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Right, because "if you don't get a job, you get to live in a cardboard box under a bridge" isn't duress at all.
I'm not saying I'm for OP's plan. I'm still thinking it through. But there's nothing "voluntary" about working for a paycheck, or about applying to do so.
I've got my caps lock key remapped to escape.
I use my left pinky for ctrl, shift, a, and my remapped caps lock/escape key.
I use my right pinky for shift, enter, and I'm pretty sure that's all.
I use my ring fingers for backspace, tilde, tab, q, backslash, quote, and that probably isn't a comprehensive list.
I use my middle finger for semicolon/colon! I never realized that before. Wild.
Did anyone else read the captions to the tune of "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen and now feel unsettled that the stanza is unfinished?
Fortunately my preferred means of locomotion is riverdance.
"Shit, man, shit shit shit."
"Steve man. Calm the fuck down. What's wrong?"
"It's a customer, man."
"Please tell me they didn't take an orange from the bottom of the stack again."
"No, no. Worse. So much worse. He's buying the boule."
"Ha. You had me worried for a minute. Nobody buys the boule. You misheard."
"No, man, I'm telling you. He asked where it was. I made him repeat the question. He said again he wanted the 'sourdough boule.' He's got it in his cart now."
"...You're serious."
"Yes, man. He's about to fucking buy the boule."
"Shit, man. What are we going to do?"
"I don't know. I- I don't know. This has never happened before."
"We have to alert them."
"Them?"
"You know, them."
"Wh- you mean the simulation people?"
"You got a better idea?"
"Yeah, maybe drinking bleach. Not to mention we have no way to con-"
"H-hello? Um... Sim- simulation people? Um-"
"What the fuck are you doing, Ted? You fucking dipshi-"
"Yes?"
"..."
"..."
"Steve... you... you heard that, ri-"
"I don't have all day. What is it?"
"Shit, um."
"Yes sir, um, Mister Simulator sir, I-"
"Missus."
"Oh, um, sorry, the voice is just kindof... tinny an-"
"Look, we've got a problem. It's one of the... simulated."
"Mmm hmm?"
"He's on his way to the checkout now."
"And?"
"He's buying the boule."
"Mmm. Right. Thank you for alerting me. This anomaly will be dealt with."
"Oh. Um. O...kay. Um. Thank yo-"
"Wait, how exactly will it be deal-"
All the better to make with the aforementioned flour and sugar.
Just don't buy the flour and sugar in a dark alley at night from someone with shifty eyes.
New anxiety unlocked.
Just off the top of my head, I'm thinking:
- They're probably expecting the GM and/or other players to respond with either "sorry, that schedule won't work for us" or "yeah, that works for us, tell us about yourself." Like, why type up a three-paragraph introduction when there's like a 50% (or more) chance that bit of information will quickly indicate that no, it won't work out.
- Are you sure they didn't just assume the chatroom owner was the GM?
- So far I think they're just trying to gauge whether it's going to work out logistically.
- Again, are you sure they haven't just mistaken the channel owner for the person is most responsible for organizing?
I guess just going on that information, it does feel to me like maybe you're reading too much into it. It's entirely possible I'm missing something that would change my take, though.
I and the OSI say otherwise.
No waterboarding for encrypted Windows systems?