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I want to preface this that if you work a job that CAN be done remote, and you've proven your production does not drop when working remote, you should 100% have the option to work remote.

But...

For the business itself, it's a lot more nuanced that that Starting with companies that actually own the office buildings that are currently being unused or are in rental/lease agreements that they cannot get out of.

Those are costs that are literally going towards nothing.

Barber102 posted...

Maybe us millennials couldve fixed it we had the backing of gen x, but instead they wanted to blame us for all the problems that they allowed the boomers to get away with.

us millennials are finally in a position where we can do things. If I was an american I still legally couldnt even be president as I am too young. There is still time for us too fix things especially with genz being more open to helping us rather than the useless genx.

dont give up hope its almost our time people.

Like clockwork. Every generation blames the one before them until they become the generation that gets blamed.

Unknown5uspect posted...

We'll never have anything resembling adorable housing again. The last good time to buy is over. High interest rates and renting are the future nobody asked for.

I just want to point out that my house is very adorable.

ai123 posted...

When the Boomers are all dead, Gen Z and their succesors will turn to the Millenials and say, 'why didn't you fix it? You're supposed to be generation empathy'.

Exactly.

30-40 years from now GenZ and whatever we'll call the generation after them will be yelling "Yes we agree Boomers broke it, and GenX was complacent, but they're all gone now and YOU were supposed to be the generation that fixed it, and you've done nothing."

And 30-40 years after that future generations will be saying the same to Gen Z.

theAteam posted...

Some of the most extreme conservatives in Congress are gen X and millennials.

The wealthy have their kids trained to take over and keep the wheel grinding, same as it ever was.

I know this. Millennial and GenZ Democrats seen to not know this, and think all that needs to happens the Mitch McConnnells of the world to die off and then the whole country will be Blue.

Vampire_Chicken posted...

Those who think boomers are a shitty generation are wilfully blind to the fact that most shitty people were shitty when they were younger too, and something as arbitrary as the year you were born in doesn't make much difference.

It's a generational revolving door. In the end, everyone gets their own turn at fucking things up.

That's what I try to tell them, but (and I won't say everyone, becasue a lot of people do look internal for blame/solutions to their problems) many just say things like "the system is rigged against the young" and base their entire political viewpoints on that "fact".

Alteres posted...

L O fucking L

Well I'm constantly being told that all we need is for all the Boomer (and older) people in DC to die off and get replaced with younger politicians that actually want to move towards a solution.

How the AOC's and Beto's of the world are going to lead the US into the future once all the Biden's and McConnell's die off.

Zero_Destroyer posted...

is this one of those "trends" where one person did it, everyone commented on how unhinged it was, and then media outlets aren't able to understand it wasn't actually a trend

Exactly. This is the social media version of when Fox News takes one extreme left viewpoint that they see ONE person say and run with the "THIS IS HOW THE LEFT THINKS?!?!?!?" narrative.

So, in a decade when all the Boomers dies off, will younger generations move their venom to GenX for being complacent as teenagers and 20 year olds while the Boomers were crippling the economy? Or will we actually start moving towards finding some real solutions to the issues?

KI_Simpson posted...

A GenXer like Marjorie Taylor Greene? I blame you for what she does for some reason.

Shes from the south. All bets are off regardless of age if youre below the Mason-Dixon

Fenriswolf posted...

If a conservative commentator is talking shit about leftists, I guarantee 90% of the times they're using deceptive editing.

So your conclusion is that the pic was edited?

Fenriswolf posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/2/8/AAE2hLAADXY0.jpg

She couldve literally been wearing any other brand, or simply not listed Nike in her proclamation.

But

nocturnal_traveler posted...

That people, regardless of age, say stupid things.

nocturnal_traveler posted...

I try to give boomers a chance. But then they start talking.

What does this have to do with anything?

Im barely a GenXer, let alone a boomer.

And then I see things like this.

https://twitter.com/addisonsmithtv/status/1717272605047288043?s=12&t=bwfmQlA2TyIz7slwIQ0_Lg

DarkAssassin89 posted...

Because most countries dont have the relatively small populations to relatively large amounts of natural wealth/resources like they do. Trying to compare their situation to the one in the United States for example is disingenuous and specious at best.

Pretty much this.

Sweden basically has the same population as Long Island, New York.

Please don't tell me that Trump is somehow going to be found innocent because he didn't explicitly say "Go inflate my worth and make it look like I'm worth more than I am"?

