It also brings to mind this story:
Where an islamophobe terrorist drove into muslims praying, killing one and injuring 10 and then was dragged from their car, only to be saved by the imam of the mosque who kept the crowd calm until the police arrived to arrest the person.
Iām not sure I could have done any better. Thatās just so awful. I would have probably stood there gaping. Itās so easy to freeze in the moment and it takes practice, like role-playing, to counter that.
Definitely call the company and report it. Thatās some virulent racist shit and his hate will come out during his job in other, worse, ways.
Mrs. Fās response, loosely paraphrased, when I told her the story:
You know how sometimes when women have been sexually harassed they say that they ājust frozeā? That the behavior was so inappropriate and unexpected they couldnāt react at all, never mind confront their harasser? Now you have a tiny window into what we mean.
And I guess I do. The world is full of wake-up calls if a person will only listen for them.
That sucks.
At least they arenāt burning the place down?
This is from last year, and there have been plenty more since. Fuckers. Extracted all the profit they could while avoiding investing in basic maintenance.
Iāve got a failing disk on my laptop. I should be able to recover most of the data from it, but it is just more hassle that I donāt need.
At least I now know what the intermittent USB errors I have been getting for the last few weeks are.
One of my best friends, someone whom I knew for 35 years and really loved, died suddenly yesterday.
Iām wrecked.
I had a long conversation with him just last week; we talked about his amazement seeing his daughter grow up, about her creativity and the meaning she seemed to conjure from nowhere. We talked about his new project and optimism for next year, about car repair, hiking, marriage ā shit, we covered everything.
He was a gentle, thoughtful dude, and one of my favorite people in the whole world. Every time it hits me that I will never get to talk to him again, I start crying.
54, and gone way too soon. This hole you left and the grief spilling out of it? I donāt know if I can ever mend it, and damn, damn, damn, goddamn I miss you.
Iām so sorry for your loss.
Thank you.
Itās sometimes true in Poland too. If I rented my flat instead of owning it I would pay at least two times more that my current monthly mortgage payment.
My psych is dead. Died a week ago but I found out today. Saw him on and off for more than 20 years and thought Iād be devastated but so far, an hour or two after finding out, Iām just angry. Fuck today, fuck this fucking pandemic and most of all fuck cancer. Vale, Doc.
Youtube channel Second Thought just released their latest video- A quick tour through the history of the crimes of the CIA.
It was immediately demonetised, age-restricted and placed behind a content warning.
This leads to two thoughts:
- Of course Iām going to post this here and try to Streissand the shit out of it.
- Perhaps trusting mega-corporations as the gatekeepers of all online content, and hoping that they wouldnāt eliminate all leftist productions was a bad idea after all.
Came home from walking the dog to find my catās dead body under a bush near the porch. No visible damage, he was healthy and happy when he went for his regular morning excursion. He was only four.
Jesus! This is terrible! Iām so sorry.
Have you taken his body to the vet to see if they know what happened to him? Maybe ask a neighbor if they saw anything with you cat?
