Carl
@Carl@anarchist.nexus
- Comment on Why don't politicians during a hearing let the person they are questioning actually answer questions and speak? 3 days ago:
Also worth noting that each congressperson only gets a certain amount of time to ask their questions, otherwise hearings could stretch pretty much indefinitely. So a hostile witness can run the clock out by rambling, while avoiding answering the questions they don’t want to answer. That’s why “reclaiming my time” is such a common thing to hear in these hearings: the congressperson is saying “they’re rambling instead of answering the question I asked, so I’m pausing my timer and reclaiming the wasted time they spent rambling.”
- Comment on Do women actually enjoy sex? 3 days ago:
You may be dealing with vaginismus, which is a condition where the vaginal muscles involuntarily tense up in anticipation of insertion. It can make sex (or any other kinds of insertion, like tampons or pelvic exams) extremely painful, because you’re stretching the tensed muscles the same way a muscle cramp would.
It’s largely considered a psychological condition, because it is typically based on anxiety surrounding the insertion. And that anxiety can quickly become self-perpetuating, as pain from insertion will likely cause future anxiety. Therapy (and practice) can help alleviate that anxiety, which can alleviate the tensed muscles, which alleviates the pain.
- Comment on When Stephen Colbert had The Colbert Report did the right ever realize he was doing a parody of them? 4 days ago:
Literally Poe’s Law in action, but applied to real life where the sarcasm is extremely apparent.
- Comment on I gotta up my toxicity 4 days ago:
The post is very edgy
- Comment on Got fired over a peproncini today so expect a lot of bullshit for the next couple days. 5 days ago:
In the US? You can get fired because the manager doesn’t like the color of your shirt, or the perfume you’re wearing today. As long as they’re not being discriminatory against a federally protected class, (sex, race, religion, old age, disability, and national origin) it’s legal.
And even if they did fire you for being a member of one of those protected classes, (for instance, if they fired you for being a woman, or for being black), you’d need to prove it. And unless they were stupid enough to put that shit in writing, you’ll need to do a lot of investigative work to prove a pattern of discrimination.
- Comment on Got fired over a peproncini today so expect a lot of bullshit for the next couple days. 5 days ago:
Yup, proving things like protected classes usually requires either a super stupid manager (who puts it in writing, or says it in front of coworkers who are willing to testify for you), or proving a sustained pattern of behavior. Because a manager can just go “I didn’t like their vibes” and get away with it most of the time. Because disproving a soft subjective thing like “bad vibes” is basically impossible. Instead, you need to prove a pattern of behavior, like all of their “bad vibes” firings within the past two years have been black people. But getting access to that kind of thing will require a subpoena and lots of investigative work.
- Comment on Got fired over a peproncini today so expect a lot of bullshit for the next couple days. 5 days ago:
Retaliation only applies if the employee was engaging in protected activities, like filing a Department of Labor complaint or initiating a lawsuit. And, again, “making fun of your employer’s daughter’s dead boyfriend” isn’t a protected activity.
- Comment on Got fired over a peproncini today so expect a lot of bullshit for the next couple days. 5 days ago:
At-will only provides protections for specific types of discrimination. They can’t fire you for being part of a federally protected class. For instance, they can’t fire you for being a woman, or for being black, because sex and race are federally protected classes. But “making fun of a dude who drunkenly wrapped himself around a tree” isn’t a protected class, so the firing would be legal in an at-will state.
However, OP can (and should) file for unemployment ASAP. The former employer may try to contest it to get it denied, but that’s just to avoid paying extra on their insurance. If OP appeals the denial, they can submit a reason why they were fired. And as long as it wasn’t for cause (which basically requires something illegal like stealing from the company) then their appeal will be approved and they’ll get unemployment.
But unemployment only begins from the date that you apply. So OP should apply ASAP, so the start date is today.
- Comment on 6 days ago:
Yup, spamming “flash1:wave2:Selling lobs 200ea” in Varrock’s bank is still engrained in my muscle memory, over 20 years later.
- Comment on 6 days ago:
Also a millennial. RuneScape had me breezing through my typing classes. I was typing 80 WPM by second grade.
- Comment on Steam Deck Sales Reportedly Plunge 80% After Price Hikes 6 days ago:
I actually fear the opposite is true. The long term plan is to force everyone towards cheap dumb terminal systems, (imagine something like a Chromebook) so they can then rent processing power for individual tasks.
For example, Nvidia GeForce Now. You can play a AAA game on max settings on a piece of garbage laptop. Hell, you can even play it on an iPad. All you need to do is rent the processing power from Nvidia, and now you have the power of an RTX 5080 on all of your streaming-capable devices for only a few bucks a day. Easy, right?
But now imagine that for basically all of your computing. Need to edit a video? Oh that’ll be $30 a month to access Premier Pro’s cloud editing, where you stream the program from a server. Need Photoshop? Lucky for you, Adobe has a cloud package where you can stream your Photoshop sessions directly from Adobe’s servers. Only $40 per month. Need to do basically anything besides browse the internet? Might as well memorize your credit card number, because you’ll be needing it a lot.
Software-as-a-service is a blight and is inherently anti-consumer… But it is also where basically every large software company (and most small companies) are going nowadays. And renting processing power is simply SAAS taken to its logical conclusion.
- Comment on yes 3 weeks ago:
There are theories that he is brain dead, but that his aides will delay announcing it until after a certain date has passed. Because his state has a law where the governor (a Democrat) can appoint someone to the seat if he dies… That would give democrats the majority. But the governor can only make an appointment if Mitch’s death happens at least 90 days before an election. After that 90 day mark, the governor can’t appoint anyone, and has to wait for the election.
Kentucky’s election happens on November 3, meaning the 90 day mark is August 5, only a month away. So the conspiracy is that they’ll keep him on life support (and hidden from the press) until August, so they can wait until the 3 month deadline has passed. And then they’ll mournfully announce his passing, but oh oops it’s too late to appoint a democrat to his seat.
- Comment on What is a game that you know is bad but really enjoy(ed)? 1 month ago:
It’s a funny case where it was pretty widely panned by diehard fans of the previous games, but it was extremely popular with basically everyone else. So there was a very vocal minority who shat on the game right after it released. But it hit a broad enough audience that the new/casual players overwhelmed the diehard fans.
Bioshock Infinite is basically the Fallout 4 of Bioshock games. If you played Fallout 4 first, you’d probably think it’s a great Fallout game. The gameplay is decent, you have roleplay choices for the story, there is lots of world building, etc… But if New Vegas is already your favorite game, you probably hated FO4 for not being enough Fallout. It doesn’t mean people enjoying FO4 are wrong. It just means the game didn’t deliver what existing fans were hoping for.