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I moved to a non tech company a few years ago. I run the phones and file server and program a few machines we sell. Its nice having a physical product to be proud of, and its enjoyable doing helpdesk for a very small company.

I used to work at web hosts and such.

You seem to be suggesting that an entire race in the US should just get over it because it happened so long ago, which is the same gaslighting this woman is said to have done. Since you are doing this to an entire race, denying the importance of their experience and pain, you are in a class of their abusers regardless of your race.

I like the theory that musk is trying to win over the truck buyer segment's hearts and minds via twitter anti woke signals before releasing it to ensure there is an accepting market.

If you look at a map of the best selling vehicle by state and overlay who they voted for in the last few elections it's pretty clear who he needs to cozy up to and win over. I'm not thrilled about it, and it solidifies my choice not to buy a tesla, but it makes business sense to my uneducated eye.

Personally I like my nissan leaf and would like a nice simple plug in hybrid truck, not an electric brodozer.

I and many other 30 somethings I know decided to take our health more seriously after the pandemic, since obviously no one else is going to go to bat for us and we are now influential in the workforce enough to tell off the previous gen folks who would like us to just grit our teeth and make do.

The chair doesn't get adjusted until it has already caused pain. Thanks for your concern.

Actually I'm going to lay into you for this. Do you have any fucking idea what its like to not be able to get an erection? Not to feel your legs, shoulders, or hips for days? To not be able to tell when you have to poop? And all it takes is a fucking $200 chair that they leave the fuck alone to be just fine? I don't need the goddamn ada. All I need is a little trial and error to get my spine aligned right so I can sit for 8 hours without "SUPRISE you cant feel your DICK" and then to have that chair left the fuck alone.

Dude you will be so fucked when you hit 60. You have no idea how much you will hate the world for the lack of consideration it shows you.

I absolutely had lower productivity sharing a desk last time I was required to. The chair was always adjusted wrong. May as well just stay home. I'm not OCD but I've been seeing doctors for my back problems since I was 18 so frankly you're an ableist. Enjoy your health while you can.

I'm angry because I felt trapped scrolling through the same crap under different categories on the same page. It was not relaxing or enjoyable. It was abusing my attention.

You seem to be confused. No one on mastodon can stop you from speaking. They can just choose not to listen. Censorship would be stopping you from speaking. As long as you're not breaking any laws, no one is going to shut you down and prevent you from being on the network (eg, your hosting company shutting you down). All you stand to lose is a generous system administrator doing the work of staying online for you for free.

Is free speech in your mind something someone automatically has obligation to share? Thats forced, not free.

It sort of seems to me (seattle area resident) that our social programs are under attack from concept to execution by people that would rather the disadvantaged just die. The people doing good work get burned out fast, the money dries up, its just bad.

My neighbor was the director of a homeless shelter and the crap he had to deal with was unreal.

I look at it kinda like the anti car movement. The big companies supported whichever side would save them money. They supported getting rid of street parking for bike lanes and making parking under a building part of code.... then sabatoged it by making the parking all permit only or very expensive. Now theres too little parking either way to go shopping and the anti car people get to look bad. But it didnt really affect the average s class driver at all so who cares right?

This is just the impression I got working downtown for 10 years. Probably have some misunderstandings.

No one can stop you from finding or starting an instance with your values. Its the same kind of freedom the copy machine or the home word processor gives.

No, it doesn't let you be a prick with someone elses resources. They have no obligation to listen or amplify you.

Perhaps people's expectations of free speech are a little greedy?

You would love mastodon then. There is no censorship at all, but at the same time everyone is free to ignore you either personally or for their whole instance. Best of both worlds.

I zone out at work all day waiting for people to bring me problems, then when I get home and finish my chores and get the kid to bed I get to work on actual work projects with measurable progress.

To be clear, I'm showing up to be seen and available.