Since she is, in fact, a rather funny person, she usually manages to get a satisfactory response without resorting to Google Plus or LinkedIn.

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Even Half-Life would feel funny as a film, with the first-person perspective ripped away and, one suspects, a chatty Gordon Freeman.

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The natural moments between them, which transcend the labored repentant-brother subplot, capture the thrill of finding a person who makes you feel like there is no one as smart, funny, or good-looking as the two of you.

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While that developer used this power to amuse, a more disgruntled person could probably come up with pictures, or execute code, that might not be so funny.

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