AloneIBreak posted...

Im just here for the entertaining if disingenuous strawmanning of centrists, like where theyre in favor of some obviously reprehensible act, just not all of it.

Like:
Right wing: we want genocide!
Left wing: no genocide!
Centrist: well, how about we compromise and have just a little genocide?

I think that's a little extreme.

I think it's more like "I think anyone that wants to come to the US should be able to, but come here through the legal channels. I also think it shouldn't take 10 years and $15,000 to get someone to become a citizen."

Real centrist tend to not care about being labeled centrists because they tend to not get into political discussions because they tend to have viewpoints that cover both sides of the line.

For example, they're practicing Catholics, but have no issues with the LGBT community. It is their belief that the lifestyle is "wrong" but also recognize that not everyone has their belief structure.

They like social support programs, such as welfare, but think the abuse of those systems should be punished.

Most centrists (in my experience) tend to be people that usually don't share their beliefs, because they prefer not to deal with the BS of political discussion.

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

All of these assholes end up fighting over who gets to fill the power vacuum and without clear directions, leadership or objectives, the cult just falls apart to infighting and self-destruction.

Perfect example of that... The current debacle known as the vote for Speaker of the House.

R1masher posted...

Pay a bill

Same. I'd just hop on my CC app and put it towards that. I don't even thing my balance is $250 right now, but I'd be ok with taking a credit.

Silent Hill

IdiotMachine posted...

This is our first ever cruise, but yes- never inviting my mom.

My bad, I had you confused with someone else from a week or so ago that spends way too much on cruises to get those multi-level suites.

Lesson learned.

Next time, spend an extra grand and get Mom a low-level room of her own, or don't invite her and spend the cruise the way you've spent cruises in the past. Get your jollies while the kid is in daycare.

Yell "I FOUND YOU!" then tell him he's it and to count to ten.

Do you not know the rules to "Hide and Seek"?

IdiotMachine posted...

But literally nope for both cant believe I cant trust my mom with watching my child while my child sleeps. Like come on

"Can't believe I couldn't trust my 4 days sober alcoholic brother to keep 6 cases of scotch in his basement for me"

How are you STILL not figuring this out?

ReiRei89 posted...

Wonder how our resident deplorables are going to handle this?

My MAGA loving co-worker has moved on to the narrative that the election was "stolen before a vote was even placed" by "mainstream media disinformation" and "courts changing the mail-in voting laws under the guise of the Pandemic".

Even if its purely superficial, a certain pocket of people will find you attractive if you have money.

That number is significantly lower if youre poor.

Plus money affords you Better/more attractive way to present yourself

IdiotMachine posted...

My wife says basically that I know my mom, and I shouldve know her to be like this, and I shouldnt be pissed off. Thoughts?

There's your answer. What made you think international waters would have her change her ways?

You're basically saying "I took my uncle, who a degenerate gambler and alcoholic to Las Vegas with me, but told him not to gamble and drink. Can you believe he's drinking the first night there?"

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The Police Union is strong. Especially in NYC.

K181 posted...

Watson or Maddox

Same.

Robin Hood: Men In Tights was a very entertaining movie.

That's all I'll ever add to a Chappelle topic from now on.

GeraldDarko posted...

If you give your social security number to somone and they steal your identity, that's still fraud. People get prosecuted for that type of thing all the time. Should the lie they told to scam somone really excuse it?

To the point where they shouldn't be prosecuted? No.

To the point where we shouldn't also be able to chastise the "victim" for not seeing the scam 100 miles away? Also no.

Now, you instantly took it to the extreme with stealing identities and whatnot, when I was originally talking about someone paying $40 to have their palm read.

I don't consider that a scam, I consider that someone getting paid by someone in exchange for being entertained.

So yes, it's fairly obvious that if someone uses the veil of being a "psychic" to steal people's identities, it's is not a good thing and should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.

But if someone is offering $40 palm readings at a bachelorette party, and then says something like "Things are still a little hazy, but another $100 would help the spirits clear things up" and you give them the $100, they yes, I will 100% victim blame in that scenario.

GeraldDarko posted...

So, it's there fault they were manipulated. How is that not victim blaming?

In this particular case, yes its victim blaming. And rightfully so.

This isnt a If you dont want to get robbed, dont work the overnight shift at a 7-11 victim blame. This is a Maybe you shouldnt give your social security number to a lady that says she can talk to your dead cat situation here.

