Hell yes, fellow slow driver! It also saves fuel and car maintenance expenses.

Assuming the odds are 1:1. It’s implied but not explicitly stated, which suggests it’s probably not 1:1.

Edit: yes, I know this is a meme.

This is a really common sentiment. Humans are social apes but many cultures have severely curtailed what kind of touch is considered appropriate.

I highly recommend hanging with cats. When I was younger, I volunteered at a cat rescue. Friendly cats are almost always down to be pet and to rub their furry little faces all over you. It’s hard to feel as lonely when you’re hanging out with your cat buds, and the rescue cats need friends too.

We settled for wages at my previous salary for the time I was unemployed, the bonus I would have received, and the stock I was to be awarded literally the day after they terminated me. We think the latter two were the real drivers for my termination.

I got fired for this! Even though it was my lunch break, I was off the clock, and I have a chronic illness that makes working an 8-10 hour day exhausting, I was fired since I was “setting a bad example for the junior staff”.

Guess who got an EEOC/disability settlement.

They mean Aslan, aka big kitty Jesus, from the Narnia books.

I suppose you and I have different notions of what defines smart. Being “brainwashed” into supporting something that someone of even middling intelligence can see is overwhelmingly stupid suggests a lack of the most basic critical thinking skills, which I would not say suggests any notable degree of intelligence.

As someone who did both of those things, I caution you to be sure not to conflate educated with intelligent. I have met many very well educated, astoundingly stupid people in academia and industry. Some of the most educated people I’ve met were as dumb as a sack of hammers, they just had the right mix of personality traits and privilege to help them succeed in a system that above all else requires opportunity, dedication, and time.

The pigs would fire you then sell the video online.

It’s definitely a third date or beyond activity. When I was single, I always asked third dates to compare their emotional baggage with me, but wouldn’t discuss it in depth until later. We all have it, so might as well bring it out but not all of it at once. Better to savor the pain.

Same, I’m a fan!

Especially after that island was invaded dozens of times since it’s a great strategic location. Grandpa was very dumb.

Haha, you too?

Peak “fuck you, got mine”. Same with my grandparents, they were anti-immigrant immigrants. Grandpa was also notoriously racist. I laughed so hard when some genome sequencing revealed a ton of sub-Saharan genes in that side of the family. My dad was about 25% African and Grandpa was hella dark. Now how could that be…?

A cardboard box can qualify as a nursing home as long as it’s staffed by enough care roaches.

Nah, I’m not that old. My dad was in tech so I got to see a lot of neat old stuff growing up.

It’s a connector for an IBM 7000 series mainframe.

Last I read, global investments into AI are nearing $0.8 trillion USD. Imagine if that was invested in improving people’s lives instead.

The party of “small government” once again governing small. Small mindedly.