Sean Connery could have been Gandalf.

The most important part of it is “is there anything you’d like to admit, before we take the test?”

I got love bombed and stripped of my support network over time. After the divorce it took about 5 years to rebuild my friend network. She’s still the same as she ever was. I kept being myself, and I’ve bloomed as a strong member of my community and my life is much better than coming home to play a grey man for a narcissist.

It. Will. Get. Better. Celebrate the freedom from a bad situation. Be who you are, and the best version of that. I spent days crying in the beginning, but I went through it and I’m strong now. Hopefully you find that seed in yourself as well.

We can stack them sideways in a tile pattern.

What are you going to do with it, haul four-foot boards on flat paved roads?

Often it comes down to liability and an attractive nuisance. Long term parked vehicles create cover for activities, while short term traffic has a flow of people.

That fucking lightning, am I right?

I believe that was a stretch goal… the common story has always been that they wanted to take over redistricting after the census, which they really did knock out of the park, catching dems flat-footed.

This will probably continue, stochastically. It’s when they start shooting the guards that things will really go downhill, with green zones for some and naught for the rest.

Imagine having to put up with these status tourists.

Because no one would drive in them ever, they would respect the sanctity of the truckpool lane.

Three doors, each leads to 20 doors. The correct door leads to 20 more doors in the correct area, the rest will lead to 20 more doors each, all traps. Some rooms are insulting, with no trap and a single copper on the floor. One of those rooms will lead to 20 more doors, one of which is the correct door.

Once the second department is eliminated, the problem will be solved!

Yeah, this is a problem of pushing compliance to a level above the operator in an area where the perfection demanded by policy relies on traffic behaving perfectly, and drivers never experiencing delays or problems, to operate. The only way this goes away is a scarcity of drivers.

Someone who believes they know how to drive will suggest automated trucks, but the accident lawsuits will probably bankrupt the first companies.

You don’t cheer for the bullet that killed Hitler; even though you approve of the outcome, you can still hate bullets and hate Hitler.

Their profit margins would go negative. A profit margin of 10% is outstanding in business, but the tariffs wreck that.

As we speak, scientists are working around the clock to create a worse Walmart with lower prices. Some early results show electric scooters that move 40% slower, and furniture that lasts 12 days.

IPO in March.

Second lowest so far.

Every one of them should have gone 24 hour after Booker, in a line, 24 hours at a time

There’s been a continuous movement in the US to reduce workers rights since the 70’s. I offer 10 sick (mandatory by oregon) and 10 vacation, and it’s considered generous. I also pay full health care, which is considered ridiculously good.