Were talking about a psychic, not a guy that falsifies documents to make him look like a life insurance salesman in order to con old people.

Torgo posted...

There's definitely a difference here though... that talking cartoon dog is not using cold reading and various tricks to ascertain personal information and then pass along life "advice" and possibly grift or defraud money from the children watching the screens.

At worst they are getting kids to beg their parents for toys and sugary cereal.

The only people that get manipulated are the ones that allow themselves to be manipulated.

Kinda like how people that dont believe in hypnosis cant get hypnotized.

lolife67 posted...

So that kind of proves the point that the male bashing types aren't nearly as prolific or numerous as the red pill ones. It's used as a deflection as opposed to being an actual problem.

Maybe. I can only speak for myself.

Im 45 and have been out of the dating scene for at least 20 years so I dont really pay attention to being with. I wouldnt even know who Andrew Tate was if it wasnt for topics on this board.

For Entertainment Purposes Only covers a lot.

Thats like saying you should be able to sue a cartoon because the talking dog told you as a kid that you can be anything you want if you just wish on a star.

lolife67 posted...

I think they wanted names of people who are promoting that mindset in the same way the MGTOW/red pill types do.

Also, if you don't want those videos being suggested to you then stop watching them. That's something 100% in your control.

I dont pay attention to them enough to see who post them when I see them to know specific names.

And fir the most part the videos tend to be someone talking about how terrible and double-standard it is to have those requirements but not expect the opposite sex to also have certain standards.

I feel like slightly left and slightly right people tend to be the do whatever you want, just dont break the law and dont bother me about it people.

And those are my kind of people. So I went with slightly conservative.

ai123 posted...

What is the man-hating equivalent to the misogynist manosphere? To Andrew Tate, rapist, abuser, and sex trafficker? To Red Pilling? To PUAs? To a general Internet commentary which fixates on how women are not adequate if their tits or ass aren't big enough, or their face not sufficiently pretty?

Women who think men that are under 6 feet tall or make less than $250k are useless?

Unknown5uspect posted...

It's probably fine if you don't base your entire life around trying to get laid.

Probably is. Plus, at 45, if I were "suddenly single" I would have to assume that the people I would end up dating all remember what it was like to date pre-internet, and aren't really part of this "online hate club" that seems to exist among people of younger ages.

AOL Chatrooms, mostly. Email address to email my girlfriend at the time who was away at a different college than I was.

Once I got the hang of "the web" I mostly used it for sports card collecting. Hooking up with other collectors across the country to make sales, purchases, and trades.

All I know is I'm thankful to be in a healthy relationship for over 20 years, becasue being single in the internet age sounds miserable.

It was exponentially better than Beyond: Two Souls, but I enjoyed Heavy Rains story more of the three.

divot1338 posted...

They should get one of the smaller Democrats to go in sitting on the shoulders of another with a big coat disguising them.

Do that a few times to skew to count and then dramatically have the winning voted leap out of their colleagues chests.

Honestly, this will be less juvenile than what is actually happening in DC

Tom_Joad posted...

I have to say that the easier form of the drink (it's called Plenvu here) didn't work very well in clearing my colon.

The next time I have to do one, I'll choose MiraLax. Even if it is supposed to taste worse.

I hear cutting the MiraLax with Gatorade makes it much more tolerable.

I had a liquid prep as well. It wasn't terrible. Forgot what it was called, but it basically tasted like salty robitussin.

Tom_Joad posted...

That... is a huge polyp. Wow.

(O.o)

Yeah, the Doc was kinda alarmed by the size along with how many other polyps he found, considering my age.

I don't know much of my father's family's health history, as he was basically an orphan since his father basically abandoned him when he was young and his mom passed when he was 17, but I assume there wasn't a great health history on that side.

It looking like I'll be on the annual colonoscopy train from here on out.

I feel bad for my kids, becasue my wife also had some complications when she had her colonoscopy, so they're both going to have to start getting them at a much younger age than normal.

Tom_Joad posted...

I've gotten an MRI, CAT scan, and will be getting a ultrasound exam next week. This will allow the oncologists/surgeons to tell if they can just cut it out via a local resection (outpatient surgery).

Or if they need to do radiation therapy to shrink it beforehand.

It's only 3cm in diameter, so it shouldn't require major surgery. Like removing my rectum.

The polyp they found in my colon is thankfully precancerous, but mine is 4cm (no that it's a competition) and I'm going in for a resection surgery as well.

Hope all goes well.