Alphabet, Google's Parent Corporation, Slashes 12,000 Jobs Globally; Microsoft Chops 10,000<br><i>Media Hails "Biden Miracle Economy"</i>

Alphabet, Google's Parent Corporation, Slashes 12,000 Jobs Globally; Microsoft Chops 10,000
Media Hails "Biden Miracle Economy"

The 12,000 jobs Google is eliminating represent 6% of its total workforce.

In his memo, Pichai cited a changing "economic reality" as he announced the layoffs, writing: "Over the past two years we've seen periods of dramatic growth. To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today," NBC also reports.

Economic reality? I thought "we never had it so good, Jack!"

Microsoft cut 10,000, about 5% of its workforce, its largest reduction in eight years.

JustTheNews wonders how this can be -- Lunchbox Joe says the economy is doing great, and Big Tech bet big on Lunchbox Joe.

The wave of terminations is undercutting the president's optimistic message about the economy.
"My first two years in office were the two strongest years for job growth on record," Biden said in a recent statement according to CNBC. "We still have more work to do, but we're clearly moving in the right direction, and there's more breathing room in store for American workers and families."
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In November 2022, Meta, previously called Facebook, laid off 11,000 jobs. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a letter to employees that the company would be cut down by 13%.
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It is estimated that multiple tech companies, including Amazon and Coinbase, have laid off more than 60,000 employees over the last year combined, according to CNBC.

"Well," you're all saying, "this is such unambiguously bad economic news, there's no way even the leftwing propaganda media would try to sugarcoat it and put a 'Funemployment' type spin on it!"

Where do you guys all work, the the Corporation for Saying Things That Are Wrong All of the Time?

You asked for a miracle, I give you the NBC:

Tech employers are rapidly slashing jobs ahead of a potential recession, but even the industry's newest workers remain largely unbothered.
The recent wave of tech layoffs has begun to unwind the industry's hiring spree during the coronavirus pandemic, when millions of Americans rode the "Great Resignation" into new jobs and careers. While the nation's historically hot labor market is fitfully cooling down, many of the least experienced tech workers say their new skills and connections put them on firmer footing in case the economy deteriorates this year.
The weeks and months ahead will test their optimism. One basis for it, in the meantime, is that "upskilling" has already paid off for many.

Posted by: Ace at 12:55 PM

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1 Ceçi n'est pas un Art Thread.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 12:55 PM (Vwz3I)

2 Learn to Plumb.

Posted by: XTC at January 20, 2023 12:56 PM (UnA8+)

3 Guess they do not have to Learn to Code, maybe they should Learn to Coal

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 20, 2023 12:56 PM (4q/mG)

4 Early ace. That's fine, the last thread was getting depressing and my own personal MP4 was getting ornery.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 12:56 PM (zZu0s)

5 The chickens are coming home to roost.

Posted by: Bosk at January 20, 2023 12:56 PM (ZVuYy)

6 Who has two thumbs and is also largely unbothered by tech layoffs?

This guy right here!

Posted by: Oschisms at January 20, 2023 12:56 PM (0A5+1)

7 When do the civil service layoffs star... LOL.

Couldn't get it all out without breaking up,

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 12:56 PM (Vwz3I)

8 The tech sector is learning the lesson of, "You don't know what its like, I've worked in the private sector...they expect results."

Posted by: Archer at January 20, 2023 12:57 PM (gmo/4)

9 None of these people can code or learn to.

They were taught from birth that taking a crap on the American flag was a marketable skill.

For a time, it was.

Posted by: Oschisms at January 20, 2023 12:57 PM (0A5+1)

10 10

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 20, 2023 12:57 PM (EGSGm)

11 That's right Jack! Inflation's down 69% in six months! No joke!

Posted by: Joe! at January 20, 2023 12:58 PM (PSr6C)

12 I wonder how many of these people work in HR. I am betting none.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 12:58 PM (zZu0s)

13 Microsoft cut 10,000, about 5% of its workforce, its largest reduction in eight years.

5% seems to be the popular metric when the C-Suite gets a yen to chopping heads

Posted by: kallisto at January 20, 2023 12:58 PM (dCxaZ)

14 Did these companies note that Musk slashing thousands of superfluous employees actually helped the bottom line?

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at January 20, 2023 12:58 PM (AiZBA)

15 The tech sector is learning the lesson of, "You don't know what its like, I've worked in the private sector...they expect results."

Yup. The quiet part is that most/all of these layoffs are gonna be make-work jobs for women and minorities so they can trumpet their "Bobs and Vagene In Tech" initiative.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 12:59 PM (ZGrMX)

16 Get woke, go fuck yourself

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2023 12:59 PM (XtZ0B)

17 Look at the latest jobs report. Then look for the big anomaly that is NY. They continue to falsify the numbers to show a flat job market. Nothing could be further from the truth. NY substantially over reported to work the number into neutral territory. I dare you to show where I'm wrong.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 12:59 PM (IaTa3)

18 Fred Meyer is hiring.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2023 12:59 PM (XlE1Z)

19 *bows*

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 20, 2023 12:59 PM (EGSGm)

20 Oh know, NBC just shattered its own spine attempting to suck itself off.

Posted by: Drew in MO at January 20, 2023 12:59 PM (cGlgB)

21 More funemployment. No biggie.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2023 12:59 PM (DcKNO)

22 Somehow, I have escaped the layoffs.

Funny, that.

Posted by: Amazon Truck Driver at January 20, 2023 12:59 PM (0A5+1)

23 1 Ceçi n'est pas un Art Thread.

why that is positively...Dada-esque! Continuing the art thread/not art thread theme from this a.m. I see

Posted by: kallisto at January 20, 2023 12:59 PM (dCxaZ)

24 Sir, we need to fire 500,000 employees
Fire a million
Sir, 500,000.............okay sir, 1,000,000

Posted by: DaveX64 - AWFLs smell like dryer sheets at January 20, 2023 01:00 PM (Zs294)

25 Ahem . . . this kind of "miracle" is usually called a "plague."

Posted by: Anotheranon at January 20, 2023 01:00 PM (s6Yyc)

26 11 That's right Jack! Inflation's down 69% in six months! No joke!
Posted by: Joe! at January 20, 2023 12:58 PM (PSr6C)

Accelerating to half the speed of light and then cutting the rate of acceleration by 70%, still leaves you marrying your great granddaughter.

Wait, that's a positive for Biden...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:00 PM (zZu0s)

27 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:00 PM (Zz0t1)

28 Funny part? What other skills do these people have? Most wouldn't even make a good Starbucks barista.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:00 PM (IaTa3)

29 24 Sir, we need to fire 500,000 employees
Fire a million
Sir, 500,000.............okay sir, 1,000,000
Posted by: DaveX64 - AWFLs smell like dryer sheets at January 20, 2023 01:00 PM (Zs294)

Nice. Do it from one of the cab companies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:00 PM (zZu0s)

30 Google is ______

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2023 01:01 PM (8GeFp)

31 *ahead* of a * potential* recession NBC?

LOL

Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:01 PM (NrczD)

32 Joe Mannix posted earlier the number of jobs that are lost or going to be lost in the last few months.

But the economy is going gangbusters, you guys.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:01 PM (Zz0t1)

33 How are they going to make payments on their Tesla?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 20, 2023 01:01 PM (lf83v)

34 All these people will be replaced with CIA and FBI partners who are still on the government payroll.

They get to shore up their bottom line and we get to foot the bill and suffer the consequences of the New and Improved government - tech partnership.

Posted by: Just Lily at January 20, 2023 01:01 PM (VDWFS)

35 My first two years in office were the two strongest years for job growth on record

Yeah, tired of the f'ing liar.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 20, 2023 01:01 PM (Angsy)

36 I don't know if the coming recession will be region-specific...but in my AO, there are very few homes for sale. And the prices of inventory in less desirable zip codes are astounding.

Posted by: kallisto at January 20, 2023 01:01 PM (dCxaZ)

37 Were those 12,000 the FBI collaborators?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2023 01:01 PM (8GeFp)

38 What was the "great resignation?"

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2023 01:01 PM (DcKNO)

39 Well, everyone knows that when you have a rip roaring, never been better economy and economic conditions like the ones bestowed upon us by our benevolent Junta, the first thing you do is fire all of your workers, that's like something you learn in Econ 101.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (sm3rd)

40 Spent way too much on idiotic employee perks like beet and kale smoothies.

Posted by: Again, that's really gross at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (s2na+)

41 Hope Pixy doesn’t have to start laying off hamsters.

That could cause disruptions to the Art Thread or something.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (YoPLu)

42 Yup. The quiet part is that most/all of these layoffs are gonna be make-work jobs for women and minorities so they can trumpet their "Bobs and Vagene In Tech" initiative.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 12:59 PM (ZGrMX)
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Someone commented on a video of some twenty something girl showing off her "day in the life of a PM" that, "what are these girls getting paid to actually do?" And I told him, "this. This is what they're paid to do. These videos are an advertisement about the company's supposed diversity."

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (slxQi)

43 Well, everyone knows that when you have a rip roaring, never been better economy and economic conditions like the ones bestowed upon us by our benevolent Junta, the first thing you do is fire all of your workers, that's like something you learn in Econ 101.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (sm3rd)

The greedy sons-of-bitches!

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (AiZBA)

44 Then look for the big anomaly that is NY. They continue to falsify the numbers to show a flat job market. Nothing could be further from the truth. NY substantially over reported to work the number into neutral territory.
_________

You are right, but then New York State lies about everything it does.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (lf83v)

45 38 What was the "great resignation?"
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2023 01:01 PM (DcKNO)

Oh, remember that one? Where everyone was quitting (during COVID) or everyone was telling us that was happening with high power jobs?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (zZu0s)

46 I agree, it is a miracle.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at January 20, 2023 01:03 PM (LvTSG)

47 16 Get woke, go fuck yourself
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Speaking of that, Vox is cutting 7%.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at January 20, 2023 01:03 PM (sWM8x)

48

Can we get the Haitian lesbo with the 80IQ to tell us that we'll need to be referred to someone else to give a bullshit answer?

I like it when that moron does that.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at January 20, 2023 01:03 PM (XnbJC)

49 Also Google: holy crap Twitter runs the same on 15% of its previous workforce

Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:03 PM (5DsJ6)

50 "What was the "great resignation?""

That's where people without one firing synapse and an over inflated opinion of themselves thought the could quit their job and exist on unicorn farts and Fritos.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:03 PM (IaTa3)

51 All the venture capitalist money is drying up.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at January 20, 2023 01:03 PM (slxQi)

52 Big insurance companies are hiring like crazy.

They KNOW the number of claims for disability and death benefits are about to skyrocket and they need resources to process those claims.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (Zz0t1)

53 "ahead of a potential recession"

Posted by: rhomboid at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (OTzUX)

54 There was a reason the first Kingsman rang true.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 12:29 PM (zZu0s)

The first time I saw it, I felt like ersatz Q Mark Strong succeeded on a whim where Bond villains failed. He didn't disable the trap, he sprung it. Fight Club ending levels of edge that felt glossed over.

I was also dubious that every leader would agree to having a chip put in their neck out of trendy peer pressure ... now I know they either would agree or arrange for a fake one.

I saw Princess Butthole open for The Kingsmen at the Crystal Ballroom in '72.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (44ww/)

55 The Chocolate Ration was increased last quarter.

Posted by: rd at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (Z32m1)

56 Learn To Sprechen.

Posted by: Corona at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (nakGR)

57 Oh, remember that one? Where everyone was quitting (during COVID) or everyone was telling us that was happening with high power jobs?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (zZu0s)

That is such bullshit.

Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (mR6Gs)

58 ---
Speaking of that, Vox is cutting 7%.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at January 20, 2023 01:03 PM (sWM8x)

I will admit shock here insomuch as I thought they were already gone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (Zz0t1)

59 Learn to splooge

Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (mR6Gs)

60 Unemployed H-1B visa holders get sent home, right?

Posted by: mr tmz at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (rJ48h)

61 many of the least experienced tech workers

I'm not saying it's H1B Visa holders, but ....

Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (786Ro)

62 "ahead of a potential recession"

Posted by: rhomboid at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (OTzUX)

First, last, and always toeing the party line.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (AiZBA)

63

Why doesn't some smart ass lefty journo like that drunk from Playboy who used to yell at Trump as that idiot Joe what the internet is.

Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at January 20, 2023 01:05 PM (XnbJC)

64 The Chocolate Ration was increased last quarter.
Posted by: rd at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (Z32m1)

A whole -15%

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:05 PM (Zz0t1)

65 I saw Princess Butthole open for The Kingsmen at the Crystal Ballroom in '72.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (44ww/)

She was kind of hot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:05 PM (zZu0s)

66 Good moray, eels and noogiemen!

Our own David Crosby has gone to meet his Magic Marker! I remember as a young grill groving to his band, AT&SF! And now, I'd like to welcome my husband Paul to the floor to sing his tributary to Dave, 'If I Had A Hammer!'

Thank few and Gort bless!

Posted by: Nancy "It's Happy Hour Somewhere!" Pelosi at January 20, 2023 01:05 PM (oedLL)

67 Can we get the Haitian lesbo with the 80IQ to tell us that we'll need to be referred to someone else to give a bullshit answer?
Posted by: Dr.Rev. Senator Your Highness E Buzz Miller, Esq PhD MA MS at January 20, 2023 01:03 PM

To be fair, she's clear when she does that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2023 01:05 PM (a3Q+t)

68 I keep reading we "may" be heading for a recession. I guess when it's a full blown depression, they might acknowledge a slight recession.

Posted by: abbynormal at January 20, 2023 01:05 PM (Rxqf0)

69 Someone commented on a video of some twenty something girl showing off her "day in the life of a PM" that, "what are these girls getting paid to actually do?" And I told him, "this. This is what they're paid to do. These videos are an advertisement about the company's supposed diversity."
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (slxQi)

Yep. A pair of pampered tits on a chair. "You too can be a pair of pampered tits on a chair!"

Posted by: Got a vaj, get the job at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (s2na+)

70 Upskilling. Is that like mastering the coffee bean grinder AND the frapper?

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (JOtiF)

71 "The Chocolate Ration was increased last quarter."

