We Do A Lot Of Pretending

You know that moment when your manager walks by while you're "researching alternative solutions" (definitely not playing games), and you execute the fastest Alt+Tab in human history? The cat's casual "hiiiiii! i just wanted to check in for a sec. ok byeeeeee!!!" is exactly the energy of every manager who knows exactly what you're doing but chooses corporate politeness over confrontation.

The real comedy gold here is the mutual agreement to ignore reality. Manager pretends they didn't see anything, you pretend you were totally deep in that into.txt file the whole time. It's the unspoken social contract that keeps office culture functioning. Both parties benefit from the delusion, so why ruin a good thing?

Pro tip: Keep a terminal window with `htop` running in the background. Nothing says "I'm working hard" like mysterious system processes consuming CPU cycles.