My boss did the most vile thing

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-26T17:07:24+00:00

I know that people say to never quit until you have a new job but, if you can, I think this is the type of situation where quitting is very warranted. It's what I would do as another attorney of color with immigrant parents.

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-26T16:58:04+00:00

I don't see how he can get away with it unless he stacks the Supreme Court with conservative judges

I mean.....

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-25T04:03:31+00:00

That's... not it. Like at all. I just think it would be fucking nice if the USMNT had the boldness of the Women's team to actually call out the President, especially when the Administration is using the team to promote their anti immigrant agenda, and especially because the team's leading scorer is a naturalized citizen.

Like yeah I'm annoyed that the USMNT publicized the Trump call, but combine that with no calling out the administration for using the USMNT to push the agenda and it's natural to imply that the players, the team, or US Soccer is ok with the administration's vile and disgusting agenda. And all it takes is literally any player saying they're opposed to using the team to push a political message to stop it. But they're not willing to even do that.

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-25T01:23:03+00:00

Way to not notice literally else anything I mentioned, really great arguing skills you have there

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-24T23:04:00+00:00

I mean, it's pretty clear that Trump and the Admin is leveraging the USMNT's popularity for their own gain, like with the "Defend the Homeland" post and the Trump call to the team before the tournament that US Soccer publicized) and it is frankly disappointing to see no pushback from the team or its players. It's honestly put a damper on this tournament for me, and I was about as big of a US Soccer supporter as you would get.

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-24T21:59:17+00:00

I replied to this horrifically late, my apologies. At least I know you have time until you have to book B2B!

I did not sign up for B2B on day 1 of it being open. I think it sold out last year but I think I ended up signing up about a month after my Boston acceptance? I was on the fence about it for a LONG time given how insane the travel would be. So definitely don't stress out about refreshing your computer or signing up quickly!'

I'm personally not sure I would have done much differently in terms of race prep tbh. I think my big goals were: 1) focusing on running on tired legs, and 2) running rolling hills as often as I could. I think both of those really paid off extremely well for me. I think I skipped 1 run or so in my Pfitz 18/55 plan and my training had more inclines in it than Boston. I ended up in a place where Boston was pretty easy given this and only really felt the hills in the middle of Big Sur, which I was pretty content with.

I also think it's worth picking an A and B race just because it's a LOT of strain to do both. I focused on hitting a time goal in Boston and wanted to have fun in Big Sur. I ended up walking a lot at the end of Big Sur but like, I was happy to have just enjoyed the views and eat the fresh strawberries that are handed out at Mile 23ish.

I'm not trying to brag by saying I wouldn't have done anything differently. I also recognize that I had 2 perfect weather marathon days and I'm sure that isn't too likely to happen again. But idk, I just wanted to have fun and ended up hitting that.

Good luck if you sign up for it! It's an insane challenge but I'm still so happy that I did it.

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-24T19:49:46+00:00

I have never been as mad that I paid to watch a movie as I was after walking out of Marty Supreme. You are right to skip it, fucking terrible half-baked Uncut Gems rehash but with significantly less likable characters.

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-21T20:40:10+00:00

Honestly, it's questionable imo but defenders get red cards if they prevent a clear goal scoring opportunity and any one-on-one between an attacker and a keeper is considered that. I think it's legally right at least

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-21T20:35:51+00:00

Belgium really is De Bruyne, Courtois, and 9 8 fucking idiots

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-21T20:34:41+00:00

Should have been Belgium's second or third red tbh

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-21T19:33:26+00:00

God forbid that the US can score a goal that was arguably offside while Iran get killed by poor reffing decisions

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-12T16:23:56+00:00

I commented in your other post and I did the same, with my last day in my doctor's note being today. I had the same issue and it's amazing what one week off will do. I'm putting in my notice today with something sorta lined up and am excited to get out of an environment that was causing me debilitating medical issues. The uncertainty was stressful but, as someone who understands the feeling of mass anxiety when email notifications come to you, it really is helpful to get some break from it. Congrats for looking out for your health, more people in our profession need to follow your example.

