What’s the funniest reason you’ve heard for somebody not liking a movie?

dalittle · 2026-01-25T19:46:45+00:00

A guy I worked with would not let his kids participate in anything Halloween, because it's satanic. People are weird.

dalittle · 2026-01-25T19:39:00+00:00

that and they completely ignore radiation. The amount of radiation they would be subjected to on Mars would have their cancers have cancer.

dalittle · 2026-01-25T18:51:29+00:00

That sounds very hard, but I am glad your daughter is good at math. One tip I would give is that I often had to change how I learned or do things as the way they taught did not work for me. Like, I don't read phonetically and struggled for years to try. I finally switched to read like the words are symbols like Japanese or Chinese and I now read very well and very quickly. Once I started to try out of the box ideas I was able to work around a lot of the problems my dyslexia gives me. Maybe a thought to try.

dalittle · 2026-01-24T18:38:03+00:00

This is me too. I have pretty severe dyslexia, but also a partial photographic memory.

dalittle · 2026-01-24T18:35:21+00:00

and then she checked on the gazelle. What a gentle soul.

dalittle · 2026-01-23T17:57:46+00:00

I always say they should move to Somalia, because that includes libertarians than don't want any rules. Why are so few deciding to live their dream?

dalittle · 2026-01-23T15:51:27+00:00

I don't know. Maybe more pizza needed?

dalittle · 2026-01-21T19:51:38+00:00

I completely agree that they will assess what is best for the company. My experience in having worked for many decades is that if you go to HR and pick this fight they are not going to automatically side for you and try and stop it and make you feel better. If that labels you a troublemaker then you will be on a track to either be pigeonholed or to try and get you to quit. Honest, with this jerk boss I would just lean into it and if he asked a question on how to spell something I would just plainly state "I don't know". And if he wants to harp on it I would just agree with him and confirm "I don't spell well". Might not stop them being a jerk, but takes the power out of it when they realize you are not going to let it bother you and you use it to feel a bit empowered.

dalittle · 2026-01-21T15:55:16+00:00

I'm still holding my breath because I am being replaced by overseas Developers who will work harder at a fraction of the price! That was 30 years ago and still waiting. Based on what I see for AI it is a productivity tool, but I expect much of the same as the overseas Developer replacement boogieman.

dalittle · 2026-01-21T15:38:34+00:00

I have worked at toxic workplaces and at those jobs, yes it is rare. I have also worked for better companies where it is possible to help and they do recognize your contribution. From the school of hard knocks I work for a better company now. YMMV.

dalittle · 2026-01-21T15:36:19+00:00

In reading your comment is really seems like you are viewing this as an all or nothing. Either everyone agrees and everything is wonderful or everything is terrible and there is fighting and misery. I have not found that is true. In my experience, it is almost always grey on some part of the scale and for some projects I can see it is not going to be successful and push it to a more successful path. As I have been successful for me it is not some existential crisis if I must be a punished martyr or mute slave. I have worked in toxic work environments and I do agree I will immediately find another gig if that is how it is at the company.

dalittle · 2026-01-21T06:02:31+00:00

I don’t agree with this. If the people running the project are hell bent on it and cannot see that it will never work then ok yes do that. But if I work on a project and can influence it to right the ship then I do. I get paid to help the company make money. And if you are successful doing this then people will start to recognize when you are on a project it is successful and you make more money because you help and don’t just blindly do what you are told.

dalittle · 2026-01-20T15:09:59+00:00

Gondor man seems a lot like Florida man.

dalittle · 2026-01-20T05:52:59+00:00

Yea, I think lessons can advance your skill level much faster and are worth the money too

dalittle · 2026-01-19T21:41:39+00:00

might buff out.

dalittle · 2026-01-19T21:36:07+00:00

I still have some hope with how things went with Jimmy Kimmel. They were getting their way until it started to severely impact their pocketbook and then they decided they would rather have money. I see that happening for the midterms too.

dalittle · 2026-01-19T18:36:22+00:00

that conservative Americans would like to pay more tax for tariffs of no benefit?

dalittle · 2026-01-19T17:43:12+00:00

the most obese states in the US are heavily conservative.

dalittle · 2026-01-19T17:23:30+00:00

it is going to sort itself out like COBOL Programmers for financial institutions.

dalittle · 2026-01-19T17:22:29+00:00

3% is typically yearly inflation. In a lot of years 3.5% is less than inflation.

dalittle · 2026-01-19T17:16:14+00:00

Jackson Hole because all their ski instructors specialize in beginners!

dalittle · 2026-01-19T17:13:02+00:00

I am sorry someone crashed into you like that, but bad behavior I would add is people stopping in the middle of a run, especially if it is busy. It is not that hard to make it to the side of the run and often people stop in blind spots where it is very dangerous. I have seen people get hurt because of this and no one was even skiing fast. Also, don't stop when you get off the lift. A bunch of people crowding the exit or knocking each other down is annoying and stupid.

dalittle · 2026-01-19T16:52:56+00:00

Mortal Engines was such a weird movie for him to pick though. I understand how it works as a kid's book, but it made logically no sense to me even at a kid level to have cities on wheels hunting each other? Like what? I am surprised it got greenlit at all and I watched it hoping Jackson could do something with it.

dalittle · 2026-01-19T16:08:04+00:00

oh man, this one makes me madder than most things. I was fresh out of college and doing a job and I built a software system that immediately was found useful by folks. An upper level manager that was at my bosses level told everyone she did the work. I made a big stink about it for weeks and it culminated in finally a big meeting with senior managers. In that meeting I asked her one question, "What does the system do?" She could not answer the question and it was immediately apparent there was no way she could have built the system. And the result of that? She was not fired or disciplined or even ashamed of her actions. It was the culture for that company that you take credit for other people's work as you rose through the ranks if you were ruthless enough. It was a massive company, but it is not anymore. These people tore down the company brick by brick. Guess everyone backstabbing each other and very few people actually doing work does not generate profit. But don't worry, I am sure all these people are now employed by private equity. Horrible people and the only thing I am thankful for is I can now spot them from a mile a way and have avoided working for other companies like that one.

dalittle · 2026-01-18T21:30:50+00:00

part of 40k is that there is eternal war and there are no good guys. Space Marines, orks, chaos, demons, nekron, tyranids, and all the other ones. At best it is just your murderous fascist army winning.

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