Before long, one of the paddles will be broken, the net will be missing, and/or all of the balls will have been lost. Management will never address any of these issues. The table will be useless, except to serve as an excuse for management not to even try to address morale problems.
“We even gave them a ping pong table and it didn’t help. I’m all out of ideas.”
Okay. Thank you for providing that list and those figures. Now I have a much better understanding of where you’re coming from.
I see your point. Four million between the rest of those folks isn’t a lot.
Edit:
The fund has distributed nearly $3 million to over 1,500 people affected by the strikes, according to the organization. It is now giving out $400,000 to $500,000 a week, compared to an average of about $75,000 in the first half of 2023, it said.
At that rate, the six million will be gone in no time. Wow.
Well, yeah. Others should donate, but this is the first one I’ve seen a story about. I think it’s better to encourage people then ask why they aren’t doing more.
We’re all used to seeing huge numbers thrown around in the news, so it’s easy to get jaded. Take a minute and think about the size of that donation, though. One MILLION dollars.
For many of us, that’s more than we’ll earn in a decade - and that’s ignoring taxes.
It was also great because it was “too long”. The writers weren’t just trying to make the audience laugh; they were deliberately fucking with us. Awesome.
“It’s clear that far-left politics, not national security, was the driving force behind this decision.”
Yeah, no. The decision not to move isn’t political, as much as he’d like it to be. The Space Force headquarters already exists. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Also, somebody should tell these conservative crybabies that shouting about “far-left politics” every single time they don’t get their way really dilutes the term. Haven’t these people ever heard about the boy who cried wolf?
As part of that effort, one idea is to offer incentives for the public “to identify scientific flaws and research misconduct,” which might encourage opponents of regulations to target research.
Republicans are so good at accepting objective truth, and making unemotional decisions that are based solely on reason. What could possibly go wrong?
Sounds like they’re taking inspiration from Texas. Specifically, the law that rewards people for snitching on their neighbors who are suspected of getting an “illegal” abortion.
That’s a good point, which is why I try to walk a fine line: I personally think we’re royally screwed, BUT I still take action in case I’m being overly pessimistic. I’m no expert, after all.
I also read that fossil fuel companies want you to give up and just accept that nothing can be done. To hell with that.
Good. I’ve heard that this is a better, more interesting movie than the marketing suggested. Feels weird to root for Disney, but I’ve always liked Pixar.
I honestly can’t even remember the one that first set me off. It’s been a while. I just remember realizing that gravity was more punishing than any of the enemies, and thinking “oh, to hell with this.”
Hate: disproportionately excessive penalties for falls (usually found in platformers).
If you get shot in the face by an enemy, you lose your shield, lose a life, whatever. In a bad platformer, if you don’t time a difficult jump exactly right, you lose a life, lose everything in your inventory, get sent back to the very beginning of the level, get audited, and have to mow the developers lawn for an entire summer.
Platformers are “guilty until proven innocent” - I won’t play one until I know it won’t destroy my will to live.
Yeah. The more I think about it, the worse it is. Lately, I’ve been wondering how many businesses have professionally printed “Follow us on Twitter!” stickers in their windows and signs by their cash registers. Your local pizza place probably does. That kind of visibility and awareness is priceless.
Is Elon going to ship tens of thousands of replacement signs? No. Are business owners going to pay to replace them themselves? Some, maybe, but even then it won’t be a major priority. Hell, I didn’t take one elective class in marketing, and even I have a better understanding of the value he’s throwing away.
A bad idea is one thing. They happen all the time. Many executives would sell their souls for the kind of recognition that the blue bird had, but I suppose a good marketing team could have pulled off a successful rebranding.
This whole “x” fiasco, however, is a series of bad ideas done hastily, sloppily, and with little to no planning. It’s completely unjustifiable, from any perspective - unless you’re Elon, apparently.
Before long, one of the paddles will be broken, the net will be missing, and/or all of the balls will have been lost. Management will never address any of these issues. The table will be useless, except to serve as an excuse for management not to even try to address morale problems.
“We even gave them a ping pong table and it didn’t help. I’m all out of ideas.”