It was switched to carob last quarter.

Posted by: Bosk at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (ZVuYy)

72 "You are right, but then New York State lies about everything it does.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (lf83v)"

True. But it gets worse when you compare it to their surveys which essentially state economic activity is down, and the outlook isn't very good. Especially with people still fleeing the state in record numbers. Then they turn around and say there's been record number of people taking jobs.

Wut?

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (IaTa3)

73 and Big Tech bet big on Lunchbox Joe.

In 2020 they bet so big on Brandon, they had to load the dice, tilt the wheel, mark the cards, and hamstring the favorite pony.

Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (786Ro)

74 What was the "great resignation?""

That's where people without one firing synapse and an over inflated opinion of themselves thought the could quit their job and exist on unicorn farts and Fritos.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:03 PM (IaTa3)

To be sure, there were millions who were able to make 1000 a week collecting unemployment DOING NOTHING

Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (mR6Gs)

75 Posted by: Got a vaj, get the jab, slob the kno, get the job at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (s2na+)

Fixed your nic for you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (zZu0s)

76 I imagine Roger Moore Bond would tastefully decline entrance to the exit-only door. I don't know about the others.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (44ww/)

77 10 10
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at January 20, 2023 12:57 PM

You, madam, are a 10.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 20, 2023 01:07 PM (a3Q+t)

78 Its so much a joke, how the media has been pretending there's no recession the last year. Its always looming on the future, but never arriving, like the right wing tyranny.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:07 PM (0hOvj)

79 What's that?? No MFM complaints that the supposed jobs are shitty McJobs??

It's almost like there's a Dem in the White House.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 01:07 PM (Vwz3I)

80 The new words in English are just gibberish, and the writing is Orwellian (or a sign of stupidity).

It's like they're talking another language.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 20, 2023 01:07 PM (FCbAQ)

81
Yet the unemployment numbers fall.

Maribila dictu!

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2023 01:07 PM (j4U/Z)

82 I keep reading we "may" be heading for a recession. I guess when it's a full blown depression, they might acknowledge a slight recession.
Posted by: abbynormal at January 20, 2023 01:05 PM (Rxqf0)

Waiting until after the SOTU address and then they'll blame it on the new GOP majority House....

Posted by: JoeF. at January 20, 2023 01:07 PM (mR6Gs)

83 I mastered the frapper years ago.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 20, 2023 01:07 PM (YoPLu)

84 "Tech layoffs are accelerating. The industry's newest hires still aren't spooked."

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Remain calm! All is well! --Chip Diller

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 20, 2023 01:07 PM (sVtYq)

85 To be sure, there were millions who were able to make 1000 a week collecting unemployment DOING NOTHING
Posted by: JoeF.

I would love to know the secret. Because when I truly needed help, none was available.

Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (IV8Hw)

86 Posted by: Got a vaj, get the jab, slob the kno, get the job at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (s2na+)

Fixed your nic for you.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (zZu0s)

And the typo made it funnier.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (Zz0t1)

87 All over the internet people are posting pics of their meager groceries and how expensive they were and they're still trying to say there is no recession-economy is great!

WTF really believes this?

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (DcKNO)

88 "The Chocolate Ration was increased last quarter."

It was switched to carob last quarter.
Posted by: Bosk at
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We had to after we discovered lead in the Dark Chocolate.

Posted by: rd at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (Z32m1)

89 Google is Asshoe.

They decided to cut cloud storage from 100 to 15GB. Disabled my email until I either deleted files or paid for more storage. Well, I have stopped using Google drive and photos years ago, it was all just junk sitting there. The Gmail is a backup email address. It took me 4 hours to delete 60GB of files because they intentionally make it as tedious and painful as possible while hammering you with helpful tips like "Save time! Just buy more storage!"

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (8GeFp)

90 Sir, we need to fire 500,000 employees
Fire a million
Sir, 500,000.............okay sir, 1,000,000

Posted by: DaveX64 - AWFLs smell like dryer sheets at January 20, 2023 01:00 PM (Zs294)

Zorg? Is that you?

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (JOtiF)

91 Learn to love fentanyl.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (iayUP)

92 Now that I have been laid off from Google I can finally follow my dream and become a journalist.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (h1jJh)

93 And the typo made it funnier.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (Zz0t1)

Shush you!

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:09 PM (zZu0s)

94 I'm sorry, but I just saw this in the last thread, and I'm now annoyed:

352 Mike Lee
@BasedMikeLee

This brings to mind a September 2020 classified briefing to senators, when the FBI warned us about misinformation—possibly driven by a foreign government—that was about to come forward about “a member the Biden family.” They said we should neither believe nor share any such news.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2023 12:57 PM (NpAcC)

...and you did as you were asked, Lee? Ahead of a presidential election?

Grrr.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2023 01:09 PM (l/yZ/)

95 I imagine Roger Moore Bond would tastefully decline entrance to the exit-only door.
______

I don't know. After all, anything for Queen and Country.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 20, 2023 01:09 PM (lf83v)

96 many of the least experienced tech workers say their new skills and connections put them on firmer footing in case the economy deteriorates this year

Heh. Just wait until you have to deal or work with one of them. It's a real treat.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 20, 2023 01:09 PM (Xrfse)

97 "least experienced tech workers say their new skills and connections"

Experience vs recent training/schmoozing skills. Tech progresses so rapidly, with new languages and tools popping up every week, work experience is doom. They'll hire a kid who just completed a six-week Rust bootcamp instead. And as in all industries, who you know is more important than what you know.

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:09 PM (24fqN)

98 71 "The Chocolate Ration was increased last quarter."

It was switched to carob last quarter.
Posted by: Bosk at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (ZVuYy)

Carob. What bad parenting and crushing disappointment taste like.

Posted by: A crime against childhood and humanity in general at January 20, 2023 01:09 PM (s2na+)

99 Man way to knock Bidens top secret secrets stache out of the news cycle.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:09 PM (z/ifB)

100 The wave of terminations is undercutting the president's optimistic message about the economy.
________

A seditious attack on Our Democracy.

But at least we don't have tweets by twits* "being cute."

*Or is that "A not I"?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 20, 2023 01:09 PM (TgBWG)

101 Carob was a valuable commodity in the 18th century, and ships transporting it were often robbed.

By pirates of the carob bean.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 20, 2023 01:10 PM (YoPLu)

102 ...and you did as you were asked, Lee? Ahead of a presidential election?

Grrr.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 20, 2023 01:09 PM (l/yZ/)

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It will hurt less when you understand that cowards are common.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2023 01:10 PM (DcKNO)

103 Funemployment.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 20, 2023 01:10 PM (lf83v)

104 Now the tech workers can pursue their hobbies and interests while sucking at the government teet.

We should all be so thankful.

Posted by: Czech Chick at January 20, 2023 01:10 PM (6Tc2R)

105 "But many people who launched into the field during the 'Great Resignation' find their new skill sets continue to pay off even as the hot job market cools."

1. The job market isn't "hot" and hasn't been for a while
2. Highly skilled people can still find work even in hard times? WHO KNEW?!?

Yeah, except in times of complete collapse, highly skilled people can usually still work. But the market still sucks and FJB.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2023 01:10 PM (eyxn4)

106 NOW HIRING!
Toe models for fungus brushing ads.
Send resume and pictures.
But mostly pictures

Posted by: Fungus Ads of 'Murica at January 20, 2023 01:10 PM (anj39)

107 Gee VCs are no longer borrowing free money to throw at unprofitable growth businesses that were more interested in growing fiefdoms than growing revenues

Posted by: Regular joe at January 20, 2023 01:10 PM (nnp+f)

108 So eating bugs is beginning to sound more appetizing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 20, 2023 01:10 PM (1yyDH)

109 Sir, we need to fire 500,000 employees
Fire a million
Sir, 500,000.............okay sir, 1,000,000

Posted by: DaveX64 - AWFLs smell like dryer sheets at January 20, 2023 01:00 PM (Zs294)

Zorg? Is that you?
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (JOtiF)
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Jean-Baptiste
Emmanuel
Zorg

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2023 01:11 PM (XlE1Z)

110 When I was helping Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak - we liked to call him "Woz" which was my idea - and we were making computers in the garage, I told them I ain't gonna invent the integrated circuit unless they let me park my Corvette in there too. Gotta protect the clear coat from the California salt air, Jack.

We didn't lay off no one, Clyde.

Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:11 PM (786Ro)

111 dammit I forgot the Biden sock

Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:11 PM (786Ro)

112 To all the tech employees losing their jobs, many of whom rejoiced when I was fired for refusing the Jab, I say LOL - GET FUCKED!

Looking forward to you shit-eaters burning through your savings and taking lower-paying jobs. Also, get your boosters.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2023 01:11 PM (TP9DR)

113 Carob. The Kaboom of desserts.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 01:11 PM (Vwz3I)

114 ~~Lie back~~ Bend over and think of England.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:11 PM (44ww/)

115 Google is Asshoe.

They decided to cut cloud storage from 100 to 15GB. Disabled my email until I either deleted files or paid for more storage. Well, I have stopped using Google drive and photos years ago, it was all just junk sitting there. The Gmail is a backup email address. It took me 4 hours to delete 60GB of files because they intentionally make it as tedious and painful as possible while hammering you with helpful tips like "Save time! Just buy more storage!"
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (8GeFp)

Preach.

I have a slightly elderly NAS waiting for me to figure out how to get it updated if possible and running so I can ditch their cloud stuff.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:11 PM (z/ifB)

116 106 NOW HIRING!
Toe models for fungus brushing ads.
Send resume and pictures.
But mostly pictures
Posted by: Fungus Ads of 'Murica at January 20, 2023 01:10 PM (anj39)

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You're getting those too? It's the dental implant ads that are killing me. Oh, and the pustule on the back ads.
WTF are they targeting me for those ads? I'm offended...hahahahah

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2023 01:12 PM (DcKNO)

117 52 Big insurance companies are hiring like crazy.

They KNOW the number of claims for disability and death benefits are about to skyrocket and they need resources to process those claims.
Posted by: Sponge
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Sponge, left a comment about one of your earlier posts in the last thread. Basically, if the son has obtained what is known as a beneficiary deed, that can be revoked or altered if the grantee is still living and of sound mind. Have the sister consult a lawyer if that is the case about her father.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2023 01:12 PM (bDjBG)

118 It was switched to carob last quarter.

no, no, it was upgraded to Carob last quarter, that's how Minitru would put it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:12 PM (0hOvj)

119 ...and you did as you were asked, Lee? Ahead of a presidential election?

Grrr.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

You know the GOP senators would have opened an ethics investigation immediately and all called for him to resign.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2023 01:12 PM (8GeFp)

120 87 All over the internet people are posting pics of their meager groceries and how expensive they were and they're still trying to say there is no recession-economy is great!

WTF really believes this?
Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2023 01:08 PM (DcKNO)

I've recently noticed that grocery stores are getting new smaller carts. So shrinkflation is even taking place amongst the shopping trolleys.

Posted by: But inflation's just a Q-Anon conspiracy theory at January 20, 2023 01:12 PM (s2na+)

121 Tech industry layoffs . . .

So anyways . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 20, 2023 01:13 PM (4I/2K)

122 Yeah, except in times of complete collapse, highly skilled people can usually still work. But the market still sucks and FJB.
Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2023 01:10 PM (eyxn4)

...

Kinda.

When you're expensive there's a lot of revenue projection required to justify a hire.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:13 PM (z/ifB)

123 I've recently noticed that grocery stores are getting new smaller carts. So shrinkflation is even taking place amongst the shopping trolleys.
Posted by: But inflation's just a Q-Anon conspiracy theory at January 20, 2023 01:12 PM (s2na+)

The thing is, I actually like the basket style carts. More maneuverable and since I am single I do not fill up the big basket.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:13 PM (zZu0s)

124 ahead of a potential recession"

Posted by: rhomboid at January 20, 2023 01:04 PM (OTzUX)

It's like living inside the Babylon Bee

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2023 01:13 PM (YKxqf)

125 the "potential recession" doesn't become a real recession unless they fail to fortify the 2024 election

If that happens, and they fail, then it's the worst economy in 100 years

Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:13 PM (786Ro)

126 -------
Sponge, left a comment about one of your earlier posts in the last thread. Basically, if the son has obtained what is known as a beneficiary deed, that can be revoked or altered if the grantee is still living and of sound mind. Have the sister consult a lawyer if that is the case about her father.
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2023 01:12 PM (bDjBG)

I'm told the sister and her dad have already consulted multiple attorneys and for some reason, the change was irreversible. I don't understand that one bit.

He may be of sound mind at this time, but the body is leaving quite quickly.

Thanks for your input. It is appreciated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:14 PM (Zz0t1)

127 Looking forward to you shit-eaters burning through your savings and taking lower-paying jobs. Also, get your boosters.

Posted by: insurgens ad opus at January 20, 2023 01:11 PM (TP9DR)

And eat bugs and worms.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 20, 2023 01:14 PM (Angsy)

128 >>>Tech employers are rapidly slashing jobs ahead of a potential recession, but even the industry's newest workers remain largely unbothered.

People whom are so young they have never gone through a layoff aren't scared of a tenebrous future they lack the experience to understand.

When they are laid off, and uprooting and moving to find a job that pays less.....then their sunny disposition might take a dip.

Posted by: mikethemoose at January 20, 2023 01:14 PM (VJJ1K)

129 I like the big baskets so I can barrel down the aisles and people get out of my way.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2023 01:14 PM (iayUP)

130 Employed coder: I learned a new programming language.

Laid off community liason: You upskilled!

Employed coder: I learned something new.

Laid off community liason: Yes that's upskilling. Are you some kind of idiot?

Posted by: Candidus at January 20, 2023 01:14 PM (X93x7)

131 It's like they're talking another language.
Posted by: OneEyedJack

They aren't speaking another language; they're trying to murder one, and by extension, the civilization.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 20, 2023 01:14 PM (XF9Gj)

132 All over the internet people are posting pics of their meager groceries and how expensive they were and they're still trying to say there is no recession-economy is great!

