I failed an internal phishing test one time, the first time I’ve been on the receiving end of the tests instead of the one making it up and sending it out

Anyway, I was still new at the company so I wasn’t sure of all the usual domains and processes they have. During an all-hands meeting, the CEO mentioned that we will be receiving our bonuses soon and to make sure to adjust your settings if you want to avoid it all going into your 401k or something. A week later, I get an email saying that I need to adjust my payroll settings for the upcoming bonus. Turns out, it was a phishing test. Jokes on me, the real email to adjust those settings came 4 months later.

I really miss it. Unfortunately, as you said, it’s pretty terrible now. The sequel/remake is shaping up to be just as terrible as the modern version

Vindictus, pre-2015

This sentiment is not actually mutually exclusive. If AOC will get iced out and the corporate candidate is guaranteed to win anyway, then there’s no harm in voting for her during the primaries

Thankfully, there’s an even better, easier, cheaper, and just solution to this as well

Negate the ruling and allow transgender people to use the correct bathroom that is congruent with their gender identity

There will always be nitpicks whenever the resolution is not completely meaningless and devoid of any actionable steps. If the vote was started again just stating that nations are generally against starvation, then I’m sure the US would vote yes.

But maybe not!

What’s actually the point of this exercise? Trying to scrape together reasons to be proud of living in a fascist dictator state, “not everything is that bad”, just reads like cope. Yeah sure, there are some decent places in the US, but even those could be much better than they are. Every facet of life in the US is being held back by the fascism part, even whatever “good” parts we can brainstorm up

The difference between how China is handling these classes compared to how the US (and Canada) handled tribal cultural and linguistic genocide generally is not even close to comparable. You have absolutely no clue. It is disgusting that you are attempting to compare the severity at all just to lose an internet argument.

That’s your best comeback?

In the US, all children are required to take English classes from kindergarten and up until the end of high school. There are no alternatives offered, if a student can’t speak English, then they are at the very least offered ESL classes in addition to their regular English courses, but they still must take those courses and pass in order to get a diploma

I second Common Side Effects, great series