Xanis

Reminder that while these tariffs are the big news item, focus extremely hard on what isn't being today. Work within your communities and harass the fuck out of your politicians, Republican AND Democrat. Maintenance will be the word for at least two years.

It causes damage to the States that rely on federal funding and support. California contributes a LOT directly to many red states.

Patient of a saint right here.

I have my own guesses, some of them align with this. Though could anyone expound further?

Yeah. I don't actually remember anything they might have said though that reminds me: Do you have a good spaghetti recipe? Cause I'm somehow seeing a correlation between people being jerks and spaghetti right now.

Don't worry, everyone else. We will actually return to the original topic in about 15 minutes.

So look, I am not trying to talk down to you or make you feel inferior. The reason I use words with WAY too many syllables tucked into precisely worded sentence structures is because my fucking brain decided it didn't want to remember the normal damn way of saying it.

Also, our brains glitch. As in it literally feels like some wires crossed. Due to this some situations/days/hours can be torture. Please be kind.

Depends. Are we also depressed? Is there actual anxiety tied in with that flippant apparent physical lethargy? How hot is this fire?

If you want us to do something with some consistency make us feel obligated or change it enough to keep it interesting.

I'm at a stage where I wouldn't mind a job that kills some of my love for something, like IT which I do have a passion for, in order to knock out the rest of my bills and build a safety net. One year at that rate would dismantle the remaining bills plaguing me.

I don't feel it'll go anywhere either. Flip side is always whether people are having fun. People having fun rarely complain meaningfully. Meaaaning money still flows.

Obfuscation. Corporate figures telling or giving people the option will hurt their feelings so they'll stop playing. A player who quits is no longer a tier two type with the potential to spend money, so they'll only do this if it becomes a PR nightmare that affects their bottom line.

It's fine to ask your team to bear the burden with appropriate compensation on a timeline of hiring to build out a longer, more sustained work week. Do it right and you'll even gain respect, just gotta follow-thru and be open and honest about the difficulties, while acknowledging and working with your team. Then also be present consistently during this transition phase and either help if you can, or stay out of the way if you can't.

Problem is we know this isn't how it'll go down.

This will be a popularity polling sort of case. The prosecutor probably won't go after her, though the probation thing throws a stick in the old spokes.