That’s why I get pissed about stories of the variety “X resigns rather than follow administrations orders”. People seem to cheer when that happens because they see it as people pushing back on illegal orders, but they’re not. They’re just bailing from responsibility when they were one of the few people in the position to legitimately be a stopgap on this runaway power abuse. In resigning, they’ve just made it easier for a loyalist or morally corrupt replacement to come in and roll out the red carpet to the autocracy. Stay right where the fuck you’re at, plant your feet, and tell them that you’re absolutely not following illegal orders from anyone. That is worth cheering.

He called him Vanilla Ice Cube. I dont think this guy even knows who he is.

My guy, this entire community is based around people who post shit like this all the time in complete earnestness. I dont think that its as “obvious” as you do that this particular case is satire. But even if it is, that is only confirmation that plenty enough people post shit like this being serious that there is something to even satirize about it. So, whether or not this specific guy is making a joke, my comment and question about serious LinkedIn posts like it still stands. But you in particular who calls people idiots for participating in the purpose of the community they are in, and acts like a smarmy asshole about it too… you can fuck off.

I don’t hang out on LinkedIn reading social posts. If I’m there, it’s too check job posts or answer direct messages from recruiters. Do idiots like this not get blasted by everyone for these asinine tasks? Or are all the people that actually participate in the LinkedIn social feed as deluded as them?

Hopefully right after the elections but before January. That way he’ll live long enough to get to watch the GOP lose congress and several state legislatures/governorships (because of his uncountable failures, terrible policies, attempted treasonous autocratic takeover, and just being a fucking vile excuse for a human being) but not long enough to make JD president for less than half a term because that means he could only ever serve one more. Assuming that JD himself isn’t impeached and convicted and removed from office.

Next tell her that that text we were waiting on was made with only numbers on our phones. Her brain my come out her nose.

DBZ pun names even cross over into English sometimes. Vegeta and Bulmas kids are Trunks and Bra. King Cold’s kids are Freiza (Freezer) and Cooler. Saiyanss are from planet Vegeta (short for Vegetables) and all of their names are modified vegetables like Kakarot (carrot), Raditz (Radish), Nappa (Napa Cabbage), Broli (Broccoli). Mr. Satan’s daughter is Videl (anagram for Devil). Bibidi, Babidi, and Buu (Bibbidi-babbidi-boo from Disney Cinderella movie). Bubbles is named after Michael Jackson’s chimp. Whis and Beerus are Whiskey and Beers, and Champa is Champagne. King Piccolo’s minions are Piano, Tambourine, Cymbal, and Drum, all instruments. There’s a ton.

CEOs used to make as much as 20-30 times the average worker in the 60s-70s to now 280-290 times the average worker. Do you think that CEOs have gotten 10 times more valuable that the average worker despite the average worker’s productivity increasing 74% over that same period? Have CEOs become 740% more productive in that time?

Adjusted for inflation, from 1972 to 2022, average worker salary increased only 12 cents. They’ve been stagnant for 50 years. Only in 2023 was there any significant gains for the average worker (4%) but CEO pay continues to increase multiplicatively, not fractionally. CEO pay is just another bubble, an empty arms race. They’re not worth nearly what they’re paid.

Cool features… wild name.

I… wh… sniffies?

Oh I’m sorry, is a ship’s head medical officer with decades of experience treating a dozen or more species of crewmen and guests not a good enough source for you? Don’t let those pointy eared bastards fool you. They’re devious.

It’s the Vulcans. They actually respirate at 1000x the rate of humans. It’s how they remain emotionless. They are too focused on breathing to get angry. The massive compression necessary to breathe that much is actually how they are constantly so full of hot air. They don’t actually need to breathe that much to survive, but they are just too proud to give it up even in an emergency situation. It’s all a weird power play. 🖖

I don’t recall ever seeing that with space walks in shows before. But depending on the show, in many there’s typically some form of inertial dampener and/or artificial gravity generator tech (or the equivalent) in the canon that allows for the crew to remain more or less stationary/move around normal and attached to the ground even while accelerating/decelerating and in stable orbit. Given such tech is always kind of handwave-y because such tech isn’t actually feasible with our current understanding of physics, it could be argued that they are the cause of what you describe.

Like if the role of the inertial dampener is to keep your position absolutely stable relative to the ship absent forces acting on you, if the radius of its influence extends outside of the ship to some degree, you might expect them to slow and stop relative to the ship once their thrusters stop. And same with the artificial gravity, if it extends out of the ship some and “downward” is directed towards the ship, you would expect them to be able to walk on the hull and even “fall” towards it.

Decided to use Santa as a strawman for “beaurocratic overreach and unfunded mandates”. What that has to do with Santa, why the hell Santa was the stand-in for his weird violent fantasizing, what exactly is meant to be funny about any of it, and why he decided to post these pictures publicly? Idk. Also, the implication of this is that he is angry to the point of desiring to do violence to beaurocrats, which is to say actual people in government. And he is wondering why people think he is unhinged.

Didn’t recognize him for a second. Skin not leathery and sweaty enough

Watt?

Genuinely one I didn’t expect is so much stuff like fashion, music and whatnot from my childhood being this popular among today’s teenagers.

The resurgence of the mullet is simply not acceptable. It was terrible then, it is terrible now. You look like a moron.

Stephen Miller is an unabashed racist, white supremacist, and fascist who has turned his bigotry into national policy. He is a the puppeteer behind the entirety of Trump’s immigration policies. When this is over, he should be shot.

It’s a silly riddle that, for some reason, has stuck around in my head for decades, I think from an old tv show (anyone else remember Crashbox?). I remembered the answer immediately. So, this would be less of a test of my reasoning/problem solving skills, and more of a test of my ability to find and store vast amounts of useless trivia and instantly recall it decades after the fact. If that’s what you’re hiring for, I’m your guy!

Pride for being LGBT isn’t about being proud for being LGBT. It’s about being proud of being yourself despite living in a society that usually tells them not to, or even persecutes them for being themselves. That is an action, an act of rebellion and truth in the face of adversity. That is what they’re proud of.