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Bossman literally telling employees to “smile more.”

Whathefuckiszishit?

And to add another point, people en masse are followers. They vote the way they are told. At some point, progressives got the idea that it is impolite to tell people how to vote. That means the loudest voices are the most impolite. That’s a breeding ground for fascists and charletains. Speak up, challenge stupidity and lies, and make bigots feel bad again.

That depends on two things.

Will he live that long?

Will the people who own him let him have it?

You know, I hadn’t considered that. You’re immortal and so is everyone else. Do you even bother trying to enforce laws? Anyone put in jail is going to wake up back in their own bed. Anyone in jail is going to do whatever they can to escape. I suppose the guards aren’t going to show up for work. In fact, nobody is going to go do their jobs. Why would you choose to slog it out when you could do anything? Power companies will go dark, and public transit will disappear. Telecoms would stop working and anything that isn’t automated will just go away.

I suppose the early morning hours would be a mad dash for resources and weapons. Anyone unfortunate enough to sleep in that day would wake up to a world gripped in chaos every single day. Late nights would be either a wild party or extremely lonely.

But with the reset, things wouldn’t fall into disrepair. People who want to restore power and communications go just go and turn those back on. Money would be meaningless, so it would just be civic pride and boredom that brings the world back from chaos.

Sex wouldn’t mean much. Anyone giving birth that day would probably get weird. Anyone suffering from terminal illnesses would probably secure some great drugs and numb the pain as much as possible.

We would create a lot of performance art. Music, plays, creative storytelling, everyone would have time to create and consume.

Physical art would be almost nonexistent. You couldn’t work on a painting or statue, and anything you create would be gone by the next day.

If everyone is experiencing it, then everyone is going to change their behavior every day and the only thing that will be the same is the weather. There will be no patterns, but you’ll have people walking down the street, dodging pidgeon poop like Nic Cage with a mullet.

I’m not saying it’s good, but all I see on modern laptops is USB-C ports.

HSAs are a misdirect to get you to ignore how shitty high deductible plans are. Never take the high deductible plan.

Everyone grieves differently. Some people want to talk about it, others want to be distracted from it. Only bring it up if you think she’s in a sharing mood, and let her drive the conversation.

You could say something like, “I know it must be difficult right now, but if you want to talk, I’m here for you.”

If she does want to talk, you could ask questions like “What was she like?” People like remembering good times if they can, and it can help them process the loss. But also, some people really don’t want to do that with coworkers. Be prepared for either, and don’t take it personally if she doesn’t want to share.

Why would she pay for her office renovations? Never pay for anything at your job, especially something you won’t get to keep, and doubly for a job that you know you might lose during the next election.

Because either she’s lying and was stealing bathroom fixtures, or she’s telling the truth and she’s incredibly stupid. Either way, the optics make her look ridiculous and petty.

I used to order a kid’s meal, and it was more than enough food for an adult. My kids enjoyed getting toys at the end of the day, too, but they were all plastic garbage.

Fever isn’t a defining symptom of Covid. Initially, it was believed that anyone with an active infection would have a fever. That turned out to be wrong, and it led to a lot of people being denied tests and treatment in the early phase of the pandemic because they had Covid byt (I was one of them). People would go out in public with other symptoms because they assumed the absence of a fever meant it definitely wasn’t Covid. So that might be the change in understanding you’ve heard about.

Fever is still a common symptom of Covid. If you have a fever, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, loss of smell or taste, and/or gastrointestinal symptoms, you may have Covid and you should act as though you are infectious.

Tests are widely available and inexpensive. It doesn’t hurt to give yourself a test, or see a doctor if you think you might have Covid.

Good points, and I agree with you. I only mentioned those two because the topic was Russia and China.

The wider point stands, that oligarchs in every political and economic system of government are generally more concerned with their own power and welfare. Political leaders and power brokers will claim to have some ideological basis for their crimes, but there is always self-interest at the core of every exploitation. In that narrow-scope comparison, they are the same, but it manifests differently based on the available social and political structures in their respective countries.

Right? I comsider myself fairly far-left, but Putin and Xi are oligarchs abusing their respective positions of power to enrich themselves at the expense of their countrymen and the world at large. You can oppose those things and still think government should take care of its people.

True, but they are collecting all my data either way since I have an account. I may as well collect the free games.

Yeah, that’s pretty common. 200+ games and they don’t even have payment info for me.

“I’m a picky eater, so I’m just bringing a sandwich for myself.”

Because an uncaring or immoral god is unworthy of praise or devotion. Why donate your life or your fortune to a god that created the universe and then fucked off?

Sometimes alcohol abuse is just addiction. Trauma soon follows, though.

I’m not confused about what racism is. You’re the one saying people who disagree with you are supporting racism.