Yeah, but some people need to take polygraphs and swear they don't do little things like pirate media or smoke pot. I'm not even kidding. The stupidest little thing will be made a big deal of. It's easier to mostly follow the rules. Mostly.

The really special part is that Jassy is saying that he wants it to go back to like it was "pre-pandemic". Well, as a techie in Seattle, I can assure you that his new policy is much stricter than it was pre-pandemic. Being able to work from home was pretty lax back in the day, and they weren't tracking your badge-ins.

Very disingenuous. It's all about the shareholders, real estate investment, and pressure from city and business interests to get wallets back downtown at lunch time.

I've got a set of microscopes I could lend you.

I'm not sure how many of the youngins remember that use of the word 'radical'.

Her family should sue the state of Georgia.

Any number of non-white immigrants, that is.

Oh no, I just looked it up and learned that I get my multi-thousand dollar per month medication for free thanks to a program sponsored by Nestle. I feel dirty. But I also need my medication.

Not for some of us.

Not until he's gotten through all of the peasants who live in the countryside.

I think I tasted a bit of bile in the back of my throat when I read your comment.

Well, it's only a very, very recent problem in Japan. They had stagnation for decades. Little to no change in wages, little to no change in prices. In 2011, I was making something like 33,000 USD per year there and living very comfortably with ample savings and what the Japanese considered to be a large apartment. It's a pretty affordable country, aside from travel. Or if you want to live in a fancy place in a desirable big city neighborhood.

(And yes, I have been to Japan since then and know that things have changed somewhat. It's still cheap compared to the US. Food is so cheap, it's amazing what you can get.)

I wonder if they even have what we think of as HR in Russia.

Isn't this the sort of thing that can happen when you check the box saying you're willing to be an organ donor?

It's not even the stress. It's the schedule itself, apparently, that increases risk of both. I would link to a source, but I am tired right now. It's easy enough to look up, though.

I have read that statistically people tend not to. Don't know the truth of it. He'll still be suffering in the meantime.

Same. Which is a shame because I could enjoy a silly game where you play soccer in a car. But not the way people play it in real life. Those ultra competitive types have to ruin anything with the littlest bit of competitive dynamic.

I remember my friends getting me to play LoL when it came out (we were big WoW people who were all very comfortable and good at WoW-style PvP). Didn't stay there long!

Oooh, now I've got to read it

That's for January 6th.

Just imagine how exhausting it will be if the orange monster wins again.

Hah, he's so popular they basically waited for him to say when they can play him off the stage.