyone… if you really need someone to do a thing or answer a question, make it easy for them to focus on completing your ask.

Address the email to one person who you need action from.

Tell them succinctly:

Why is this important?

What do you need from them right now?

After that, preemptively provide the answers to any followup questions they might ask - give them further context so they don’t have to dig for it. Don’t ask them to read a whole email string below if you can summarize it.

Turkeys are pretty close!

Bird sniffers unite!

Weird one, but I have pet birds. They smell AMAZING. Just stick your nose right up to their feathers and huff. They kinda smell a bit like corn chips, or laundry dried outside in the sun, dusty and earthy and warm.

Deftones and NIN need to switch places.

They have only heard one NIN song and it shows.

Water balloons are pretty weak, something like acetone or xylene could fuck up the paint but would also damage the balloon. Acids are unlikely to do much, they’re both made of plastic polymers.

You could probably fill a water balloon with paint, though. Or epoxy.

You’re the one saying a moral argument is “unrealistic”.

Did you know that morality is not the same as legality? Some immoral things are legal and occasionally vice-versa.