SwimOdin

DRACONIAN REPUBLICAN POLICY LEADS TO RETURN OF MIDIEVAL LABOR LAWS Hoo boy I will be now posting a wall of text unrelated to this, but it will be long.It's been four months since daily life shut down, to be replaced by shelter-in-place, distance learning, hoarding for the apocalypse, and trying-to-work from home for a full-time job. Surprisingly, work has been the one thing that has felt the least disrupted since mostly I've been the keep-it-to-yourself-and-get-your-shit-done kind...and distance-working has fit into this anti-social mode just fine. I laugh (on the inside of course) every Friday afternoon at my group's "forced-socialization" sessions -- known to the colleauges as a Virtual Beer Bash; but lately there's been little beer, no bashing to speak of, and we all seem to be going through the motions miserably for thirty minutes pretending to be interested in the personal lives of people we otherwise couldn't care less about outside of work...if not for the Covid thing; heck, if we're lucky, someone might have some ice cream on their end of the Webex or something -- and I wonder if that's what this world is coming to: people seeking out solace in sharing stuff with others. But how meaningful is it really, when the people you socialize with are conveniently the ones you work with, rather than people of your own choosing? And similarly, what happens if due to circumstances beyond your control (*cough*covid*cough*), you have not been in any contact all for four months with those who previously brightened your days, one small innocous-transactional ping at a time? Video conferencing does a great job standing in for scheduled meetings and such; but not such a good job replicating the spontaneous unplanned interpersonal interactions that provide variety to an otherwise banal existence we call "the daily grind." Sad, really.

Oh definitely, he will claim to not know anything about it, ironically making himself look worse, then when he finds out that makes him look weak, he will double down on that they purposefully sent it to a journalist because they were so confident with the plan that they wanted it to go public.

This is genuinely terrifying

And to think they didn’t even win that year.

She’s bonded well with the whole family and my grandson often wants her to sleep in his room after I told him cats can strike faster than snakes. He feels safe with her so it’s been really sweet.

I’ve signed up for bluesky, @SwimOdin very original. I can’t believe I’m doing the Twitter shit again, but let’s go. Pls follow so I can help curate my feed.

How the FUCK does $TSLA close up after that news? Everything is fake.

Look, a totally alive pope!

It was pretty hairy here for an hour, but we got lucky and didn’t even lose power. I’m always expecting my roof to fly off.

Hope you’re doing ok too! It’s kinda bonkers here.

The warning for that one has been cancelled! It’s just suuuuuuuper windy at the moment but at least not a tornado. Expecting to lose power soon. We’re ok.

Well I WAS joking but there is a confirmed tornado a few miles away so we’re in the downstairs bathroom at the moment. I think it’ll be fine!

I want you to know, we were always so proud of you.

I’m thinking about chocolate

If only Luigi had known

Wonderful my representative is being spotlighted! I am not high enough for this.

The only reason I can watch this is because I’m high as fucking balls right now.

Damn

Liquor stores are small businesses

I do reeeeeally want ultimate werewolf

American society and mobility in it is about your potential to make someone else more money, so yeah, maybe.

Rest in power, George. You were the voice of weird alternative animation.

Do you give your animals nicknames beyond their already (sometimes) silly names? My cat’s name is Biscuit. She also goes by Bowling Ball, because she’s the least graceful, most glass shattering cat I’ve had. She also goes by Scatf, because she’s likes to snuggle around my neck, and she scarfs down food.She also also goes by Slime or if you’re feeling cheeky “My Slime” because she doesn’t land on her feet, she mostly undulates. Its a lot to be around me as a pet parent.

Damn, and with Daima just ending. His legacy is living on, my grandson has watched all of Daima with me and he constantly wants to play Goku vs Vegeta. Long live the king.

The Olympic Committee does not give ANY fucks as long as they get their money, so there will be no problem on that front. As to any other countries participating, I could see a boycott ala 1980.