One time an Amazon rep came to my fucking university class and told us about how the was always an empty chair at boardroom meetings that represents “the customer”.

In that moment I knew I was not full of shit enough to hack it in the industry.

Canada is an exemplar among nations, which is as we know a sliding scale.

The stupid coil of shit thinks he’s Cool Hand Luke.

I’m so unused to seeing this Gaston meme with the original face left on

The only hope for the US not becoming a repeat of 1920s Germany at this point is that they’re too stupid to make it happen.

What a gut wrenching reminder that you should judge a society by how it treats its powerless. Nobody is more powerless in a society than an enemy POW.

A return to chattel slavery? An aim of the resurgent confederacy? What a twist

The surprising thing is that they’re not fun at parties because they attempt an epic keg stand and you end up calling an ambulance and everyone goes home early

If it’s illegal as fuck I’m going to be so relieved. It’s so distractingly horrible that I can’t even think clearly

Difficult to know what even to say about this. It might be legal? But it is a deep violation of the social contract.

In my case, it’s more to do with that execrable tool Farage.

Approximately 320kg per day, I am informed.

After Pebble got bought up and went under, I kept mine a good while. It eventually died or I lost the charger, I forget. I’ve had ‘modern’ smart watches since then, and they all just stressed me out and were too fiddly. I need buttons.

I’m not really interested in tracking calories burned or heart rate changes myself, so I preordered a cheap one in black like I used to have. Annoying that I’ll probably have to pay an extra import duty on it, but I miss wearing a watch and this one is worth supporting - for the thing itself, but also because it’s a meaningful story to me.

That’s a trip. I keep having that moment with the JWST where I think okay, now I get the hype and then it surprises me again.

He can easily spot a genocide when the out-group is doing it.

Your point is not very clear, or I’m having a brain fart. Do you mind rephrasing?

Yes but it forced us to learn cooperation.

Another day in Putin’s second term

Lots of high quality FOSS projects exist. Interrogate that feeling of surprise!

…I need to get funnier coworkers.