the year is 2143, people customarily greet each other with a saying of long-forgotten origin, "let me share my screen", eliciting the enigmatic yet empathic response, "I can see your screen".
@radhikalism "Hey Claire," someone says, gesturing to the person who's been quiet during the conversation. "You're on mute."
@radhikalism actual LOL, thank you
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Same cadence and syllable count as "and also with you" :)
@radhikalism a less formal idiom is "can you hear me?" "I can hear you."

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Arriving: 'Like & Subscribe!'

Leaving: 'Thank You For Watching'

@radhikalism the polite form reserved for strangers is โ€œGary, youโ€™re on muteโ€

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I am reminded of the time we were reprimanded for pinning a Ouija board onto the staff noticeboard with the label: "News from the Senior Management Team."

(A review of the organisation had led to the members of this team being ordered to actually work as a team and they were moved from their remote locations to a central office next to the rest of the staff for to do so. They sulked in this tent for six months until the director told them about the Ouija board.)

@aburka @radhikalism obligatory sneak attack from black cat included
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The gentleman at the left hand of the woman with the eyeshadow looks just like a physicist I know.
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ME: [offering some unwelcome advice to my friend]
THEM: you're on mute

@radhikalism And when they part, their expression is equally mystifying: โ€œlike and subscribeโ€

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it shortened over time

they call out: shairscree
and are met with: seescree

@radhikalism Similarly, the polite response to "Can you hear me?" is now "The team has the microphone". Nobody knows what team this is supposed to be, though the microphone is presumed to be symbolic of the right to speak.
@radhikalism is naive that someone believe humanity will reach pass 2050 if we do not stop the actual wild capitalism and full stop burning fossil fuels.
@DBG3D @radhikalism yeah that's why it would be a legend lost in time. By the year 2143 civilization as we know it now will be long gone, extinguished by a catastrophe that no one knows. The few that survive will be seen as profets by the new post apocalyptic society'
@radhikalism the colonies on Mars are flourishing, we are exploring the cosmos with FTL drives, and the icon to save a file is still a floppy disk.
@radhikalism followed up with: can you see my mouse?
@radhikalism people collect powerpoint decks like pokemon cards; the further out the metadata date the higher the value.
@radhikalism And end each conversation with the ancient words: "Like, comment and subscribe."
@radhikalism Except for the Disciples of Witty, who say "Next slide, please."
@radhikalism when the lines are dark I will sing the modem song to the children, so that they may carry on the KSSSSHbnnnnnnZGNYOWZNOYNYON and ack back.
@radhikalism The end of a social gathering is punctuated by the host's cry of "Let me know what you think in the comments down below.-