I think also when people say “Woke 1” they are usually just trying to find a way to criticize the black lives matter movement without directly saying it and when they suggest it “went too far” they’re usually telling on themselves a bit
Underrated thing seemingly driving right wing psychosis in tech is that so many of the "founders" spent years committing innumerable workplace abuses at their small startups. When they grew enough to have HR and legal departments they heard "no" for the first time and flipped out
Listen I get the appeal of the open road but let's be real... the car is for going to work, it's a tool of your imprisonment. And the debts you take on for it, too.
"Uh excuse me I KNOW it's expensive and dangerous?? I LIKE being made to depend on a car for participation in society and therefore the necessities of life... this is FREEDOM for me"
You ever realise how a lot of those types of people don't seem to understand how social media works? They're like boomers - they think everything they see on social media is like early days Facebook, where people had to actively send you stuff for you to see it.
They act like every tweet they see is us sending it to them directly, like we're petitioning them to pay attention to us, instead of the opposite: they're cruising the internet looking for things to start ranting about.
Like walking into a cafe, sitting at a stranger's table and announcing that you think their conversation is boring.
Trans person: “transphobia is bad”
0 follower chuuni transphobe in replies who nobody asked: “heh… you put this on my feed… expecting me to care? News flash… I DON’T!! Now perish like the others…”
To be less snarky, I do think lots of Americans grow up in areas where "grocery store" means a massive supermarket with it's own parking lot you have to drive to. The idea that in a walkable city you have just normal sized stores that sell groceries is hard to fathom.
I applied for a company which said it offered trans-inclusive medical insurance which would cover surgeries (unheard of in the uk!). I had 2 interviews which went really well, then they ghosted me. The job offer was quietly reposted without the line about trans healthcare 🙃
Streaming Final Fantasy VII REMAKE again in an hour! With the girls all assembled (including Cloud), it's time to move on to the Train Graveyard.
https://t.co/5ussyTycMh