I don't get those posts. Yes, food prices have gone up considerably, its like 30% inflation on food. But what you buy and where you buy it makes a tremendous difference in food. Just showing me the random crap you bought and putting a prince on it doesn't tell anyone anything.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:14 PM (0hOvj)

133 I'm a tech employee as well, this is my anecdotal report:

The billion dollar tech company I work for is quietly laying off reams of people, yet my conservative boss is likely to be promoted when we start the new fiscal year (in March)

The people that are getting laid off have been considered worthless dead weight or bloat who have brought literally nothing to the company's bottom line: revenue

Because I actually work for a living, the team Im part of (largely non-woke and conservative) have actionably proven not only how much money we save but also how much money we're able to bring in. A lot of the work we're doing were formally tasked to agencies, who were for lack of a better phrase, incompetent useless woke buttfuckers. They basically overcharged for everything and gave us basically fuck all in return.

When we took the same workload and showed how we outperformed these agencies at ridiculous levels for only a fraction of the cost, it finally started to dawn on executives that maybe they might be getting hosed out their asses by hiring these diverse and woke agencies.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at January 20, 2023 01:14 PM (VTu1l)

134 I aint there to socialize.

Posted by: fd at January 20, 2023 01:14 PM (iayUP)

135 Sixty seven minutes of the worst 'jazz' vocalist ever. It doesn't get badder than this:
youtube.com/watch?v=gcL-kWRt5Sk

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:15 PM (24fqN)

136 We'll be in a recession if the Republicans refuse to raise or suspend the debt ceiling. The DeMedia complex is just waiting for that to happen so they have someone to blame.

Posted by: Fool Otto at January 20, 2023 01:15 PM (DB16e)

137 The US is being thermally re-processed.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 20, 2023 01:15 PM (y/a4v)

138 Carob....the new Kaboom.

Posted by: Corona at January 20, 2023 01:16 PM (nakGR)

139 I've recently noticed that grocery stores are getting new smaller carts.

Since it's just the wife and I. When grocery shopping I love the small carts. Beats the hell out of pushing the big ones only to have 5-6 items in it.

Posted by: Bosk at January 20, 2023 01:16 PM (ZVuYy)

140 I've recently noticed that grocery stores are getting new smaller carts. So shrinkflation is even taking place amongst the shopping trolleys.
Posted by: But inflation's just a Q-Anon conspiracy theory at January 20, 2023 01:12 PM (s2na+)

This is so they can put more peasants in line at the checkout since the stores have laid off most of their check out personnel.

Posted by: Fungus Ads of 'Murica at January 20, 2023 01:16 PM (anj39)

141 People whom are so young they have never gone through a layoff aren't scared of a tenebrous future they lack the experience to understand.

***********************

I was literally laid off in my first ever job, during the greatest economy ever (known as the Clinton economy)

These young zoomer simps and soys are dickless wondertwats

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at January 20, 2023 01:16 PM (VTu1l)

142 Just showing me the random crap you bought and putting a prince on it doesn't tell anyone anything.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:14 PM (0hOvj)
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Depends on what the prince has to say.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 20, 2023 01:16 PM (XlE1Z)

143 Carob is to chocolate as Postum is to coffee.

Discuss.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 20, 2023 01:16 PM (YoPLu)

144 Sixty seven minutes of the worst 'jazz' vocalist ever. It doesn't get badder than this:
youtube.com/watch?v=gcL-kWRt5Sk
Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:15 PM (24fqN)

My dog screeched and ran out of the room.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:16 PM (Zz0t1)

145 They're just laying off white people...am I right?

Posted by: torabora at January 20, 2023 01:17 PM (OUiUM)

146 This is Fine

https://tinyurl.com/4fzwskvz

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2023 01:17 PM (NpAcC)

147 Big Carob is back.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2023 01:17 PM (OgrpQ)

148 Off fungus sock!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:17 PM (anj39)

149 I actually don't think the smaller carts are related to inflation, stores have been moving that direction for quite a while now, but carts are actually quite expensive, and replacing 160 of them is a major outlay.

The smaller carts are more maneuverable and lighter, so they are easier for people like the elderly to use. And honestly, its rare someone buys so much stuff at once they fill one of the old big carts up anyway, so the stores are just saving space: you can fit like 5 of those carts where 3 used to go.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:17 PM (0hOvj)

150 60 Unemployed H-1B visa holders get sent home, right?

actually, yes

I keep getting people BEGGING me to find work for their friends/girlfriends who will be sent home to china or India if they don't find a new job

oh well times are tough for actual Americans so ... good luck I guess

Posted by: BlackOrchidthenotsinger at January 20, 2023 01:17 PM (w0NJk)

151 Carob was a valuable commodity in the 18th century, and ships transporting it were often robbed.

By pirates of the carob bean.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 20, 2023 01:10 PM (YoPLu)

*groan*

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 20, 2023 01:17 PM (FCbAQ)

152 This may cause you to rethink your support of Trump.

Joe Scarborough thinks DeSantis should forgo 2024 POTUS run and leave field clear for ‘champ’ Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 20, 2023 01:18 PM (1yyDH)

153 Lie back Bend over and think of England.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:11 PM (44ww/)

I'll do anything for you... but not that.

Posted by: Meatloaf at January 20, 2023 01:18 PM (JOtiF)

154 I've recently noticed that grocery stores are getting new smaller carts.

Since it's just the wife and I. When grocery shopping I love the small carts. Beats the hell out of pushing the big ones only to have 5-6 items in it.
Posted by: Bosk at January 20, 2023 01:16 PM

Ditto. Except for the wife part. I only need a small cart or a basket when I shop, unless I'm provisioning for a party.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 20, 2023 01:18 PM (Wnv9h)

155
I'm told the sister and her dad have already consulted multiple attorneys and for some reason, the change was irreversible. I don't understand that one bit.

He may be of sound mind at this time, but the body is leaving quite quickly.

Thanks for your input. It is appreciated.
Posted by: Sponge
---------
Some states have a time limit for the grantee to be able to change them possibly or something like an irrevocable trust was created but still it is probably worth it to consult an attorney that specializes in property law.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2023 01:18 PM (bDjBG)

156 Since it's just the wife and I. When grocery shopping I love the small carts. Beats the hell out of pushing the big ones only to have 5-6 items in it.

************

I love those small carts as well, easy as pie to zip around. The large carts take up the entire fucking aisles and its like the bumper car arena where you bump and smash into every fucking thing in the store.

What gets me in a rage is forcing me to pay for every plastic bag to "save the environment"

Go horse fuck your dead mothers dicks lefties

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at January 20, 2023 01:18 PM (VTu1l)

157 I saw Dickless Wondertwats open for…

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 20, 2023 01:18 PM (YoPLu)

158 143 Carob is to chocolate as Postum is to coffee.

Discuss.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 20, 2023 01:16 PM (YoPLu)

Postum. It was a chicory drink, wasn't it? Some sort of cereal...

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:18 PM (zZu0s)

159 Oh, hiding this is going to make old west snake-oil salesmen look honest by the time the corporate assholes are done.

OT, and this is weird (but one of many examples over my lifetime) - I was driving home from an appointment earlier today and cycling through my 80s playlist, and I landed on the sidebar tune. Passed it and went back to it, in fact. It's been in my head since, now I come here, and there it is.

For some reason I'll think of or listen to a song, go somewhere, and it'll be playing. Happens all the time.

Trying to focus on lottery numbers but that's rigged money laundering so it probably won't work.

Posted by: Oldstoke at January 20, 2023 01:18 PM (z7sfH)

160 It's like they're talking another language.
Posted by: OneEyedJack

Ants might cross paths with other colonies, but they know each other by their ant-smell. It's not a virtue signal, but a warm fuzzy point of common culture.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:19 PM (44ww/)

161 They're just laying off white people...am I right?
Posted by: torabora at January 20, 2023 01:17 PM (OUiUM)

It would be interesting to see who and where the layoffs actually happen. You may be right, or maybe not.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 20, 2023 01:19 PM (FCbAQ)

162 Just showing me the random crap you bought and putting a prince on it doesn't tell anyone anything.
___

Uh, I'm not really a prince anymore, so stop bringing it up, please.

Posted by: Prince Harry at January 20, 2023 01:19 PM (fs1hN)

163 And honestly, its rare someone buys so much stuff at once they fill one of the old big carts up anyway, so the stores are just saving space: you can fit like 5 of those carts where 3 used to go.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:17 PM (0hOvj)

Unless there's only one open lane and you have two items, then five people with overloaded carts are in front of you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 20, 2023 01:19 PM (Angsy)

164 I like both Postum and Carob

You just have to think of them as their own product, not a substitute. I don't get mad at eggs for not being oranges.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:19 PM (0hOvj)

165 My asshole is tightening as Congress discusses debt ceiling increases.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2023 01:20 PM (D25PY)

166 It's a hassle to reach all the way down to the bottom of the bigass carts. Small carts FTW.

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:20 PM (24fqN)

167 Joe Scarborough thinks

I'm skeptical.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 20, 2023 01:20 PM (Xrfse)

168 the "resignation" thing was very real and mostly kids who just wanted to not have to work in-person, like, at all. and the extended UE bennies (esp here in PA) really helped that be a viable lifestyle

for a while

now they'll be competing with people who - maybe in useless jobs but still - were actually working during that time.

both groups are kind of worthless but at least one would show up. for the foosball and great wifi but still. slightly better.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2023 01:20 PM (w0NJk)

169 Grocery stores should have a robot fetch you all the canned, boxed goods. You should be able to drive it with an app and bring it to your car.

There should be a shoplifting option if you're broke.

Posted by: torabora at January 20, 2023 01:20 PM (OUiUM)

170 This may cause you to rethink your support of Trump.

********************

I support Trump but I would support Deathsantis harderer

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at January 20, 2023 01:20 PM (VTu1l)

171 Uh, I'm not really a prince anymore, so stop bringing it up, please.

Well its supposed to be pronounced "The artist formerly known as" and symbolized with a glyph, but Pixie wouldn't allow it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:20 PM (0hOvj)

172 Tech progresses so rapidly, with new languages and tools popping up every week, work experience is doom. They'll hire a kid who just completed a six-week Rust bootcamp instead. And as in all industries, who you know is more important than what you know.

Not necessarily. In video games, once you've shipped a game that's all the hiring managers care about from then on. They assume you can figure out whatever new tech pops up, and they're generally right.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (X4R3E)

173 When we took the same workload and showed how we outperformed these agencies at ridiculous levels for only a fraction of the cost,

who could have predicted?

Posted by: kallisto at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (dCxaZ)

174 164 I like both Postum and Carob You just have to think of them as their own product, not a substitute. I don't get mad at eggs for not being oranges.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:19 PM (0hOvj)

You probably love Hydrox and RC.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (zZu0s)

175 I'm told the sister and her dad have already consulted multiple attorneys and for some reason,

the change was irreversible. I don't understand that one bit.

Posted by: Sponge

Never heard of something a lawyer made being irreversible.

However, there isa solution.

Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (IV8Hw)

176 I keep getting people BEGGING me to find work for their friends/girlfriends who will be sent home to china or India if they don't find a new job

oh well times are tough for actual Americans so ... good luck I guess

Posted by: BlackOrchidthenotsinger at January 20, 2023 01:17 PM (w0NJk)

Call me homie.
(wiggles phone fingers)

Posted by: Velvet Jones at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (Angsy)

177 My asshole is tightening as Congress discusses debt ceiling increases.

That's OK, they like 'em tight. BOHICA!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (Bd6X8)

178 I'm a proponent of stiffer penalties for those taking 13 or more items through the 12 item express lanes.

Posted by: Weasel at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (WoIMU)

179 I also prefer self checkout.
Teenage cashiers are idiots and the baggers have no idea how to properly bag.

Posted by: Bosk at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (ZVuYy)

180 Homeless in Sacramento approve of the big carts. They put several in a circle with cardboard and harbor freight tarps and move in.

Posted by: torabora at January 20, 2023 01:22 PM (OUiUM)

181 We had people who left during the great resignation that came crawling back months later after the benefits starting winding down. Some of them wrote slobbering goodbye emails, which HR was all to happy to hold up and say, "This you?".

But we did have a few people who completely made quality of life changes into another line of work where they could spend more time with their families. However they did much better planning and are therefore largely happy with what they did.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:22 PM (IaTa3)

182 Carly Simon, Nobody Does it Better

https://youtu.be/isAUOa50wdA

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:22 PM (44ww/)

183 178 I'm a proponent of stiffer penalties for those taking 13 or more items through the 12 item express lanes.
Posted by: Weasel at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (WoIMU)

Hell, everything is a u-scan now anyway, and I like it that way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:22 PM (zZu0s)

184 Tech progresses so rapidly, with new languages and tools popping up every week, work experience is doom. They'll hire a kid who just completed a six-week Rust bootcamp instead. And as in all industries, who you know is more important than what you know.

Not necessarily. In video games, once you've shipped a game that's all the hiring managers care about from then on. They assume you can figure out whatever new tech pops up, and they're generally right.

you're both right, of course.

proven ability to deliver and hit deadlines is gold

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 20, 2023 01:22 PM (w0NJk)

185 ---------
Some states have a time limit for the grantee to be able to change them possibly or something like an irrevocable trust was created but still it is probably worth it to consult an attorney that specializes in property law.
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2023 01:18 PM (bDjBG)

I'll mention that to the wife and have her relay it.

Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:22 PM (Zz0t1)

186 Well its supposed to be pronounced "The artist formerly known as" and symbolized with a glyph, but Pixie wouldn't allow it.

*ahem*

https://tinyurl.com/23sc9km

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at January 20, 2023 01:22 PM (VTu1l)

187 Shopping carts. The big ones require you to navigate through all the displays the product reps put up in aisles. Dumb fucks.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 20, 2023 01:22 PM (lz5hY)

188 "My asshole is tightening as Congress discusses debt ceiling increases."

Your anus is a theater-lover?

