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"he's just recording an Ashley Furniture store?"

Jesus that's a lot more than I would have expected.

You know, I always wondered where the professionals ended up in Elysium. Like there are the medical professionals taking care of the earthlings, but the life saving machines are in Elysium so they aren't needed up there.

But like, what about the software folks? Like there's an epic shit ton of software going on in that movie that just kind of gets handwaved.

Passification is handled by robots and crazy humans. Other than the one executive who comes down, where are his direct reports? There is no way he was interested in the factory management, that would be a middle management job. And then what about accountants? Researchers designing the tech on Elysium?

It never really made a whole lot of sense that Elysium was just the rich. They can't just "get" everything they want up there, it had to come from earth.

I was going to make a joke about how my social status died over a decade ago, but then I realized that no, it didn't. It changed.

Instead of my social status being something amongst friends and classmates, it's now coworkers, managers, and clients. A death in the social part of my world - work - would be so devastating that it motivates me to suffer just a little bit more. Losing my job would end a lot of things for me.

I need to reevaluate my life

Regardless if he takes office or not, I fully expect political violence. That is what this rhetoric leads to.

I suspect it won't be nearly as bad and nearly as pervasive if Harris takes office. But it will still happen. That's what happens when you have idiots being enflamed by this sort of rhetoric. They see a jihad. That's the endgame of ultraconservativism. Blind adherence to the authority. Be it a person, or an imaginary entity.

I have a son I need to protect. I have friends to protect. I don't know what will happen, but we can't pretend this will all be ok.

"Recession" and "Depression" you say?

So "Repression?"

Yeah, that's exactly how Nazis function at all. Gotta repress logic, repress morals, repress dissident thought.

Might be a little late for that

Russia can't actually fight a real war so they rely on their enemies to fight it for them

There was nothing like it.

However, that weekend I got ill. Ended up in the the ER with IV antibiotics, they couldn't see it on an X-ray, but I hand pneumonia. Thankfully those antibiotics cleared it completely in 5ish days but damn, there's not many times when you get taken by ambulance from one doctor office to another lol

Either Boeing execs shorted the fuck out of their company, or they believe that the company can out last the strikes.

I have a relative that works for Boeing corporate, I should ask.

No no no no. The last one isn't true.

The rich can do whatever they please, that's their right for being rich (/s).

Merci ! I think the only reason reading it is far easier is because I took latin in highschool. Some verbal communication I can pick up, and my pronunciation is absolutely horrendous still.

Weird. I checked with my brother too, because I remember this episode.

We both remember very specifically that the moral of the story was being afraid of something small and harmless can prevent you from enjoying anything else.

This is extremely true of fear. The other mantra I remember that also says this is from Dune (a little paraphrased): "I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will let it wash over me and through me. And when it had gone past, I will turn the inner eye and see that along its path there is nothing. Only I will remain."

Man was that recovery ever weird.

Those damn silicone tubes coming out was the single strangest feeling ever lmfao

I like to pretend that my inability to tan and only get sunburned is because really I'm a vampire. Unfortunately being that pale does not seem to increase the amount of vitamin d your body produces in sunlight :/

Oh I haven't seen this before and it sound amazing.

If the things I've been reading over time are true, the Mexican Army had been having a tough time fighting the cartels because the cartels had military weapons and some ex military leaders.

But recently, the army has been far more effective because their training has been more focused on combating cartels, and those ex military in the cartel are dwindling in numbers.

You're fine. That's why I like the internet. It doesn't always have to be English.

No, the reason is that minors have special protections because they don't have the rights adults do. Most importantly, the kid cannot live independently without emancipation, and the kid has no voting rights. He cannot vote for representation that would improve his situation (regardless of who he voted for does it or not).

However, as a minor, he is entitled to an education in the US, and knowingly putting his life at risk puts that education to risk. And people can argue until they are blue in the face about being in "life risking situations" but child labor laws have explicitly forbidden this sort of dangerous work because others profit off of it, leading to incentive to circumvent that entitlement.

This isn't just about safety, this is about rights. This is about law. And more importantly, this is about the interference of education when money comes into play.