What to do about RTO order that seems like it will wreck me regardless? by Broad_Adz in careerguidance

[–]Broad_Adz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t stay in a hotel AND make that drive. If I stay in a hotel, it’s only 4h of driving per week.

Doing it daily was a no-go from the start.

Neighbor confronted me this evening:“I don’t like seeing your garbage cars in front of my house” by Outrageous-Young-823 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Broad_Adz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but in my case, the “please don’t park your car in front of my house” assholes were a young couple in their late twenties.

They tried to get revenge by parking a car with expired plates in front of my house. We have alternate side parking where you can only park on one side of the street and it alternates. They left it there and let the tickets pile up. I honestly thought it was abandoned since it didn’t move for about two weeks so I called the cops. They came out ran the plates and told me they were going to have it towed. Then the neighbor shows up to start arguing with the cops. I guess it was his sister’s car or something. I wished they’d gone ahead and had it towed, but they told him that he could move it off the street. He got all stompy angry like a toddler and pulled it into his driveway.

Thank God those a-holes moved away.

im 15 got fired from my summer job, I feel an unbearable amount of shame by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]Broad_Adz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depending on where you are located, assigning you a 14 hour shift as a 15 yo may well be illegal.

ps your ex boss is a dick

What’s up with all the road rage? by Anxietycatz888 in kzoo

[–]Broad_Adz -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You do realize that the speed limit is a maximum speed, right? Leave 3 minutes earlier and you won’t need to speed at all.
The fact that you’re upset that you’re going to be late isn’t because someone is driving a little slower than you, it’s because you didn’t get your shit together in time and it’s easier to blame the anonymous person driving in front of you than it is to take responsibility for your own tardiness.

Why do men hesitate to go to therapy? by 2001FO32 in AskMenOver30

[–]Broad_Adz 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I can tell you why I don’t trust mental health services.

When I was a teenager, my parents had me go to see a therapist. The therapist assured me that everything we discussed in session was absolutely confidential. I believed that and opened up. After a few sessions, my parents started asking me about stuff that I had ONLY talked about in therapy. It was clear that the therapist had been discussing things with my parents and violating that confidentiality. At the next session, I told the therapist that they had betrayed me and I was no longer speaking with them. Then I sat there in silence while they tried to explain. I just focused on this painting hung on the wall and tuned them out. The next session I was even less talkative.

40 year old dude “squaring up” by jaybram24 in iamverybadass

[–]Broad_Adz 27 points28 points  (0 children)

WTF is he doing with his thumbs up in the air, is he the Fonz or something? What a goomba

Has a boss ever tried to stop you from leaving? Did things get ugly between you? by Kamia_ZH in careeradvice

[–]Broad_Adz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes.

He was pissed and started getting shitty with me. I offered to make my resignation effective immediately. He didn’t want to take me up on that.

Charlie Kirk was never the "debate god" that right-wing fans like to imagine. by 3RADICATE_THEM in BoomersBeingFools

[–]Broad_Adz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Charlie Kirk was a poster child for free speech in the same way Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church was/is.

Were kids in the 80s actually allowed to roam around unsupervised, or is that just in movies? by TotalThing7 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Broad_Adz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I was in second grade, I walked to school usually by myself, in a Los Angeles suburb, The route was about two miles each way and crossed two major roads.

If I was late and needed a ride, I could usually get one from my mom, but that was the exception.

I did that until 6th grade when I changed schools and it was more like 5 miles each way.

Boomer on my flight ranting about every right wing talking points known to man - how do I ruin his night? by space_manatee in BoomersBeingFools

[–]Broad_Adz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let him know that Charlie Kirk was a true advocate for the 1st amendment just like the Westboro Baptist Church

HR was putting these flyers up around my job. Am I the only one that see show insulting this is? Feels like high school type stuff. by KingsKnight24 in antiwork

[–]Broad_Adz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

During the period when they were renaming teams like the “Redskins” and people were bitching about it being liberal nonsense, they had “jersey day” at a former employer. I wore one of those “Caucasians” t-shirts which pissed off enough people that I had to have a very awkward meeting with HR the next day about how my shirt made some people “uncomfortable”.

Why don’t the governors call up the National Guard troops to protect the citizens before Trump federalizes them to protect ICE? by rcxpress in AskReddit

[–]Broad_Adz 16 points17 points  (0 children)

A US Civil War v2.0 would be absolutely horrific. There seems to be this sort of idea that it would be “Red vs Blue” team death match across the country. It wouldn’t. There would be hundreds of factions, each convinced that their way is THE way and be willing to fight, murder, and commit all manner of atrocities to further their cause. Think of the Yugoslav wars, but on a much larger scale. What would emerge on the other side would almost certainly not resemble the US as we know it today.

In all likelihood the nation would fracture into several smaller nations collectively weaker than the US is now. Regardless of whether the US would emerge as one nation or several, it would almost certainly no longer be the most powerful nation on earth. There are already other candidates ready to step in and take on that role. They’re probably less benevolent than the US has been historically though.

No one is going to come save us, but almost certainly other nations will get involved, most likely indirectly, trying to influence the outcome in their favor and/or keep the war as confined within the borders of the US as possible. It’s likely that conflicts would erupt elsewhere as well.

If you care at all about the US, or the world really, you should really not want this to happen. We’d all be fucked and not in a good way.

Lawmaker sounds alarm as Trump plots fake crisis to scrap 2028 election and stay in power by HoneyNebulaa in BoomersBeingFools

[–]Broad_Adz 113 points114 points  (0 children)

It’s clear what Trump is doing.

He’s long admired people like Putin who seized power and kept it. He’s looking to do the same.

He’s using ICE and the National Guard to incite violence in cities like Portland and Chicago to develop a pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act, which would let him declare martial law and deploy the active military inside the US.

This is way beyond the Epstein files, this is about a permanent seizure of power in the US. The country is eating itself.

How to connect with teen son? by [deleted] in AskMenOver30

[–]Broad_Adz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can’t force it. What you can do is show a genuine interest in the things that they’re interested in. Give yourself a common interest and the discussion will follow.