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:22 PM (24fqN)

189 Carly Simon, Nobody Does it Better

https://youtu.be/isAUOa50wdA
Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:22 PM (44ww/)

I'm too distracted looking for the hook.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:23 PM (Zz0t1)

190 I wonder what job growth would look like if you were somehow able to factor out the effects of the lockdowns.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at January 20, 2023 01:23 PM (uPgE/)

191 You probably love Hydrox and RC.

Actually never had hydrox, but they did come out with their cookie before oreo.

But yeah I love RC

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:23 PM (0hOvj)

192 Kinda.

When you're expensive there's a lot of revenue projection required to justify a hire.

This is true. There is definitely nuance to it. If you're REALLY highly skilled, even in the best times, it's hard to find a job because you're not really a widget. You might only fit in a few thousand positions in the whole world, and most of those are already filled.

Also, if you want to maximize your earnings, if you're a Google or Microsoft level developer, what you say is exactly right. But if you lower your standards on cash and bennies, you can work pretty much anywhere you want.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2023 01:23 PM (eyxn4)

193 Learn to fowl.

Time to dust off "unexpectedly!" And "green shoots!". Say what you will about 1984 at least the majority was coerced and evil leaders werent this stupid.

Posted by: Shiggz (defective slave) at January 20, 2023 01:23 PM (0SrVS)

194 Yep. A pair of pampered tits on a chair. "You too can be a pair of pampered tits on a chair!"
Posted by: Got a vaj, get the job at January 20, 2023 01:06 PM (s2na+)

Mmm. Pampered tits.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 20, 2023 01:23 PM (BdMk6)

195 "Because I actually work for a living, the team Im part of (largely non-woke and conservative) have actionably proven not only how much money we save but also how much money we're able to bring in. A lot of the work we're doing were formally tasked to agencies, who were for lack of a better phrase, incompetent useless woke buttfuckers. They basically overcharged for everything and gave us basically fuck all in return.
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger"

Yes, but did you make the world more fair equitable and sustainable? That is why corporations exist.

Posted by: Ripleys at January 20, 2023 01:23 PM (cUYo/)

196 As the media types start to sweat their jobs, they're going to push the left party line with even more vigor, in order to keep their phony-baloney gigs.

Notice how just about every 'sports reporter' jumped on the hockey guy for not wearing the gay jersey? They virtue-signaled so hard the Alpha Centaurians started pounding on the floor and yelling 'Keep it down!'

The neaty-keen thing about this is that as they push more woke crap their readership will crater even deeper, making their 'learn to code' moment that much more likely.

I'm lovin' it.

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at January 20, 2023 01:23 PM (oedLL)

197 179 I also prefer self checkout.
Teenage cashiers are idiots and the baggers have no idea how to properly bag.
Posted by: Bosk at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (ZVuYy)

*voice cracking*
Here, sir, let me set your ice cream on top of the hot rotisserie chicken you also bought and plan to eat as soon as you get home.

Posted by: Old School bagger at January 20, 2023 01:24 PM (zZu0s)

198 The Debt Ceiling is going to a Shutdown. You heard it here first. Democrats think a shutdown will benefit them. But most people and Republicans know that's a ruse. Nobody gives a shit if government workers get paid. As long as the checks keep coming, they're all good.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:25 PM (IaTa3)

199 Game publisher giant Ubisoft has fallen on hard times. The CEO gave a speech urging everyone to work more efficiently saying the future of the company was in the employees' hands. The union responded by threatening to strike. I'm sure that'll work out well.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 20, 2023 01:25 PM (1yyDH)

200 we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today

Let's Go Brandon!

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at January 20, 2023 01:25 PM (+wfSw)

201 I'm disappointed that the R's in congress aren't calling Joey Shitpants and his pet media for lying about the economy, but I guess I should be used to their failures at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)

202 152 This may cause you to rethink your support of Trump.

Joe Scarborough thinks DeSantis should forgo 2024 POTUS run and leave field clear for ‘champ’ Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Ah, the old bandwagon effect. Personally, I am waiting until 2024 because things change pretty quickly in politics and my choices will be based on actions, not the evaluation of other people and certainly not of those I despise like Mr. Intern killer.

I view talk though of 2024 as mere entertainment because unless voting rolls are massively purged, whoever the GOP candidate nominates is toast.

Remember, Lake was leading non-existent unpopular candidate Hobbs by over ten percent in the polls consistently but strangely enough Maricopa county rigged the election for Hobbs despite being controlled by the GOP.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2023 01:25 PM (bDjBG)

203 I want you all to recognize what's important to democrats. It's not that people are loosing jobs. Heh, who cares about that, people's actual lives being crappy. It's about how a prime constituency, new young tech workers ***feels*** about it. What they are saying here is sure these folks are getting tanked in the Big D in the back door economy. But they ***feel*** ok about it, so it's not costing us votes. Hahahahaha! They're too stupid to be pissed at us for ruining their lives so we can keep pumping that Big D economy until they're eating the bugs and they'll still vote for us! Hahahaha!

Posted by: mikethemoose at January 20, 2023 01:25 PM (VJJ1K)

204 I do like self check better yeah. Usually the clerks are really good at packing stuff here, although I tend to shop at stores where you pack your own stuff anyway because they're cheaper. That can of tomato soup isn't better at the more expensive store, they're just sticking you for the price.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:25 PM (0hOvj)

205 176 I keep getting people BEGGING me to find work for their friends/girlfriends who will be sent home to china or India if they don't find a new job

oh well times are tough for actual Americans so ... good luck I guess

Posted by: BlackOrchidthenotsinger at January 20, 2023 01:17 PM (w0NJk)

Ship 'em back.

The dot heads are the ones that ran Twitter's dictatorship.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 20, 2023 01:25 PM (7sRwU)

206 I also prefer self checkout.
Teenage cashiers are idiots and the baggers have no idea how to properly bag.
Posted by: Bosk

*fistbump

Also, no one wants out of that store more than me. Especially some twit who is one hour into an 8 hour shift.
And if I wanted to hold an inane, empty, pointless conversation, I'd talk to myself.

Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at January 20, 2023 01:26 PM (IV8Hw)

207 WAG, but maybe smaller carts are less appealing to the urban outdoorsman who like to the big carts home with them to the freeway underpass

Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:26 PM (786Ro)

208 159 Oh, hiding this is going to make old west snake-oil salesmen look honest by the time the corporate assholes are done.
****
The gun went off by itself!

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at January 20, 2023 01:26 PM (OUiUM)

209 199 Game publisher giant Ubisoft has fallen on hard times. The CEO gave a speech urging everyone to work more efficiently saying the future of the company was in the employees' hands. The union responded by threatening to strike. I'm sure that'll work out well.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 20, 2023 01:25 PM (1yyDH)

Fuck off, Frenchie.

Posted by: Old School bagger at January 20, 2023 01:26 PM (zZu0s)

210 The Debt Ceiling is going to a Shutdown. You heard it here first

The GOP always caves and loses when they try that, they aren't going to do it again.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:26 PM (0hOvj)

211 "Shopping carts. The big ones require you to navigate through all the displays the product reps put up in aisles. Dumb fucks."

Hate those. In the convenience stores, they have those hooked POS display boards blocking the aisles. Walk by one, get snagged, merch falls to the floor.

Another peeve: people shopping in groups clogging up the whole aisle while one inspects merch.

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:26 PM (24fqN)

212 Wonder which country Ace is hid away all the while broadcasting his renegade signal?

Posted by: humphreyrobot at January 20, 2023 01:26 PM (h+tQf)

213 /Off pimple faced sock of a bygone era in your little paper hat

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (zZu0s)

214 voice cracking*
Here, sir, let me set your ice cream on top of the hot rotisserie chicken you also bought and plan to eat as soon as you get home.
Posted by: Old School bagger

Make sure the leaky bleach bottle goes in there, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (y/a4v)

215 174 164 I like both Postum and Carob You just have to think of them as their own product, not a substitute. I don't get mad at eggs for not being oranges.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:19 PM (0hOvj)

You probably love Hydrox and RC.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (zZu0s)

This is capital A Ace level harshness.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (z/ifB)

216 I like the carts designed specifically for carob shoppers.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (Xrfse)

217 The Debt Ceiling is going to a Shutdown.

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It won't be a shutdown shutdown. We're shoveling more money to Ukraine, for example.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (1yyDH)

218
Make sure the leaky bleach bottle goes in there, too.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (y/a4v)

all above the carton of eggs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (Zz0t1)

219 I love how they now charge 5 cents a bag at the supermarket. To save the planet, I guess.

I am buying $300 worth of overpriced food and you want a nickel from me for a paper bag? Can't you just write that 5 cents off?

Anyway, the thing is, I used to need three or four bags to carry $300 worth of groceries.

Now, I just arm carry the stuff to my car.

Keeping my damn nickels.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (lf83v)

220 My asshole is tightening as Congress discusses debt ceiling increases.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2023 01:20 PM (D25PY)

You know that sounds like a feature to the people who are going to raise the limits, right?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 20, 2023 01:28 PM (FCbAQ)

221 Shutdown = Paid Vacation for those that suck off the taxpayer tit.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 20, 2023 01:28 PM (7sRwU)

222 maybe smaller carts are less appealing to the urban outdoorsman

That is a good point, almost certainly part of the puzzle.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:28 PM (0hOvj)

223 197 The closest I get to being a real prick is confusing youngsters manning the register with round off change. The look on their face is so funny. They never got the memo to just punch in cash tendered and let the register do the work.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 20, 2023 01:28 PM (lz5hY)

224 Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at January 20, 2023 01:28 PM (Zra4/)

This confuses me. I don't know who to kill.......

Posted by: Sarah at January 20, 2023 01:28 PM (Zz0t1)

225 shipped a game that's all the hiring managers care about from then on. They assume you can figure out whatever new tech pops up, and they're generally right.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (X4R3E)
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I worked with a guy who used to work in the video game industry. According to him, new games are rarely developed, because it's expensive to do so. Instead, the industry prefers to reskin existing games.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 20, 2023 01:28 PM (vlJl4)

226 "My asshole is tightening as Congress discusses debt ceiling increases."

Your anus is a theater-lover?
Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:22 PM (24fqN)

Wasn't Anus Tightener a left fielder for the '37 White Sox?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (anj39)

227 > Postum. It was a chicory drink, wasn't it? Some sort of cereal...

Postum was the drink a lot of LDS converts used to help them stop drinking coffee. My parents liked it.

Before it was discontinued, it wasn't easy to find. The grocery stores would usually only have about four jars of the stuff on the top shelf.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (eyxn4)

228 You probably love Hydrox and RC.

Hydrox was actually first - Oreo is the copy, the Great Value version.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (ZGrMX)

229 Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt

I have become very anti stupid people at my advanced age of 29 and there seems to be an abundance of them.
The faster I can get out the better.
When I get home from shopping my wife always says, well that was quick.
No shit.

Posted by: Bosk at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (ZVuYy)

230 Learn to choad, assholes.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (WcT8C)

231 Remember, Lake was leading non-existent unpopular candidate Hobbs by over ten percent in the polls consistently but strangely enough Maricopa county rigged the election for Hobbs despite being controlled by the GOP.

And the "GOP" guy in charge of Maricopa elections is now trying to push for open primaries and ranked-choice voting. So, pretty much a DIABLO.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (Bd6X8)

232 The closest I get to being a real prick is confusing youngsters manning the register with round off change. The look on their face is so funny. They never got the memo to just punch in cash tendered and let the register do the work.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Hand them $2 bills.

Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (IV8Hw)

233 Well its supposed to be pronounced "The artist formerly known as" and symbolized with a glyph, but Pixie wouldn't allow it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:20 PM (0hOvj)

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2023 01:30 PM (xhaym)

234 "The GOP always caves and loses when they try that, they aren't going to do it again.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:26 PM (0hOvj)"

The price is wrong, Bob.

This time is different. They are already developing, as a caucus, the things they want in exchange for passing it. That includes things like taking COVID spending out of the baseline. These will be reasonable changes that need to be done. Joey Didlefingers has said "no negotiation". Oh, and Mitch McConnell too. So it's going to go to the wire.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:30 PM (IaTa3)

235 Game publisher giant Ubisoft has fallen on hard times

**********

The same company that prefaces every game intro with how sexually diverse their company is and released an Assassins Creed game in the period of Vikings where half the Vikings are gay and/or are brown skinned and where the women are predominantly the leaders of tribes and always stronger than men?

THAT gaming company you say?

Yeah go horse fuck

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at January 20, 2023 01:30 PM (VTu1l)

236 The Biden Economic Miracle continues!

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 20, 2023 01:30 PM (mNs20)

237
Wasn't Anus Tightener a left fielder for the '37 White Sox?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (anj39)
Wasn't Anus Tightener a left fielder for the '37 White Sox?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (anj39)

I had one installed for my husband.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at January 20, 2023 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

238 2024 might feature Hillary.
Yeah, I know she's a pickled waddling lump but she wants the Ring of Power.

Posted by: torabora at January 20, 2023 01:30 PM (OUiUM)

239 Make sure the leaky bleach bottle goes in there, too.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (y/a4v)

all above the carton of eggs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (Zz0t1)
***

No worries. The gallon of milk sitting on the carton of eggs will protect them.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:31 PM (anj39)

240 I'll mention that to the wife and have her relay it.

Thank you.
Posted by: Sponge

No problem, we had to deal with beneficiary deeds recently regarding parents so I thought I would mention it. Good way to avoid costly probate on real property in an estate if set up correctly but the attorney that drafted them mentioned something about a 5 year rule where the beneficiary deed in essence became a transferral of some sort of the property. There are others than know more of irrevocable trusts here than I do as I never had reason to investigate those.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2023 01:31 PM (bDjBG)

241 < + j o

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2023 01:31 PM (xhaym)

242 I love how they now charge 5 cents a bag at the supermarket. To save the planet, I guess.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (lf83v)

5 cents? Luxury! We pay 8 cents here.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2023 01:31 PM (DRSnL)

243 The nice round 10k job elimination numbers are to placate investors. Actual JEs will be much lower.

Posted by: Regular joe at January 20, 2023 01:31 PM (nnp+f)

244 And the "GOP" guy in charge of Maricopa elections is now trying to push for open primaries and ranked-choice voting. So, pretty much a DIABLO.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (Bd6X

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Is he the same gop guy who is part of Hobbs transition team?

