Oh, this meeting is going to suck so much. A 6:45AM meeting, but longer and more procedural.
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Feb 28, 2018 2:50:29 am PST #22591 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Laura - Feb 28, 2018 3:14:34 am PST #22592 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
And even worse, we as a culture equate having wealth with being a valuable human being so bullshit like no precooked chicken for SNAP makes sense to people.
See also Ben Carson spending $31,561 of our dollars on a dining room set for his office while warning of the dangers of public housing being too cozy. It really turns my stomach.
Gudanov - Feb 28, 2018 4:11:31 am PST #22593 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
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Laura - Feb 28, 2018 4:20:39 am PST #22594 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Eeep! Run, Gud!
Jesse - Feb 28, 2018 4:45:44 am PST #22595 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That...doesn't seem promising.
I just got to tell someone I won't push for a raise for her, so that was enjoyable.
Gudanov - Feb 28, 2018 5:01:10 am PST #22596 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
They aren't really explosives.
Calli - Feb 28, 2018 5:51:21 am PST #22597 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That looks disconcerting, Gud.
Yeah, the whole "let's not let poor people get too comfortable" thing really grates my cheese. It seems tied into the whole prosperity gospel thing, where if you have money it's because you're a good person and God loves you. Thus logically leading to the conclusion that if you don't have money it's because you're a bad person and God is punishing you. Don't wanna get in the way of God's judgment and actually help the poor—God might start giving you the side-eye. It's all so distant from anything in the actual Gospels that I want to start believing in hell just to picture Oral Roberts roasting there.
-t - Feb 28, 2018 6:18:18 am PST #22598 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yikes, Gud!
Oh dear, Jesse.
The other thing verifying expenses pissed me off about is "thank you" gifts. It kind of threw me to find out that the gift cards Salespeople would send us "for all our help" were reimbursed by the company. But that's fine. But seeing that I get a $40 card from my boss for Xmas when I know she bought $200-$1000 gift cards just sticks in my craw.
Jesse - Feb 28, 2018 7:09:12 am PST #22599 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t, I think this might be why "ignorance is bliss" is a cliche. Sorry you know too much now.
-t - Feb 28, 2018 7:16:51 am PST #22600 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
But knowledge is power!