I’ve got a pretty sweet gig, all of us do at this company, and I think “rocking the boat” could only make my situation worse. We are only like a dozen people and there’s only one person in each “department”. We aren’t being mistreated and we are privileged enough to be able to leave if we were.

That’s pretty good!

As a schlub with chronic back problems, I recommend actually doing your physical therapy regularly! It only helps if you do it.

I work in a very small company in an IT type of field. I fully support unionization in general, but I don’t think it’s relevant to me at the moment. Do you disagree?

I love your privacy/security summary. Thank you for your honesty!

This looks like a handy tool.

Right, there are people and lawfirms that make all their money going around measuring doorway widths and bathroom counter heights and stuff, because the person who raises the complaint gets a reward… Sort of like bounty hunters?

That’s pretty clever.

As far as I can tell “skibidi” has no actual meaning, it’s just a word that proves you’re part of the in-group.

I’ve heard that “YEET!” is for power, but “KOBE!” is for accuracy.

That’s too simplistic. The two parties will either make it worse or not make it better. Not voting (assuming you are in a state without winner-takes-all or are in a swing/purple state) is letting other people decide for you. Walking away from the trolley problem doesn’t untie people from the tracks.

Negative, I am a meat Popsicle.

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I could totally believe that. Sounds like something I would do.

Did they ever explain why they skipped from 7 to 8 to 10?

Yeah, they were fine for my low standards as a young teenager, but I reread a couple and they aren’t great. Heck, book one has the MC making an amicus brief on the wrong side of a rape trial.

• Judge John Hodgeman
• We Got This with Mark and Hal
• My Brother, my Brother, and Me

Have no continuous throughlines and can be listened to in any order. They’re fun to listen to, and nice to have on as background noise.

I’ve re-listened to these several times.

• The Thrilling Adventure Hour is a stage play that lasted 15 years in LA and survives as an occasional road show and live streamed show. They are in the style of old-time radio. My favorite segment is Sparks Nevada: Martial on Mars!
• SPONTANEANATION with Paul F. Tompkins is extremely good improv comedy with many comedians you know or whose voices you’ll recognize. Every episode is different!
• One Shot: Campaign: Star Wars is a tremendously funny and collaboratively-chaotic Star Wars TTRPG actual play.

It a great podcast for sure. The ending was so awkward, that it’s almost as if they want us to speculate about what happened to Carrie. They barely complimented each other, recorded separately, and didn’t even like the other’s goodbye announcement on social media. Very odd.

As far as I can tell from creeping, Drew and Carrie’s pets are still alive, so it’s not that.

I’ve binged 60 episodes in like three weeks after a recommendation from a fellow dad. It’s fantastic.

I haven’t read that, but his original novel Firefly is the only book I ever threw away instead of adding it to my collection shelves or trading it back to the used book store. It’s horrifically gross. One of the main characters is shown in a flashback enthusiastically participating in her rape as a five year old. Anthony is a problematic writer already, but this was way worse than I could have guessed.

Very cool. Have fun!