Quality issues alone are a major disincentive to outsourcing.

How many remakes of this game do we need?

Sweet baby Jesus can nobody make anything original anymore?

It’s got to be pretty god damn insulting for sure.

I currently live in a province in Canada, that is currently ruled by a government that is governing under what’s basically an MO of Covid and vaccine revenge.

There’s no hope for humanity. Absolutely none. That’s my lesson from Covid. The majority of the people around me, my neighbours, etc, are basically all incapable of logical thought and highly susceptible to disinformation and rogue actors.

In our area driving at night brings a statistically higher chance of wildlife-involved accidents. If you told your insurance company you worked straight nights, I’m pretty sure they would jack it up. That’s why you don’t necessarily disclose that, the only questions I’ve ever been asked about work, is what distance it was that I was driving daily. Always just left it at that, even when I did work nights many many many years ago.

They can shove their safety score up their ass. I paid $70k for the car, I’ll drive it how I want to, and more importantly, when I want to.

I won’t let my insurance get access to my driving metrics. They asked me again on renewal, offering a “discount.” I’m actually a fairly vanilla driver, I work from home, 25+ years of driving experience with no accidents and one minor speeding ticket back in like 2006. This is still my line in the sand though, nevertheless. If I go buy something on Facebook marketplace for example, and it’s in a rougher neighbourhood, I don’t think my 10 minutes of being in that area should affect my premiums. Or if I go get ice cream at midnight, because I’m craving ice cream, what’s the entire point of owning a vehicle if I can’t do that without negative consequences? Again, I paid $70 freaking thousand dollars, like go pound sand.

Super glad I didn’t cough up extra money for FSD. Just another reason it’s a scam.

Grab a Chromecast or almost any cheap streaming device of your choice, Tivimate and IPTV. Find a really good reliable IPTV provider for your area and you won’t really have issues.

Dell sucks at everything. This work computer that I have is an absolute pile of shit. Yet it cost more than my high end gaming computer that absolutely smokes it in every way.

I’m looking forward to trying it myself. That is, if the damn thing ever gets here (and it’s been like a week, but I have the patience of a toddler).

Right on. Well look, I hope it’s a great trip for you guys. Travel safe and vacation hard!

I think I’d be a little less creeped out if it was an Etsy link. I’m not against promotion, but when it involves my kids, I’m super suspicious and protective. Also that link the way it is, isn’t one I’d let them visit.

Edit: or even less creepy, if you could share your store name and just say search for us on Etsy or something. Direct links from unvetted sources is a security no-no.

It’s also hella creepy. If someone handed this to my kid at Disney World, it would likely be straight into the garbage. This is step 1 on how people get malwared/defrauded, and/or abducted.

I recognize your intentions are likely pure, but it’s the world we live in. If you really want to hand stuff out, IMO you should skip the link.

This is literally my wet dream. Fuck ferraris and supermodels and all of that, this is what turns my crank.

I also recognize we aren’t there yet, but I can’t wait!

No need to lie, yous about to shank-a-bitch!

I got a 73% raise for jumping ship after just under four years at my old job, back in 2021 2022. I was getting nothing but gaslighted when I pointed out that my salary was becoming a bit under the indicated going rate. Which to me quickly indicated that they saw me as disposable, as they refused to respond to clear and well laid out backup. Then the phone rang, so I mean that was that. I did what disposable people do, and jumped out the window.

I’ve since gotten one promotion and about another 30% increase from my starting rate, which means I’m making more than double what I was just two years ago. But I’m not resting on that. I’m always watching and thinking about what’s next. It’s a competition for my labour, and I will more often than not side with the highest bidder. I don’t give a shit about tenure, or my potential growth, or my so-called future within your company. Unless you show me the path, a well laid out timeline with mutually defined goals that you clearly will stick to, and the money. Then I might care. But even then, I’m always a bit weary, and it’s almost always more rewarding to chase external opportunities and promotions. That said, I’ve also never had an employer that’s truly believed in me and actually been legitimately concerned with my growth before. It’s always been take take take, false promises and failures to actually deliver on insinuated opportunities when the chips fell. Ones mileage may vary though.

I think the answer to this is actually fairly simple. When the bossman tells me something’s in my best interest, I’m just immediately suspicious. Like I know in your example it maybe is, you’ve laid out your logic and all of that. But you have to realize that for every good boss, there’s probably 15 bad ones. Western economic, labour systems and power structures have been so lopsided for generations, that it’s literally hard coded in us to be suspicious. Whenever someone comes at me from work with a big smile and excitement, my flags FLY to red alert. Because I’m statistically far more likely to be on the raw side of the deal.

I look at it differently. It’s my job to invest in, and create an environment that people don’t want to ever leave. It’s a two way street. If people are only hanging around for a year, something is up, and it probably ain’t their fault.

The sister is still wedged in the dryer, waiting for someone to come rescue her.

NDP needs to get their shit together. I mean I’m largely aligned with the general NDP platform, truth be told. But you are right, the need to get louder and more vicious.

PP basically needs someone to do what he’s doing to Trudeau, to him. There’s lots of material, hanging low on the tree to be picked.

If anyone needs this dumbed down, you know that angry white trash guy down the street, that shows up to any sort of pride festival event with a bunch of signs and his Christian lunatic buddies? The one that has the REPENT and biblical signs nailed poorly to the side of their house? Yeah that’s Christian Heritage. They policies they stand for are convoluted, but basically are wedged somewhere in between Nazi Germany and the stone ages. They used to be full Nazi, but of course that led to like a 0.003% share of the vote, so now they are trying to hide it a little better. And doing a poor job at it.