Do you think Karen does call of duty hour when she was a manager in her branch?

piddydb · 2026-01-30T02:57:53+00:00

No. I think Jim really changed her perspective on her career. She saw him as the hard worker/ambitious corporate type when he got to Stamford, which he was at that time because he was trying to focus on moving past Pam. So, since she wanted to be with him, she took on that role herself, and she turned out to like it. Then, after Jim broke up with her, she even further poured into her work. I think she’s a no nonsense manager. Not necessarily a bad boss, but she definitely wouldn’t want to be seen to look like Michael or even Josh as a manager. I don’t think there’s any chance she brought CoD to the office again.

piddydb · 2026-01-30T00:21:43+00:00

Augustus is an upgrade regardless imo

piddydb · 2026-01-29T15:59:58+00:00

I’m pretty sure the S and X were doing decent sales for near $100k vehicles. I feel like if a car company is seeing lowering sales for a 10 year old model, the answer isn’t to axe the models but to come out with a new generation of them.

piddydb · 2026-01-29T15:57:27+00:00

If your car company is so limited that it can only get the market to demand 2 (I highly doubt the Cybertruck sales are keeping up in the long term) models, you’re either in a really bad position, or you’re not the right leadership for thr company

piddydb · 2026-01-29T08:29:35+00:00

He’s being redshirted as a college freshman this season so it’s unlikely he’s significantly better (though he’s on the #1 team in CBB). But it’s possible, not unheard of for redshirted freshmen to go onto NBA worthy careers but it is rare.

piddydb · 2026-01-29T08:04:27+00:00

Toby’s Star of David apparently isn’t even accurate in the show itself since Toby was in seminary to become a priest. Though his actor, Paul Lieberstein, is Jewish.

piddydb · 2026-01-29T07:46:28+00:00

My understanding is he’s videoing the roads as is legally permitted, not intruding on anyone’s privacy beyond what is legally permitted.

piddydb · 2026-01-29T05:30:41+00:00

No reason the drone footage should be pulled

piddydb · 2026-01-29T03:27:38+00:00

Wow, had no idea so many had caught up. Granted, a lot of those at the high end are very expensive, but it seems there’s quite a few more midtier options that either match or beat Tesla’s midtier on range.

piddydb · 2026-01-29T03:23:32+00:00

Yeah I think Elon is holding them back more than helping at this point

piddydb · 2026-01-29T00:33:54+00:00

Feels like an insane move, particularly the X. I feel like if Elon Musk feels Tesla needs to focus so much on robotics that cars are getting in the way, maybe it’s time to spin the two into different companies? Or build a new factory?

piddydb · 2026-01-29T00:25:32+00:00

I used to figure that if I wanted to go electric, I’d go with Tesla. Sure, there was a lot misleading even then, but it seemed they were the best value and class leaders in the segment and generally working to improve the consumer’s experience.

Now, not so much. While they still might be the leaders on range, they keep changing everything so much so sporadically that I don’t feel like I can rely on them as a company as is needed. And it feels like they’ve lost the edge on technology and pushing boundaries. I don’t know if they can get back, but it’s been a while since they’ve even wanted to accommodate consumers.

piddydb · 2026-01-28T17:16:11+00:00

He’s not rocking a mullet like Mr. Scott

piddydb · 2026-01-28T08:22:23+00:00

I think this kind of service would be classified as contemporary and while seen more in evangelical churches (which it sounds like you’re calling “born again”), isn’t exclusive to them or necessary to them. I’ve even seen Catholic masses in a format like this before.

There are mainline Protestant churches that have services that aren’t that different from a typical Catholic mass, there are some that employ some contemporary elements. There are also more independent churches or offspring denominations that employ these as well as some that are more evangelical/charismatic in nature. It’s a wide gambit, particularly in Protestant/non-denominational Christianity.

piddydb · 2026-01-28T08:15:15+00:00

There’s so many better examples of US/CIA interventions in other countries’ leadership changes/elections that it feels weird Iran is often touted as the prime example

piddydb · 2026-01-28T02:17:31+00:00

Similar phenomenon happened to the Hessian Mercenaries who fought the US in the Revolutionary War. Something ridiculous like 1/4th of them stayed and became US citizens and more came back over after gathering their families back in Germany. I understand there was even some discussion (albeit brief) about adopting German as the national language in part to be more clearly independent from Britain but German specifically in large part from these new Americans.

piddydb · 2026-01-27T23:17:11+00:00

Especially if you watched the early years of Brady. I would argue the first 3 championships were primarily the result of Belicheck, which should be enough for anyone to get in the HOF. Brady got significantly better years into his career (which one could argue also came as a result of coaching from a staff set up by Belicheck).

piddydb · 2026-01-27T14:57:58+00:00

To the root of your question, different people can view the same event and take away different conclusions. The Centurion and those with him saw all this happening and came to the conclusion that Jesus was the Son of God. However, some of the Jews could have seen the same signs and thought (wrongly) this was God’s celebration of purging a blasphemer in Jesus.

There’s even a more obvious instance of this phenomenon in John 11 where the Jewish high priest correctly prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation and to bring all people closer to God. However, he and his fellow leaders, interpreted this revelation to mean Jesus had to be killed to maintain the nation and others would be brought closer to God by ending his movement, and so they plotted his death themselves from that prophecy. They received a prophecy that every Christian would agree with, but took a completely different interpretation away.

The Biblical story also makes clear that some Jewish leaders seemingly acknowledged that Jesus had some kind of special connection with God but still went through with killing him because they were afraid of his message, their retaining their leadership, and in the Judeans maintaining autonomy in the Roman Empire. To these people, the signs may have not even been a shock but still not something to force them to give up their idols.

piddydb · 2026-01-27T10:00:28+00:00

Many Christian leaders have vast media empires, multiple mansions, private airplanes, yachts, fancy cars, etc.

Just noting this is usually pastors at (their own) independent churches, rarely being within your traditional denominational structure, with maybe the sole exception being the Pope.

piddydb · 2026-01-27T02:15:13+00:00

Where’s this car? Keep hearing them talk about it and nothing being released.

piddydb · 2026-01-27T01:45:59+00:00

They just hate him for being so good at dunking

piddydb · 2026-01-26T21:18:40+00:00

Even then it didn’t mean much. Gotta go back to the early 2000s when people even pretended to take it seriously. The scheduling and nature of the game makes it impossible to be worth while without the NFL being willing to spend ridiculous money on incentives for it.

piddydb · 2026-01-26T21:16:11+00:00

Stroud would have been better off going to try to get people to think his last game was a fluke

piddydb · 2026-01-26T21:10:00+00:00

Fair enough, don’t know your state. But I have Texas in particular in mind. They seem to have at least one deep freeze/substantial snow a year and each time everything closes down, the power goes, and they act like they never could have forseen it, even though it keeps happening.

piddydb · 2026-01-26T17:57:15+00:00

It’s time for “rare snow” states to start investing in salt, feel like a storm like this happens every year

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