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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Donkey Cigar, Monkey Cigarette, Turkey Chewā¦wasnāt there a Juul in there too? Heās, by far, the most visible āvictimā of the various Outrage Machines that actually are dividing our country. And yes, the vast majority of them are right wing and yes there are documented + intelligently-inferred instances of influence from those countries. Just because there havenāt been concrete consequences for internal individuals (Jan 6 players, Trump taxes, etc) or Putin/Xi/et al doesnāt mean that the adults in the room are wrong to be suspicious. The jury is out on his motives, I tend to lean towards a confluence of (narcissism ^ surrounded by yes men) + (possible drug problem * broken heart) more than some sinister motive as of late. Iād say thatās a damn good reason to be glad heās ineligible to run for President because Iāve seen a variation of that formula before, and it certainly did much more to further divide us than unite the country. But you keep on keepin on, and I await the day we see Platypus Pipe or Shark Snuff or whatever comes next. -
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Why is their slide background the back cover of a used Scantron Blue Book? And why is the date on slide 2 from 2020ā¦if Twitter is anything like my employer, they average about a full man hour for every minute of exec time, so someone would have caught that if it was an oversight. -
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Yes, youāre rightā¦even if your dogged defense of Twitter is really stanning for Elon, along with your cryptobro / no regulation / perverse take on freedom of speech / veiled take on the incel anger machine which regularly has real consequences for innocent peopleā¦you could easily cut significant workforce at most large tech firms to shore up efficiency. But thatās missing my point. My point was that there can be a happy coexistence between the business making money and allowing the contributors to have a comfortable, balanced life. Hit that ideal and everyoneās happy. Thatās also how you attract (and keep) key talent. Thatās also how you democratize advancement as people feel free to speak their minds. I could get fired tomorrow and my team, my org, and the company as a whole would keep on humming. Iām the black sheep on the team in that I do not possess unique tech talent valuable to our core product for internal customers: a customized Azure sub launched with a basic core/federated governance structure but slowly evolving towards a more ideal form of data mesh as our customers upskill. Iām really good at communicating complex things via exec-ready slideware (yeah I know) and handle other bullshit engineers hateā¦budget execution, outside spend and vendors, running forums. Fire me though and theyād figure it out. And yes I WFHā¦I do laundry, I take naps, I run errands, take kids to the doc, jerk off, post here, etc. My CEO is on the record as supporting whatever format works for the individual, and the manager Iāve worked for the last 15 years says āfamily firstā and really means itā¦seen me through my marriage, two kids, grad school, a dark period with an associated drinking problem, and everything else. I will also work until 3am to get the visuals just right on a deck my boss needs by 9am, motivated by the sheer terror of letting him downā¦or my team members down. I get the flexibility I need outside work, they get my 100% commitment without complaint when itās needed. I canāt fucking stand this reduction of real people with real lives to āhoursā and insinuating we are all getting āeasy moneyā. People are a spectrum and thereās way more to life than the job, the pursuit of being rich. I relish the idea of Musk burning down Twitter because I want to see what he embodies fail, despite unlimited fundsā¦out of control narcissism hitched to the hate wagon. You seem to relish an entire collection of pee-ons getting their comeuppance because they havenāt hitched their wagon to the almighty dollar. Anyways Iāve waxed poetic about this shit enough, sorry for the wall of text. I feel strongly about this shit but I aināt solving anything as Iām just a pee-on myself. -
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
I donāt even know why I bother engaging with Beast, probably as an outlet to how shitastic OSUās football season has become. However, the fact that you refer to people who declined to sign a contract committing them to long, intense, āhardcoreā hours as ādivasā tells me more than enough about you. Anyone with options and self respect should absolutely have bailed out of there the moment they were presented with that form. Beyond hero worship of the rich, this secondary fascination with people who refuse to give their sanity to support large companies as being diva/lazy/worthless/selfish/etc is hopefully, slowly coming to an end via the youth of this country. This isnāt the 60ās where you have a pension waiting for you if you stay loyal. Itās been proven over and over again that they have eschewed any commitment to individuals in the name of quarterly profit. And yes that sounds all South Park āthe corporations, manā hippy-ness but any remaining doubt has been killed by PPI loan handling and taking advantage of the complex drivers of inflation to continue raising prices. Massive stock repurchasing. All of it. Fucking Jimmy Johnās wants me to add a tip on a pickup order because they wonāt pay their people enough. Airlines stupidly furloughād tons of pilots as a short term cost saver during Covid, are now short handed on captains, and are making us pay higher fares as demand outstrips supply. Disney was an absolute shitshow last year with record crowds and broken rides/light bulbs/full trash cans but are still raising prices to cover for their greedy failures in the streaming world. Fuck em all. Iād be out of Twitter the moment that contract shit hit my mailbox. Youāre laying off half the company under the guise of cost savings / leaning, and now I have to work endlessly to pick up the slack. Fuck. That. -