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 20, 2023 01:31 PM (vlJl4)

245 "Shopping carts. The big ones require you to navigate through all the displays the product reps put up in aisles. Dumb fucks."

...

Personal claim to fame: while blocking shelves in a grocery store as a lad, I managed to get a whole row to shift and knocked a glass something or other behind a display of salad dressing. This was in the before times when they would make a display by stacking boxes and cutting the front of the box out so you could see what was inside.

In the process of moving the display I tipped it over, onto my back (I was bent over and sliding it toward me. I'm smarter now, somewhat).

27 bottles of salad dressing broke. This was also the days when for some reason people bought Russian dressing. It was mostly that and some Italian--super oily. I ended up in a massive lake of oil and broken glass, wearing very flat soled and slippery chuck T's. I was eventually extracted by grabbing a broom handle and getting towed/water skiied out of the mess.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (z/ifB)

246 In SC we pay nothing for shopping bags and like it.

Posted by: Regular joe at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (nnp+f)

247 This confuses me. I don't know who to kill.......

Take off and nuke the entire site from orbit, its the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (Bd6X8)

248 Learn to code . . . better.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (PyOKD)

249 people BEGGING me to find work for their friends/girlfriends who will be sent home to china or India if they don't find a new job

No, we send back *all* the dudes and the least desirable women, and we keep the rest of their women. It is the way.

Learn to conquer.

Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (786Ro)

250 No worries. The gallon of milk sitting on the carton of eggs will protect them.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:31 PM (anj39)

Whew.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (y/a4v)

251 "It won't be a shutdown shutdown. We're shoveling more money to Ukraine, for example.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 20, 2023 01:27 PM (1yyDH)"

Actually, the administration is using DoD funds to wage their war. McConnell and the Vichy Caucus has allowed that due to their passing the omnibus. But that party will come to an end in the next budget, unless the other side comes up with some
Serious changes.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (IaTa3)

252 I think it's time for some Trump "Miss me yet?" billboards and online ads.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (W+kMI)

253 The Debt Ceiling is going to a Shutdown.
__________

And by "shutdown", they mean National Parks, memorials and monuments, the Social Security offices, and Voice of America broadcasts.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (lf83v)

254 This time is different. They are already developing, as a caucus, the things they want in exchange for passing it.

Let's just say, I hope you're right this time, Charlie Brown.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (0hOvj)

255
Pikachu runs Google?

That explains a lot.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (zP5aR)

256 And the "GOP" guy in charge of Maricopa elections is now trying to push for open primaries and ranked-choice voting. So, pretty much a DIABLO.
Posted by: Blanco Basura

Uniparty type and a lot of Dems are being coached into running as GOP candidates.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (bDjBG)

257 Learn to upskill!

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (mNs20)

258 Cashiers take shit from everybody. Some assholes have a life-mission to hassle shitjob workers like cashiers and waitresses. I try to always be pleasant with them. If I can get somebody to smile or laugh, my day is markedly better.

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (24fqN)

259 The younger daughter and I just made a pineapple upside down cake. Fresh pineapple, cut into 1/4 arcs so you can lay a nice geometric pattern with amarena cherries, is the way to go.

Then, you use a can of pineapple juice and the amarena juice (from the cherries you took out of the jar) as your "water" in the cake mix...and vegan butter works with the brown sugar to still give you a beautiful (albeit slightly wetter - thus fresh pineapple is better than the very wet jarred) top...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (exHjb)

260 229 A long time ago I used to do the grocery shopping when I was on afternoon shift. It was great, nobody there except for the stockers. Used to get some real good meat deals because that was when the manager special stickers went on.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 20, 2023 01:33 PM (lz5hY)

261
Learn to shovel!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2023 01:33 PM (zP5aR)

262 246 In SC we pay nothing for shopping bags and like it.
Posted by: Regular joe at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (nnp+f)

Yeah have not seen that one here in Kentucky yet either.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:33 PM (zZu0s)

263 Covid spending out of the baseline!?

Are you nuts!? That's how they fund schools and their unions and the DNC and NGO's.

Posted by: torabora at January 20, 2023 01:33 PM (OUiUM)

264 The layoffs and economic downturn, all caused by this idiot administration and the elite will cause the left to say "see , capitalism doesn't work" and the Dems only answer is a socialist state. Heads they win , tails you lose

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 20, 2023 01:33 PM (dHzaG)

265 Hydrox was actually first - Oreo is the copy, the Great Value version.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (ZGrMX)

And Hydrox doesn't put out special Pervert-Creme Filled LGBTQ+ cookies.

People that prefer Oreos largely support child grooming and all sorts of faggotry.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 20, 2023 01:33 PM (7sRwU)

266 258 Cashiers take shit from everybody. Some assholes have a life-mission to hassle shitjob workers like cashiers and waitresses. I try to always be pleasant with them. If I can get somebody to smile or laugh, my day is markedly better.
Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (24fqN)

Never fuck with people who touch your food. One of my rules.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:33 PM (zZu0s)

267 People's GAF Meter goes to zero on a shutdown.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (IaTa3)

268
Learn to conquer.
Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (786Ro)

Kill one, you're a murderer.
Kill several, you're a conqueror.

Kill them all, you're a god.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (Zz0t1)

269 I'm fine paying for paper bags at Aldi. I can take as many as I want without guilt. I use several a week for household trash can liners, etc.

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (24fqN)

270 232 The closest I get to being a real prick is confusing youngsters manning the register with round off change. The look on their face is so funny. They never got the memo to just punch in cash tendered and let the register do the work.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

Hand them $2 bills.
Posted by: rickb223 Gone Galt at January 20, 2023 01:29 PM (IV8Hw)

Not unless you want the cops coming in, slapping you in cuffs, kicking you in the face while screaming "stop resisting," let you bleed in the back of a non-air-conditioned patrol car for four hours, take you to the station, smash your face into the concrete bench in the holding cell a couple times, high-five each other, then let you go 8 hours later when they're informed that 2-dollar bills are actually real by the crusty old desk sergeant beginning his 11 to 7 shift.

Posted by: There are way too many idiots out there at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (s2na+)

271 Homeless in Sacramento approve of the big carts. They put several in a circle with cardboard and harbor freight tarps and move in.
Posted by: torabora

San Francisco, I think, has charged an art gallery owner for hosing a bum, I mean saintly dehoused person, for shitting on his gallery's door stoop. Bigot doesn't like shit on his stoop.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (1yyDH)

272 "Over the past two years we've seen periods of dramatic growth. To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today"

This is some serious doublespeak.

Too bad the Orange Man was so bad or you'd still have that dramatic growth you're pretending Biden is giving you.

Posted by: squid at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (S/NWs)

273 The grossest ad on this site is the index finger with a filter feeding coral going out of it.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (GLjEo)

274 Kill one, you're a murderer.
Kill several, you're a conqueror.

Kill them all, you're a god.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (Zz0t1)

Saw a T Shirt yesterday I might just have to buy...

Cthulu
No Lives Matter

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (oHd/0)

275
Upskill, muthafookers!

Choose your new tool:

shovel
hoe
mattock
sledge hammer
urinal brush

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2023 01:35 PM (zP5aR)

276 I actually hate both Oreos and Hydrox. Hydrox always seemed like drier, blander versions of an already dry and bland cookie.

How is Oreo worthy of the 'cookie' name when Chocolate chip and snickerdoodles exist?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:35 PM (zZu0s)

277
Never fuck with people who touch your food. One of my rules.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:33 PM (zZu0s)

Should be in the top 5 of any rule sets for life in general.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:35 PM (Zz0t1)

278 Cashiers take shit from everybody. Some assholes have a life-mission to hassle shitjob workers like cashiers and waitresses. I try to always be pleasant with them. If I can get somebody to smile or laugh, my day is markedly better.

Same here.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 20, 2023 01:35 PM (Xrfse)

279 "Never fuck with people who touch your food. One of my rules."

I tried cashier, lasted three weeks. Had to quit before I was driven to hurt somebody.

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (24fqN)

280 Those shopping bags they make us buy for a dime in California are great for cat litter disposal. Used to use the Sacramento Bee but nothing lasts forever. So now non decomposable bags go to the landfill to last forever.

Posted by: torabora at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (OUiUM)

281 "I also prefer self checkout.
Teenage cashiers are idiots and the baggers have no idea how to properly bag.
Posted by: Bosk "

The bigger risk is the people in the line. People that can't figure out how to use their card, make purchasing decisions while checking out or want to argue with cashier about a price. You have to evaluate that before going to a cashier.

Posted by: Ripleys at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (cUYo/)

282 If I can get somebody to smile or laugh, my day is markedly better.

Sounds like you are just using this poor people as props in your amateur comedy routine. Do they amuse you? Like a clown?

Posted by: Exponential Karen - "I need to speak to your manager." at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (ppBhU)

283 276 I actually hate both Oreos and Hydrox. Hydrox always seemed like drier, blander versions of an already dry and bland cookie.

How is Oreo worthy of the 'cookie' name when Chocolate chip and snickerdoodles exist?
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:35 PM (zZu0s)

Oreos are easy to eat en masse as a lighter sugary snack.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (eYoxG)

284 I am getting panopticon ads in the left sidebar and Harv under the posts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (zZu0s)

285 Kill one, you're a murderer.
Kill several, you're a conqueror.

Kill them all, you're a god.

https://youtu.be/smMUNsw6Iag

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (0hOvj)

286 167 Joe Scarborough thinks

I'm skeptical.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 20, 2023 01:20 PM (Xrfse)

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Heh.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (DcKNO)

287
Cthulu
No Lives Matter
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (oHd/0)

Nice......

Here and all I have is a hat that says Joe and the Ho Gotta Go

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (Zz0t1)

288 The grossest ad on this site is the index finger with a filter feeding coral going out of it.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (GLjEo)

I dunno, for me it's a tossup between that one and the toe-brushing one.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (DRSnL)

289 Cashiers take shit from everybody.

I've been a cashier.

When I do use the cashier line I'm always polite and always say thank you when they hand me a receipt.
It is a difficult job for sure.

Posted by: Bosk at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (ZVuYy)

290 The economy is overheating ...
"Sir, we need to fire 500,000 employees
Fire a million
Sir, 500,000.............okay sir, 1,000,000"

overheating is not the issue today.
Maybe "the printing machines are overheating"?

except they can "print" trillions for free.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (Cus5s)

291 Saw a T Shirt yesterday I might just have to buy...

Cthulu
No Lives Matter

Sometimes I wonder if he still lurks here.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (Bd6X8)

292
https://youtu.be/smMUNsw6Iag
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (0hOvj)

That's it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:37 PM (Zz0t1)

293 Never fuck with people who touch your food. One of my rules.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Also dentists and surgeons. Bad policy.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2023 01:37 PM (D25PY)

294 Oreoe cookies were okay when the filling was sugar infused lard. The change to veggie shortening made them gross.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 20, 2023 01:37 PM (vlJl4)

295 281 So true!

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:37 PM (24fqN)

296 258 I agree, gp, especially if the checkout person is a cute young lady.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 20, 2023 01:37 PM (YoPLu)

297 There are experts who film flam cashiers and bank tellers. If it's less than $950 loss in California it's no big deal.

Posted by: torabora at January 20, 2023 01:38 PM (OUiUM)

298
I'm fine paying for paper bags at Aldi. I can take as many as I want without guilt. I use several a week for household trash can liners, etc.
Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom

... and they make excellent tinder for igniting the celebratory pyres of tires for Erf Day!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2023 01:38 PM (zP5aR)

299 Maybe the laid off Google and Facebook workers can talk to the gal who posts here occasionally. She made $17,000 last month by doing something or other that's so simple that even a child can learn. (Maybe she's a Biden?)

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 20, 2023 01:38 PM (gf7Ez)

300 "Never fuck with people who touch your food. One of my rules."

We were in a restaurant where people who were clearly libs seriously, rudely and unfairly complained about their food and sent it back to get a new dish. My friend then states "welp, they're going to get the special sauce".

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:38 PM (IaTa3)

301 273 The grossest ad on this site is the index finger with a filter feeding coral going out of it.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (GLjEo)

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I get that one too.

Ufffffff

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2023 01:38 PM (DcKNO)

302 And by "shutdown", they mean National Parks, memorials and monuments, the Social Security offices, and Voice of America broadcasts.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (lf83v)

Funny how the Repubs finally have a little bit of power to slow the government, and SUDDENLY AntiFa is killing cops... which will of course mean calling anyone who might shut down the government, evil...

Interesting (in the Chinese curse sense) timing.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2023 01:38 PM (oHd/0)

303 Gee, the NFL is bleeding viewers, and the tech giants are laying off thousands.

A good start.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 20, 2023 01:38 PM (wtvvX)

304 Cashiers take shit from everybody. Some assholes have a life-mission to hassle shitjob workers like cashiers and waitresses

Yeah I have worked the cash register in my youth and the people were generally either neutral or pleasant (especially the girls who would bend over to sign a check without a bra on, never could tell if that was on purpose or if they were just airheads). But every day at least one completely terrible person would come through and ruin the rest of the day for you. Pointlessly hostile, contemptuous, arrogant, and cruel. This was long before the term "karen" arose.

I hated the checkout part of the job, but we all rotated through it so nobody had to suffer for very long.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:38 PM (0hOvj)

305 We were in a restaurant where people who were clearly libs seriously, rudely and unfairly complained about their food and sent it back to get a new dish. My friend then states "welp, they're going to get the special sauce".

The Yelper's Special

Posted by: South Park knew at January 20, 2023 01:39 PM (s2na+)

306 I actually hate both Oreos and Hydrox. Hydrox always seemed like drier, blander versions of an already dry and bland cookie.
__________

Oreos are technically bakery sandwiches when you get right down to it. Distant relative of the sugar wafer, which is also a bakery sandwich.

Lorna Doons, Chocolate Chips, snickerdoodles. All cookies.

Damnit.

