I am in physical pain after reading this

Calling it dreaming basically. Gross. This feels like purposeful gaslighting

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Amen. It’s friendship, not a customer service role

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One of my fondest memories was beating our old HP printer to death with the baseball bat we keep for potential intruders. I now print at the local library and regret the beating incident less and less every year.

I feel similarly. My job uses all kinds of 2FA and email-chain nonsense that pretty much require me to keep one as well. I’m starting to learn how to retrofit a special half-dumb phone to do those required things, but it’s quite a process compared to what George Clooney got to do

This. The invisible hand doesn’t work if monopolists buy control of all the fingers.

I think Smith would probably prefer playing ball with Marx over whatever this hellscape is

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I do think there is some evidence that companies are just doing that stuff regardless. There’s a “speedup” I think I’ve seen it called, a push to do more with fewer people and make basic benefits feel more like a privilege.

My company fortunately did not issue RTO mandates but has taken to requiring people to work watched in a Zoom room all day and explain any bathroom trips longer than 3 minutes. That’s where I think the real estate angle becomes relevant, probably the only reason my workplace went the other direction and full-remote is that a) we’re stalking people on zoom now and timing their #2s and b) we’re midsize with few close corporate relatives, and leased all our space previously. We have no other skin in the game besides saving a massive overhead cost

For a slightly cheaper suggestion, Dr. Bronner’s anise or spearmint toothpastes are also very mild and low foam. About $6 for 5oz. I don’t know if it’s as effective science-wise but you can also brush your teeth with the Castile soap, for like a lavender or orange flavor, but it’s hella foamy.

The right toothpaste changed my overall stress tolerance level a disturbing amount lol. Thank you for bringing light to this

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Right? I wish it were socially acceptable to use them all the time

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Over the years this has honestly become one of my favorite parts of my brain. I might forget trivial stuff like teethbrushing, but I have these funny bits of people I’ve lost that I can pretty much revisit in 4k. Probably mostly doing that when I should be doing something else, lol, but I wouldn’t trade it away

Hahaha right? Have you seen the property tax rate in Texas? Real liberty lol /s