Don’t underestimate the lengths these people will go to deny reality. Unless they’re personally affected they won’t care and even then they have short memories. All conservatives are like this.

Where’s that image from?

I know five or six people who work for the TSA, and every one of them are MAGA

And yet it’s very likely they won’t put two and two together to figure out the sitting Republican president is responsible for their weakened union. Still, this couldn’t have happened to more deserving people.

International relations standpoint aside, she offered no benefits or relief to the economic woes of the working class other than telling them to suck it up because everything’s fine. She ignored progressives in a pathetic attempt at currying favor with the likes of Liz fucking Cheney because she thinks conservatives would actually pick a Democrat over literally any Republican candidate. Everything about her screamed corporatism, the status quo of deadlocked improvements in Congress, and a lack of willingness to meaningfully change things for the better.

She is the quintessential establishment Democrat who would rather campaign for fundraisers than actually act on meaningful legislation. Despite all these (and many more) flaws, I voted for her as she was the only meaningful opposition the DNC could regurgitate out because Biden was too proud to stop his reelection campaign early on. For California governor, I’d want an actual progressive with the intent to make things better over her any day.

I want someone who doesn’t seek approval from conservatives. She can fuck off and collect speakers fees for the rest of her life for all I care.

I already spend most of my day reading and writing documents so the idea of reading even more for fun just makes my eyes hurt. I love books but if I can enjoy them in a different format to let them rest then I’d be happy to do so. Audiobooks are a great experience when you’re out for an evening walk or staring at traffic for your commute.

After my latest contract gig expired, a friend called me up telling me about a job fair at his company that was interviewing and hiring on the same day. Before this all my engineering jobs were temporary 2 year stints working for major biomedical companies but under job agencies so they can avoid paying benefits and treat people like me as second class citizens. We had different color badges and wouldn’t be welcomed to company parties or have bonuses like the regular employees, it was demoralizing.

When you’ve been relying on a free source of defense for decades, it’s attractive to divert investment into something more directly beneficial to the citizenry. Better late than never, at least.

That joke went far-right over me.