My company went through a replyallpocalypse a few years ago; at the time I thought that the IT dept should make a list of who was using it and put them on a permanent ban of being able to cc more than 10 people at a time

I didn’t remember this part of the plot. Oh well - it was an amusing thought dea

I sometimes think about an implication of THE ONE - that as people age and die there will always be a last one of a person in some universe.
Imagine how weird it would be to have an ancient elder suddenly gain immense power.

But surely he is an Alpha Male demonstrating wisdom and leadership!
What will do without him? Oh well

Every time I think that they can’t get any weirder, you find something weirder.

People who claim private companies are more efficient than the government are usually politicians who have zero (or very little) experience in the private sector

I didn’t see that until you pointed it out.

If we were family I would be trying to persuade you to bake cookies like that just about every day

But how many geese to a washing machine? When did they switch to geese?

I will be happily watching something when I’ll suddenly get stuck on something that MAKES NO SENSE. I then have to spend the next few minutes telling myself to suspend disbelief again.

Being inherently lazy, I would come up with a story about wanting to reduce my power consumption at Christmas, so I combined a festive appearance with an unadorned appearance to remind us of the joy of nature.
Complete BS, but might persuade those around you.

Has anyone edited the Elon Musk entry in Wikipedia to add Troll to his list of activities?

I would buy this

Bought the book on the strength of this recommendation

I used to be a substitute teacher, and I would often wonder how much teasing some kids got over their names.

I enjoy exchanges like this - I go from “well that seems odd” to “well that makes sense” in just a few lines