Good morning! Although a canned introductory greeting can be banal, it also can be an entry into a deeper, more meaningful conversation.

From the outside, it seems like everyone is willing to quickly wash their hands of new acquaintances in this narrative. The good thing about reading your long-form writing is that you give meaningful contextual information with which to understand your communication preferences and tendencies.

The app-driven culture of commoditizing human relationships is pretty terrible, but there are so many of us filthy humans swarming the planet that it's also natural. We can't meet and figure out every person. It's the Hedgehog's dilemma, basically. We tend to not state our preferences as a function of time, number of venues, and volume of contact with others, and become more comfortable dropping potential and ongoing relationships.

Now reply to this in 7.216518 minutes, or I'm blocking you.