I worked for a guy back in 2021/22 who used to take us through the drive-thru of fast food places a lot for either breakfast or lunch. I always ate before work so I never needed anything, but he'd sit there in the drive thru and complain about the price and how employees wanting $2 more per hour was obviously the cause of the rising prices and how none of it was worth the cost anymore and blah blah blah. Then the next day we'd go right back to the same drive thru and he'd give the same shpiel again. I never understood why he couldn't just buy some bread and deli meat or something and make himself some sandwiches instead of constantly bitching. He was a Gen Xer btw

Also, comparing this to the way Chicago cops handle shooting people is interesting. They are so incredibly methodical about finding everyone who was involved, telling them to STFU while the cameras are on, meeting with a supervisor and confirming they are clear to cut the cameras. It's incredibly chilling how efficient they are. See, for example, the videos here: https://www.chicagocopa.org/case/2024-0003052/

Watching the longer version of the video and seeing the point where the officer's hand starts violently shaking while he breathes heavily and then some guys ask him if he's okay and he just says "yeah I'm fine".... (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSN0cqzl__4&rco=1&t=25m20s) Like maybe this is part of why men are responsible for 90% of homicides? Like maybe cops should be getting a little more training in psychology before they get handed a gun yknow?

I remember having to come up with a bizarre story about paying my brother-in-law in Kansas for a car because the clerk asked me why I kept coming in and wiring so much cash all the time...

Business Insider discovers David Graeber

A surprisingly literal example of NIMBYs creating their own downfall

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My favorite recent example of that was a Politico article about members of the DNC becoming worried Biden won't win re-election. I decided to wade into /r/politics for the first time in probably 5 years just to see their reaction. Every comment dismissing the polling numbers and painting the article as hyped-up nonsense for clicks. From the same people who love sharing any poll that says "X% of Republicans won't vote for Trump"

Hate when my stutter makes me mix up world leaders

I don't think documentation is really necessary when pretty much all media in the US portrays white, young, thin, slightly athletically toned, clear-skinned, white-toothed, symmetrical-faced people with societally-approved matching gender characteristics as "attractive". Characters who exhibit those traits are portrayed/coded as attractive, and they are the people put in front of the camera on things like the news. Just saying "attractive" when talking about someone with those features is basically saying that anyone who does not have those features is inherently not attractive, when in reality many people have different opinions on what they find attractive.

Do we have an Oregon Trail emoji? It wouldn't surprise me

Yeah everyone thinks they're "middle class" because in the US the poor are trained to think aspirationally and the rich are trained to downplay the exploitative source of their wealth.