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  <a href="index.html">← Max Bo</a>

  <h1>I am load shedding</h1>
  <b>15 April 2025</b>

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    [Load shedding] is an intentionally engineered electrical power shutdown in which electricity delivery is stopped for non-overlapping periods of time over different parts of the distribution region. Rolling blackouts are a last-resort measure used by an electric utility company to avoid a total blackout of the power system.
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    ~ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_blackout" target="_blank">Rolling blackout - Wikipedia</a>
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    I have failed to respond to:
    <ul>
      <li>
        13 text messages, that aren't OTPs, spam or miscellaneous alerts
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      <li>
        3 handwritten letters
      </li>
      <li>
        28 Messenger DMs
      </li>
      <li>
        3 Messenger groupchats
      </li>
      <li>
        12 Instagram DMs
      </li>
      <li>
        2 Instagram groupchats
      </li>
      <li>
        3 WhatsApp DMs
      </li>
      <li>
        2 WhatsApp groupchats
      </li>
      <li>
       13 Slack DMs
      </li>
      <li>
       3 Discord DMs
      </li>
      <li>
       4 Twitter DMs
      </li>
      <li>
        4 LinkedIn messages
      </li>
      <li>
        1 MyGov notification
      </li>
      <li>
        3 design doc reviews
      </li>
      <li>
        2 incident postmortems
      </li>
      <li>
        8 pull requests
      </li>
      <li>
        4 issues on my GitHub projects
      </li>
      <li>
        1 peer feedback request on CultureAmp
      </li>
      <li>
        2 job offers
      </li>
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  <p>
    So I am doing the easiest thing I can in this situation. I am pretending that the social obligation to reply in a timely manner does not exist.
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  <p>
    It is a shame, because for those who actually want to get in contact with me and value my company,
    my silence appears to be disrespectful ghosting.
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  <p>
    Best friends will persistently message, and try other communications channels to get a hold of me. They will understand when I apologize for being so hard to get a hold of.
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    But good friends, new friends, long-lost friends trying to get into contact again, will not. They will back off, never to message again. Load shedding successful.
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  <p>Things will improve soon, but at the moment, I'm sorry, but I just can't keep up.</p>
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