It doesn't make sense, but here we are. We are all individuals with our own strengths and weaknesses, yet workers are considered fungible. If you are dissatisfied and quit, you'll just be replaced by someone else.

Meta has been running ads claiming no one can read your WhatsApp messages, including them. For some reason, I'm not 100% sure about this. It's hard to imagine they can resist grabbing all that data for their AI somehow.

I've seen that Simpsons episode, don't do it!!!

Little do they know that worker happiness is considered the enemy of productivity.* Plus, it's harder to micromanage them when they're at home.

*By employers, not the workers, obviously.

My volunteer fire department was able to march in sync in parades despite having enjoyed a few adult beverages beforehand. What the Army did had to be deliberate.

Can you make [fill in the blank] in the US? The answer is "yes", though depending on the product, there may be significant startup costs due to a lack of existing infrastructure and tooling.

Can you make [fill in the blank] in the US at a competitive price? For high margin items, certainly. But for most consumer goods, it's at best "maybe".

Working as intended then?

I stopped carrying octopus, too many ruined shirts.

This is what we all feared would happen.

Dealer installed option.

You're describing the world of The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster. Originality and direct experience was dead, only interpretations of interpretations remained.

That duck looks rather pleased.