I mean, it kind of is.

Debtor’s prisons were never fair, but at least it usually involved adults who made their own choices.

Kids can’t legally consent to anything - though I’m sure the republicans want to change that too.

Rain and thunderstorms used to be nice for me… used to.

7ish years ago we (wife and I) rescued a pitbull mix. Well three of them, but only one has an issue.

Wind, planes, rain, thunder, all of that kicks on the fight or flight response to 110%.

If she is crated, she will try to bust out to the point of injuring herself. At our hold house we had a two story, she broke through a banister spindle and nearly fell to the ground floor. Hard wood. Would have been bad. We’ve found her in the top loading washing machine - it was closed. She will try to go through solid objects. Walls, doors, windows, whatever.

CBD is about the only thing that helps her. We’ve tried various medications through the vet, even one they use as a sedative per-surgery.

Its been raining here for about two weeks, on top of other issues in life, and I have a migraine that may just kill me at this point. Not to mention sleep deprivation.

Also, as current day shift at my new job - I hate it, I want to go back to graveyard shifts, lol. Though, I did get some comments when I stopped at a liquor store right after they opened. Once they realized I worked overnight, they used it to mess with OTHER customers, lol.

I’m kind of the opposite, lol.

I miss my overnight shift.

I’d wake up, the world was quiet, there were no harsh lights to contend with, very few coworkers to deal with, even less management…

Just go in, put in my earbuds between calls, and do my shit. Then, when everyone is grumpy and trying to get coffee, I’m going home.

That being said, when the time changed it could be a blessing and a curse.

On one hand, sweet, short(ish) day… well, 11 hours. Then it swings the other way, and 13 hour shifts suck even more than 12 hours.

Watching the time roll back an hour feels very unfair when you’re on the clock and just want to go home, lol.

As someone who used to be skinny, and now, decidedly, isn’t…

I’d take metabolism any day. That being said, I do have a friend who struggles to keep weight up due to a medical issue. Taking that dude to an all you can eat buffet is almost traumatizing, lol.

Honestly, igniting it is the hard part.

Well, and putting it out…

Making though? Pretty simple.

No.

No sisters, and my mom didn’t wear them.

I would have though.

Yeah, I didn’t mean this bill would pass but… the sentiment makes it more dangerous for some people I care about.

The politicians push this shit because they think they have the support of the people, at least in the form of votes.

I’m not so worried about the government. Not much most of us can do if the military turns against the people. I’m worried about bigoted neighbors feeling empowered.

Pffft. I write everything as a one liner in notepad and just copy and paste into a compiler.

Note: Sarcasm. I’m not a dev, I just script shit for my own convenience at work. I’m the guy the idiots talk to first. After 12 years I’m pretty good at filtering out the bullshit and giving a concise ticket to escalate in the event I don’t have permissions to fix something.

I have fixed code before, but its been very rare, and was most certainly a case of the actual dev not seeing the forest due to the trees. It just happened I had the cube next to him and he wanted any other set of eyes, lol. I just happened to have some education in various languages that I opted not to pursue further.

Grew up in Texas. Moved recently, to another state.

The bible, or lack thereof, isn’t the issue in Texas schooling. Nor the countrywide issue of gun violence.

This is clear governmental overreach and defies separation of church and state.

Fuck these clowns. Sideways, with a two foot dildo covered in shark skin. Twice, so they don’t forget the lesson.

PS: As an anecdote, up to fourth grade I was enrolled at a christian private school. Parents had money at the time, and they were touted to have the best education. I learned more about the dark, nasty, terrible side of life there than I did any other time in school - and I watched a kid get dragged down the hall by his ear by a former marine for smoking crack in the bathroom when I was in public school. I also would have never learned how to play poker or blackjack in a public school, lol.

Don’t forget to spin around three times.

Not that way, widdershins! Widdershins!

We (The US) don’t have the gestapo. Our fascists wear uniforms and badges.

Tell that to the home owner’s association.

Please.

Well shit, one of my relatives, and a few friends may be in trouble soon…

It was suppose to be a cautionary tale, not a fucking guide book.

Oh shit, you just made me realize when I get my first pay check I should really invest in a decent UPS. I had to sell my old one before moving state lines to condense space.

I’ve been a fly on the world in the corporate world for many industries.

No one watches their mouth around the IT guy.

On so many levels, in so many jobs, it doesn’t matter what happened - it matters what can be proven.

I stopped going to GC after a simple bad transaction.

I bought some bass strings. I don’t recall the brand, but they were well regarded.

Well, manufacturing errors happen to the best of them, so I was annoyed when one string, essentially, wasn’t complete.

It wasn’t usable.

I go back a couple hours later (it was a long drive), bring the strings in, receipt, all that jazz. They wouldn’t let me exchange them. They wouldn’t refund me the money for selling a faulty product.

So fuck em. GC can rot and should only be used as an example of how NOT to run a music shop.

I loved Control.

I absolutely could not get into AW, and it bums me out because it seemed intriguing.

I’d clear up the message a little bit, but that might be the first bumper sticker I ever put on a car I owned.

You’re not wrong. Some of these folks do sound a bit like Charlie Kelley.