It’s stupid enough to be on-brand for this administration, but dick-move’ish enough to also be on brand for this administration.

Was this embarrassment born of stupidity, or being a dick?

Malcolm Apollo Skywalker at your service.

Never met a bean I didn’t love.

Surely the leopards would never eat MY face.

I’ve never had such a toxic statement come from the person who is supposed to look out for their employees wellbeing. They at least act like they have your best interest at heart.

Sorry to hear about your rough time. If I can share an insight, in the hopes you find it helpful; you have an overly high view of what managers are and do. Good ones try to do this, but the default is not this at all.

Your managers are there to make sure you get the job done in a manner consistent with their operating policies and proceedures. This can vary a lot depending on the job and industry, but it usually means, fast and cheap and profitable.

At no point does your well being enter into the equation. The very rare exceotion is for highly skilled ultra-rare empoyees in critical roles. They are too valuable to lose and get some consideration. Everyone else is disposable.

It’s cheaper and easier to fire somone you lose confidence in, than it is to deal with someone with chronic issues who can’t seperate their personal and professional life. Your messaging would be interpreted by most managers in this context. You’re sowing the seeds of doubt and it can’t help and can only hurt your standing in a company.

My advice, seek comfort and support outside of work. Don’t let your boss know anything worse than cold&flu. Never share chronic conditions unless absolutely necessary. It almost never help, but can and will be used against you in a court of employer opinion.

Source: Am manager, Have hired and fired many times, never because I wanted to. Always because the business demanded it.

I love a good news day.

It’s not me. The spiders make me issue corrections where warranted.

Not indian, nor cat, but married into indian family. I now have headbobbles. My family makes me do tricks at family gatherings for laughs.

Go into an indigenous community like a First Nations reserve, or rural Africa where the people still practice subsistance hunting and tell them this.

Let me know how it goes. They’ll see it as bigotry. Deservedly so.

The sustainable hunter gatherers left on earth look poorly upon your high-and mighty opinions perched on top of a fossil fuel powered agricultural-industrial complex that has eliminated most wilderness and biodiversity for monoculture farms. Humans are about 36% of earth mamalian biomass. Livestock is about 60%. Wild mammals are down to 4%.

It’s a similar case for vegans. Their moral superiority is founded on an agricultural-industrial reality that while one of the superior options, practices an unsustainable method.

Your righteous indignation is an error. Your perspective is flawed because it’s anchored in a tiny worldview’s normalcy bias.

Don’t be that person. Something something, stones and glass houses.

A fair point, but I believe a mistaken one. Humans’ evolutionary niche is it’s intelligence. Our tools are an integral part of that.

From this perspective, would you say the lion hiding in the grass to ambush its prey is just cheating? For a fair fight it has to be in open terrain? We all use the gifts at our disposal.

To your point “OP” tools can easily scale to beyond fair chase. There is no line that separates what is and is not acceptable. Its up to the hunter to decide for themselves, and the public who regulates them. Within the hunting community, there are constant battles between bows vs rifles and even spear and atlatl “purists”.

Edit: I swear I’ve met more than one “barefister” too, but it was online, so I couldn’t tell if they were serious, or playing devil’s advocat.

There is no contention. We are completely agreed and I don’t believe I’ve said anything to the contrary.

Ethical hunters have a core principle referred to as “fair chase”. The animals have to have a reasonable chance to escape, or it’s an unethical slaughter, not a hunt.

For example, a dude with a bow or rifle in the forest, where the prey can run away is fair chase. It’s a battle of skill, and stealth. You have to outsmart the prey.

A dude with his buddies, drones or helicopters or fenced in “wildlife” preserve are not hunters. They are slaughterers. There is no fair chase.

If this person was a hunter, then he should be pleased his prey exercised its rights to fair chase, and give kudos for making the escape through him. A bold move worthy of recognition. In a life-and-death battle of wits, skill and instinct, the winner was worthy.

If this person was a slaughterer, then fuck him, he got what he deserved.

Either way, this is a 100% win.

Ironicaly, this is not the dumbest thing he’s ever said.

winning

It’s a system. Not of Justice, but of oppression and extortion and naked power.

A wealthy elite from Wall Street to Hollywood with lots in between has a large and powerful contingent that is also Jewish American. On the whole, it is a large attractor to support for Israel. Every political campaign has to court the jewish vote regardless of stance to stay competitive in votes and campaign finance.

Ask Chuck Schumer what his job is.

You are you! You can and must judge. For yourself, naturally.

Choices abound. Make one, move, stretch your legs a bit?

Very good. One small detail, the spiders are behind the eyes. Look at the original comic and imagine they aren’t eyelashes, but spider legs from a colony of harvestmen all tightly packed together.

Online dating is a bit of a misnomer. It’s not dating. It allows people to optimize selection based on superficiality, and stops anyone from from getting to know anyone. It’s also high stakes because arranged meets with matches are purpose driven.

Put it down. Turn it off. Go do something you love and meet people. All sorts of people. Have fun, casually. Somewhere in there, you’ll find someone special.

(Not directed to you OP, just online daters in general)