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I work in corporate. Of course I lie. I don’t in real life, as it’s much easier to just tell the truth then try to keep up with what you lied about and to whom… But whether its timecard mitigation, time off, email interactions, or presenting numbers… Corporate requires you to lie or exit stage left.
I love what Jordan Peterson said his statistics professor taught him: Numbers (Stats) don’t lie, but people who use statistics are liars.
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It’s Awesome! 😀
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The original screen shot I took wouldn’t attach for some reason. Here’s a pic of one of the knives.
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Dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.
That being said, it takes two to Tango and most TikTok dances are just for entertainment purposes.
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CDs not so much, but there are a lot of niche little physical copies of things that either aren’t available digitally or just do not sound as good. David Bowie’s Peter and The Wolf comes to mind. You can stream it on Spotify, but only if you have premium, otherwise it goes into random and doesn’t play the album properly. It is also compressed and not as warm and present for a pair of old JBLs or Cerwin Vega Floor Speakers.
Plus, it doesn’t matter if the internet goes out, I can still play CDs, records, and even tapes! Yes, I’m that old and yes I have a functional tape player. And a VCR. Just saying. I plan on upgrading my house with either a generator or a solar roof/battery back up combo sometime in the near future, so if we get another week long freeze, I can still run my fridge, my heater, and my stereo. If the power is out, so is the internet, as the local nodes/pedestals need power as well. And although the “Network” at home is supposed to keep things connected, everything relies on the external web, so your at home Plex server may not function correctly, your AppleTV or Chromecast may not function correctly… But a Record player will still be able to spin and a cd player’s laser will still be able to read.
This obviously doesn’t include problems with changes in the mediums like Disney changing lyrics in Aladdin’s opening song, changing Lilo’s hiding place from a dryer to a pizza box, changing the length of Daryl Hannah’s hair in Splash to cover her butt crack, or just pulling an entire season of Willow off the service on a whim and suddenly you don’t have access to media as it was or potentially at all. But that’s a different argument for a different day. -
Even tough I’ve always been more Team Xbox than Team Playstation, both of them have been breaking my heart as of late. I find myself less and less inclined to watch their broadcasts or follow their social media posts anymore.
Team Nintendo is still my favorite. Hoping they don’t lose as much steam. Pun intended. -
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On many sides of the spectrum! All of these involved retail chains early in my career. When I tightened ship and took work seriously, I was fortunate enough to land jobs with awesome managers and mentors. Respect is a two way street. Which is why I genuinely feel that statement: “You don’t quit companies, you quit people.” is Highly accurate. Except for Microsoft. That whole company is a shit show and it’s starting to become more apparent day by day.– Once was not my fault, Gamestop bought Funcoland and That should be all I need to say about that. But I want to emphasize that the people they sent to replace us were the dumbest set of individuals I have ever had to work with and “Train”. Then they got rid of us once they felt comfortable their idiot minions could take over. Short story long: They couldn’t.
– Once was my fault, and even though my managers and coworkers understood the situation, it was an offense that could (And did!) cause my termination. No bad blood and that whole thing created some of my best friends. So I win.
– Once I made them fire me and I was genuinely surprised I continued working at that job a solid eight months more before they finally got the testicular fortitude to do something about it. (Two months later they fired that manager because he was useless. Turns out I wasn’t the problem after all. 😀 )
Otherwise I’ve made lateral and vertical transfers between companies and departments.
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I have been genuinely thinking about it. Problem is, I don’t do well with VR/AR. I get motion sickness.
Many years ago, Disney used to have an arcade called Disney Quest. I can’t remember if it was on a boardwalk, or Downtown Disney or what all, but it was a 5 level arcade in Orlando that was fun and awesome. They had an Aladdin VR experience that was well done, especially for the time. I had to take the headset off a few times to get my bearings and stop myself from puking all over creation. I had also played with a VERY primitive version of VR in the 90s. Think Doom on DOS, but with only lines, no color or polygons. Unfortunately, even with Vive, Oculus, Playstation, Etc… I have not had one good experience with the platform.
So it’s a limitation of me, not the platform. I love the way Apple products work together, but I don’t think this one will be for me since it’s not true passthrough/AR. It’s simulated. Cool concept, I’m sure great execution, but I’ll put that money towards building a computer instead.
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Right? JSG seemed level headed and willing to speak on all accounts without animosity. Obviously with the occasional call out or retort, but that’s to be expected.
