chumbalumber @ chumbalumber @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Of course; it's a faux medieval fantasy setting where they don't have gunpowder yet ;)

Ulcerative colitis

Well... depends on whose account of the War of the Ring you read:

Eskov bases his novel on the premise that the Tolkien account is a "history written by the victors".[2][3] Mordor is home to an "amazing city of alchemists and poets, mechanics and astronomers, philosophers and physicians, the heart of the only civilization in Middle-earth to bet on rational knowledge and bravely pitch its barely adolescent technology against ancient magic", posing a threat to the war-mongering faction represented by Gandalf (whose attitude is described by Saruman as "crafting the Final Solution to the Mordorian problem") and the Elves.[2]

(The Last Ringbearer)

Male validation? Yeah, it'll be good to know when it's been delivered.

an example of a contronym

Not as much as it used to be before LLOYD GEORGE got his way smh

And even in more recent times, the pendulum has swung back and forth. FDR put massive public works programmes in place that would never get funding today, and LBJ (despite, y',know, fucking up his entire legacy in Vietnam) introduced Medicare, which would be derided as socialist today. Reagan was a massive backslide, both objectively and in comparison.

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Unfortunately my arsehole doesn't take kindly to being bothered unlubed.

So often I've sent a teams message and had no reply, and the temptation to send them an UwU is devastating.

Joke's on you -- I started work during the pandemic. And, more to the point, my company was doing flexitime and WFH long before I joined, because their employees like it and because they're the kind of employer that values the input of their workforce.

Also, I could flip your last argument. It's the workers that turn up and generate value for the business. Salaries aren't paid out of the goodness of the employer's heart. It's a transaction, selling labour, and as with any transaction there has to be good will on both sides for the relationship to function.

What? It's a return to the office, not work. It's not the 8 hours; it's the additional hour (if you're lucky) getting there and back which, for some jobs, brings no discernable benefit.

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We'd be a good match, I think

(For context: their profile said 'meows on command')

Just like the sounds mummy and daddy used to make on their special nights.

Bo Burnham??

Well then get cracking with your work, young whippersnapper. Or don't; I don't know what time zone you're in. But certainly get going on it when it's a sensible time, and report back.

Is this posted out of pride, or a desire to be held accountable with your work to help with executive dysfunction? I will happily provide support with the latter if you want

Wow, that's a terrible name for a country.

No worries; I saw it once and it stuck with me. For an ms paint drawing it's pretty powerful. I do have one small issue with it, which is that it doesn't explicitly state that it is not a bad thing to have that trait. Calling someone disabled as an insult implies that being disabled is bad, which I fundamentally disagree with. It's not because I 'don't want to upset anyone' -- it's because I completely disagree with the implication, and I think the implication is directly damaging to us as a society.

I'd much rather insult someone because they're a neo-fascist who deserves to find Lego on their bathroom floor with their foot at 1am when they only went for a piss and now the pain and adrenaline has jolted them awake and they won't sleep until at least 4am... for the rest of their life.