Stephanie Paich

I self published a book a few months ago, and I finally commissioned an artist to make me a proper cover. If anyone is interested in scifi/romance, check it out here. Also, huge shoutout to Lance Buckley on Reedsy. Your artwork is fantastic! a.co/d/gobM0H8

@JamieBonkiewicz Jesus you people are dense. How do you prove someone is entitled to use the constitution if you don't make them show ID to prove citizenship? The point isn't whether the task is a protected right, the point is if you can be motivated to get an ID to drink you can get one to vote.

People keep saying you need an ID to buy alcohol, board a plane, rent a car or open a bank account. Voting is a right protected by our Constitution. All of those other things are privileges. Hope this helps.

@PhrogPollenYT My aunt is in her 60s and had 4 miscarriages. It just seems more prevalent because of the internet and how many people can communicate now.

Is it just me, or has stuff like miscarriages and infertility skyrocketted incredibly in the last generation? Like my parents never talked about it, nor my grandparents. My mom miscarried my little brother, but that was abnormal and treated as abnormal.

@yvessirae There's a difference between saving the life of someone who's dying and causing the death of someone who's not.

If we cannot, legally, force people to use their organs to "save another life" then we should not, legally, force pregnant people to use their organs to "save another life"

@broadwaybabyto You're correct. We don't want certain people to vote. As in people who aren't citizens and therefore should not be voting in our elections. This isn't a difficult concept.

The SAVE act will disenfranchise millions, most of them women. It forces you to show ID that matches either your birth certificate or passport. The State Dept is banning libraries from assisting with passport applications. They don’t want certain people voting.

@broadwaybabyto @jjsotofun2022 The only reason it wouldn't match is if you changed your name. Which you should have documentation of. If you don't because you're irresponsible, that's on you. But no one legally changes their name without a certificate. At some point, you HAVE to obtain it.

@jjsotofun2022 That’s not at all what I’m saying. You can’t change a birth certificate. Do you understand that or is it too hard to grasp? So if your ID doesn’t match your birth certificate then what? Not everyone gets a passport.

@SoveyX Yeah because computers can't think. They only know what you instruct them to do. Machines will always be unintelligent.

I asked ChatGPT a simple question: “I’m 100 meters from a car wash. Should I walk or drive?” Let’s pause. It’s a car wash. For a car. You go there to wash a car. It told me to walk. ChatGPT sucks.

@babybeginner @LDonivan Laziness on the part of the parents. My mom knows a woman whose daughter hadn't potty trained her son by the time he was 5. The daughter has no job or other responsibilities yet she couldn't be bothered to teach her own kid how to use a toilet.

@LDonivan It’s a THING???? Why?? Does anyone know?

We are devolving as a species. They needed to introduce a bill for this?

@greta You don't understand that you're allowed to cause harm to yourself but not other people by making and selling highly addictive and damaging hardcore drugs? Is this really the story you're going with?

I can buy 6 bottles of Tylenol at once and blow out my liver or commit suicide…but I can’t buy 2 over the counter small packages of Sudafed (what Dr. said for my congestion/ear ache) because apparently someone thinks I might have a methamphetamine lab at home…oh brother…

@TiffaniMarie483 The hell do you mean "correctly"? Everyone holds a pencil slightly different because everyone has different sized and shaped hands and fingers.

My 5yo doesn’t hold his pencil well. He manages to write, but his grip isn’t helping. He resists being taught how to hold it better. Do I force the issue and insist he holds his pencil correctly? Or let him hold it however he wants for now?

@FoxieKT Both at different times depending on the game, the person playing it, and what I want. Sometimes I want to see someone complete a story I couldn't do myself or see their reaction to it. Sometimes I just want to laugh at the jokes an entertaining content creator tends to make.

Do you watch people play video games because you want to watch someone who is really good at the game? Or do you watch more-so for entertainment and skill doesn't matter to you? Genuine question.

@SurelyAutomata @Simon_Ingari Mother's day could be a factor. But also, you never know what local things always happen during a particular week. And sometimes people have stuff going on in their personal lives at the same time coincidentally. The whole office can't be off together. First come, first served.

@Stephsaguudefan @Simon_Ingari >"first week of May"

@MetamateDaz @CharlesRense That's 32 meals you could be saving.

@CharlesRense bro it's $8 a month 😭

STOP TELLING BROKE PEOPLE TO BUDGET. THERE, I SAID IT. YOU CAN'T BUDGET YOUR WAY OUT OF POVERTY. AFTER BASIC NECESSITIES I HAVE $0 LEFT OVER, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BUDGET?

@MetamateDaz There's poor and then there's poverty. Poor is based on how much you earn. Poverty is based on how much you spend. If you make a million dollars a year but spend a million and one, you'll be in poverty. There are a LOT of people who are "poor" because they simply spend too much.

@ITNonsupport @IT_unhinged My place of work has desks with built-in outlets that aren't able to handle a super high amount of electricity running through them. Therefore, the building has banned appliances such as space heaters. But it's not like the company explains that, they just go "it's a fire hazard"

@Stephsaguudefan @IT_unhinged Can't think of a single place I've worked at that hasn't warned office workers of such a thing. If they haven't warned them, then they aren't OSHA compliant which is yet another problem.

Just discovered someone's been charging their electric scooter at their desk for six months. I only know this because they submitted a ticket saying their computer keeps shutting off randomly. Went to their desk. Their power strip is running their computer, two monitors, a phone charger, a desk lamp, a small fan, a coffee warmer, and a full-size electric scooter. The scooter charger alone pulls more power than everything else combined. I explained that power strips have limits and they're massively exceeding it. They asked if I could just get them a bigger power strip.I said no, you can't charge a vehicle at your desk. They said it's not a vehicle, it's a scooter. I said it has a motor and a battery. That's a vehicle. They said segways are allowed in the office. Nobody has a segway in this office. I have no idea what they're talking about. I unplugged the scooter and told them to charge it at home. They looked upset but didn't argue. Two hours later someone from HR emailed asking about our "alternative transportation charging policy." Am I in trouble?

@SurelyAutomata @Simon_Ingari During Christmas? Or any other holiday? Sure they are.

@Stephsaguudefan @Simon_Ingari The whole office isn't requesting the same week four months in advance

@ITNonsupport @IT_unhinged What if they didn't know it would be a problem? Clearly they had no clue that the power strip was dangerous. People need an outlet, they see an outlet, they plug stuff in. It probably isn't common knowledge that there's a limit on what certain outlets can do.

All of this is correct. However, it is also imperative for the employee to make it very clear that they require accommodation for whatever their disability requires. If the employee has never made the request, that doesn't mean they should use a power strip instead of a dedicated outlet. My dad was screwed by companies many times for things like this.

@ITNonsupport @IT_unhinged But by law, a company is responsible for accommodating people with disabilities. If that outlet isn't safe, they have to provide an alternative that the employee is capable of reaching easily.

@IT_unhinged Easy. State that it was a fire hazard, which it was. Problem solved.

@IT_unhinged Yes. My mom has a mobility scooter because she can't walk long distances. She keeps it at work because she isn't capable of physically lifting it in and out of her car twice a day five days a week. She has to charge it at work. You have to accommodate people with disabilities.

@CoachDanGo The process of packing a bag in advance, driving to the gym, working out, showering, changing, driving home, and taking care of the dirty gym clothes takes WAY more than 90 minutes per week.

No, you don't. A Planet Fitness membership costs $10/month. 3 workouts a week, 30 minutes a session. Everyone's got that time. What she's saying is 10/10 quality rage bait.