But little by little that mask started to fall and he had a downward spiral about the Parental Rights in Education Bill as though he got his talking points from Extremist CNN personalities. He took it it out of context and when individuals, like 1/4 Black Garrett (An actual, biological father), called him out… He doubled and tripled down on a stance that would be proven false and inaccurate.
It was so bad, Pink thought she was brave and stunning and donated a bunch of “Banned Books” to her Florida concert goers… Books that weren’t actually banned in Florida. But they WERE banned in her native Los Angeles. Ironic that never got mentioned. She was completely clueless, trying to fight a non-existent boogeyman, when the monster was in her own backyard the whole time.
Much like how JSG reacted to the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill that was never real. But that was the hill he was willing to die on. He went silent for a bit, at least on YouTube, and emerged trying to stay semi-balanced like he started, then quickly hit the downward spiral again… Until X-Men 97 came out. Then he seemed to cement his footing… Something halfway between “This isn’t as bad as the conservatives think” and also “F the conservatives”.
I don’t have a Twitter/X profile. I nuked my account in 2019 when politics took over the platform. But I still have my YouTube profile… After this rant, I think I’ve given myself enough reason to unsub JSG. I just recently did the same with Comics Matter w/ Ya Boi Zack.
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Part of me thinks they could actually be great stories… But I’m burnt at the mistreatment of the kind of person who was all in on EVS’ messaging that he then burned in multiple ways. It’s sad it’s come to this… But it is what it is.
And like you, I’d rather do most anything else than open a severely delayed book I’ve long lost interest in from a guy who’s long lost interest in his fan base.
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Apologies, but I’ve never heard of Braxcast. So I didn’t know you talked about it there. I also didn’t see anyone post about it here. So I did. 😛
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Exactly! I rented a car for a trip last year and the stupid thing thought it could swerve whenever someone got too close to me. That’s great to avoid the collision, except the part where you potentially cause me to hit a completely different car in another lane when I swerve towards them making me the at fault party. I don’t need that feature.
I DO need a swappable radio. But these car manufacturers have this idea that they can tell you how to drive their vehicle that they don’t want you to own flat out, but they get mad you want to change their sound. It’s weird.
I hope you do build out your 90s/00s truck! That actually sounds amazing! I’ll probably buy new because certain areas, like DFW, trucks and sports cars are treated like dirt. So they almost always have issues when they’re sold used. So, unless it’s a sedan, I’m buying new. I’m just not sure which set of headaches (Toyota, Ford, or Ram) I want to have as far as changing out the radio and filling out the sound.But seriously, you start building out an old truck and I’ll donate to the cause! It’s a dying art. LEast I can do is get you a Optima Yellow Top battery or something!
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Verizon used to be the de facto carrier in DC as all the metro lines and tunnels were supposed to be covered by them. In truth, that only worked about half the time at best. I think the contract was opened up to allow all major carriers work through the Metro system, but I haven’t heard or cared too much about it since I moved away from DC.
AT&T is headquartered here in Dallas, Texas. I’m more on the Fort Worth side, but I have the same problem. I can’t get a signal to save my life at the local grocery store/town center. You would imagine the city that a cellular carrier is headquartered in should have the whole city covered, but that is not the case.
As for T-Mobile, I was a multi decade Sprint customer until T-Mobile came in and messed everything up. I didn’t have a functional voicemail for nearly a year… The year I was looking for a new job. So that was HIGHLY inconvenient.
Like I said, I have my issues with all three major carriers who are supposed to work… but I don’t have a single issue with CDs, which always work. It used to be that if your CD player broke, you could just swap out the radio with aftermarket like Alpine, Pioneer, or Kenwood. You can’t do that with most cars and trucks anymore. So aside from taking away CD players, they’ve taken away choice. And then something like this happens as a gentle reminder that sometimes a car is just a car and shouldn’t be in charge of driving. Or recording all your data and sending it back to the clouds.
But that’s just my long winded two cents. 😛
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I’m glad I’m not the only one that remembers the place! Too bad they tore it down for something else. 🙁
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Absolutely! The artwork has been great in Isom and Alphacore. I’m excited for what’s next.
The artwork in Cyber Frog is great too, but honestly I’m not going to help EVS crowdfund again so he can spend his time trying to troll other independent comic book publishers. I don’t like bullies and I think this kind of BS will eventually tarnish All Caps Comics, making it harder to sell their books.
