The only way the ignorant become enlightened is if they humble themselves before the question
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Just Will 🖖
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Just Will 🖖
@IceKnight
Just putting my thoughts into the ether
Mount Prospect, IL Katılım Mart 2014
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@brockpierson I had a 2 roommates that were both managers at the local video store. They would bring home screeners and movies to record all the time. Plus when we got a CD-R they got a modded PS1 (Chip) that would play Playstation games that were burned to CD. Wild days back then.
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Remember the days of VHS tapes and VCR's?
My brother had 2 VCR's and would buy blank VHS's and then rent movies 3 for 1 at Blockbuster and rip them off 🤣
We had a collection of thousands of movies.
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Being born in the 80's is actually wild... 👀
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Back when I was in school 80s and 90s generally you ate cereal for breakfast which required milk and then for lunch you had a choice of plain milk or chocolate milk ( elementary school and middle school) so at minimum those kids were getting 20 (.59 liter) to 30 ounces ( .88 liter) of milk a day at least.
I know sometimes when I got home from school I'd pour a tall glass of milk and then mix some molasses in there. We generally didn't keep soda or juice in the house.
On top of that the milk was infused with vitamin A and vitamin D besides the actual calcium you get from milk naturally.
There was also a massive marketing campaign by the dairy farmers of America to present milk as a health option. It was promoted heavily in commercials on television to grow up big and strong you had to drink your milk.
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I am truly enjoying the Japanese presence on my for you tab. Its absolutely incredible and had no idea this part of X existed.
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@alt_w_v_g Well, no one else is gonna say it. I guess I have to bite the bullet... That's a pregnancy test. I guess you have an additional investment coming.
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My wife packed my lunch today
First kind gesture since the list
Opened it at my desk
Sandwich
Apple
A note that said "we need to talk"
And a test
Two lines
Positive
I called her immediately
I said "you have COVID?"
She was quiet for a long time
Then she said "I'm staying at my mom's tonight"
I said "smart. I can't afford to be sick before tomorrow's session. I've been preparing all week."
She hung up
I think she's upset about the diagnosis
Showed my analyst the test
He looked at it
Looked at me
Looked at it again
He said "boss man I don't think that's"
I said "COVID. I know. Terrible timing."
He closed his mouth
He's been sitting at his desk very quietly for two hours
I think he's processing the exposure risk
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Ethan Brooks@alt_w_v_g
My wife has scheduled a couples therapy session for Friday She said it's "non-negotiable" I said "everything is negotiable" I told her Friday is packed and asked if we could push it She looked at the ceiling Why does she keep doing that Then she handed me a list Printed Single spaced Two pages I said "what is this" She said "everything you've done in the last month that we need to discuss with the therapist" I stopped at line twenty-three Not because I was ashamed Because the formatting was inconsistent Some lines had periods Some didn't I made a note I said "can I bring my analyst" She said "only if I can bring mine" I don't know what that means But her tone suggested I shouldn't ask I brought the list to the office this morning Handed it to my analyst He got two lines in and said the formatting is off I have trained him well He said "I blocked two hours Friday boss man" The session is one He said "you'll need the second for the debrief" Then he asked if I wanted him to take my cargo shorts to the dry cleaners before Friday I said no I have seven identical pairs He said "I know. I ordered them." Open to suggestions on key talking points and leverage Plz fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone
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@NatashaCL7 It's interesting because one of the telltale signs of a lack of intelligence are responses without thinking. I would argue another telltale sign is responding without reading. However this is the Internet and people like to be intentionally obtuse.
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Do ppl even read posts before spouting off some nonsensical drivel?
I said I’m unbothered by OnlyFans & someone said I’m just jealous because mine didn’t make any $.🤣
I’ve never had an OF and never will but I’m pretty sure if I did, I’d make bank.
235K followers.🤔
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@rand_longevity Wake up at 4 AM, affirmations, shower, make breakfast ( 6 eggs scrambled) mix post gym shake (protein, creatine, collagen ) Eat breakfast, take supplements, get dressed drive to the gym at 5:30, do 45 min cardio and get to work for 6:30.
