MelodiousFunk

I think you just described “business” in general.

For now.

Next headline: “The economy is doing super duper awesomesauce but Americans keep saying shit’s fucked: Economists baffled”

Just some horse balls is all.

Those went into the peach cobbler.

And just think, rural Oregon aspires to be under Idaho’s stewardship.

…says you.

Signed,
Shareholders

Meanwhile, modern Wendy’s is all, “Here’s three patties on a greasy bun slathered in ketchup/mustard/mayo, and if you manage to take a bite it’s all gonna come sliding out the other side like bloody pus. Comes with bacon as an option, too. Don’t forget your quart of sugar water.”

The millions of people that get infected with one or more of the above but not diagnosed:

“Man, I had a really bad cold. Felt awful. Had to go to work though, was out of sick days and the boss couldn’t/wouldn’t find other coverage.”

To sum up what a lot of other folks are saying:

Money doesn’t buy happiness; money mitigates misery.

I got bit by this earlier in the year. I needed a smaller TV for the bedroom. I narrowed down the line I wanted. Target and Best Buy were the only two local stores to carry it. BB had the 2023 model, Target had a 2022 model with a sub-designation that was $50 cheaper. I went with Target because I didn’t care if it was an older model, just needed something good enough. Well, it wasn’t good enough, not even close. The color accuracy was so bad that the tint adjustment was useless — it was both too pink and too green no matter what. I dug out my old calibration disk and tried to adjust the color by isolating red/green/blue channels. The best-effort adjustments made it better, but still awful. I even connected it to the network (hardwire only, fuck “smart” appliances) just in case a firmware update helped. It did not, so back it went. Had to wait, multiple times in line and for someone to pull from the back, for like 45 minutes because they “don’t do exchanges” so I needed to do a song and dance to get the sale price on a replacement purchase. Got the replacement home, same deal. At that point I suspected it was leftover Black Friday junk.

Took it back and went to Best Buy. Spent the extra $50. Perfect color out of the box. Lesson(s) learned.

Now just one second. I have it on very good authority that God works in mysterious ways. Your outline above has a clear narrative, and is therefore invalid.

Checkmate, mumblegrumble!

All it takes is watching a few home improvement videos on YT to start the idiot ads rolling: bots reading screen text a la TikTok that boil down to “Doctors HATE this one trick!” nonsense. I’m never sure if the knowledge gained from the video is worth the brain cells lost to the ad.

Anyone else think it’s cool to just fly solo as a good human, no religion attached?

Religion does not have a monopoly on morality, despite what many preach. Be kind, and believe what you want.

strict control of access to bathrooms, and in general the prison-like obsession with routines and schedules

I’d argue that this is one of the only real life situations that school prepares people for: you’re very likely to be stuck living on someone else’s schedule for the vast majority of your life. Your employer decides what time you have to be there and what time you’re allowed to leave; when you get a break; when you can use the bathroom; when you’re allowed to take a vacation. Sick for more than a day or two? Better burn some cash and get a doctor’s note. Need to go to a funeral? Immediate family only, company policy, sorry buddy.

The 2020 Revenge Tour will continue until morale improves we decide we’re done bleeding the plebs dry.

Believe it or not, also Teams.

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Im sure that there are other lifeforms in some other system just not the flying sorcerer type.

Ugh, I hope you’re right. Flying aliens would be bad enough. But if the bastards can muticlass and use magic as well… we’d be doomed.

nonspecific positive imagery and music

Ask your doctor about [results of syllable dartboard] today.

The same reason anyone takes a USB stick anywhere: to inconspicuously drop in a conspicuous place in hopes that some rube will find it, put it in their PC, and get pwnd.