Posted by: Aloysius, The Angry Keebler Elf at January 20, 2023 01:39 PM (lf83v)

307 HA! I just saw an ad on this page that shows some dumbass with a kleenex up each nose. Have no idea what they are advertising.

Posted by: Seems Legit at January 20, 2023 01:39 PM (DcKNO)

308 Saw a T Shirt yesterday I might just have to buy...

Cthulu
No Lives Matter

There's a parody BLM sign going around Twitter that says "NO LIVES MATTER. You're all cunts, fuck off".

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:39 PM (ZGrMX)

309 I worked with a guy who used to work in the video game industry. According to him, new games are rarely developed, because it's expensive to do so. Instead, the industry prefers to reskin existing games.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 20, 2023 01:28 PM (vlJl4)

Bingo - My art director moved on and ended up at Ubisoft. He did two of Assassin creed sequel games, same game different skin. Most games are based off of the unreal engine because they have to develop so far ahead of release (two to three years). They don't have to reinvent the wheel every time.

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2023 01:39 PM (OgrpQ)

310 Learn to conquer.
Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:32 PM (786Ro)

Kill one, you're a murderer.
Kill several, you're a conqueror.

Kill them all, you're a god.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (Zz0t1)
***

Kill more of them than they kill of you, you're the winner.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:39 PM (anj39)

311 Those shopping bags they make us buy for a dime in California are great for cat litter disposal. Used to use the Sacramento Bee but nothing lasts forever. So now non decomposable bags go to the landfill to last forever.
Posted by: torabora at January 20, 2023 01:36 PM (OUiUM)

If you live in a place with rain, or are allowed to water, used clay kitty litter can be called "Clay Sequestered Urea Fertilizer" once you get the turds out so it will flow through the lawn spreader.

It also helps with water retention on very sandy soil.

(Follow me for more lawn care advice!)

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (xhaym)

312 Meh.

Both MSFT and Amazon (I've worked for both) are so big that cutting 10k is not a big deal. They did it in good economies as well. I mean, it sucks to be in the pool of unemployed but remember MSFT bought Nokia...and then decided they didn't want to be in the phone business and laid everyone off in that division. MSFT is run by idiots.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards (Logan Tiberius 2012-2021) at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (xcxpd)

313 I don't mind waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store.

Posted by: Person who's always on their cell phone at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (vlJl4)

314 "Sounds like you are just using this poor people as props in your amateur comedy routine. Do they amuse you? Like a clown?"

That's a good question. Most of my life I thought it was manipulative and phony to be artificially cheerful to get along with people. Since I figured out how it works, and feel the improvement in my own mood by doing it, I'm at peace with the reality that it's all a damn facade.

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (24fqN)

315 My friend then states "welp, they're going to get the special sauce".
_________

To them, the special sauce is a feature, not a flaw.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (lf83v)

316 We were in a restaurant where people who were clearly libs seriously, rudely and unfairly complained about their food and sent it back to get a new dish. My friend then states "welp, they're going to get the special sauce".

The Yelper's Special
Posted by: South Park knew at January 20, 2023 01:39 PM (s2na+)

There was an article linked the other day where a Hooters waitress would rub wings on her box, even during Aunt Flo's visit, and serve them to rude customers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)

317 We were in a restaurant where people who were clearly libs seriously, rudely and unfairly complained about their food and sent it back to get a new dish. My friend then states "welp, they're going to get the special sauce".

Table 4 needs some butt mustard and splooge dressing.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (D25PY)

318 Marcus T,

It is not technically a shutdown but simply means that the US govt regardless of appropriations bills does not have permission to sell more securities.

Supposedly, the Treasury is shifting accounts with already obtained cash and the like as they do frequently with this sort of thing but the argument is that the US will be in technical default if it does not make interest payments to current bond holders and will have to curtail spending to whatever government revenues are still coming in.

It is more like a soft squishy deadline than a hard one and how the Treasury shifts funds back and forth is an opaque process involving often obscure accounts.

The House could technically only pass an increased limit that requires spending cuts by the executive branch of already appropriated money or it can negotiate and change the whole omnibus deal. However, GOPe members are already discussing using a discharge petition with the Dem opposition to get a clean debt limit passed.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (bDjBG)

319 Oreos are technically bakery sandwiches when you get right down to it. Distant relative of the sugar wafer, which is also a bakery sandwich.

Lorna Doons, Chocolate Chips, snickerdoodles. All cookies.

Damnit.
Posted by: Aloysius, The Angry Keebler Elf at January 20, 2023 01:39 PM (lf83v)

Now I want cookies.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (anj39)

320 MSFT is run by idiots.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards (Logan Tiberius 2012-2021) at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (xcxpd)

I would lean more towards 'greedy assholes,' but that's me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:41 PM (Zz0t1)

321 Family of 4, all with BMI 40+, waking abreast, rolling luggage in outstretched arm beside them, meandering down crowded airport concourse in no particular hurry.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2023 01:41 PM (8GeFp)

322 TY LEMMON @tuxlemons · 21h
Ivan Provorov jerseys are now harder to find than a Drag Queen Story Hour performer with a clean background check.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 01:41 PM (Vwz3I)

323 There was an article linked the other day where a Hooters waitress would rub wings on her box, even during Aunt Flo's visit, and serve them to rude customers.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)

I thought you had to pay extra for that...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards (Logan Tiberius 2012-2021) at January 20, 2023 01:41 PM (xcxpd)

324 Now I want cookies.

Cookies are for closers

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:41 PM (0hOvj)

325 Gee, the NFL is bleeding viewers, and the tech giants are laying off thousands.

A good start.
_______

And I died.

Posted by: Zombie David Crosby, Insane Druggie Liberal at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (lf83v)

326 Had a friend who ETS'd and took a job as a cashier until he could figure out a direction. After a few weeks I asked him how it was going. He said, "sometimes it's a shame you can't shoot people here".

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (IaTa3)

327 Most of my life I thought it was manipulative and phony to be artificially cheerful to get along with people.

It's an art form.

Have you learned to laugh heartily on demand?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (7sRwU)

328 Since I figured out how it works, and feel the improvement in my own mood by doing it, I'm at peace with the reality that it's all a damn facade.

*****************

Doing the right thing doesn't mean you have to FEEL like you're doing the right thing before you can do the right thing, just do the right thing because it's the right thing to do

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger Channeling the Cameltoe of Harris at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (VTu1l)

329 I can't wait to start my future-food business, "I've Got Worms."

Posted by: Lloyd Christmas at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (ssESX)

330 There was an article linked the other day where a Hooters waitress would rub wings on her box, even during Aunt Flo's visit, and serve them to rude customers.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)

Lovely.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (DRSnL)

331 Bingo - My art director moved on and ended up at Ubisoft. He did two of Assassin creed sequel games, same game different skin. Most games are based off of the unreal engine because they have to develop so far ahead of release (two to three years). They don't have to reinvent the wheel every time.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2023 01:39 PM (OgrpQ)

...

I think Valve suffered so much in creating Source and HL2 at the same time that they said never again and have stuck to it.

Such that now the fan remake of the original HL (which is pretty entertaining, the remake) is in Unreal engine. Blasphemy but unavoidable.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (z/ifB)

332 "The bigger risk is the people in the line. People that can't figure out how to use their card, make purchasing decisions while checking out or want to argue with cashier about a price. You have to evaluate that before going to a cashier. "

Why does it seem like the person at the head of the line has never paid for groceries and was apparently shocked to find that it costs money that you now have to pay?

And then there's the lady who INSISTS on scanning her phone even though it clearly isn't working.
Give up and just use plastic? Nope smart phone has to do everything.

Posted by: eleven at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (iziT8)

333 Family of 4, all with BMI 40+, waking abreast, rolling luggage in outstretched arm beside them, meandering down crowded airport concourse in no particular hurry.
------------------
Maybe get O.J. Simpson to block for you, getting around them??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (Vwz3I)

334 I don't care for grocery cashiers asking about my food purchases.
Do you like that stuffed crust pizza?

No I fucking hate it is why I bought 4 of them.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 20, 2023 01:43 PM (D25PY)

335 Now I want cookies.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (anj39)

No shit. A good Chocolate Chip cookie is a thing of beauty, wonder and perfection.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:43 PM (zZu0s)

336 Most of my life I thought it was manipulative and phony to be artificially cheerful to get along with people.

Waitresses learn this lesson all too well, so much so that they get to the point they cannot shut it off, and that becomes their way of dealing with everybody.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:43 PM (0hOvj)

337 There was an article linked the other day where a Hooters waitress would rub wings on her box, even during Aunt Flo's visit, and serve them to rude customers.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)

If I was a woman, I would not be putting spicy things in places.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:43 PM (44ww/)

338 I can't wait to start my future-food business, "I've Got Worms."

Posted by: Lloyd Christmas at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (ssESX)

I wanted to open a food truck that served hot dogs and mac and cheese. I wanted to call it Assholes and Elbows

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2023 01:43 PM (OgrpQ)

339 I worked with a guy who used to work in the video game industry. According to him, new games are rarely developed, because it's expensive to do so. Instead, the industry prefers to reskin existing games.

At the scale of modern games, it's not feasible to do everything from scratch every time. Either you use canned engines (Unreal or Unity) or you Ship of Theseus it where every new game replaces some major subsystem (usually graphics tech to keep up with new video cards/console generations and a few other things).

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (ZGrMX)

340 Worst job at Walmart for me was cashier. Most people were nice enough, but there was always the random shit-heel who would ruin my day. I got written up three times in six months, then they decided to put me in the back room unloading trucks and moving inventory where I belonged.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (xPJvm)

341 I watched an old bitch go fucking crazy at the deli counter because she got 1.02 lbs. of turkey instead of 1 lb.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (y/a4v)

342 Had a friend who ETS'd and took a job as a cashier until he could figure out a direction. After a few weeks I asked him how it was going. He said, "sometimes it's a shame you can't shoot people here".
Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (IaTa3)

Friend of mine was the manager at the local wine and liquor store. He asked for help over Xmas a couple of years ago. It was actually kinda fun but yeah, some people are just pricks.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (anj39)

343
I thought you had to pay extra for that...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards (Logan Tiberius 2012-2021) at January 20, 2023 01:41 PM (xcxpd)

Went to a Hooters in OKC a while back. Asked the waitress what the craziest thing a customer asked her and she said dudes have asked to buy either the shorts or underwear they were currently wearing. Would pay hundreds.

"You do it?"

"Shorts cost $12. Go to the back, buy a new pair, give him the old ones. Profit."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (Zz0t1)

344 Speaking of that, Vox is cutting 7%.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at January 20, 2023 01:03 PM (sWM8x)

And their union is furious.

ELL-OH-ELL.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (wtvvX)

345 Family of 4, all with BMI 40+, waking abreast, rolling luggage in outstretched arm beside them, meandering down crowded airport concourse in no particular hurry.
__________

I see those bags.

Soon.

Soon.

Posted by: Sam Brinton at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (lf83v)

346 Family of 4, all with BMI 40+, waking abreast, rolling luggage in outstretched arm beside them, meandering down crowded airport concourse in no particular hurry.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2023 01:41 PM (8GeFp)

I hate people like that. I'm sure they are also all looking at their phones and not where they're going.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (DRSnL)

347 Never fuck with people who touch your food. One of my rules.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:33 PM (zZu0s)

#Wisdom
My rule too, worked in restaurants when I was in my 20's and I know why.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards (Logan Tiberius 2012-2021) at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (xcxpd)

348 Family of 4, all with BMI 40+, waking abreast, rolling luggage in outstretched arm beside them, meandering down crowded airport concourse in no particular hurry.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at January 20, 2023 01:41 PM (8GeFp)

...

Oh, you forgot your decoy stick of butter today didn't you. That's on you pal.

Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (z/ifB)

349 No, I fucking hate it is why I bought 4 of them.
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They were 75% off -- I had to!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (Vwz3I)

350 Most games are based off of the unreal engine because they have to develop so far ahead of release (two to three years). They don't have to reinvent the wheel every time.

*************

That's what I hear about the industry, basically no one codes anymore or develops, they just use engines like Unreal and hire woke designers and writers instead.

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (VTu1l)

351 Most of my life I thought it was manipulative and phony to be artificially cheerful to get along with people.

Me too. And that's why I'm a failure. If only I realized just how much the professional world ran on disingenuousness, fakery and bullshit, and acted accordingly.

Posted by: Artificial affableness beats technical competence every time at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (s2na+)

352 MSFT is run by idiots.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards (Logan Tiberius 2012-2021) at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (xcxpd)
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At least MSFT has to pay some attention to competitors.

Unlike industry standard Adobe, who stopped caring about their product long ago.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (vlJl4)

353 That's a good question. Most of my life I thought it was manipulative and phony to be artificially cheerful to get along with people. Since I figured out how it works, and feel the improvement in my own mood by doing it, I'm at peace with the reality that it's all a damn facade.

In all seriousness, I'm not sure it is just a facade. I used to bridle at the Boy Scout command to Be Cheerful. As a matter of personality, it ill fits me. But I think after all these years I may finally get it.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at January 20, 2023 01:45 PM (ppBhU)

354 No shit. A good Chocolate Chip cookie is a thing of beauty, wonder and perfection.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:43 PM (zZu0s)

This!
X1000

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:45 PM (anj39)

355
Lovely.
Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (DRSnL)

Don't be rude to those handling your food.
*insert beatbox here*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:45 PM (Zz0t1)

356 I have discovered a reason to only order Hot Wings . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at January 20, 2023 01:45 PM (xhaym)

357

Just have yo whi beech does it negro, sheeetttt...

Posted by: Prof. Jimbobo, Afrophysicist at January 20, 2023 01:45 PM (5LFjM)

358 I don't care for grocery cashiers asking about my food purchases.
Do you like that stuffed crust pizza?

Yeah you learn not to say anything at all about the products purchased, no matter what. A bunch of sorority girls come by each buying a cucumber, say nothing, don't smirk, just do the purchase. There's nothing good that comes from saying anything at all, even when you have a pretty good idea of what is going on.