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@NatashaCL7 When you do have one, a piece of you does die in the experience. You may not know it initially but eventually its realized.
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Once you’ve had a near-death experience, you appreciate life so much more.
Every day is a gift.
Don’t waste it.
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Update: the Analyst finally arrived…
He walked in at 12:02, legal pad in hand
I said "where have you been"
He said "I need you to understand"
He sat down in the chair, he looked different somehow
Like a man who had seen things he couldn't say how
He said "boss man it started at five on the dot
Karen handed us flashlights and said 'give it a shot'
She said 'phones stay outside, this is sacred team space'
Then she pulled out her own and was scrolling mid-place
She makes rules for the team that she'd never obey
But it's 'mandatory fun' and we don't get a say
The company paid for this room by the hour
But shareholder value was eroding by the hour
They locked us inside, or at least that's what we thought
We searched for the clues that the escape room had brought
Karen made us do icebreakers first thing in the room
While we could have been solving she set up a Zoom
She said 'let's go around and say how we all feel'
I said 'I feel like leaving,' she said 'that's not ideal'
Then she asked us to share our most vulnerable thought
The controller said 'Tired,' which is all that he's got
Someone asked about synergies, someone asked about goals
Someone brought up alignment and collaborative roles
Karen asked for our pronouns, went person by person
I said 'I don't have pronouns, I have adjectives instead'
She said 'that's not a thing,' I said 'your own policy said'
I sat in the corner and I opened my pad
I took notes on the clues because you always said:
Read everything once, then read it again
The answer is usually right there on page ten
By midnight the flashlight had started to fade
Karen said 'this is bonding,' I said 'this is unpaid'
Karen judged every answer, corrected each thought
But the value she'd added was zilch, zero, naught
She was quick with opinions on what we should be
But the door to the exit? She just couldn't see
At 6am Saturday I couldn't take any more
So I walked to the exit and I pushed on the door"
It opened.
He paused, and the room became still
I said "what happened next" and he said "if you will
I walked out to my car and I sat for a while
In my driveway at home, not a thought, not a smile
Because I spent thirteen hours searching for a key
To a door that was open, the whole time, for free
And it made me think, boss, about all that I do
Every meeting that could have been an email or two
Every policy followed that nobody read
Every Friday I stayed when I could have just left instead"
He looked at me then with a look that I knew
It's the look that I give when I know something's true
I sat with that, quiet, for a moment or three
That kid spent thirteen hours locked up with HR's debris
Survived all the icebreakers, Zooms,
Karen's pronouns and collaborative feels
Took notes on a legal pad no one had asked for
Walked up to the door and did what no one else saw
Pushed it open
Drove home
I said "one final question before you sit down"
He said "yes boss"
I said "after all that, the Zoom and the clown
What do you identify as, now that you're free?"
He looked at me steady
He said just one word
"Earned."
That kid just earned his first adjective
Make common sense common again
Plz fix. Thx.
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Ethan Brooks@alt_w_v_g
Update: Monday 7:58am Walked in The analyst's desk was empty His coffee was still there from Friday Cold Lid off I checked Teams Last message: Friday 4:52pm "Heading to the escape room boss man. Back in an hour." That was three days ago I called him No answer I called again Nothing I called Karen She picked up on the first ring First time in history HR has ever answered immediately I said "where is my analyst" She said "that's the first thing you ask me after we were trapped in there all night?" I said "yes" She said "we got out Saturday morning" I said "how" She said "your analyst walked up to the door and pushed it" I said "and?" She said "it opened" The door was never locked Not once They sat in that room for 14 hours solving puzzles and looking for clues to unlock a door that was never locked in the first place All anyone had to do was try the handle I told her this on the phone Friday night She hung up on me I said "so where is he now" She said "I don't know. He said something about gridlines and walked out." I checked his desk again His laptop was open The model was on the screen Gridlines still on His legal pad was gone Apparently he brought it to the escape room to take notes on the clues I taught him well He went home Saturday morning and hasn't been back I think the escape room broke him Not the puzzles Not the padlock that didn't exist The realization that he spent Friday night trapped in a room with HR when he could have just walked out the door like I did at 4:58 Then he did exactly that He pushed the door open And left That kid is progressing faster than anticipated I've got some employee retention to do Karen came by my office at 9 She said "someone has a case of the Mondays" I said "I had a great weekend" She did not I looked at the model on his screen Gridlines still on I'm not fixing them That's his job If he figured out how to escape the escape room he can figure out how to get back to the office The door works both ways Sent from my iPhone
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@CastagnaTiffany He's absolutely incredible with the fans. I met him in Waterbury Connecticut when he was wrestling Kurt Angle for their rubber match of his best out of three. Hopefully I'll get a new picture with him sometime soon. Down 200 lbs since this pic
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No one has ever taken the time he does with fans and he has so very little time. People have no idea just how demanding his schedule is, but he still gives so much to the fans and not just sometimes. All of the time. It’s just who he is. No one compares.
