Lies we tell ourselves about email addresses

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git push --force Home About Me RSS Mono Font Lies We Tell Ourselves About Email Addresses 2026-06-06T22:54:55-04:00TL;DR: Don't overthink it, just send a verification email. Bear with me, because some of these “lies” are going to feel obvious, or like unimportant trivia. In all honesty, that’s not that far from the truth. However, I hope you’ll let me try to build a detailed and fun illustration showing how something as mundane as email can break our expectations in s

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