Yes, fat welfire girl using food stamps (I worked in the 80s and 90s) to buy donuts and sweets and such... none of my business.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:45 PM (0hOvj)

359 Went to a Hooters in OKC a while back. Asked the waitress what the craziest thing a customer asked her and she said dudes have asked to buy either the shorts or underwear they were currently wearing. Would pay hundreds.

"You do it?"

"Shorts cost $12. Go to the back, buy a new pair, give him the old ones. Profit."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (Zz0t1)

...

Holy cow. They don't think a guy who would do that might also stalk them after?

Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:45 PM (z/ifB)

360 Gentlemen, the ship is sinking, row faster.

_Captain, we sent a letter of complaint to the union master and per the shop steward all rowing will be attenuated until our work demands are met.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at January 20, 2023 01:46 PM (+wfSw)

361 Unlike industry standard Adobe, who stopped caring about their product long ago.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (vlJl4)

LOL

Posted by: Bluebeam Studio at January 20, 2023 01:46 PM (z/ifB)

362 You probably love Hydrox and RC.
Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:21 PM (zZu0s)

Well, what's good enough for other folks ain't good enough for me.

Sadly, I can't find that badass commercial they did showing the communist leaders with their Coke / Pepsi and the dissidents with their RC. At least we'll still have the Wendy's "swimwear.." commercial for posterity.

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (IIOyJ)

363 Don’t get me started on check-writers in the checkout lane.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (YoPLu)

364 Kill more of them than they kill of you, you're the winner.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:39 PM (anj39)

Are you sure about that?

Posted by: Mujahideen at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (FCbAQ)

365 Who the hell goes to Hooters to be rude to the waitresses?

Posted by: eleven at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (iziT8)

366 Holy cow. They don't think a guy who would do that might also stalk them after?
Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:45 PM (z/ifB)

We're not dealing with brain surgeons here.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (y/a4v)

367 Unlike industry standard Adobe, who stopped caring about their product long ago.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (vlJl4)

Creative Cloud is absolute shit

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (OgrpQ)

368 Posted by: whig at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (bDjBG)

The Fed Res has not been able to sell US debt for quite some time. They hold $5.5 Trillion of government debt on their balance sheet.

And another $2.5 trillion in mortgage backed securities... which never 'unwound'.

They will just print more money anyway... which of course, will add to inflation... but they would have done that with the debt increase.... as there is STILL OVER $5 TRILLION in debt, that they could sell, but there are no buyers for it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (oHd/0)

369 359 Went to a Hooters in OKC a while back. Asked the waitress what the craziest thing a customer asked her and she said dudes have asked to buy either the shorts or underwear they were currently wearing. Would pay hundreds.

"You do it?"

"Shorts cost $12. Go to the back, buy a new pair, give him the old ones. Profit."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (Zz0t1)

...

Holy cow. They don't think a guy who would do that might also stalk them after?
Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:45 PM (z/ifB)

Well the Japanese have that vending machine right? Maybe they've done a study on it.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (eYoxG)

370 "However, GOPe members are already discussing using a discharge petition with the Dem opposition to get a clean debt limit passed.
Posted by: whig at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (bDjBG)"

I just took a look and it seems like extraordinary measures will take Treasury into June. So we've got time. I've heard rumor that anyone signing onto a discharge petition will regret it. I've seen this movie before. But it sounds like most of the caucus are at least moving with leadership. Oh know how people hate to lose committee assignments and that sweet NRCC cash.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (IaTa3)

371 Lovely.

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2023 01:42 PM (DRSnL)

Now I want wings for lunch.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (PyOKD)

372 This admin doesn't just use crib notes. Everyone especially resident Joey reads or tries to verbatim scripts.

One wonders who is writing these things for the actors to pronounce.

Posted by: micky at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (3byMq)

373 In all seriousness, I'm not sure it is just a facade.

******************

yeah i think you're better defined by your actions rather than what you feel. You don't have to wait until you feel correctly to behave in a civil or friendly way that will cheer up the people around you.

Now fuck off

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Longing to Lie in Zooey Deschanel's Bosom for Comfort at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (VTu1l)

374 ...

Holy cow. They don't think a guy who would do that might also stalk them after?
Posted by: TexasDan
=============

There's an extra fee for stalking.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (+wfSw)

375 > Both MSFT and Amazon (I've worked for both) are so big that cutting 10k is not a big deal. They did it in good economies as well. I mean, it sucks to be in the pool of unemployed but remember MSFT bought Nokia...and then decided they didn't want to be in the phone business and laid everyone off in that division. MSFT is run by idiots.

I've not been at Microsoft for a long while now, but this isn't my experience. Microsoft laid off loads of contractors all the time, but the core FTEs were almost always untouched. 10,000 FTEs is a BIG chunk of their workforce that until very recently was pretty secure.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (eyxn4)

376 Family of 4, all with BMI 40+, waking abreast, rolling luggage in outstretched arm beside them, meandering down crowded airport concourse in no particular hurry.

The worst, in my experience is in two categories:

-The elderly person who stops her cart cockeyed in the lane and sits there looking at things trying to remember what she got and checking lists for 5 mintes
-The two women who meet each other going opposite directions and stop to have a 20 minute conversation blocking the aisle entirely

The first one I have compassion for, because its hell getting old and I try to even help them if I can. The second just... what the HELL GET OUT OF THE @#(*@^!ING WAY

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (0hOvj)

377 Kill more of them than they kill of you, you're the winner.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:39 PM (anj39)

Are you sure about that?
Posted by: Mujahideen at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (FCbAQ)

The difference between victory and just quitting.
But I concede your point.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (anj39)

378 ...

Holy cow. They don't think a guy who would do that might also stalk them after?
Posted by: TexasDan at January 20, 2023 01:45 PM (z/ifB)

That was asked and the willingness to take that chance was present.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (Zz0t1)

379 At the scale of modern games, it's not feasible to do everything from scratch every time. Either you use canned engines (Unreal or Unity) or you Ship of Theseus it where every new game replaces some major subsystem (usually graphics tech to keep up with new video cards/console generations and a few other things).
Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (ZGrMX)
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How many versions of Candy Crush are out there? TONS. All based on the same basic game engine, but different graphics and colors...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (YIVH2)

380 363 Don’t get me started on check-writers in the checkout lane.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (YoPLu)

People who write checks shock me as much as if I saw a cashier whip out one of the slide credit card machines with the carbons.

I still have a checkbook at home. I have been on the same book for around 10 years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (zZu0s)

381 Reposted-
Fat slob Canadian sports talker wants Flyers to be fined $1mm for Provorov's wrongthink.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1615723464429801484

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (fs1hN)

382 US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA · 18h
3000 hookers at Davos? The Elites have certainly changed their position on drilling.

Why is no one talking about this?

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 01:49 PM (Vwz3I)

383 351 Sounds like you and I lived similar lives.

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:49 PM (24fqN)

384
Family of 4, all with BMI 40+, waking abreast, rolling luggage in outstretched arm beside them, meandering down crowded airport concourse in no particular hurry.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

What, you'd rather have them on the "courtesy gurney" nudging your calves and having that loud and annoying "meep, meep, meep" signal urging you to "move along quickly, serious beeves on board"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 20, 2023 01:49 PM (zP5aR)

385 I briefly drove for Uber. I picked up a family of 3 land-whales at a movie theater, who curiously all got in the back seat. The parking lot has a speed bump, and my muffler (I think) scraped loudly on it. I must have looked horrified but I said nothing.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:49 PM (44ww/)

386 Now I want wings for lunch.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2023 01:47 PM (PyOKD)

#1, gross, and #2, NO SALT FOR YOU

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2023 01:50 PM (DRSnL)

387
The first one I have compassion for, because its hell getting old and I try to even help them if I can. The second just... what the HELL GET OUT OF THE @#(*@^!ING WAY
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (0hOvj)

I usually make the comment about "Just stop in the middle of everything why don't ya."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:50 PM (Zz0t1)

388 382 US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA · 18h
3000 hookers at Davos? The Elites have certainly changed their position on drilling.

Why is no one talking about this?
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 01:49 PM (Vwz3I)

The hookers or OGA taking shots?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 20, 2023 01:50 PM (eYoxG)

389 That's what I hear about the industry, basically no one codes anymore or develops, they just use engines like Unreal and hire woke designers and writers instead.

That's not entirely true. The poster children for woke, Naughty Dog, do use fully custom tech. And some genres, like racing, just are too much of a mismatch for Unreal (which assumes every game is a first or third person shooter pretty deeply into its DNA).

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:50 PM (ZGrMX)

390 #1, gross, and #2, NO SALT FOR YOU

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2023 01:50 PM (DRSnL)

Yeah, I can say that only because I know I cannot have them.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2023 01:50 PM (PyOKD)

391
San Francisco, I think, has charged an art gallery owner for hosing a bum, I mean saintly dehoused person, for shitting on his gallery's door stoop. Bigot doesn't like shit on his stoop.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at January 20, 2023 01:34 PM (1yyDH)

Ha! My wife's lib cousin has tried to gentrify a house in a poor neighborhood and has gotten shit on, garbage dumped, graffittied and homelesss living in the park next door hooking up to her garden hose for water.
She thought things would improve when she started flying a rainbow flag and planting idiot lefty yard signs.
We stay away, mostly 'cause I can't stop laughing when we visit.

Posted by: Auspex at January 20, 2023 01:50 PM (j4U/Z)

392 I'm thankful I have certain skills.

Posted by: Eromero at January 20, 2023 01:51 PM (1KS1Z)

393 Now fuck off

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And your mother too, good buddy!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 01:51 PM (Vwz3I)

394 There was an article linked the other day where a Hooters waitress would rub wings on her box, even during Aunt Flo's visit, and serve them to rude customers.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)
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Well, it's different when the incel and Jap customers are paying a premium for it.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at January 20, 2023 01:51 PM (ySq3N)

395 Sadly, I can't find that badass commercial they did showing the communist leaders with their Coke / Pepsi and the dissidents with their RC.

This might be it
https://youtu.be/pLBP-nk61cc

RC is just better tasting. Not that I can drink it these days

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:51 PM (0hOvj)

396

I think I just swallowed my tongue

Posted by: John Fetterman at January 20, 2023 01:51 PM (vwCZJ)

397 341 When I place an order at the deli for some lunch meat or whatever, I say one pound, but a little over is OK. Then you get the response "I think I have to charge you extra for that". Yes you do, yes you do, I was making things easier for you.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 20, 2023 01:51 PM (lz5hY)

398 Went to eat one time in a leftard lgb town and was told they wouldn't sit three people at a "four person" (larger) table. So they put us at a smaller table.

Ten minutes later they sat two lesbians at the four person table we had originally asked for. They stayed two the whole night.

I think the Left has been doing "equity" for a long time.

Posted by: ... at January 20, 2023 01:51 PM (3B4/u)

399 That's not entirely true. The poster children for woke, Naughty Dog, do use fully custom tech. And some genres, like racing, just are too much of a mismatch for Unreal (which assumes every game is a first or third person shooter pretty deeply into its DNA).
Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:50 PM (ZGrMX)

CDPR also did their own thing but are changing over to U5 for their new, more woke offerings.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:52 PM (zZu0s)

400 Fat slob Canadian sports talker wants Flyers to be fined $1mm for Provorov's wrongthink.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1615723464429801484
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (fs1hN)
***

This asshole needs to be taught the difference between tolerance and compliance. Fu*k him.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:52 PM (anj39)

401
I wanted to open a food truck that served hot dogs and mac and cheese. I wanted to call it Assholes and Elbows
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2023 01:43 PM (OgrpQ)

That makes me laugh, and it might've been a money-maker 25 years ago.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 20, 2023 01:52 PM (FCbAQ)

402 "But I think after all these years I may finally get it."

My comments here sweetened up starting around three years ago too. It's better to be nice.

Posted by: gp In The Center Of A Stool Boom at January 20, 2023 01:52 PM (24fqN)

403 "Friend of mine was the manager at the local wine and liquor store. He asked for help over Xmas a couple of years ago. It was actually kinda fun but yeah, some people are just pricks.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:44 PM (anj39)"

Yeah, I don't get it. We all have bad days. But some people just seem to have a bad day every day and want to take it out on everyone. I've done the cashier thing and honestly I liked it. Most people are decent. But you always get a few pricks.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:52 PM (IaTa3)

404 How many versions of Candy Crush are out there? TONS. All based on the same basic game engine, but different graphics and colors...

I'm talking about real games, not mobile ;-)

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:52 PM (ZGrMX)

405 But you always get a few pricks.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:52 PM (IaTa3)

They're called Democrats.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:53 PM (Zz0t1)

406 Yeah you learn not to say anything at all about the products purchased, no matter what. A bunch of sorority girls come by each buying a cucumber, say nothing, don't smirk, just do the purchase. There's nothing good that comes from saying anything at all, even when you have a pretty good idea of what is going on.

Yes, fat welfire girl using food stamps (I worked in the 80s and 90s) to buy donuts and sweets and such... none of my business.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:45 PM (0hOvj)

"None of my business" is the true way of getting along with people as long as it's reciprocated. If the other person doesn't believe in that philosophy, then I'll jump both-feet into their weak shit.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at January 20, 2023 01:53 PM (BdMk6)

407 I don't mind check writers, but anyone who uses checks should know to have most of the thing filled out before you reach the cashier.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:53 PM (0hOvj)

408 I grew up with a father who was often out of work and paycheck, a mother who cried during an interview and landed a low pay, 40 hour a week job, riding the bus 4 miles each way.

I know what it is to worry as a child, the insecurity of unpaid bills and fear of anxious, angry adults.

It is an abomination what we have allowed in this nation, allowing real jobs sent overseas, paying the same prices as if those same goods were made here, sentencing our children to dependence on foreigners whims and foreign corruption, envy and vengeance. We had enough of that already here.

When the EBT cards are eventually declined because we've maxed out at Bank'OBiden, then its "Katy Bar The Door."

Oh, wait...there is no door.

Posted by: Ju at January 20, 2023 01:53 PM (aTmM/)

409 Yeah, the vaxx is PERFECTLY safe. No serious harmful side affects AT ALL.
https://tinyurl.com/bdcuvh24

Posted by: exdem13 at January 20, 2023 01:53 PM (W+kMI)

410 I think I just swallowed my tongue

Posted by: John Fetterman at January 20, 2023 01:51 PM (vwCZJ)

Stop trying to lick the inside of your lump!

