Pet tortoise?

Leave their houses to their pets when they die.

That works best for people who have a few hundred million in cash. I got about tree fiddy.

What he plans and what takes place ain’t never been exactly similar.

“True” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. A democratic republic is a form of democracy.

I disagree with your stance on the presidential ballot but I respect your position. You aren’t any more responsible for Trump’s actions than I would be for Kamala’s. There was no one on the ballot (who could win) who was going to do anything about Gaza. For me that meant moving on to other issues. Nothing I did in that voting booth would do Palestinians any immediate good, but there were other differences between the candidates and I cast my vote on the basis of things I could affect.

But at the end of the day you and I want the same things. Why fight you when the real enemies are so clear? Even if you don’t vote for the President, you’re still voting for Congress and the Senate and that is crucial, too. Truth is Trump wouldn’t be a problem if he didn’t control the whole shebang. Mate, I appreciate everyone who filled out a ballot to make themselves heard.

I have yet to see F4. Reviews have sounded pretty middling. Most people are vaguely positive about it but with some criticisms.

I enjoyed Thunderbolts a lot, but it’s a character story. For as powerful a character as Sentry is, this was a very small movie in a good way. If you enjoy character work, I think it’s the best of the three.

And then there is Superman. Maybe it’s just because I haven’t seen a good Superman movie in over 40 years, but I really loved this movie. It’s got heart. It’s got big characters with great chemistry. It is a little bit camp, but it understands and respects Superman. It’s not afraid to slow down for a couple of character beats, but there is a stopwatch running the whole time and it is a little relentless. Plus the music incorporates John Williams’s theme and I loved every note of it.

First, I don’t understand why processors give a fuck. Do they imagine people are going to just stop using credit in protest of how other people spend their money? Tell me another fucking joke.

Second, I’m not a game developer, but I suddenly want to make a horror game that includes graphic, exploitive, gratuitous depictions of everything they complain about. And name the game Collective Shriek.

Finish the session off by searching for arthritis

Found it!

He’s never had the honor of further culpability and involvement.

The problem with raping underage girls (from his perspective) is you can’t have them sign legally binding contracts…

If you are doing their job, why would they bother? What does your boss have to say about it? After all, his budget is paying for headcount that isn’t working on his objectives — which presumably results in a lower bonus payment. That’s who approves your time and that’s who decides what you work on. That other manager should be going through your manager with his requests at a minimum instead of to you.

If your boss wants you to fix their shit, that’s what you do. But I’d make sure my name went on their stories along with time spent. Ultimately someone will pay attention and notice they are a waste of payroll. Or search for another job.

“That happens to me all the time too! Damn lying women!”

— 43-year-old man still living at home

bone-conducting headphones

Very curious to try. I bought some surprisingly cheap ones to see if it would be worth spending more on them, but the ones I received said nothing about bone conduction so the ad was a flat out lie.

Air-fryer

Yes

Firefly

Yes

I’m a software developer, but I spent three months chucking boxes in the back of a truck for General Motors one summer. Some days, my brain is fried after six hours at my job, but the physical labor work I could do for 12 hours and walk out feeling almost refreshed.

I sometimes wish I could go through a day of work just… doing. Not wracked with indecision or trying to figure out which tradeoff I won’t regret in three weeks. The idea of going into a framed house and wiring up electric all day and then going home — without ever having done it or experiencing the downsides of course— it sounds really nice.

Of course my back and joints couldn’t keep up at fifty like they did at twenty-two, and I met a bunch of functional addicts working that job and I wouldn’t have wanted to get swept up in that.

As long as it’s a sample of your work I think that’s fine. I don’t think it has to be (or can be) from a previous job, as that might violate employment agreements.

How did this take 8+ fucking years?

It’s not illegal for law enforcement to lie to you even if they know it’s a lie. Isn’t this a great system? Happy Friday!