Wow he really looks like Tucker Carlson in that picture. Made me double take.

There are many different accents across the US.

Some of them very much pronounce the word “than” like others pronounce the word “then”.

That’s not really how language… or humans… or culture… work.

This is a common mistake for many native English speakers and highlights the different challenges in speaking a language and writing a language.

In many regions of the US for example, “than” and “then” are often pronounced exactly the same.

than…

Clearly the answer to our national disunity is for the perpetrator to run for office.

What about “gets my coffee from the free machine in the break room at work”?

You are so sure I’m some strawman that you’ve imagined or been conditioned to identify you’re attacking someone who is an ally, and you should reflect on that.

Completely obvious context…

More friendly fire. I did vote against the fascists. And you continuing to laud blame on everyone else instead of introspecting on how you can make “not fascism” a more attractive message only hurts the cause.

You’re doing harm instead of good. That’s the point.

They’re going to keep pissing on others like this and continue to be surprised when their candidates don’t get elected. It will always be someone else’s fault.

By the Emperors grace and the Mechanicus perseverance your toaster shall live again.

I just assumed I was on grimdank when I saw this lol

Idk man my wife is on the spectrum and has maybe been on time for like one thing (of her own volition) in the last few years.

Not that I disagree with the points, but this sure feels cringey.

Today I saw a group of Trump advocates waving flags and whatnot on a walkway over a highway and as I was about to share 1 of my 10 fingers with them I saw that they had kids there waving some of their Trump flags and paused. It feels uncomfortable seeing little kids engage in passionate advocacy for things they have no real experience with, and this video gives similar vibes.

Top talent meets top talent.

Honestly this is where my headspace is at. I see all the memes and jokes and they just make me sadder.

Man I’m sure there is some culture I could have been raised in that would have resulted in me finding that appealing and all…. But I would probably vomit if I drank any of that.

You’re right about many jobs not being sales, my apologies if I made it sound like my scope of commentary was exclusively oriented to those roles.

Social skills are important more broadly than sales, and I’m mostly talking about how they apply in the organization as someone interacts with other peers.

Yes I agree, you make some really valuable points here that I don’t disagree with. There’s a bit of an art to this and it is certainly not a realistic expectation that someone should be universally capable. Somewhere in that gray space between universally capable and walking hr incident is where we all fall.