As a tech bro I used to make 6 figures doing almost nothing at all. I used to play WoW during meetings. As a Medical Assistant I get run ragged on 10-hour shifts starting at 6am and make $20 an hour.
I truly love my job. But capitalism doesn’t reward hard work. It punishes it.
Some of you said they need not worry if they are telling the truth.
If only.
Defamation case = years of anguish in pretrial proceedings + 2-5 years to get to trial + a half mil to a million $ in attorneys fees (not to me).
Few have the emotional strength and wealth for that.
I had to advise two women today that if they speak out about their sexual assaults, they can be sued.
Even if they don't name their abuser.
Even if they don't identify him by job or relationship.
One wept at being silenced.
The fallout from Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard.
hi this is your daily reminder that anyone telling you cats "belong" or are "at home" outdoors is spinning you a tale, there is no precedent for any domestic animal living freely in the wild without serious repercussions to their environments (and often their own health)
Sorry but when you see videos of dozens of cops with their BACKS TO THE SCHOOL WHERE A SHOOTING IS TAKING PLACE, because they're restraining parents, what are you supposed to think?
Elon Musk told the United Nations he would give them $6 billion to end world hunger if they showed him a detailed plan of how they would use the money. They called his bluff and gave him their plan— and then they never got the money. Now he’s buying Twitter for $45 billion.