Oh God how I hate the term "reach out". And "connect". And "circle back". And "deliverables". And "capacity"

"Let's circle back on this. I don't have capacity right now as I have some urgent deliverables to take care of. I'll reach out to Barbara tomorrow and then we'll connect"

"OK, sure. Also, go kill yourself. Thanks!"

Any synergies?

Rode Amtrak back to NYC from North Carolina last week. Guy on the phone for a significant part of the ride and a lady watching black lives matter speaches without headphones. Should be punishable by death. Figured sitting business class would have made those situations less likely, but nope.

So you're saying black lives DON'T matter?!?!?!

No life matters enough to not wear headphones.

1000% agree.

You may have read today about a boy named Ahmed Mansour Karmi. If not google his name. You'll find dozens of articles all of which say the same two things:

He was born in September of 2012

He is four years old

Not one news organization can figure out that someone born in September of 2012 is three, not four. This pisses me off a lot more than the supposed outrage of the story - that a clerical error led to a "four" year old being convicted of murder. A close second is that fact that I read dozens of comments in the articles and no one pointed out the error.

It infuriates me that when I go to the deli at the supermarket they put my cold cuts in zip lock baggies, the nice ones too, with the zipper locks, and yet when they print the price sticker, they always fold over the top and put the sticker on the fold so when I get home and try to open it, I have to rip the bag to get to the ziplock opening. WHAT THE FUCK IS THE POINT OF THE ZIPPER IF YOU ARE JUST GOING TO USE THE STICKER TO CLOSE IT ANYWAY YOU TWATWAFFLES?

I AGREE AND HAVE HAD THIS OBSERVATION MANY TIMES

Bill McNeal wrote:It infuriates me that when I go to the deli at the supermarket they put my cold cuts in zip lock baggies, the nice ones too, with the zipper locks, and yet when they print the price sticker, they always fold over the top and put the sticker on the fold so when I get home and try to open it, I have to rip the bag to get to the ziplock opening. WHAT THE FUCK IS THE POINT OF THE ZIPPER IF YOU ARE JUST GOING TO USE THE STICKER TO CLOSE IT ANYWAY YOU TWATWAFFLES?

This.

in case the zipper opens?

I keep a Leatherman Charge in my kitchen for opening/fixing stuff. For that situation the serrated blade has a cutting hook that works great for slicing that sticker open without cutting the baggie.

YOU KNOW MAYBE PEOPLE JUST LIKE BEING PISSED OFF ABOUT STUPID SHIT AND THEN YOU GO RUIN IT WITH YOUR HELPFUL ADVICE. I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.

I haven't been happy since the parade, Paul.

Helicopter parenting into the teenage years.

ashton wrote:He was born in September of 2012

He is four years old

Not one news organization can figure out that someone born in September of 2012 is three, not four. This pisses me off a lot more than the supposed outrage of the story

Silly, life begins at conception - ask any pro life zealot

Continuing my theme of being peeved that news organizations can't do math...

You may have heard of an island off the coast of Brazil called Snake Island. It's home to a deadly pit viper that's found nowhere else. Stories often mention that there is one snake per square meter on Snake Island. There are about two thousand snakes on the island (down from four thousand). Snake Island is 430,000 square meters in size. If you don't see a problem with these numbers then you have something in common with the average journalist.

ashton wrote:Continuing my theme of being peeved that news organizations can't do math...

You may have heard of an island off the coast of Brazil called Snake Island. It's home to a deadly pit viper that's found nowhere else. Stories often mention that there is one snake per square meter on Snake Island. There are about two thousand snakes on the island (down from four thousand). Snake Island is 430,000 square meters in size. If you don't see a problem with these numbers then you have something in common with the average journalist.

Yea, but what if the snakes are all like stretched out man.

Saw a documentary about that island. Really crazy.