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I had this happen at my job maybe six months ago? It was surreal because I'm young enough that I knew the trope from TV shows and stuff from the late 90s/early 2000s of people not knowing when to use "reply" instead of "reply all" but never actually had to deal with it by the time I grew up and starting working.

The only thing more amusing than all of the people replying asking to be taken off the list is all the people who reply to tell everyone else to stop replying, as if that would solve the problem instead of making it worse.




> The only thing more amusing than all of the people replying asking to be taken off the list is all the people who reply to tell everyone else to stop replying, as if that would solve the problem instead of making it worse.

There's a very good chance that those replies are reducing the flood, assuming they're nowhere near a majority.




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