Woah, the CEO of the 8th largest company in the world was just assassinated in midtown NYC.
Holy shit, that's less than 10 blocks from my office.
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
'Origin'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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.
Jessica - Dec 04, 2024 7:50:40 am PST #3816 of 6025
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
-t - Dec 04, 2024 8:27:23 am PST #3817 of 6025
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I did not think the break down of the rule of law would be quite so fast and dramatic
meara - Dec 04, 2024 8:28:12 am PST #3818 of 6025
Hah Teppy that would be amazing.
Feel bad for the dude and his family but not shocked someone would want to kill him. Health insurance in this country is awful.
Laura - Dec 04, 2024 8:30:18 am PST #3819 of 6025
Our wings are not tired.
That was my first thought, meara. Insurance companies can and do bring on the rage. No idea if this was the case, but I can see a grieving person thinking this way.
-t - Dec 04, 2024 8:51:29 am PST #3820 of 6025
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had to dig through emails to figure out that the insurance plan I will be switching to in 2025 because the premiums are cheaper than Kaiser is, in fact, United Healthcare (it's only referred to by initials most of the time and I was honestly only registering "Kaiser and not-Kaiser" as I went through Open Enrollment). If someone was able to figure out that the insurance company they had a grudge against was this one, and worked out who the CEO was and where he'd be and how to get away with shooting him...well, I guess that's not impossible
Tom Scola - Dec 04, 2024 9:25:49 am PST #3821 of 6025
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I can’t get over the fact that the gunman’s plan hinged on his leaving his bike unlocked and counting that it wouldn’t be stolen while he lurked outside a hotel lobby.
Cashmere - Dec 04, 2024 9:36:35 am PST #3822 of 6025
Now tagless for your comfort.
I can’t get over the fact that the gunman’s plan hinged on his leaving his bike unlocked and counting that it wouldn’t be stolen while he lurked outside a hotel lobby.
Ha!
I did not think the break down of the rule of law would be quite so fast and dramatic
Right!
A great narrative that sums up what went down in South Korea. Great writing. [link]
Tom Scola - Dec 04, 2024 9:38:28 am PST #3823 of 6025
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
She was one of the people I was following on BlueSky yesterday!
Cashmere - Dec 04, 2024 10:11:05 am PST #3824 of 6025
Now tagless for your comfort.
She was one of the people I was following on BlueSky yesterday!
Witty tech writer. She also deferred from being interviewed by other media saying, “I’m not the best one for on camera interviews.”
bennett - Dec 04, 2024 10:25:58 am PST #3825 of 6025
Courtney Milan has a thread on BlueSky about why UnitedHealth is so problematic: [link] . Not, of course, that this justifies assassination, but still ...