That you cannot extract billions of years worth of stored energy from the earth (like oil and coal), release it, and expect there to be no consequences.
Humans aren’t much better than dogs taking a shit on the lawn in our little finite planetary backyard and kicking a few tufts of grass over it. Dumping stuff into the ocean or waterways. Can’t see it! Must be gone, right? Burying toxic chemicals. Can’t see it! Same with CO2.
Shit’s still there. Keep shitting everywhere and there’s no way you’re gonna avoid stepping in it eventually.
A newer employee was always complaining to management about our dept. at one point he wrote a long email that was mostly quotes from industry leaders saying how the industry despises our dept, that the changes we make are unnecessary. Our dept head received that email and showed it to me. It was pretty scathing.
So I looked up the quotes.
The employee had changed the quotes to fit their narrative. This is a no-no in their industry. The real quotes actually said that even though change is hard, it’s necessary and our dept is essential in making it go smoothly.
I wrote back to management, highlighted the changes they made to the real quotes, and suggested two things:
What they did may be ethically wrong.
How they did it in such a dumb way may be how they approach other aspects of their job. Maybe they aren’t good at it.
Never heard a peep from the employee again. They were asked to leave. I chortled when I saw their departure notice.
The point of speaking is to express an idea clearly to listeners. So, since this usage of 'partner' to mean the other person in a romantic relationship has become popular, to be specific I say 'business partner'.
Yeah I thought about that one too, but it feels too broad of a term. Partner could be used to refer to a work colleague. And I’d feel really tempted to add “in crime” at the end lol
Looks up social control theory. It basically argues that we all are well behaved because we worry about the social consequences of our bad actions. You remove social control. The moral behaviours goes out the window. It’s pretty well supported framework for understanding human behaviour.
I feel like this doesn’t adequately explain why I can’t manage to force myself to do an evil playthrough of Baldurs Gate 3…like the social sphere there isn’t even real. Nobody bloody cares and I am missing out on a fair chunk of game content that I purchased but I feel too bad about being a dick to imaginary people who don’t exist to betray or kill them.
I have the feeling that if I ended up with a sort of superpower that made me able to stop time I would barely use it for anything like mean spirited pranks and probably just use it to get to work on time, take breaks when I feel like and have more free time to read.
Mid/late-90s, a woman who was having an affair with one of the managers gets a huge promotion despite not even being qualified for the job she had. No question as to why. Proceeds to embarrass herself at every turn, yet manager thinks she's great. Meanwhile, truly deserving people are overlooked.
Mid-2000, same woman is now in charge of a new product team. I'm working as a technical consultant and evaluating products for purchase by GSA (Government Services Administration, the buying arm of the US Federal government). Her product is on the GSA-approved list but has never been evaluated for compliance. Lying to the Feds subjects you to the False Claims Act and can result in fines and being blocked by GSA from selling to the government. I alert company management to this. Not only is it a danger to the company, she had to have lied about it to launch the product in the first place. Lawyers get involved. I hurriedly evaluate the product. Luckily, it qualifies. We cross our fingers no one from GSA ever asks to see the paper trail.
A month later she's leaving the company to start her own catering business (I'm not making this up).
Dude who was Manipulating my boss (who we didn’t know at the time was declining in mental health due to huntingtons disease) got fired.
This guy was a ruthless climbing saboteur and also allergic to work. Everything he touched went to shit, tried to skirt the line of firable offenses saying he was our “union rep” but everyone hated him especially management. We actually work in a reasonable place and at least our department has decent salary even for no experience kids fresh out of college. Most people that leave try to come back as the grass was not greener.
Anyway, he finally committed a fire-able offense after my boss died and his manipulated shield was gone and replaced with a really good manager that didn’t take shit like that. He then tried to reapply under a fake name but he’s a fucking idiot and was found out.
Fuck that guy. Good riddance. I found out he now works for DHS (dept. Of homeland security) so fuck us but whatever, at least he’s out of my life.
Gee you look an awful lot like a guy who used to work here. But I guess you’re not him. Now, on these business cards do you want it to just say McLovin?
Spotify likes to make up genres. This could be one of them. Last year I had something called “voidgaze” which was made up by them to mash up different types of black and atmospheric metal.
Yea. Genres are really only useful in describing your music taste but when no one knows what “bubblegrunge” or “voidgaze” is it kinda defeats the purpose.
Someone once introduced their gf literally saying "We are in a relationship" - it’s sounds awkward/clunky but I didn’t even notice that, it didn’t make me think for a moment, its precise, short, and above all clear. I appreciate direct communication way more than ‘what sounds nice’.
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