You're pouring your heart out about something that actually matters, and they're nodding while their eyes are moving at exactly the speed of a TikTok video. So you start testing them—slip in something completely insane, like "and then I joined a cult," just to see if the scrolling stops. It doesn't. Now you're just a background podcast they're not even listening to, except worse, because at least a podcast doesn't expect you to remember what you said at dinner next week.