Not just union jobs, but traditionally union industries like auto workers as well. I have a friend that works in a factory in the US south. Not union, but the pay and benefits are close to keep UAW from gaining a foothold. He would complain about them handing out flyers in front of the plant every so often.

After a recent incident that had him sweating bullets over potentially losing his job for something minor (and having to face management and HR alone), I told him to take the leaflet next time. I hope he does.

I earned my dad joke card in 1985 when I came around the corner carrying a joke book and like 7 kids groaned.

is old

I never did understand how an ocean can contain multiple seas.

OCD/AuDHD wreaks havoc on my executive function, and was left untreated for so long that my life is now falling apart.

I’m insufferable for completely different reasons.

Related Wendover video.

https://youtu.be/AIqxfBhlwx0

Wielded by Chalupa Batman.

10/10, well done!

I would leave about 1/4 acre unmowed on the side

If I did that my entire yard would be overgrown, because it’s smaller than that lol. I did let the backyard mostly go wild a few years ago, had an interesting mix of native species and invasive. Invasive won by a landslide, even while manually keeping the English ivy in check. Creeping Charlie and purple deadnettle went everywhere. Some areas eroded so much due to lack of turf roots (either outcompeted or succumbed to the combo of early direct light followed by shade most of the day) that it’s basically just big baked bald spots. One of these years I’m going to try and figure something out to repair it… just need the intersection of time and money.

Also run all those “mosquito control” companies out of town, because they’re killing all the insects on all the properties around wherever they spray

Had a guy knock on my door a few months ago. They were “doing work in the neighborhood” (of course) and offering to treat the yard for carpenter ants. I declined. “It sure would be a shame if your neighbors all got treated and you ended up with an infestation.” Buddy, if all you got is movie mob threats, your career in “sales” is going to go about as well as the last dozen things you tried and failed at.

Sociopathy, mostly.

You’re probably miracle-intolerant.

It’ll cure what ails ya.

Somehow. Doesn’t matter what it is. Miracle cure, yessiree.

The most painful part is when I go to garden centers and see it for sale.

“Buy it for life!”

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I’m playing whack a mole with my own ivy. Fuck the prior house owners for letting it get out of hand. I got all of it from the trees and the side of the house but it always grows back. I’m still finding sprouts from thick woody vines that have been there forever apparently. I tried removing it from the fence but realized very quickly that it’s the only thing holding it together. 😒

And fuck the English for bringing it over (we both know it was them, even their plants are colonizers).

You’re really on a roll with all of this pedanting.

My yard begs to differ.

A Pyrrhic victory is still a victory.

counts useless numbers in a spreadsheet representing useless pieces of paper as society collapses around them

“Regulator angers capital for doing their job” is one of my favorite headlines.

“Today’s findings show that the Lexington Police Department abandoned continued its sacred position of mistrust in the community by routinely violating the constitutional rights of those it was sworn to must bind but not protect,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

“FTFY” doesn’t apply here. It’s still fucked, but it’s more accurate.

With nobody to use it on. He likely outlived the cretins that framed him.