Russell K. Koll@KollElmEnglish
@CastagnaTiffany I’ve been attending WWF/E house shows (BRING THEM BACK!!!) for over thirty years. I’ve never, ever, EVER seen anyone take the time to interact with every single fan the way Cody does. It’s ridiculous in the best possible way. He truly goes above and beyond.
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@alt_w_v_g I hope the analyst comes back. Experience is a wonderful teacher. (Note, love these updates)
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Update: Monday
7:58am
Walked in
The analyst's desk was empty
His coffee was still there from Friday
Cold
Lid off
I checked Teams
Last message: Friday 4:52pm
"Heading to the escape room boss man. Back in an hour."
That was three days ago
I called him
No answer
I called again
Nothing
I called Karen
She picked up on the first ring
First time in history HR has ever answered immediately
I said "where is my analyst"
She said "that's the first thing you ask me after we were trapped in there all night?"
I said "yes"
She said "we got out Saturday morning"
I said "how"
She said "your analyst walked up to the door and pushed it"
I said "and?"
She said "it opened"
The door was never locked
Not once
They sat in that room for 14 hours solving puzzles and looking for clues to unlock a door that was never locked in the first place
All anyone had to do was try the handle
I told her this on the phone Friday night
She hung up on me
I said "so where is he now"
She said "I don't know. He said something about gridlines and walked out."
I checked his desk again
His laptop was open
The model was on the screen
Gridlines still on
His legal pad was gone
Apparently he brought it to the escape room to take notes on the clues
I taught him well
He went home Saturday morning and hasn't been back
I think the escape room broke him
Not the puzzles
Not the padlock that didn't exist
The realization that he spent Friday night trapped in a room with HR when he could have just walked out the door like I did at 4:58
Then he did exactly that
He pushed the door open
And left
That kid is progressing faster than anticipated
I've got some employee retention to do
Karen came by my office at 9
She said "someone has a case of the Mondays"
I said "I had a great weekend"
She did not
I looked at the model on his screen
Gridlines still on
I'm not fixing them
That's his job
If he figured out how to escape the escape room he can figure out how to get back to the office
The door works both ways
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Ethan Brooks@alt_w_v_g
Update: woke up this morning 15 missed calls from Karen in HR apparently she's still in the escape room The woman who scheduled mandatory fun at 5pm on a Friday is now trapped in her own team-building exercise Did I see the calls? Yes I answered on the 16th She said "we can't get out" I said "have you tried the door" She said "that's not how escape rooms work" I said "it's how I escaped yesterday at 4:58" She hung up I went back to sleep She called again at 8am I let it ring Some problems solve themselves Or they don't Either way it's not my department My wife rolled over and said "who keeps calling" I said "HR" She said "on a Saturday?" I said "they're trapped in an escape room" She said "are you going to help them" I said "no" She said "why not" I said "the answer is the door. It's always been the door. If they can't figure that out I can't help them." She looked at me Then she rolled over and went back to sleep I think she agreed Saturday school for the analyst starts in an hour The gridlines aren't going to fix themselves And neither is Karen Priorities Sent from my iPhone
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In honor of a real one, drop your favorite Chuck Norris meme:
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I have no problem staying late on Friday to resolve an actual problem but if somebody's gonna put an arbitrary deadline on something they sent me last minute that has no real value I'm gonna call them on it. They're also not gonna get it till Monday.
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