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dipbeneaththelasers
joined 1 year ago
This is what we do at work.
I prefer to spin the wheel of destiny.
Tune the radio to NPR and hope Wait Wait Don't Tell Me is on.
To anyone who hasn't, his Wikipedia entry is worth a read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Sobel
Heightened class awareness and solidarity maybe? A person can dream.
I get that. It makes logical sense. It's just that corporations have so much power to impose their will and it feels weird to me that we let them do that even when it comes to how a human presents themself.
We're so fucked.
I agree, but then I started thinking "why the hell do I think it's so reasonable for a corporation to strip away the humanity of its employees" and I'm not sure where I've landed now.
You can't control your feet and they always shapeshift to a size that makes your shoes too tight.
For anyone wondering like me:
A Tannoy is a system of loudspeakers used to make public announcements, for example at a fair or at a sports stadium. [British, trademark]regional note: in AM, use public address system.
“People can be out there taking photos of the sunset and then go home and murder their spouse,” Sponsel said in response to a question from her attorney. “Does that necessarily mean they were innocent of murdering their spouse because they were taking pictures of the sunset earlier in the day? No.”
Holy shit.