At work, a longtime contact retired and transitioned us to his replacement via email today, and my boss complimented me on my relationship-building response. All I could think was that it was honed by years of dealing with online dramaz

Not even mod stuff honestly, more the days of my misspent youth when I tried to diplomatically wrangle people going off the deep end instead of sighing and walking away, exhausted

Aww

see kids your hobbies can be useful for work

kshdksb all that emotional labor pays off in the weirdest ways