Nate

“We’re a team that values honesty and direct communication” lies neurotypical job advert A job advert written by a neurotypical HR manager is actually a big sack of stupid lies, sources have revealed.  The advert, which claims that the company values honesty and direct communication, and…

The advert, which claims that the company values honesty and direct communication, and “fosters a culture of respect and integrity” might as well have followed on with “THIS IS A TRICK” in bright-red 72-point font.

As such, it falls onto the other nations, our former allies and even our enemies to liberate us from this monster. We will not do so ourselves.

And, unfortunately, in this era of apathy and aggression, we will likely see no such liberation.

The collapse of the free world has begun. May it burn.

Don’t deceive yourself into thinking this will end with Venezuela. Don’t ever be deceived into thinking Americans will rise up and depose the dictator who leads us. We will not. We are fat, lazy, and desperate to make it to our next paycheck. We will take no such actions.

Whenever you see a white boomer or GenXer hope you realize that there’s an 86% chance (according to Gallup voting polls) that that person voted for this invasion of Venezuela. THEY have turned us into the villains of this planet. They are the real terrorists.

I have been tagged by this post, and I don’t like it.

Actually I do.

I’m a menace!

Rawr, or something.

Yes, I, too reach for the sledgehammer to kill a small fly. No collateral damage, no extended consequences, just a dead fly.

Don’t mind all the destroyed walls in my house, they’re coincidental.

Bonus to the bonus:
Just know that if you force me to “celebrate your holiday” I will hunt you down when the obscure holidays I celebrate roll around, and will force you under threat of torture to greet me in a manner to which *I* am accustomed.
And I will not permit you the privilege of offense.

As an added bonus:
No one owes you social or societal interaction. I don’t owe a stranger or acquaintance even a smile in response to “Merry Christmas.”

Just a reminder for the religious zealots, angsty, and societally conservative:

Not everyone celebrates or even acknowledges Christmas. So, when you try to rope me into a contest for who can say “Merry CHRISTmas” the most, understand that I will refuse, and you should probably reign your neck in.

Wait… why? Why would any owner of a healthy business, especially one that supports a still-recovering community, CLOSE that business instead of selling it on or finding a successor? Hell, maybe even let it self-manage?

This feels like a miss to me.

What.
The.
Fuck.

I’m not even censoring my thoughts here- this is ignorance run a-fucking-mok.

We can scarcely afford to allow such critical climatic, meteorological, geological, and atmospheric information to be trampled by ignorant beasts. This is the path that returns us to being primitives.

Galapagos Syndrome in full effect. Japan’s natural slowness to embrace new ideas, combined with cultural and political conservatism, deep-rooted xenophobia, and a high uncertainty avoidance make this sort of thing unfortunately the standard.

This is why the electronics bubble burst for Japan.

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Genshin taught me that autism doesn’t preclude me from empathy. :)

But Dr. Shiffman, I love to shove my face into things I’m deathly allergic to…

… like cats!
… and jerks.

Actually now that I think about it, I don’t like doing either of those things, even though one of them is cute.

Huh. lol

It’s because you’re still using Twitter and giving folks an even 0.1% excuse to continue using that burning trash heap echo chamber.

I’d say any problem you experience on there is just the expected equivalent of driving a car with flat tires and wondering why it makes funny noises on the highway.

I love your phraseology in saying “solution-shaped object.” It makes the engineer in me very satisfied. I can only imagine it is a matter of time before “unintentional and seemingly sufficient solution-shaped objects undergo rapid unscheduled disassembly.”
a.k.a.: “how long until shit hits the fan”

I hope this consists of increasing support for foreign nationals doing their damndest to get along with the Japanese. As a potential future foreign national myself, I can only hope that they will recognize foreigners’ efforts to behave in a collectivist manner and reach out to meet them halfway.

THIS is the sort of news that needs to be seen more often. Outstanding work, let’s hope the momentum picks up and continues. The people of Japan (and everywhere) deserve better. :)

Imagine a famous person promoting an app and then it being successful.

Hm, checks out. Move along. Nothing to see here.

I wonder if, after all this time, perhaps the people living closest to nature may just have their finger on its pulse? No? Just me? Okay, kick ‘em out like second rate citizens I guess- it’s what you’ve been doing for hundreds of years anyway.

Skaters never die, they just bail. 🤘🏻

“Defend.” Difficult to defend corruption at any level. Dare I say, impossible?

Despite my relatively confident grasp of machine logic, trig and calc, and programming I have to say that every time I see this machine my mind implodes. Just… crushingly incredible levels of ingenuity at work.

To be fair, lots of today’s tech like that too, just less visible or massive I suppose!

I am actively and on the daily bullied and harassed at a workplace so large and so public about its “diversity and inclusion” efforts that everyone just universally assumes everything is perfect here.

We are incredibly diverse and inclusive- when hiring. Once you’re here, you’re a target.

Yeah, keep the worst of what we have to offer while shoveling the kind souls trying to bring something better into dumpsters.

Isn’t the irony just… nauseating?

*sigh* Because screw any foreigner trying to make Japan their home while also putting their best into the country.

This isn’t the way, Japan. Hurting innocent people who care about contributing to your nation is not the way.

It strikes me as horrifying that the fear and obeisance the Japanese have towards the US is so incredibly strong that they are willing to push a conservative narrative, not even because their people demand it, but because they believe the US will give them preferential treatment.

It won’t.

Ahhhhhhahahahahaha what a classic meme to dump on us >.< 😂🤣

I will say- if you want to really try at the Genshin roles then consider watching some story summaries or play the game’s main quest line. Some of the emotional delivery is extremely challenging. Several quests in the game are famous for extraordinarily convincing, emotional acting. ^_*