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As far as I’m concerned, he has not genuinely suffered any consequences until he ACTUALLY pays up or goes to prison.

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That’s because for a gobsmacking number of people, judicial decisions are the absolute final word. My attitude wouldn’t be nearly so cynical if we were talking about an average person, like you or me.

For this putrid waste of oxygen, though, judicial decisions are just another inconvenience for his lawyers to appeal, delay, or simply ignore. It doesn’t even matter if those lawyers are incompetent. Some magical circumstances always seem to protect him from consequences.

The end of workplace loyalty: Why work feels so broken right now — and how it can be repaired ( www.businessinsider.com )

In the two years I've been writing about Americans' changing relationship to work, there's one theme that's come up over and over again: loyalty. Whether my stories are about quiet quitting, or job-hopping, or leveraging a job offer from a competitor to force your boss to give you a raise, readers seem to divide into two groups....

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This is an excellent article. I work hard for my boss because my boss is good to me. I actively look for stuff to do because I give a shit about him and the people I work with. That is not the case when my employer treats me like a replaceable asset instead of a person.

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You’re right, it does. I guess since various law enforcement agencies already have the footage, they can get away with it… but yeah, since public volunteers helped in so many cases, the end result is the same.

Blurring the faces of the protestors may not break the letter of the law, but it definitely violates the spirit. I’d like to see a skilled legal team make an official complaint.

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That was my initial thought, but then I read the article.

DOJ does have that footage. But online sleuths have proven to be an extremely valuable resource in identifying Jan. 6 participants, using the CCTV footage to determine which rioters entered the building and then building a database with the clearest photos of those suspects. They have often used facial recognition for leads and have aided in hundreds of cases against Jan. 6 defendants.

Blurring the footage isn’t the empty gesture I thought it was. All he’s doing is exposing the layout of the building while protecting insurrectionists. Bear in mind that the building was deliberately designed in a confusing way for security purposes.

Fuck this guy.

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What a pedantic asshole. “Veteran” is just a thing people say when they’re experienced in a given area.

I don’t think I’d be able to tolerate this guy for more than a few minutes.

Gold Bar resident says clerk’s shirt is ‘crossing a line’ as some feel unsafe in grocery store ( www.kiro7.com )

GOLD BAR, Wash. — In Snohomish County, some residents told KIRO 7 they feel unsafe going to their local grocery store. Over the weekend, controversial photos of a cashier at Gold Bar Family Grocer appeared on social media. The photos show a man with a KKK shirt and a loaded holster checking out customers....

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Oh, they know, or they choose to remain willfully ignorant. Besides, “Freedom of Speech” is a simple, powerful phrase, but they’re very quick to abandon it when that same power is used by their ideological enemies.

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The store manager said they are a salaried employee, so they are “essentially working in the pharmacy for free” to give their staff extra support.

Not sustainable. These managers are in an impossible position. On one hand, their staff needs the extra help, but when managers let themselves be exploited like this, the corporate decision makers have no incentive to change their policies.

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Then they should order delivery or something. Food poisoning is not the answer.

Yeah, dealing with the delivery guy might be unpleasant, but paramedics and the hospital staff will be MUCH worse.

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That’s what freaked me out the most - how thick the cut is.

This isn’t beef. You can’t cook chicken medium rare and expect things to be okay.

magnetosphere ,
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Nobody will remember them saving a few bucks. What they will remember are the sick days when this moron isn’t in the office.

magnetosphere ,
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I like to think that the Democrats voted McCarthy out partially because they knew what a shitstorm it would cause.

Hell, maybe that’s been openly stated, and I just don’t know because I haven’t been following it closely enough.

McCarthy ousted as House speaker in dramatic vote as Democrats join with GOP critics to topple him ( apnews.com )

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been voted out of the job in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history. The 216-210 vote was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and throws the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.

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Did the article explain why some Democrats went along with voting him out? If it did, I missed it, and honestly I’m too lazy to read the article again. Thanks!

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Direct and to the point. Okay!

magnetosphere ,
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Yes. If he carried a grudge for years, that would make him a pompous ass. This, on the other hand, just sounds like someone making the adjustment to television acting from a stage career.

I like that his fellow cast members felt like they could talk to him about it. That alone says quite a bit.

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I would have assumed they were already collecting this information.

Bonus - the funniest example of euphemistic corpspeak bullshit I’ve seen in a while:

“The information will help guide conversations as needed between employees and managers about coming into the office with their colleagues.”

magnetosphere ,
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At first I interpreted “huge” as “immensely popular”. I thought you were surrounded by idiots who aren’t impressed by dinosaurs lol

magnetosphere ,
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I might consider relocating someplace nice, but an overhyped, overpriced city in one of the reddest red states? Kindly fuck off.

magnetosphere ,
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Most “fine print” on a photo is usually cowardly or clarifies a deception. This, however, is just courteous.

magnetosphere ,
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Last month Manchin further stirred Democratic concerns with an appearance in the early-voting state of New Hampshire with the “No Labels” group, where he mulled starting a third-party presidential campaign in 2024, challenging Democratic President Joe Biden. Having a third-party candidate would “threaten” the two major political parties, Manchin said.

He thinks WAY too highly of himself. He might complicate the Republican vote, but he wouldn’t threaten Biden.

Reddit Refugee here venting

I’m in the post-ban blackpilled mode right no so please forgive me. I know reddit is falling apart but it isn’t happening fast enough. Is there any hope that the whole site will be destroyed? I really just want the whole site / app completely destroyed and thew Vichyite mods unable to have their power trips anymore.

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I’ve changed my mind in the last few weeks. I don’t want reddit to die. I want it to keep limping along so the idiots, trolls, and petty tyrants stay there.

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A reasonable person with even a shred of self respect would simply choose not to run in such a situation. But then, if he was reasonable and had any self respect, he wouldn’t have chosen to be Trump’s VP in the first place.

magnetosphere ,
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Not sure how to react in a given situation? Easy! Just do the opposite of what Matt Gaetz would do!

magnetosphere ,
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I don’t see how you can reconcile claiming to fight labor exploitation while at the same time giving away your labor for free to a billion dollar company.

Good point, and welcome!

magnetosphere ,
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Some people aren’t being as empathetic as they could. Please don’t take it personally. A lot of us (myself included) are reddit refugees, and being accusatory/defensive is often the default. It takes some time to realize that it’s okay to give people the benefit of the doubt.

We knew things were bad, but we didn’t realize just how bad it had gotten over there. I’m only half joking when I call it PRSD (Post Reddit Stress Disorder).

magnetosphere ,
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They did you a favor. Take this time to break your reddit habit. Resist the urge to go back.

magnetosphere ,
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Whatever

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This article kinda makes me hope for reddit to survive. I want all the toxic, angry assholes to stay there, not desperately flee to the fediverse in search of their fix.

magnetosphere ,
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I’m not on Facebook. What happened?

magnetosphere ,
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I edited my comment to say “flee to the fediverse” after melroy corrected me. I had originally said “flee to Lemmy”.

@melroy

magnetosphere ,
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Boo to that. Lots of people complained about the name “wefwef” being stupid, but I liked it because it was stupid!

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