Me too buddy. I think I see their usefulness now. He doesn’t care about the numbers of them, 1,500 is nothing. They’re useful as leaders for what they represent.
Of course they’ll all ignore the fact that he could have pardoned them before he left office, but then they wouldn’t make very good martyrs would they?
Between the school system, parents and social media, GenZ is the wussiest, lock stepping, conformist, risk-adverse generation of all time.
“Gosh! What if I get in trouble?”
“Heavens me! What if I’m criticized on social media?”
“What if I’m told no?!”
Fuck me, asked one of my best friends (22) to do a thing with me. “What if we get in trouble?” “Uh, worst possible case? Someone says ‘Stop that.’” Like being told “no” might involve cops.
There was an eye-opening reddit post about the whole thing. 12-years on reddit, that post still sticks with me. Read it. It’s all honest discussion. (Yes, it starts about social skills, read on, you’ll see what I’m getting at.)
TWO college professors chimed in saying their students would sit in the dark before class because no one had the guts to turn the lights on. “Uh, we didn’t want to stand out or get in trouble.”
You weren’t allowed to take risks. Y’all have had the world stolen from you in 1,000 ways, ways you’ll never know about.
EDIT: Reading those comments again right now. I’m 54, but my kids are 10 and 12, I weep for the youth. You’ve been fucked and think it’s just normal life.
Uh, where y’all live that this is a thing? I’ll stay out the major cities, thanks.
Excel has most businesses in a headlock. Can’t see why anyone else pays for M$. I have Office, but it’s a permanent license from my last job. When I upgrade, say bye bye.
Excel is the deal breaker on that. My last company was all Google products and auth, but I still had to buy Excel for the accounting and HR teams.
Never heard of them until this Streisand created issue.
Cut the explanation back out, let the idiots seethe.
Unanimous?! Makes you wonder what they know that we might not.
IR LEDs are stupid cheap and easy to rig. I have a fat board of them I got for $7. Also have a couple of flashers that plug directly on top of a 9V battery.
Yes, but you have to guess which motherboard.
I’ve always used Android tablets. You need an app that allows you to fiddle with the colors. Mine is dark orange on a black background.
eReader Prestigio has been good to me.
Liberals: Tax it!
Also Liberals: What about the poor people!
Lemmy tends to think everything is free, has no clue about real-world costs.
Old cable guy here. The cost is in laying the lines. That cost is astronomical. AT&T did the math, said, “Fuck it. Not worth it.”
Call 'em evil, but they’re not stupid.
Gods I FEEL you! Same, same and same. I can’t afford to do this either, but did it for my sanity.
Tried more for my physical health, marching and kayaking for miles around the woods and swamps. Just couldn’t get the human connection.
I’m hired and I SANG today while canoeing! We shall see.
Anyone notice Trump clearly didn’t write that, because it’s clearly written? Remember how bugfuck he was getting over the last year and how we rarely see that anymore?
Just how bugfuck is he now and who’s controlling him?
No, it means you might run off at any moment when a higher paying job presents itself.
I got the job! Going to hang in there, see where it leads. I was astounded at the mobility, up and lateral, that I can probably score.
I think the people hating on retail haven’t developed people skills because they’re young or simply can’t. I can flip an angry customer around in a few minutes, have them eating out of my hand.
The secret sauce? Treat like as what they are, a human being coming to you for help, not pain-in-the-ass customer #43 for the day. Even the ones that start out angry quickly catch on that you’re on their side and doing your damnedest to help. If you’re fake, they can smell it.
I’m a total loser, redefining my life to do what I want, taking a scary risk for a massive pay cut. Shoot me now.
That’s an awful lot of work and won’t be 100% effective. Get a burner.