Posted by: Fetterman's mom for the 1000th time at January 20, 2023 01:54 PM (z/ifB)

411 >I've not been at Microsoft for a long while now, but this isn't my experience. Microsoft laid off loads of contractors all the time, but the core FTEs were almost always untouched. 10,000 FTEs is a BIG chunk of their workforce that until very recently was pretty secure.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 20, 2023 01:48 PM (eyxn4)

I'm seeing many H1Bs in my Linked In feed panicking that they need a new gig our they have to leave the US. I did not see any of that in '08 and '09. Mostly it was 'non-protected class' workers who got zipped. i.e., straight white dudes.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 20, 2023 01:54 PM (gryET)

412 I wanted to open a food truck that served hot dogs and mac and cheese. I wanted to call it Assholes and Elbows
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at January 20, 2023 01:43 PM (OgrpQ)
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There used to be a place here in town (not sure if it's still open after COVID) that served hot dogs. All kinds. My favorite was the one smothered in mac and cheese and topped with a generous portion of real bacon bits. MMMM.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2023 01:54 PM (YIVH2)

413 As soon as the easy money dries up, all those “stellar” corporations go to shit.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 20, 2023 01:54 PM (7Vnkt)

414 Buy tent stocks...I see a surge in tent/out door gear purchases.

Posted by: BignJames at January 20, 2023 01:54 PM (AwYPR)

415 The check writers, I can live with them. They are living in a bygone, halcyon era, sure, but I can cope. It's the payment in the exact amount of cash crowd that elevates my pulse, slowly counting up their fistful of dimes, nickles, and pennies, which the cashier must then recount. And the fols who really bother me are the 25 item in a 10 items or less lane. They have broken social contract. Jesus did not die for their sins. Their blood shall be upon them and their sons and daughters, ye down to every generation until the end of time.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at January 20, 2023 01:54 PM (ppBhU)

416 March for Life
@March_for_Life

Take a look at this AMAZING crowd standing for life!

https://tinyurl.com/2pzeaecv

Posted by: redridinghood at January 20, 2023 01:54 PM (NpAcC)

417 I briefly drove for Uber. I picked up a family of 3 land-whales at a movie theater, who curiously all got in the back seat. The parking lot has a speed bump, and my muffler (I think) scraped loudly on it. I must have looked horrified but I said nothing.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:49 PM (44ww/)

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I feel pity for I feel pity for morbidly obese adults (who, unless possessing some biological or metabolic issue, are presumably self-medicating and trying to fill an empty hole in their soul) -- but get extremely angry when I see morbidly obese children, who more often than not have morbidly obese parents.

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 20, 2023 01:54 PM (mNs20)

418 This asshole needs to be taught the difference between tolerance and compliance. Fu*k him.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 20, 2023 01:52 PM (anj39)
____

He kind of hovers around a point I could agree with, the NHL needs to re-think how they do these pride events, and then slams down hard on the exact wrong conclusion.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2023 01:55 PM (fs1hN)

419 *Walter Bloomberg
@DeItaone
33m
WALLER: 2022 WAS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE

Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:55 PM (786Ro)

420 There used to be a place here in town (not sure if it's still open after COVID) that served hot dogs. All kinds. My favorite was the one smothered in mac and cheese and topped with a generous portion of real bacon bits. MMMM.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 20, 2023 01:54 PM (YIVH2)

That sounds damn good.

Although I will point out: No hot dog tastes as good as that hot dog you got in college after you staggered out of the bar with your friends and got hot cheese slathered all over it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:55 PM (zZu0s)

421 *Walter Bloomberg
@DeItaone
32m
WALLER: LOGIC LED FED TO THINK INFLATION WOULD BE TRANSITORY LAST YEAR, BUT IT WAS A MISTAKE

Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:55 PM (786Ro)

422 Nood flaming skull!

Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2023 01:55 PM (PyOKD)

423 388 382 US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA · 18h
3000 hookers at Davos? The Elites have certainly changed their position on drilling.

Why is no one talking about this?
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 01:49 PM (Vwz3I)

The hookers or OGA taking shots?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at January 20, 2023 01:50 PM (eYoxG)

Reporter at Davos interviewed one of the Drivers hired to drive the elites around. Seems they cannot use Electric Vehicles... reason? Too many problems, what if you run out of charge...

But Uber drivers are mandated to use electric there.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 20, 2023 01:56 PM (oHd/0)

424 Yeah, the vaxx is PERFECTLY safe. No serious harmful side affects AT ALL.
https://tinyurl.com/bdcuvh24
Posted by: exdem13 at January 20, 2023 01:53 PM (W+kMI)

"Happens all the time."

- - The media

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at January 20, 2023 01:56 PM (Zz0t1)

425 "None of my business" is the true way of getting along with people as long as it's reciprocated. If the other person doesn't believe in that philosophy, then I'll jump both-feet into their weak shit.

Don't remember where I heard it, but it was something like "I won't start it, but I will finish it". That's the true way indeed.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:56 PM (ZGrMX)

426 *Walter Bloomberg
@DeItaone
31m
WALLER: IT'S A LOT EASIER TO CUT RATES, IF WE ARE WRONG THIS YEAR

Posted by: Hands at January 20, 2023 01:56 PM (786Ro)

427 from the twitter feed of "End Wokeness":

https://tinyurl.com/2buxcvba

Posted by: kallisto at January 20, 2023 01:56 PM (dCxaZ)

428 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at January 20, 2023 01:56 PM (zZu0s)

429 @Fetterman's Mom.LOL!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 20, 2023 01:56 PM (vlJl4)

430 "Economic reality? I thought "we never had it so good, Jack!"

I posted earlier this week that I had an Uber driver tell me without me asking her thoughts on the economy and how happy she is that inflation is going down and our economy is rebounding.

I asked her why she thought that, and all she had to bleat was "That's what I have read!". OMG. I wanted to smack her in the back of the head with my purse. Didn't as I don't look good in orange and need to keep my job. As it was, I didn't tip her like I always do with drivers.

Dumb shit and a voter.

Posted by: Cheri at January 20, 2023 01:57 PM (oiNtH)

431 I'm seeing many H1Bs in my Linked In feed panicking that they need a new gig our they have to leave the US. I did not see any of that in '08 and '09. Mostly it was 'non-protected class' workers who got zipped. i.e., straight white dudes.

A shitty economy does wonders to focus companies on who's doing the work and who isn't.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 01:57 PM (ZGrMX)

432 I used to go to the 7-11 after work and get a hot dog with chili, cheese sauce, and jalepenos. It probably had no nutritional value and ate away at me like alien blood but for some reason it really hit the spot.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:57 PM (0hOvj)

433 Buy tent stocks...I see a surge in tent/out door gear purchases.

Posted by: BignJames at January 20, 2023 01:54 PM (AwYPR)

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I'm going long on Cave Futures!

Posted by: ShainS -- Ctrl+Galt+Delete to remove the The Great Reset malware virus at January 20, 2023 01:57 PM (mNs20)

434 409 Yeah, the vaxx is PERFECTLY safe. No serious harmful side affects AT ALL.
https://tinyurl.com/bdcuvh24
______
12-Year-Old Girl Spends 4 Days in Coma after Suffering 2 Cardiac Arrests
“Her medical team still doesn’t know what the cause is,” the family’s GoFundMe page states.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 20, 2023 01:58 PM (fs1hN)

435 I briefly drove for Uber. I picked up a family of 3 land-whales at a movie theater, who curiously all got in the back seat. The parking lot has a speed bump, and my muffler (I think) scraped loudly on it. I must have looked horrified but I said nothing.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at January 20, 2023 01:49 PM (44ww/)

You need a flatbed surcharge.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2023 01:58 PM (VwHCD)

436 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper · 2h
JUST IN - George Santos's Official Congressional Twitter Account Suspended

12 following 180 followers

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at January 20, 2023 01:58 PM (Vwz3I)

437 Company I work for lost two employees and replaced them with a no benefits part time employee, me. Great for me, not so good for people needing full time work.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at January 20, 2023 01:59 PM (vlJl4)

438 Well we need more squeegee men at intersections, so it will all even out.

Posted by: Archer at January 20, 2023 01:59 PM (gmo/4)

439 427 from the twitter feed of "End Wokeness":

https://tinyurl.com/2buxcvba
Posted by: kallisto at January 20, 2023 01:56 PM (dCxaZ)

Its really odd how these geriatric people are still holding on to power. I don't understand why God lets them continue to breathe as evil as they are.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at January 20, 2023 01:59 PM (sI15f)

440 This might be it
https://youtu.be/pLBP-nk61cc

RC is just better tasting. Not that I can drink it these days
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:51 PM (0hOvj)

That is it! Thanks! I loved it when the country knew the guys at the door at the end were bad guys instead of rooting for them.

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at January 20, 2023 01:59 PM (IIOyJ)

441 390 #1, gross, and #2, NO SALT FOR YOU

Posted by: Jordan61 at January 20, 2023 01:50 PM (DRSnL)

Yeah, I can say that only because I know I cannot have them.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 20, 2023 01:50 PM (PyOKD)
======================

Carol Doda started that in San Francisco.
She would charge a quarter to put her
nipple in your beer.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at January 20, 2023 02:00 PM (+wfSw)

442 The Fed Res has not been able to sell US debt for quite some time. They hold $5.5 Trillion of government debt on their balance sheet.
Posted by: Romeo13
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Gets complicated but the debt limit applies to US Treasury not to the Fed. The Treasury markets the different negotiable securities, T bills and bonds, and the Fed buys them along with others such as individuals, investors, and so on. Hitting the debt limit for FedGov is a specific amount passed by Congress regarding debt issued by Treasury so essentially the Treasury does not have authority once the debt limit is reached to sell new debt to the Fed, investors, or anyone else. So to meet spending, the Treasury has to shift around its various virtual piggie banks and check the sofa for loose change in order to write checks to government beneficiaries and so forth and most importantly pay interest on debt.

Posted by: whig at January 20, 2023 02:01 PM (bDjBG)

443 I used to go to the 7-11 after work and get a hot dog with chili, cheese sauce, and jalepenos. It probably had no nutritional value and ate away at me like alien blood but for some reason it really hit the spot.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 20, 2023 01:57 PM (0hOvj)

This too, is the story of Taco Bell.

Posted by: Archer at January 20, 2023 02:01 PM (gmo/4)

444 Its really odd how these geriatric people are still holding on to power. I don't understand why God lets them continue to breathe as evil as they are.

Posted by: Miss Issippi at January 20, 2023 01:59 PM (sI15f)

Because heaven doesn't want them, and hell already has it's hands full.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2023 02:01 PM (VwHCD)

445 Because heaven doesn't want them, and hell already has it's hands full.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 20, 2023 02:01 PM (VwHCD)

I'm stealing that.

Posted by: Archer at January 20, 2023 02:03 PM (gmo/4)

446 >>>Its really odd how these geriatric people are still holding on to power. I don't understand why God lets them continue to breathe as evil as they are.
Posted by: Miss Issipp
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Could it have something to do with young zippers level of competence?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at January 20, 2023 02:03 PM (+wfSw)

447 442 The Fed Res has not been able to sell US debt for quite some time. They hold $5.5 Trillion of government debt on their balance sheet.
Posted by: Romeo13
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Take it easy, I bought some of your debt last week.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at January 20, 2023 02:05 PM (+wfSw)

448 But you always get a few pricks.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 20, 2023 01:52 PM (IaTa3)

They're called Democrats.
Posted by: Sponge
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This is about me, Isn't it?

Posted by: Karen at January 20, 2023 02:06 PM (SbUgV)

449 another nood under the bridge

swoosh

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at January 20, 2023 02:08 PM (+wfSw)

450 >>There was an article linked the other day where a Hooters waitress would rub wings on her box, even during Aunt Flo's visit, and serve them to rude customers.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden

I'd pay extra for that.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at January 20, 2023 02:24 PM (HQ9Sl)

451 Yup. The quiet part is that most/all of these layoffs are gonna be make-work jobs for women and minorities so they can trumpet their "Bobs and Vagene In Tech" initiative.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 20, 2023 12:59 PM (ZGrMX)
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Someone commented on a video of some twenty something girl showing off her "day in the life of a PM" that, "what are these girls getting paid to actually do?" And I told him, "this. This is what they're paid to do. These videos are an advertisement about the company's supposed diversity."
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at January 20, 2023 01:02 PM (slxQi)

From these vids, I can't see that these girls aren't tarts for the management. Only need to show up a few hours a day, but this includes post work dinner and drinks? On what planet is this even drone-level office work?

Posted by: Oldcat at January 20, 2023 02:32 PM (eoQWY)

452 This morning I had a leftist claim - with a straight face - that Trump's economic policies are finally coming home to roost.

I hate them.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at January 20, 2023 02:42 PM (TU8Tj)

453 Like it was with Clinton(Bill)and Obama the media are still kissing the Rings of the Liberal Democrats

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at January 20, 2023 05:24 PM (wGqjj)

454 I get paid over $85 per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I'd be able to do it but my best friend earns over 12,000 bucks a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless.
Here's what I've been doing... www.Payathome7.com

Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at January 20, 2023 07:43 PM (jhlZM)

455 Learn to crane. anyways doubt we'll see MS actually listening to users and implement stuff we actually need or use instead of breaking stuff or force us to unlearn decades of hard learned computer knowledge.

Posted by: Xavier Basora at January 21, 2023 12:01 AM (dF4ZQ)

456 Making money online is more than $15k just by doing simple work from home. I received $18376 last month. It's an easy and simple job to do and its earnings are much better than regular office jobs and even a little child can do this and earn money. Everybody must try this job by just use the info on this page..... www.netpayfast.com/

Posted by: Michelle Kramer at January 21, 2023 12:21 PM (IaUcj)

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Alphabet, Google's Parent Corporation, Slashes 12,000 Jobs Globally; Microsoft Chops 10,000
Media Hails "Biden Miracle Economy"