Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 15 days agoIs America a well oiled machine or is it a series of mouse traps and no one really understands why it's still around?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareIs America a well oiled machine or is it a series of mouse traps and no one really understands why it's still around?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 15 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareMax-P@lemmy.max-p.melinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoIt’s a machine that used to be well oiled but management’s been deferring maintenance for decades, the oil’s gross, it’s leaking everywhere and overheating, it’s barely hanging on, and the manufacturer’s long been out of business.
minus-squareDashboTreeFrog@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-215 days agoPlus people have just kinda been putting mouse traps in the machine here and there.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoAnd taking out important parts of the machine and replacing them with mousetraps.
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoDon’t forget the duct tape.
minus-squareCrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoOr the WD-40, can’t forget that.
It’s a machine that used to be well oiled but management’s been deferring maintenance for decades, the oil’s gross, it’s leaking everywhere and overheating, it’s barely hanging on, and the manufacturer’s long been out of business.
Plus people have just kinda been putting mouse traps in the machine here and there.
And taking out important parts of the machine and replacing them with mousetraps.
Don’t forget the duct tape.
Or the WD-40, can’t forget that.