My spouse and I both did.

I was a pack per day smoker for 15-20 years. Switched to vaping as it was becoming so popular. Stepped down the nicotine over the course of a few years until I finally just got tired of going and buying 1mg juice and stopped. Haven’t had a vape in about 2 years and a cigarette in about about 5.

I still get a craving now and then but it passes. Cigarettes usually just smell like a disgusting ashtray and I’m glad I don’t smoke anymore.

edit: we both actively wanted to quit and I’m so happy it worked for us

Friendly fire, isn’t.

I’m a 200lb ape capable of using rudimentary tools and would run away from an angry cat, fuck that.

I have first-hand knowledge of the workings of my local metro PD is the only reason I referenced them but you make a valid point that they don’t all like each other. In my local PD at least (and I imagine a lot of others) it’s hyper political. People try very hard to attach themselves to up-and-coming command officers to try to become a sort of right hand or assistant (while still being badge carrying LEO) to them.

It’s extremely hierarchical, it’s not uncommon for peoples parents and grandparents to have been cops and institutions like that definitely have a memory. People spend decades finding their little niches and if you step on the wrong toes you may get screwed over before you understand what’s happening, it’s an extremely toxic place filled with assholes and psychopaths lol.

Also a lot of places police work pays a really nice wage with opportunities for nearly unlimited overtime.

My local metro PD has what’s called “secondary work” where various (large) venues will hire off-duty officers to essentially stand around and be present. Those jobs regularly pay $50/hr and you get to see events for free. These guys rack up insane amounts of “secondary work.” It’s a total racket, a few years ago there was as scandal with a guy working secondary work *while on duty," it’s wildly open to abuse and the police hierarchy protects everyone at every step.

Vultures, someone (parasite or not) died in the street and their concern isn’t a lost life or even the motivations of the alleged killer but how can they get their photo op.

I’m only a few years younger and have pretty much always had shitty/non-existent insurance until the last decade.

Without revealing too much about myself, my employer just switched their provider to UHC this year so you can imagine I’m watching all this intently.

Without getting into the weeds too much I’d be willing to bet that when the accused rapist is rich there’s a huge chance they’ll be given the benefit of the doubt. While if it’s a poor person they’re far more likely to be caught up in whatever charges the system can present in the interest of snaring another person in the Prison Industrial Complex.

There really is no war but the class war.

And they did, I was threatened multiple times at a Sprint call center and reported it.

We all did, cops never even take a report, weird that the health insurance people get special treatment.

While I’ve had a positive experience

Let me guess, still on parents insurance or never had insurance through an employer?

It was mostly a joke but I don’t disagree with your assessment.

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He’s a programmer, they’re not really known for their awareness outside of pretty specific problem solving.

Was just talking to my partner about this last night. We both got to experience the internet before social media and corpos fucked everything up.

Louder for the people in the back:

THERE IS NO WAR BUT THE CLASS WAR.

BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO CRANK THE HOG TO BROTHER, ARROOOOOOO!

I’m going to watch this soon, I almost did last night. Stavvy is based and funny as fuck I have to support him.

Memoir of a Snail at a theater a few weeks ago. It was a good movie and my partner and I enjoy going to the theater, I regret nothing.

Yes, that there’s no such thing as an ethical billionaire. I wonder what the computing landscape would look like if M$ hadn’t spent three decades buying and closing every up and coming competitor they had.

“Rugged individualism” is propaganda sold to school children from the time they’re in grade school.