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... so? I work in an org that's spread across the US. I work with people on the opposite side of the country who I've never met in person and I have no idea what they look like. I also don't care.


You don't care who's talking?


I don't care what they look like. After talking to them once or twice on the phone, they're completely recognizable by voice alone, even on our terribly antiquated conferencing system.


I had a guy I've worked with for the past year finally put a profile picture on his account, and I saw his face for the first time. Was a bit of a shock, since it wasn't what I pictured from his voice. But it's no big deal I pictured someone that looked a bit different.

I barely think about what people look like now at my job, even the people I used to work with every day in person (when we still had an office); they're mostly just distinctive voices to me now.




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