ivanafterall ☑️

Hang in there. I know it’s just stupid words on a screen, but I’m juuuust on the other side of a painful, painful fucking stretch. I thought it’d never end. I’m scared to even say it, but I think my new boss MIGHT actually care about her employees and view them as people? knock on wood

Well, shit, that part of the sales pitch usually snags 'em.

What about a button to turn OFF…no, that’s not much help either…

Fine, you can have your damned exemption.

Not sure, mine’s in my weiner I think?

Never thought I’d see the day that the very concept of parody itself would become outdated.

I’m not sad, you’re sad.

But think of the orgasm button. I know that can’t end well, but what a way to go.

Yep. My answer is “CSP/Content Manager” then “every other Assetto Corsa mod.” (Also worth noting Shutoko Revival Project.)

lolol holy shit

Ctrl + F

Find: Chinese

Replace: God-damned Chinese

New model’s ready!

Yeah.

Thanks. I was fortunate enough to go from working as a typical dumbass conservative to jaded and leaving the Hill to suddenly working at a place that focused on the civil service–things like the IRS, OPM, OMB. I suddenly found the talking points I brought with me from a GOP Capitol Hill office very flimsy–beyond insufficient in the face of the reality of these very complex agencies/issues and these people working in these agencies who were waaaay smarter than I was. And some of those people were kind enough to fairly gently go, “Here’s all the shit you’ve been wrong about until now, you fucking dumbass. OH, and just fyi, here’s some of the literal personal human fallout the bullshit you were personally working on caused on this side of things.” It was all sobering. I’m still not an expert, I just mostly try to shutup now unless I’m pretty sure I’m not accidentally still spewing some old propaganda dust bunny that I inadvertently missed.

Latest John Oliver Trump segment shows exactly that: 19-year-old Elon Musk follower known as “Big Balls” online who as of now is a senior adviser at the State Department. :) :) :) :) :)

The notion of a deep state is absurd and is just right-wing bullshit demonizing government employees so that conservatives could justify tearing it down like they’re doing now.

For years, the problem at many agencies has been getting enough good people into government, because who wants to work at a place they’ll be often underpaid and treated/discussed like shit? The IRS is a great example. Their collection efforts (e.g. Biden making an effort to go claim unpaid taxes from wealthier Americans) repay something like 10-to-1 what is spent on them, but year-after-year-after-year they’re underfunded, because it’s easy to say, “Fuck the IRS! BOOOO TAXES!” And nobody wants to hear, “Collecting taxes is literally one of THE essential aspects of government. The agency that collects them needs more resources to do it well–they’re literally still using 1980s computer equipment. Please give the IRS more money.”

The reality is so much less sexy than any conspiracy would have you believe. Less “secret underground bunkers with flashing lights” and more “dilapidated Soviet building that it turns out has been unoccupied for 25 years, but all the files are still in the cabinets, because they just left one day and nobody gave a fuck.”

Mine is currently the intro to Give Me the Night by George Benson, in case anyone wondered.

Pictured: Castle Kevin, Liechtenstein

DO NOT melt your golden fiddles down for scrap metal, if you’re looking to make the most on them. You’re going to lose a huge amount of the value. And if you plan to do it at home, the requirements are pretty intense.

We really did fuck them over, but I’m not sure it’s the best comparison in that I don’t think Hawaii had any real military of its own (it was a big deal in the late 1800s when they had commissioned a single new warship.) And not only did it lack allies, but multiple countries were simultaneously and openly vying to be the first to steal it.

Having said that, would Canada’s allies really do more than they did when Russia invaded Ukraine? Seems doubtful. George Orwell was horrifyingly prescient when he predicted the world nuclear weapons would lead to.

Learning to read at all is just opening yourself up to all sorts of new avenues of attack.

You don’t have to go places if you’re not ready. Start small. Shit on something in your home, maybe start with your desk? Baby steps.

*And/or

Well, shit. I didn’t know they were targeting Real-Debrid.