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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    jon-nyc
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    #543

    Only non-witches get due process.

    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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      jon-nyc
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      #544

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      Only non-witches get due process.

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      • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

        @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

        Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

        Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

        You can't be all "let the market decide" and at the same time believe in some wooey divide between real work paid in real money and fake work paid in real money where the only difference is in your mind.

        Doctor PhibesD Offline
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        Doctor Phibes
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        #545

        @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

        No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

        Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

        Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

        You can't be all "let the market decide" and at the same time believe in some wooey divide between real work paid in real money and fake work paid in real money where the only difference is in your mind.

        The world has indeed changed, it’s just that some people are struggling to catch up. I said as much when I tried to catch the bus to the local steel mill this morning. First, there was no bus, and then the steel mill had closed 30 years ago.

        I was only joking

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        • George KG Offline
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          #546

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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            Doctor Phibes
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            #547

            If they're going to ban everybody who impersonates somebody else, isn't the blue check superfluous?

            I was only joking

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            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

              If they're going to ban everybody who impersonates somebody else, isn't the blue check superfluous?

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              #548

              @Doctor-Phibes supposedly, now, if you create a parody account, it has to say "parody" in the name, not just the description.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • jon-nycJ Online
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                jon-nyc
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                #549

                Any parody or just mimicry? Does Titania McGrath now have to put parody in the name?

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • George KG George K

                  @Doctor-Phibes supposedly, now, if you create a parody account, it has to say "parody" in the name, not just the description.

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                  Doctor Phibes
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                  #550

                  @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                  @Doctor-Phibes supposedly, now, if you create a parody account, it has to say "parody" in the name, not just the description.

                  So what happens if I ask them to blue-check my parody account?

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                  I was only joking

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                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                    @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

                    Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

                    Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

                    JollyJ Offline
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                    Jolly
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #551

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

                    Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

                    Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

                    No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                    As for the rest of the working world that isn't plopping computer keys most of the day, most of those folks are physically back at work, with more coming back everyday. I think the exception are the people that have figured out the dole allows them to live as comfortably as working their lower pay jobs. As we lurch into recession again, and inflation takes its toll, it will be interesting to see what happens with all classes of workers...

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      Any parody or just mimicry? Does Titania McGrath now have to put parody in the name?

                      Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                      Doctor Phibes
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                      #552

                      @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                      Any parody or just mimicry? Does Titania McGrath now have to put parody in the name?

                      What happens if I use irony or sarcasm in my posts? Do I need to have somebody walk in front of me waving a big red flag with 'PARODY' written on it, so that everybody realises I'm only joking?

                      I was only joking

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                      • JollyJ Jolly

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

                        Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

                        Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

                        No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                        As for the rest of the working world that isn't plopping computer keys most of the day, most of those folks are physically back at work, with more coming back everyday. I think the exception are the people that have figured out the dole allows them to live as comfortably as working their lower pay jobs. As we lurch into recession again, and inflation takes its toll, it will be interesting to see what happens with all classes of workers...

                        Aqua LetiferA Offline
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                        Aqua Letifer
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #553

                        @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                        It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                        Please love yourself.

                        Doctor PhibesD 1 Reply Last reply
                        • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                          @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                          It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                          Doctor PhibesD Offline
                          Doctor PhibesD Offline
                          Doctor Phibes
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #554

                          @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                          It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                          One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                          We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                          Stereotypes are so useful!

                          I was only joking

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                          • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                            @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                            @Doctor-Phibes supposedly, now, if you create a parody account, it has to say "parody" in the name, not just the description.

                            So what happens if I ask them to blue-check my parody account?

                            86f22668-4d40-47af-b0d9-915582906ca2-image.png

                            AxtremusA Offline
                            AxtremusA Offline
                            Axtremus
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                            #555

                            @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                            So what happens if I ask them to blue-check my parody account?

                            You pay them $8/month, they give you your blue check.

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                            • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                              @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                              @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                              No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                              It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                              One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                              We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                              Stereotypes are so useful!

                              Aqua LetiferA Offline
                              Aqua LetiferA Offline
                              Aqua Letifer
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                              #556

                              @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                              @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                              @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                              No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                              It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                              One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                              We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                              Stereotypes are so useful!

                              If you don't show up for the office, how in the hell are they to know if you're wearing a suit or not?!

                              Please love yourself.

                              Doctor PhibesD 1 Reply Last reply
                              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                                It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                                One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                                We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                                Stereotypes are so useful!

                                AxtremusA Offline
                                AxtremusA Offline
                                Axtremus
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                                #557

                                @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                                Insert joke about American managers with software engineering teams in India or Eastern Europe, reference Dilbert.

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                                • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                                  It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                                  One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                                  We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                                  Stereotypes are so useful!

                                  If you don't show up for the office, how in the hell are they to know if you're wearing a suit or not?!

                                  Doctor PhibesD Offline
                                  Doctor PhibesD Offline
                                  Doctor Phibes
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #558

                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  No, I think LuFin's comment was a little broader. Tech may continue to let folks work from home, but even the fruit company is now making people come into the office a few days of the week. It's very hard to manage some employees remotely, even in tech.

                                  It really isn't, if you know how to manage in this century. Most of the pushback is coming from managerial luddites who should just retire. They're worried about workers running amok because they don't have the skills to manage remote teams, but instead of owning up, they cop excuses and put it on the employees, like all bad managers do.

                                  One of my direct reports isn't even on this continent.

                                  We do electrical engineering. Obviously, it's not like that's a real job like mowing the lawn or mixing paint, but since most people who do that are illegal immigrants anyway since Americans are too lazy, I don't see the problem.

                                  Stereotypes are so useful!

                                  If you don't show up for the office, how in the hell are they to know if you're wearing a suit or not?!

                                  I'm British. If we ever showered, we'd do it in a suit.

                                  I was only joking

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                                    jon-nyc
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                                    #559

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                                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                      @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

                                      Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

                                      Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

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                                      Copper
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                                      #560

                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      No, I think the days of folk being told they have to come in 5 days a week are over.

                                      Not for those who have real jobs that build things or fix things or who perform some service, surgeons for example or bus drivers.

                                      Yes, but we’re talking about Twitter, not bus drivers.

                                      OK, well if it is just twitter, I assume most of their employees are in the HR department and do nothing but irritate each other. Let them stay home.

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                                        Doctor Phibes
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                                        I was only joking

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                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                          This is the right attitude

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                                          @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                          This is the right attitude

                                          Wouldn’t give it much credence. He’s not verified.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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