Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Every one of the “Roberts Six” lied to get on the court.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Today in our ongoing national embarrassment…

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. keep building.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

There is no compromise when it comes to body autonomy. You either have it or you do not.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

“But what about the lurkers?”

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.

The words do not have to be perfect.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

“What are Republicans afraid of?” Everything.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Not all heroes wear capes.

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  5. 5.

    PeakVT

    Everyone dies in the end.

    No, wait, that’s some other program everybody is talking about.

  19. 19.

    liberal

    Job offer advice: after I’ve received an offer, how can I reasonably go about asking about typical hours? It’s a software engineering job (first bona fide SE position I will have had, even though I’m not exactly young). I’m happy to work hard, blah blah blah, but I’m married w/ small children, which puts limits on things (e.g. no avg 70 hour workweek). TIA…

  20. 20.

    Yatsuno

    @burnspbesq: @Violet: A house out in Woodinville. It’s a nifty place witha nice-sized bedroom. My main concern is one of the other residents has a neglected pitbull that is just starved for some kind of attention. Otherwise it’s a sweet deal.

  24. 24.

    Violet

    @Corner Stone: I like The Kids in the Hall.

    @liberal: No advice except to say no matter what they say, take it with a grain of salt. I took a job once where I specifically asked about travel since I didn’t want to be on the road all the time. I was told travel was minimal. When I got the job and met with my boss he looked across the desk from me and said, “You know this job is 90% travel, right?” And it was.

  25. 25.

    Corner Stone

    @liberal: You have to earn it. Kill yourself for two years and neglect your family. Set expectations at threat level Pirate Dread.
    Then after 24 to 36 months you can start dialing it back a bit and using some flex time excuses. You’ll still be working 2 to 4 hours every night after the kids go to sleep, and waking up at 3:30am every morning trying to re-prioritize tasks. But, hey, once or twice a week you can telecommute!

  30. 30.

    Mnemosyne

    @liberal:

    What Cassidy said, but the new corporate buzzword to use is to ask about the “work/life balance.”

    ETA: They’ll probably still lie to you about the hours they expect, but at least you’ll know they’ve heard the buzzword.

  31. 31.

    pokeyblow

    I just scanned the real estate ads in the nicer towns near me for the word “pitbull.”

    Zero hits.

  32. 32.

    MattR

    @liberal: IMO, it is in their best interests and yours to make sure both sides are on the same page about hours, responsibilities, travel, etc. before starting. So I would be relatively straightforward and ask your questions to learn about their expectations. They know your background and made you an offer, so I don’t think they will be bothered by you asking. Obviously, as Violet pointed out, there is no guarantee you will get the truth, but I don’t think there is any harm in asking. You may get a more truthful answer if you are able to signal that you are asking for educational purposes to set your own expectations and not that you are using this as a factor in your decision to accept or reject the offer (even if the latter is actually the case)

    @Mnemosyne:

    ETA: They’ll probably still lie to you about the hours they expect, but at least you’ll know they’ve heard the buzzword.

    And also you won’t feel so guilty about quitting because the “culture” is not what you want.

  33. 33.

    Violet

    @liberal: If you feel lucky to have gotten a job offer and are not sure there’s going to be another one soon and you need the job, then I’d say take the job. It’s supposed to be easier to find another job when you already have a job, so if you don’t like the job when you get there, you can start looking pretty quickly.

    Otherwise, if the hours are a key factor and you think another job offer may be around the corner, then be more discerning and see what you can find out.

  34. 34.

    Cassidy

    It’s supposed to be easier to find another job when you already have a job,

    Absolutely. If you’re unemployed, they wonder why. If you’re employed they wonder what you bring to them.

  35. 35.

    srv

    Dexter falls in love with a girl at school, but she does not feel the same. Then takes Dee Dee to the zoo and they have Ostrich problems.

  36. 36.

    donnah

    I’ve watched every single season of Dexter. I don’t have cable, so we have either watched it later on DVD or other sources, but I have been waiting impatiently for the start of the final season.

    I actually loved the first and third seasons. I didn’t love all of the seasons because some were tough to watch. But this is the end, and I feel like I need to see it come to a close.

    Anyone else who has watched the show may or may not feel like I do, but I’m at a loss to predict how they get through this season. So much happened at the end of the last season that I can’t imagine what comes next and how they resolve it. So maybe we can have a thread where those of us who do watch it can come and discuss it, and title it as a Spoiler thread. Because I have a feeling that I’m going to want to discuss it.

  37. 37.

    Keith

    Where’s the True Blood open thread? Tonight’s ep was the first in a while where I wanted it to keep going for at least another hour.

  39. 39.

    YellowJournalism

    @Yatsuno: Congrats!!!

    (Still not reading the rest of this thread yet. I don’t trust you guys. Staying off Twitter, too!)

  44. 44.

    dance around in your bones

    Ahhh, I don’t get HBO or Showtime anymore, so no GOT or Dexter for me. I’ll wait ’til it’s on Netflix or whatever.

    I’ve watched Dexter from the get-go so I miss the crazy mofo. And his crazy mofo sister. (OK, his crazy mofo bro was pretty wild too).

    I have no idea why a series about a serial killer (with some strange set of ethics) is compelling to me. Breaking Bad does the same thing for me, go figure.

  45. 45.

    Soonergrunt

    @burnspbesq: Well, the original threat as written was “kill you with a trench knife” but I thought some might find that off-putting.

  47. 47.

    liberal

    @Violet:
    Thanks for the advice, both you and everyone else upthread.

    I’m lucky—I’m actually currently employed already. Been in this job for almost 10 years, and it’s starting to get pretty boring. Plus my wife has been bored in her job for years.

    I will say one thing—while I’m happy to change jobs, I feel grateful (more so than my wife) that I actually have one now. I look at comment sections here and at other places, and see what appear to be pretty intelligent people who have been unemployed for a long time. Maybe I have a broader, hmm, imagination than my wife, but in terms of “job isn’t ideal,” I’m completely aware that the job thing could be worse. Much, much worse.

    Again, thanks all!

  48. 48.

    liberal

    @Mnemosyne:
    Yeah, I came upon that while studying up on this stuff. It’s actually not quite as absurd as some of the other buzzwords. (My favorite recent one is “I’m biased for action!”)

  49. 49.

    liberal

    @MattR:
    This is what I’m thinking—it’s in neither my interest nor their interest for there to be a discrepancy in expectations/perceptions.

    Cheers,

    S

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