You'll be okay. Just relax.
veroxii
I see the email analogy all the time but I don't think it's the best one.
The fediverse is literally like Usenet or IRC. You log into a server and the servers talk to each other and sync messages behind the scenes.
It's not a new concept. In fact it's going back to the olden way of doing things.
Like the song says they're older than the trees. Kinda crazy to think trees hadn't even evolved yet when those mountains were at their peak.
What? It's easier than ever!
President Not Sure
Sure. You wouldn't want it all the time. Aside from auto-immune issues even simple things like allergies might be worse
But if we think of it as a booster it could be useful. Someone in the household comes down with something, then everyone else does a quick squirt with the immu-alert nasal spray.
Kiss my lucky egg
It depends on their recognition status I guess. They showed princess Anne I think when Great Britain entered. And a few others.
All words are just made up.
I had a big book full of games too which my dad bought me and I typed them in. Taught me how to code. But yeah at least I could save it to the tape drive!
Good times.
When I was 10 I'd go over to my friend's house to play Alley Cat and Shinobi. His dad had an IBM PC. Otherwise we played on my Commodore VIC-20, or went to play the arcade games at the local corner store.

And in most operating systems the wifi icon turns into some other error icon if there's no internet. So I can see the confusion.