• Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    An old boss of mine couldn’t make it 5.2 seconds of silence on a call without blurting out something including the phrase “awkward silence” and then being the only one to laugh at it

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      According to The Guide, these people are telepaths. Their quiet moments are drowned out by the chattering of thousands of minds. So they have to talk constantly to keep from going mad.

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      13 days ago

      God I hate these calls. Then they say something like. Geez, you guys need to lighten up, after no one laughs at their corny busted ass jokes.

      It’s like, nah bro. You could have sent an email, instead you are wasting our time.