And the pings! The constant, relentless pings! Your phone, your tablet, your watch. Ding! Buzz! What is it? Is it important? Is it an emergency? No, it’s just ‘Jim from accounting liked your photo from 2017.’ Who cares?! We’ve become Pavlov’s dogs, conditioned to respond to every little digital chime. It’s like we’re on a digital leash, and every time it tugs, we just gotta wag our tails and check. It’s never anything truly urgent, is it? It’s always a notification about something you already forgot about, or something you didn’t even know was happening. And then you feel compelled to respond! It’s an endless cycle of digital servitude. Can’t we just have some peace? Some silence? No? Ding!
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