Does this person think working shifts are just magic? You show up at 4am on a Saturday unscheduled and they just pay you with no complaint? People just get as much unauthorized overtime as they want?

I understand that’s not the kind of work he’s suggesting, but it is the kind of work that the vast majority of us do. Stop trying to normalize the hustle. We need to go back to RESPECT for the 9-5 working person and pay them enough to have comfortable lives

That’s a nice looking Nebelung you got there. They’re such beautiful cats

I only have WhatsApp because I have so many non-American friends ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I dragged my mom and sister over to using it, and everyone has been warned that the second I see Meta trying to monetize it, I’m going to whine until they all move to Signal (which has pretty much identical functionality.)

Never. Leave. This baby. Again. Lol

It doesn’t recognize kbin.social? Maybe I input the url incorrectly. Just curious

Haha, I have a blanket burrower too. Bedtime = “you’re letting me explore the blanket cave now, right?”

Yeah, this is my takeaway as well. I’m willing to bet teens aren’t opposed to Android itself, but rather “oh your mom only got you the $200 budget phone lol”

Sadly the cat summoning ritual only works on half of the cats in my house. Which is one. It only summons me one cat

Thank you for reminding me that I would love to own a copy of the TNG Tech Manual for display in my house

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/star-trek-the-next-generation-technical-manual-star-trek-the-next-generation_michael-okuda_rick-sternbach/264314/item/46127383/

has been turned

You say as if it weren’t always like that. Because it definitely has always been like that from the dawn of civilization, sadly.

These corporate instruments are quite efficient. Unfortunately you and I just happen to disagree with the rich and powerful about what we should be efficient at doing

Hahaha

Yeah I’m the tail end of Gen X and “genderqueer” also still makes me wince, though I understand the reclaiming. I much prefer genderfluid. It just sounds so nice lol

Yes? Lol, I’m a little perplexed that you’re perplexed by that?

But I guess it’s a little niche. And not specifically focused for transition. I’m not surprised at all that she’s a musician because my own vocal training was also in the context of music. But I used that training extensively outside of my singing (and still do).

It’s funny because my vocal coach used to absolutely harangue me about deepening my voice. But as a female presenting person in the business world (in the 90s), that was necessary for survival. And I was deeply uncomfortable with my feminine sounding voice when I was younger. I’ve grown to accept it more now, although I still lower and project my voice at work or in other situations where I need to make myself be taken seriously.

That vocal training also allowed me to selectively “turn off” my native Appalachian accent - another thing that gets you nowhere in a lot of professional settings. But I slip back into it when I’m really tired or when I’m talking to my dad lol

We added races to the flag though. Intersectionality is the way.

And there’s a reason my generation embraced the word “queer” because it encompassed anyone gender nonconforming without demanding that they define themselves. Trans, gay, nonbinary, ace are all gender nonconforming identities in some way.

My 4yo feral-born still prefers her interactions at arms length…unless I’m eating ice cream. And then within seconds from any corner of the house, she’s immediately right in my face. I have no idea how she even learned what ice cream is lol