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Because in the grand scheme itās not going to cover the debt servicing. According to NYT they went from approximately 7,500 to 3,700 FTEā¦say comp and ben averaged $150k/FTEā¦3,700 x $150k = $555M annually. Now that doesnāt account for any severance or other related costs like lawsuits, and the debt service is about $1B annually. Considering the ad revenue evaporating, new features being put on hold, brain drain, limited inside sales reps, and a complex core mesh that seems to be crumblingā¦Iād suggest you are vastly overestimating the impact of indiscriminately firing half the workforce. -
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
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5 killed 18 injured in colorado springs gay nightclub shooting
Homercles replied to 52-80's topic in Daily Texan
I meanā¦guys like Tim Pool and that chick on Tucker last night may not be red necks, but theyāre perpetuating falsehoods that motivate these assholes -
5 killed 18 injured in colorado springs gay nightclub shooting
Homercles replied to 52-80's topic in Daily Texan
Fair enough, but it feels newer to be so publicly adopted and espoused by an entire wing of politics. Talked about in living rooms, sure, but not necessarily agreed with by public figures on national tv. Though Iām probably naive/sheltered from it. -
5 killed 18 injured in colorado springs gay nightclub shooting
Homercles replied to 52-80's topic in Daily Texan
Iām not going anywhere near the gun āargumentā because itās been sadly happening for years and we will get the same old people with the same old arguments. What seems newer to me is this angle some have taken against LGBT communities that they are grooming and sexualizing children, and using that (false) accusation as a way to marginalize those who just recently were able to gain a little ground in the war of acceptance: https://news.yahoo.com/tucker-guest-expect-more-attacks-034606363.html Tucker Carlsons (lesbian) guest: āā āThe shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs over the weekend that left five dead and more than two dozen injured was āpredictableā and wonāt be the last of its kind, said a guest on Tucker Carlsonās Fox News show Tuesday night. āThe tragedy that happened in Colorado Springs the other nightāit was expected and predictable. We all within Gays Against Groomers saw this coming from a mile away,ā said Jaimee Mitchell, whose group describes itself as āa coalition of gays against the sexualization, indoctrination, and medicalization of children.ā āā Where is this pandemic of sexualization of children they speak of? Is it all happening in that secret Democrat pizza parlor? I have to hand it to the far right, they are masters at inventing conspiracy theories that take hold of the weak minded, frustrated, and angry. If this guy does come out as trans, it wonāt lead me to āoutrage level plummetingāā¦itāll ramp it up, because this ridiculous messaging that these people are somehow subhuman possibly caused a closeted person to lash out at what they were told are a scourge to be eliminated. -
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
In a way, I admire Humbleās tenacityā¦not the played-out, version 8 of whatever his first handle wasā¦but sheer dedication to getting neg trucked, new handle, rep-up in the crypto threads, then burning it all up posting shit the bulk of the site agrees is pointless fanboi drivel. Soā¦congratulations, I award you one Homercles -
As someone who was almost certainly that classic hard drinker, has posted about it here + TOS and hounded Twice in PMs (thank you again for you help and patience)ā¦just wanted to say that I/we appreciate this thread as a resource thatās welcoming across the spectrum. Iāve been around long enough that I feel I āknowā some of yāall but itās still anonymous, existing in a weird zone where we can get straight feedback from trusted voices without risking judgement in the real world. I needed to be told I was probably not an alcoholic, but a problem drinker starting to face consequences, to get the confidence to commit to a moderation strategy that worked for me. That wouldnāt have happened without following this thread over the years. So, thank you. I still enjoy alcohol occasionally but the big difference for me is itās no longer a āfast forwardā button for the stressful/mundane parts of life. Itās just something I do with friends occasionally. Once my overall life got right, alcohol was no longer a tool. Yāall are still a big help for those of us not in the alcoholic dick measuring, and we appreciate being welcomed here.