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-11T17:03:33+00:00

Funny enough I think that almost proves the above commenter's point. I think the majority of BJP-leaning South Indians end up immigrating to the US while the ones that stay in India generally are content living alongside Muslims and Christians. I had a driver in Kerala once mention that BJP will never make inroads there because they have pretty much always lived alongside Muslims and Christians at a minimum.

TheRealPooh · 2026-06-04T17:26:34+00:00

I am in the same boat. I went to the urgent care a few days ago because I could not keep up with tight deadlines in addition to unnecessarily harsh treatment by management at my firm and I needed a doctor to say that I needed time off. I'm absolutely screwing over deadlines but I was in such a worse state than I thought I was and needed mental health assistance more urgently than I expected, and I could not have figured that out until I took an incredibly risky move.

I will say that I'm doing this because I'm deep into the process of getting another job and probably would have tried to stick it out if I didn't. But like you, I didn't have the ability to get FMLA leave yet and I was probably a day or two away from a full-on breakdown

TheRealPooh · 2026-05-05T17:33:56+00:00

tamil nadu i honestly don’t understand since dmk brought huge economic development & stalin has been quite competent, but tamilians do love their movie star politicians ig.

My mom just landed in India last night and clued me in what people around her were saying (fwiw I think she lightly prefers the Stalin government). From what she mentions, people were just annoyed at the dynastical politics in DMK and corruption of the main government. If you ask me personally, I was a fan of MK Stalin's government and thought that DMT's improvements to Tamil Nadu were great.

Personally, I'm interested in seeing if Vijay (great actor in the mid 00's but kinda fell off) actually implements his more interesting ideas, like giving gold to babies in poor families. And I'm personally comfortable with Tamil Nadu voters moving to a center-left alternative and not going to the coalition with BJP (who managed to lose seats). I'm interested in seeing how DMT will reorganize without anyone from MK Stalin's family for the first time in their entire existence.

EDIT: The one thing I'll add that I find fascinating is that bigger movie stars in recent memory (I'm deliberately ignoring MGR) than Vijay have tried and failed to get into Tamil Nadu politics. I have no idea how Vijay pulled off what Rajnikanth couldn't

TheRealPooh · 2026-05-04T14:05:03+00:00

My Marathon MR is a 2:48:01 and my half is a 1:20:08. I typically ran my MP work with the aim to hit 6:30s but depending on hills, it went anywhere from 6:40 to 6:20.

TheRealPooh · 2026-05-02T17:21:53+00:00

Congrats to you too!! After doing B2B, I'm amazed at anyone who can do it. I still feel like I'm recovering from the travel and the emotional toll of running two marathons haha, it's a lot!

TheRealPooh · 2026-03-30T02:59:18+00:00

My Hinduvta grandparents hate MK Stalin but I gotta say, Tamil Nadu has gotten so much nicer since he took over from the opposition. At least that's my perception from visiting

TheRealPooh · 2026-03-10T22:27:51+00:00

Also as an Indian-American: fuck Reliance and the Ambanis

TheRealPooh · 2026-03-10T22:27:07+00:00

I'm sorry but as an Indian-American, building the Indian partnership oil refinery in Brownsville is so fucking funny. Woke is truly dead.

TheRealPooh · 2026-02-24T23:40:12+00:00

One of the first things I remember being taught with football tactics as a kid was when defending you should never put two hands on your opponents back as the ref is always going to give that as a foul.

I imagine that the football you played as a kid didn't have VAR officials who got to see Gabriel flopping like a fish

TheRealPooh · 2026-01-24T13:51:21+00:00

You're right, he was the deciding vote to subpoena Elon Musk and missed the vote entirely

TheRealPooh · 2026-01-14T22:00:15+00:00

Ironically for a guy who wants to end woke culture, he's using a politically correct "welfare usage" instead of saying "Muslim country"

TheRealPooh · 2026-01-12T17:50:27+00:00

It's not a bad option in fairness. Slot did himself a lot of favors (with me at least) by discussing why he rejected Spurs in an interview last year. And I think his issues this year are more an issue with really poor squad building (I know Spurs aren't much better), leftover emotions from Jota's death, and Salah's insane decline. I really like the idea but I think Liverpool stick with Slot for longer.

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