there also were little blinking LED stickers people would put on their phones in the mid 00s that would turn on during incoming calls, often before the phone started ringing

Completely reasonable

Absolutely epic new follower pull holy shit 🔥

I've been thinking a lot about The Ship of Bethesda.

Once you've added so many mods to a game you have to stop and consider, did I ever actually like it in the first place?