#2181: Inbox

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[Megan and Cueball are sitting at a desk, facing each other, each working on their laptop computers.]

Megan: Answering email is the worst. It just leads to getting more email.

Cueball: Yeah, email is a trap.

[Beat panel.]

[Megan looks up from her work on the computer.]

Megan: I bet the reason the Ancient Romans got so much done was that they had no concept of Inbox Zero.

Cueball: That explains it.

(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:Rome's declaration of war against Carthage was sent from a no-reply address, so Hannibal had to cross the Alps to deliver his "UNSUBSCRIBE" response in person.


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