Answering *Real* Emails

Installing Thunderbird on my main devices is mandatory for me. I've compartmentalized and separated out so many email sources and folders that I'd go bonkers if I forget to check one of them. And, sure, I've done a great job consolidating my accounts and using big words in this first paragraph, but I still get a lot of emails. Most of them are wanted, expected, and encouraged. Some I'd consider a necessary evil. I'm content with my lil shindig.

However.

There's some accounts that I drag my feet on checking beyond Notification Glancing because they're what I call my "front-facing" email addresses. You see 'em linked around and about. I get a ton of spam on those. That's just how it goes.

So imagine my befuddlement when I did my Notification Glance, saw that I apparently got a comment on a past entry, and I couldn't find this particular one on the backend. Or on Mastodon. Or On BlueSky.

Because it was an actual fucking email! From a real person!

And only days before that, a dive into my "Form Submissions" folder showed that I had not some scummy sales tactic aimed at RR, but an actual expression of well-wishing!

Ask, and ye shall receive.

It Goes Without Saying, But Needs To Be Said

Despite the spam I do get lotsa love from strangers, friends, and family alike. And I appreciate every. Single. Thing. From a bone-crushing hug IRL to the drive-by "YOU'RE DOING GREAT, SWEETIE" on social media, I really do cherish them all.

Genuine online correspondence is something I really fucking missed when I was still on the Big Tech/Corp/Web3 sites. Not to say it never happened, but it just felt few and far inbetween, you know?

So for this holiday season, I'd like to express my gratitude in the only way I know how: with a(nother) fucking meme slapped together in 10 minutes.

Seriously.

Thank You

And now I realize... oh, shit, those should probably have some sorta response. Like, email people back! Because that's what emails do!

I guess I better get on that. 😸