trying to break myself of the 'only post if you have Produced Something' mentality

anyone else creeped out by the phone? not, like, afraid of talking to real human beings on the phone, that's common and completely rational. i mean if the phone rings when you're not expecting it to, you are abruptly transported to the beginning of a psychological horror game. and even more so when the answering machine beeps and there's just silence on the other end.

or, no, the real worst is when the answering machine picks up and that Loud Vaguely Threatening Robot Voice immediately starts booming about your ISP having done something Illegal, You Should Give Us Your Bank Information About It without even waiting for the beep. it's an inhuman entity that doesn't talk like a person and doesn't understand how the communication technology it's hijacked even works, and it wants something from you. deep horror shit.