By flemingamanda – 25/11/2025 11:58

I was in the middle of an important presentation when I confidently clicked to unmute myself, only to realize I had been talking to a bunch of silent, frozen faces for about five minutes. During that time, I had been passionately describing our new project goals, complete with pie charts and everything. After the awkward moment of panic, I tried to play it off with a joke, like, ‘Great, guess you all enjoyed my TED Talk!’ But nobody laughed, and my boss just shook his head in disbelief. It felt like the universe was reminding me that technology can be a cruel mistress. I finally got unmuted, and the first thing I said was, ‘Can you hear me now?’ Like I was a walking meme or something. Awesome.