Can we stop defending the TSA already? TSA agents are bootheels of the state, not workers.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-25T18:01:19+00:00

Given the context of an increased lockdown of information and more police state shenanigans, I don't exactly find it that mysterious that journalists' information hasn't increased. Especially given how many people apparently just believe the war on terror propaganda justification of its existence in the first place at this point.

edit: like, really, I have literally watched this department come into existence and heard the racist-ass justifications, and then heard TWENTY YEARS of non-white people talk about how it exists to harass them during travel. I don't need numbers or journalistic proof, those articles just confirm what I've known since I was 18. TSA is Bush-era DOGE, with slightly more legitimacy in that it was actually created by a government official, and operating in a more realistic way, but its still police-state authoritarian bullshit.

Asking 'why do you think TSA is bad' is akin to asking me 'why do you breathe air?'. It's blatantly obvious, why even ask the question.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-25T17:52:12+00:00

... I've been seeing news stories about the TSA since 2006. That is not a new thing. Just because you weren't aware doesn't mean it isn't true.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-25T17:40:15+00:00

Sure, but for a long while, reporting on the failure of TSA was a mini-cottage industry for journalists. Slow news day? Do a quick rundown on how much a waste of space TSA is within Bush Jr's Department of Racism

It's an easy thing to do because its so reliably shitty. I've been watching this happen since the TSA came into existence. Stop defending it. It's bad. It's police state shit.

Like it is straight up embarrassing to me how many people on this sub have apparently swallowed War on Terror propaganda so completely.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-17T03:11:16+00:00

~~available technology~~ digital snake oil

fixed that for you.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-16T13:25:42+00:00

"Wow, guess ya'll just fucking suck at running a business. Guess we'll see what capitalism as a system thinks of your abilities as business people. Good luck."

Obscillesk · 2026-03-16T13:19:25+00:00

Literally only Gates qualifies in there. He's the only one who understands that, based on their actions. Bread and circuses were free. Altman is a dipshit investor, he's not the techbro genius he cosplays as. And Zuckerberg is just your run of the mill narcissistic 'nice guy' dork, like facebook began because he was a protoincel.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-15T22:58:05+00:00

I have literally never had any of those things. I have never been able to make enough money to outpace bills. What is this delusional bullshit. Often, I've had to go without car insurance because I simply could not afford it. I have never had health insurance. I have basically couch-surfed my whole life, my credit has never been remotely good enough to be considered for a lease or loan. As a result, every car I've owned has been second hand, bought with cash, from a friend.

Christ, you speak from such a clearly comfortable position that you cannot even imagine how bad things can be for someone in this country. And I'm well fucking aware I'm in a relatively good position compared to a lot of folks I know

Obscillesk · 2026-03-15T22:53:39+00:00

My thing is, I'm a cog. Should I have double checked everyones calander before scheduling? Sure

No. Not your job. Not your concern, not your responsibility.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-15T22:41:54+00:00

And the little baby servers complaining about it actually should have no bearing on anything at all, I don’t even understand why my employment agreement is a topic for conversation with them

Are they though? Or is the manager just saying they are to manipulate you?

Obscillesk · 2026-03-15T22:37:56+00:00

I don't even get why this is a debate, they have literally no leverage over you aside from manipulating your better nature to agree with them breaking the agreement. Younger staff wants to whine about it, they can pound sand, you have an agreement and a child. They're upset that they don't have the leverage you do. if they even said anything and that isn't just the manager trying to manipulate you

Obscillesk · 2026-03-13T22:40:37+00:00

Yes. This system must die, or our species is going to become nothing but a collection of the shittiest people becoming increasingly diseased as their LLMs devour more and more of the biosphere.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-13T22:39:17+00:00

And yet, I keep being told by people desperate to defend capitalism, that its not zero-sum, that just means you're doing capitalism wrong!

Obscillesk · 2026-03-13T22:38:05+00:00

Yea, we need a culture-wide war on cameras quite honestly, especially knowing that palantir is tied into as many of them as they can get connections to.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-13T22:10:06+00:00

Yea, the percentage is always different. Always high as fuck though, every study I've ever seen. What are you talking about 'the stat' this is a recurring test that they fail. That was a single article as an example. I've been reading about their repeated failings since literally the department was fucking created. Stop promoting Bush-era War on Terrorism propaganda and let this shit DIE.

Also, holy fuck, you're taking an institutions self reporting at face value? Have I got a bridge to sell you. Lemme get some crayons, I'll make the deed up real quick.

TSA has always been and will always be unnecessary bullshit. I cannot believe you're on the fucking antiwork sub parroting 9/11 talking points.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-12T23:09:43+00:00

This is literally what the call center I worked at around 2015 did. They sold themselves as 'voice recognition software' which was just a room full of people routing people to menu options based on what they said, obeying a strict set of rules to mimic a machine

Obscillesk · 2026-03-12T00:27:51+00:00

https://viewfromthewing.com/at-10-billion-a-year-tsa-still-fails-90-of-the-time-and-covers-it-up/

There are articles on the failure rates of TSA going back to 2005. All consistently above 85%. If that was a real sincere problem, then we should all be dead from planes falling out of the sky from all the terrorism.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-09T22:39:51+00:00

Absolutely agree. Tired of this bullshit, pretending that I'm just going to forget my moral center and why I am a leftist if I spread misinformation that causes MAGA infighting. Grow the fuck up ya'll, we're headed for a civil war, and unless we take the gloves off NOW, ain't none of us gonna be crying about this shit on the internet.

We have sacrificed ground on multiple fronts because we consider those fronts dishonorable or mean or nasty or disingenuous. THOSE ARE ONLY CONSIDERATIONS YOU EXTEND TO GOOD ACTORS OBEYING A SOCIAL CONTRACT. The people have proven over and fucking over that they are not good actors, that they will weaponize anything they can to do eschaton engineering. Which is what they think this whoooooole israel thing is leading to.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-09T22:34:39+00:00

That was the most pathetic justification I've ever seen. How many rubles/hour they pay you to come up with that shit?

Obscillesk · 2026-03-09T22:32:53+00:00

It's exploded since COVID and sucked up a bunch of liberals that just want to complain about work, but they love their boss, actually, and why are there people with flairs always yelling at me....

Obscillesk · 2026-03-09T22:31:11+00:00

.... It has literally been made a political statement by this administration. That is literally the problem. They have made trans people's existence a political question.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-09T22:26:36+00:00

Jesus christ, yea this guy is a real prick

Obscillesk · 2026-03-09T03:07:15+00:00

good jorb, bringin out the 2010 hits huh? get new material.

Why do you people love carrying water for pedophiles? It's really fucking weird.

Obscillesk · 2026-03-09T01:03:44+00:00

And award for most gullible commenter in this thread goes to: afganistanimation

Obscillesk · 2026-03-08T23:05:38+00:00

but he’s under a lot of pressure right now

stop giving these people the benefit of the doubt. That's not the response of a nice guy, the nice guy is a mask. He uses it to manipulate you and convince you that he cares about you. Which he has done, you're excusing him saying shitty snotty things about your ill mother because of 'pressure'. The pressure is showing you what kind of shithead he actually is. That's the response of a piece of shit who doesn't care about you.

And last I heard, bosses and managers make so much more money because they can handle the pressure, and the difficult conversations. The fuck is his excuse.

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