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Why is it stressful to call into a show? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 months ago by solidheron@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I tried to call into the majority report two days ago, and I just get some serious stage fright, didn't help that a national news story broke. I was stressing waiting for que to call in, calling in and getting voicemail, then getting put on hold. Like it was weird that I was high strung to the point where it was hard to form words.

I might try again after things calm down I'm America

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[โ€“] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Speaker phone might help, but I know what you mean from back in the day. Having to be 'on' when they need you to is naturally stressful.

Btw-- it's "queue," sounds like "cue." "Que" is a Latin and Romance-language word.

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey buddy how's your chili doing

[โ€“] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Uh... are you thinking of FauxPseudo, perhaps?

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, well shizzle my whizzle!

At the time, my dear @spacenoodle@lemmy.world-- I'll LET YOU KNOW when I need your help, again, mate.

Got me..?

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey, you said you hoped you'd run into me.

[โ€“] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Alright fine, lol...
Okay, okay, I guess I got one for you--

It's about aluminum shavings, i.e. how combustible are they, anyway!?

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Please do not eat aluminum shavings.

[โ€“] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago

No problem; I'll just go for thermite!

[โ€“] MrFappy@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I get the same thing just calling in to my favorite podcast to leave a voicemail. Which is especially odd since they are somewhat successful, not not enough that something like leaving a VM should make me nervous at all.

[โ€“] comradegreetingcard@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've called in before and got on. And then my brain stopped working. Hah

So it's not just you.

[โ€“] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Lol what are word what does "caller" mean

[โ€“] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 4 months ago

Public performance in general can be stressful; people get stage fright all the time.

[โ€“] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Just picture the other people naked

[โ€“] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

ยฟQue?

[โ€“] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Por que?

[โ€“] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah messed me up that queue, que, and cue sound the same in English. Que was close enough to cue anyway

[โ€“] aaaa@piefed.world 2 points 4 months ago

In English, que isn't a word. It's a misspelling of queue