I designed dies for forges. Mechanically it's actually kinda similar to sheet metal, but the EH&S is worse and the whole forging industry is practically a monopoly now.

We're hiring btw, if anybody is in Los Angeles pm me.

It's kinda bittersweet to be middle aged and finally have a job I actually like. I program robots to bend metal all day, like Bender from Futurama. It's super cool and I have zero dread on Sundays for once.

But when I talk to my coworkers, I'm reminded of how rare and lucky that really is. For everyone else the week is still grueling and maddening. The people with "bullshit jobs" aren't having any fun at all.

So when we start talking about the weekend as an escape, I try to keep it real and see if there's any way I can make their life more pleasant. Maybe they need a good word for a promotion, or backup asking for a raise, or a lie when they need to leave early, or a glowing job reference.

Imagine how much more our society would accomplish if there were no bullshit jobs and everyone either programmed the robots, or made pottery/paintings/whatever the neurotypicals enjoy.

Shit I talk about unions all the time.

M4A isn't even making supplemental insurance illegal. It's literally just extending Medicare to everyone.

Thank you for the explanation. I thought he got in trouble for looking towards her boobs when there was an attention-grabbing necklace there and it totally wasn't his fault for looking at all.

Now they've messed with Florida Man. I don't feel sorry for them.

They all got laid off so one guy can not watch the work happen.

Things have improved! Once I was rejected because I answered truthfully about whether I'd always vote for the law as written.

Sometimes you vote wrong by accident and don't notice.

You should bet on stuff you don't like. Then if you win it's like an insurance payout. Your prediction skills will make money for you, and you might create incentives for other people to reduce bad things.

I'll keep that in mind next time we have some influence over policy.

That there's an open source alternative which is gaining momentum?

Edit: oh bad news the Microsoft