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Knock sensor bad on 4Runner? Iām boned
Homercles replied to bluto's topic in Can You Help Me With This?
If it were me Iād also get a case of beer and my pellet gun, spend a few hours in the garage every weekend under the guise of āsorry honey I gotta care of the rodentsā. Hell if a rat showed up I might offer him a beer, and if declines my hospitality Iād start blasting before hanging his body on the 4Runner as a warning to the othersā¦be cool or get capped. -
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
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Have it hosted by Mike Leach dressed in pirate gear and Iāll gladly PPV that shit
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
I was on a pretty heady career arc to my early 30ās, serving as an IC to some powerful people at my employer and could have leveraged my own name recognition to jump into leadershipā¦who knows what woulda happened, but the groundwork was there. Then I got married and had our first kiddo, and my life priorities changed. My long-time boss had always said āfamily firstā but I saw that he really meant itā¦two kids with the associated missed time they require, grad school, patience as I worked through a tough adjustment period in my life (and associated drinking problem), etc. A buddy of mine who did make that leap is now a Sr Director who they want to make a VPā¦he works 12 hours a day, phone never stops ringing, his wife practically raises their daughter solo, never gets to unplug. He doesnāt want those VP stripes even though itāll probably mean his upward mobility will halt. Meanwhile Iād do anything for my boss because he enables me being a good husband/father and thatās worth untold amounts of money to me. Point being, I canāt respect someone who asks for endless sacrifice for the āfirmāā¦let alone someone who demands it, in writing. Forget his accomplishments, I canāt respect Elon as a person. -
A story about a pathetic man's downfall [34 Felony Convictions]
Homercles replied to Francisco 2.0's topic in Cloak Room
It was so fucking nice to not hear that whiny, dry voice going off on rambling, pointless rants recently. Even the way he often just leans against the podium and drools āwordsā into the microphone is patheticā¦and yet Biden ācanāt string sentences togetherā. But Iām with Stache, I wanna see him get primaryād and then run as an independent. He can leech votes away from the GOP like he leeched global goodwill away from our country, and itāll be their own fault for hitching the wagon to this dumbass grifter in the first place. -
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Elon confidently tweeting about remote procure calls, micro services, serial requests and all the other examples where heās publicly proven wrong⦠-
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
So youāre the reason Tapatalk is such a flaming pile of shit -
Having the same issues with Yellowstone flashbacks as I do with House of the Dragonā¦outside of Lloyd and obviously Beth, have a hard time always telling who is who. Was really āproudā of young Rip playing it smart in the bar, however, and along with Jimmy/Lloyd are about the only characters I can really stand. On further reflection itās really just the Beth/Jamie dynamic that is borderline exhausting to watch. I get that he made a poor choice when helping her sweep the unintended pregnancy under the rug, and he dug his hole deeper with his biological fatherā¦but once I saw the next episode preview I said to myself āoh boy, here comes yet more flogging for Jamie!!!111ā. You keep beating someone down for a past transgression, their mood goes from regret to resentment to outright rageā¦giving them no choice but to seek out alternative paths for ANY positive reinforcement. Itās a fictional show so you need some arc to tell a story, but after awhile the Beth/Jamie dynamic is like listening to The Wall on repeat and eventually get to āJFC Roger stfu and cage that dripping self pityā¦have some grace and accountabilityā. āEnd up like a dog thatās been beat too much until you spend half your life just coverin upā Regardless Iāll keep watching it. Itās a show for my wife and I to watch together, need something to bridge until Ted Lasso / White Lotus episodes + burn time until Stranger Things / HotD / etc, and itās gorgeous to look at. But damn Iām tired of the all powerful, beyond-the-law, pissed off, predictable pigeon hole theyāve jammed most of the women into. It feels lazy.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
Homercles replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Thatās what Iāve wondered, including in this thread. Is he burning it down because he got his fee fees hurt in the spat with their prior leadership? Make it a massive 4chan for continued obfuscation of the truth in pursuit of further chaos and disinformation? Or is the simplest explanation, an outsized explosion of his ego fueled by autism and cocaine, the right one. -
I hate all these people
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