I have ADHD, so this is something I genuinely use. It usually works, but I’ve only dealt with this type of person once.

I had to keep reinforcing it and it was never perfect, but it did get better.

Happy cake day!

Tell him you have trouble focusing on your work if you stop to talk too often. Tell him you’re trying to finish x, y, z, etc, and after doing that enough hopefully he gets the message.

Stephen Colbert. I met him once, very briefly. He was visiting a thing I was working. He was very kind - went around to everyone, shook our hands, and introduced himself individually.

But that made me think he was a legit good guy. He didn’t have to take the time to do that.

I would assume it also has to do with your assignment and how much/if any combat you’ve experienced and injuries you sustained.

My Dad was drafted into Vietnam - infantry - and was wounded. He was only there ~ 6 months, and tried to go to university on the GI Bill, but for awhile couldn’t stand being in that type of environment immediately after returning home. PTSD/survivor’s guilt, etc, were too much.

Later on in life his injuries prevented him from being able to work. This, combined with rising medical debt, left us in a bad spot.

What you’re exposed to when you serve and when you served also come into play - PTSD is taken more seriously now, as are the effects of things like Agent Orange. I’m not sure if the VA is better or worse from, say, 20 years ago, but that could also be a factor.

Not sure if this helps to answer your question, but that’s my personal anecdote.

In New Orleans there is an eggnog daiquiri around this time and it’s fucking FANTASTIC.

I’m not proud of it, but yelp. I like the interface. I can find menu pics easily, I can find out if they have a full bar or no alcohol, I can find out if it’s good for kids (preferably no) in one easy spot. I can search reviews for keywords.

I haven’t found another app that does all of these things in one easy manner. I used to like foursquare too…sad it’s shutting down.

But yeah - Yelp. Sorry.

So wear sunglasses when watching tv. Got it.

Just when we think it can’t get worse, some rich asshole has to laugh and say “Hold my beer and watch me enshittify even harder.”

Just tried to go to my account - here’s the pop up. Promptly said fuck off and deleted my account.

I mix these two up as well - thanks for the clarification.

That one time when we really needed IANAL to work for us.

They have both been through some shit and are not to be fucked with. Someone get this man a shot and a cig ASAP.

Don’t make life choices based on the opinion of white supremacists.

Imagine that someone has that job. They make and present that chart in meetings. That person exists and is why we can’t have nice things.

You seem nice. Anyway, a crumple zone is assumed to be designed in such a way that it protects the occupants of the vehicle.

No one said it didn’t “crumple” on impact. The problem is that it doesn’t sufficiently crumple in such a way that it dissipates the energy effectively.

In this case, the vehicle’s occupants are still traveling at a decent rate of speed and the material of the vehicle is thick enough so they could potentially sustain head injuries. Other vehicles do not have a similar concern.

Hope your day gets better. Cheers.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-cybertrucks-stiff-structure-sharp-design-raise-safety-concerns-experts-2023-12-08/

This makes a lot of sense and helps me to make sense of it all. Thank you.

The only surprising thing is that it took this long.

I have a question about this and I hope I’m able to ask it correctly the way it’s sitting in my head.

I know throughout history there have been strongmen who come to power, promise the world, and don’t deliver.

I also know about propaganda and its role in the above scenario.

My question is - if these images are seen by enough people who truly believe what they say - and they’re poor, maybe older, not in a great place overall, etc, and they voted Trump because they believe this…shit….what happens when they don’t deliver?

If they’re expecting homes and help and a magic, simple solution to all of their problems that never delivers, what happens not only to them psychologically, but also what bigger impact will their reactions have on the country as a whole?

In the US, I’m not so optimistic we’ll have that moment given the past 8 or so years. There will never be a realization that the Emperor has no clothes but the help will still never arrive. How long can that be sustained, and what happens when it can’t?

I hope that made sense and I apologize if it doesn’t.

I bet Trump didn’t even ask…Elon just let him do it.

He was bragging about the stainless steel being made to withstand bullets and we do live in a large city in the US in a state with basically no gun control, so I told him I could potentially see that coming in useful during rush hour on the freeways.

He had a story for why it was shaped the way it was, the windows are angled at the most aerodynamically possible angle because that’s important for a car that will probably spend 50% of its life stuck at a red light.

He’s obviously drank the kool aid. When I got back to the office I told my current coworkers, and a couple of interns said that car is super dangerous because it basically has no crumple zones. Then they pulled up some YT videos showing tests proving it.

The best part? We’re all engineers. The interns knew about the crumple zone thing. The senior Elon fanboy was just impressed with the window angle and bulletproof doors. I didn’t ask who he voted for, but I can guess.