Elon is running around writing checks left and right

Mostly right.

What you’re saying is that if you can cook well enough then the ship’s captain will bribe you with a free ride AND give you money? Amazing.

This is the truth. The pandemic really messed up my house because we stopped cleaning when people stopped coming over, and now it is so bad that we still don’t have people coming over. Add to that having a kid who doesn’t want to ever get rid of any of her old toys, and 2 parents trying hard to not let depression win… I don’t think we’ll ever have a clean house again.

Don’t get me wrong, I fully know that it’s bootlicking shit and I hate it… but I have a family to support, bills to pay, etc. It is soul crushing and someone purposefully picking the most painful time to walk out only hurts their coworkers, because even if you choose to take a sick day when they walk out, the next day you still have to go in and deal with the mess left behind.

Except I don’t still get paid the same. Someone walked out last year and put the whole team in a tailspin and the rest of the team paid for it when review time came around and since we missed so many deadlines due to staffing issues no one got any sort of substantial raise. And missing your once-a-year raise doesn’t just impact your pay for that year, it impacts it for every year going forward.

I work for a real shitty company with a lot of people who do things just to justify their jobs. This leads to stupid mistakes happening that can cause MASSIVE disruptions for the entire workforce. One such stupid mistake happened this week and caused my team (and several others) a shitload of unnecessary work. Yesterday a guy on my team who works in an already understaffed office had enough and told me that he’s done, and quitting. I can’t blame him, he is in a very shitty situation and I wouldn’t have stayed as long as he has… but if he walked out it would have put that entire location, the rest of our team both locally and extended, in a much worse situation. What it wouldn’t do is hurt the company or the executives.

I’m all for people finding better jobs and leaving toxic environments, but it really does no one any good to pick the absolute worst time to walk out. That’s petty and will burn a lot of bridges, and depending on your situation and industry could come back to haunt you down the road.

Before the election would be preferred since Vance is so unpopular

Don’t think for a second that suddenly every republican will be saying how great Vance is if this were to happen.

Well, that really sucks the llama’s ass.

I’m shocked that Apple didn’t just make the crease more obvious and consider it a design element and advertise it as something the consumer wants.

Yes, it still stands… if Mossad is able to get to Hezbollah’s leadership that completely, I think they are likely more than capable of doing the same with Hamas’ leadership.

Shit, you’re right… thanks, I’ve corrected it because my point still stands.

This goes to show that Israel could have taken out Hezbollah leadership at any time… there was no need to raze Palestine other than to move people out so that Israelis can move in and rebuilt.

The incredibly shitty plastic surgery?

Eh, Mitch Daniels wasn’t a Democrat.

The fact that it is 9/11 and they are blasting trump saying “I got involved with the Taliban” is a tragedy.

This is the opening to John Scalzi’s Starter Villain. Great book for anyone interested in a humorous look at late stage capitalist supervillains.

If they survive

And if they show the slightest sign that they might not survive then the US Gov will bail them out.

I hope someone suggests to him that, now that Tesla has moved to Texas, they should rename the company “TeXla” so that it will match his other companies with an X in the name. Then all of the articles can start referring to ‘TeXla, formerly Tesla’.

Don’t forget, cross-platform!

I’m the same, my goal in November is to vote against trump. I would love to be able to vote for a candidate that I think would be a great President, or a good President, or even just not an evil President… but barring a better choice, I’m voting for the Democrat option.

Biden isn’t a good choice, but the team he has put together is doing a good job of running things with or without him and I’d be fine keeping that going for another 4 years - or however long he has left. I’d be happier with a more progressive, younger, sharper candidate, but ultimately my goal for this next election is to vote against trump.