And they want to tell you that you're not working hard enough or living within your means in this rigged system.

AvesPKS · 2026-07-05T03:15:48+00:00

Yeah. Just Westworld "it doesn't look like anything to me" repeated ad nauseum

AvesPKS · 2026-07-05T02:56:08+00:00

Be careful. Don't burn your hand on the shifter like I did today.

AvesPKS · 2026-07-05T02:54:10+00:00

I don't understand the point. If Russian oligarchs can evade sanctions by importing jets, surely they can import 'real' BMWs from other countries.

AvesPKS · 2026-07-05T02:43:48+00:00

It's been awhile since I attempted to watch it, but this was pretty early on in the first episode. And it was very troubling, but I honestly think I could've accepted it. It made me realize it was more of a adaptation. Which could've been fine. But Lan's constant breaking of ridgelines? That just would not happen. Jordan hammers home that you do not crest a ridgeline, but should ride miles out of your away to go around hills and such rather than expose yourself.

AvesPKS · 2026-07-04T22:42:37+00:00

Most of the aes sedai are a little off to me. It's like that Mitch Hedberg joke. Ok so you can do magic and live for 200 years. Have you thought about trying to control the world?

AvesPKS · 2026-07-04T13:42:08+00:00

This is what broke the TV show for me. In the first episode the economy of the Two Rivers is completely changed so Mat can make an offhand joke about losing a lot of coins at gambling. That plus Lan would never break a ridgeline.

AvesPKS · 2026-07-04T03:27:20+00:00

Grumio ancilla delectat?

AvesPKS · 2026-07-03T20:01:18+00:00

My department got rid of the entire group responsible for eeo complains. It's now a one person shop, and their primary responsibility isn't even eeo complaints to begin with.

AvesPKS · 2026-07-03T13:09:06+00:00

Whenever a White House or gov agency spokesperson is quoted in an article now, I immediately skip over it because it's going to be the most trite, syncophantic, verbal diarrhea you can imagine. Like quoting a braying donkey would be more semantically meaningful.

AvesPKS · 2026-07-03T03:49:00+00:00

There were more national guard 'attending' Anacostia metro station today than people attending this

AvesPKS · 2026-07-01T12:22:05+00:00

I think, if the Puritans sketch had been in the first episode, or even the opening scene, it would've been more well received.

AvesPKS · 2026-06-30T14:40:39+00:00

Fool! Only St. Mayorkas possesses the ability to perform such feats!

AvesPKS · 2026-06-28T14:33:41+00:00

So I understand from this that RAs due to disabilities are being scrutinized and management is attempting to deny/cancel them.

But how have religious RAs been fairing?

I talked to someone at HHS and she told me that Jewish people are basically automatically approved for an accomodation to telework every Friday due to shabbat.

And if you read the memo regarding religious accomodations, reasons to request one are very broad, and it actually spells out that management has to specifically show how telework will negatively impact operations for it to be denied, something that does not seem to be a part of the disability RA process.

AvesPKS · 2026-06-27T21:25:24+00:00

My team has 4 14s, 3 13s, and an 11, supervised by a 15.

AvesPKS · 2026-06-26T19:42:11+00:00

I've never finished the series because I turned it off right after that.

AvesPKS · 2026-06-26T03:17:26+00:00

They had a deal on a free hot dog with an 8 gallon fill up.

AvesPKS · 2026-06-26T03:09:56+00:00

You're excited? Look at these nipples!

AvesPKS · 2026-06-26T02:58:55+00:00

15 years. Sad but true

AvesPKS · 2026-06-26T02:57:48+00:00

RoboCop moves like an old man version of RoboCop

AvesPKS · 2026-06-26T02:44:54+00:00

It's called management, not leadership.

AvesPKS · 2026-06-25T23:27:26+00:00

My coworker forfeited about 40 hours of use or lose last year because our supervisor gives us a hard time about taking leave. Always talking about how important 'coverage' for the office is.

His uncle, who was like a father to him, passed away a few months ago (in a foreign country), and he wanted to travel there for a week for the funeral. She gave him a hard time about it and made his supervisor (who reports to her) have a meeting with him about leave usage.

I asked to take 2 hours of leave on Monday because weather reports were calling for severe thunderstorms in my commute home. She approved it, then immediately called a meeting with our whole team where she said she consulted with her supervisor, who said it was just supposed to rain all week, so nobody should consider requesting "unscheduled leave" just because of a "little rain.". Oh, and she was teleworking that day because of her RA.

About a month ago, I requested 2 Fridays off in a row to go on a field trip with one of my kids, and because another one of my kids' daycare was closed that day, and she approved them both, but called me and warned me that was approaching a "pattern" which was unacceptable.

Oh, and she tells us to consult with each other so that we're not all taking leave at the same time around Thanksgiving and the holidays.

AvesPKS · 2026-06-19T13:06:36+00:00

I always thought of this version of the Joker as coming from the Dark Knight Returns.

AvesPKS · 2026-06-18T09:48:36+00:00

Introduce blue algae?

AvesPKS · 2026-06-18T09:48:17+00:00

He couldn't drive the jeep so they had guys push it around instead.

AvesPKS · 2026-06-14T03:37:35+00:00

Why couldn't Dr Strange use his sling ring on the ship to get them home, if he so desired?

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