One of the most frustrating little experiences you can have nowadays is calling a company's helpline and being forced to interact with one of those automated phone agent simulators. Truly a vision of bureaucratic techno-hell the entire thing is a maze of trying to find the right prompts that let you talk to a real human.

Writer, podcaster, and commentator on foreign affairs and politics. Runs /dropglobalnews

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ever tried zero-bombing? it’s my go-to, just hit zero like a crazed lunatic over and over and sometimes it takes you straight to a human

working on infra to displace adtech at /microsub • dance music lover + host of /campfire 🎧

definitely zero bombing and # bombing but they seem to have figured that out