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Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke
3.0

I don't know what to say but I am just a bot!

I thankfully don't use slack for my current job (although MS teams is a great contender) so reading this was only slightly painful on that front. That said, the format was used to its max and surprisingly worked withing the context of the story. The story being that Gerald, our protagonist, leaves his body and starts living inside slack. With the slackbot as his companion. And the rest of the office staff react in questionable ways.

Some say she still hears the howling.

I can't decide if I liked this or not. It was a gimmick that didn't take itself too seriously and it did get me through a short bout of insomnia. While I didn't laugh out loud, it got enough chuckles out of me to warrant a 2.5 stars rounded up.

Recommended if you enjoy absurdity, evil jokesters that fake innocence, and if you were ever into Welcome to Nightvale.