james handy declared the internet’s official “NPC of the Week” after his disastrously awkward live TV interview went viral for all the wrong reasons. The segment, intended to discuss his new book on productivity, instead became a masterclass in uncomfortable silence, as he stared blankly at the camera for 47 seconds before asking, “Did we get that?” Meme historians are now calling it the most ironic use of his own advice on “effective communication” ever recorded, with viewers dubbing him the patron saint of ghosted Zoom calls.