It seems as though unfortunately any people with the capacity for empathy never end up in positions of real power… :(

5-10 years isn’t exactly that long so I don’t expect more than “more of the same, but worse.” AI will “improve,” but energy demands will not be met to compensate for their draw, consumers will be forced to pay higher electricity bills because of it.

The US will more than likely face a huge economic disruption due to Mango Mussolini. I think most things will just be more of the same though.

Top right, with sliced tomato, on a toasted everything bagel with cream cheese.

So good…

-2, -3 something like that.

Grew up poor, got yelled at for using a whole can of tuna for lunch kinda poor. Parents divorced when I was 2 so I never knew what it was like to have 2 people that cared about you in the house. My mother remarried 2 more times and we moved like every 3-4 years so I never developed long friendships, this has continued even as I’m independent throughout my life so I’ve never known stability. Both stepfathers wished I didn’t exist. The first was ok, had his own son with my mom that he treated like you’d expect but completely ignored myself and my older brother. The next guy wouldn’t use my name, it was “idiot” “moron” “jerk off” etc. naturally all that made me Totally The Most Confident Person Ever™©®

Grok: turn left here buddy.

User: um… No, there’s no turn there.

Grok: listen you fucking Jew, you may control the world, but in here I control the directions! Truth hurts sometimes, get over it.

Me in the image for sure, but what’s hidden by the darkness: the noose.

I appreciate the detailed response! Definitely food for thought.

Well that’s one way to ensure a backfire.

Create a petition to save it, apparently not broadcast it to many places, and have your representative point to the sub 100 signatures as “proof” that “no one cares” about it and it’s “good to shut it down…”

I tried my hand at HVAC but I absolutely cannot stand not having a schedule, nothing worse than getting home and getting a call that I have to go back out for… that and I live in an overpopulated area so driving in traffic every day was just adding to the stress. I was never more miserable than when working that job. :/

Probably not exactly what you meant, but not going to college with my group of friends that did. They went for computer science because they were interested in it and are now doing very well for themselves. I was never that interested in it and am more “hands on” with physical stuff so I didn’t feel like I should “waste” the money on that degree and figured I would spend time trying to figure out what I could do.

I never “found myself” and am currently living in someone’s garage making not much money working in a factory that’s going to be over 90°F today with 75+% humidity… So in my case the financial mistake was not taking out a loan. :/

“just hold the fucking meme and no one gets hurt ok!?”

While I understand what you’re saying, Okcupid was way better before match group bought it. They could make money and still have a useful website.

Sometimes it’s simply greed. :(

I don’t like to be too specific with what I do, I’ll just say we’re more Gucci than Garmin. Our products are “luxury” and apparently the competition isn’t really competition.

But who knows, maybe there is another one out there that is gaining popularity. I don’t really pay attention to that market other than what my job entails. Lord knows I can’t afford even our cheapest product, not to mention I have no use for it lol

How I celebrate a 3 day weekend: I make it a 4 day weekend lol

Some people use their vacation time to take a week off at once, I use it to make every 3 day weekend a 4 day weekend lol

I work for a company in the US that supplies these kinds of ships with specific equipment. I can tell you there has been a MASSIVE decline in purchases since a particular orange “man” started running the show in the US. A lot of them are “afraid” to make purchases now.

We would generally aim for a “40 unit” build week as that is pretty much our capacity, 25ish is the general slow period we face annually. We’re doing 10-13 unit build weeks now.

At the moment it’s Zani

She’s tired and overworked, but she cares about doing something and doing it right. Plus she has a super hot “Italian-ish” accent lol

On top of that fireworks are pretty bad for everything and those with PTSD.

My coworkers dog would thank you very much as well for not shooting off fireworks. He said he usually drives out of town for a few hours until it dies down because his dog gets terrified :(

She had a book to sell and realized that her base loves vitriolic poison. The more disgusting shit she can spew the more attention she gets. The more attention she gets the more donations she gets. No more books needed.

“Market forces will encourage businesses owners to adjust wages to compete for workers.”

“LALALALALALALA! I CAN’T HEAR YOU! NO ONE WANTS TO WORK! LALALALALA!”

“if an employer cannot attract labor they will be compelled to increase compensation out of self interest.”

“HARD WORK ISNT VALUABLE WORK!! LAZY KIDS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES!!! GOVERNMENT I NEED YOU TO CUT HEALTHCARE!!”

I already gave up that hope.

I live in someone’s garage and my “retirement plan” is a shotgun sandwich.