I thought it was hilarious

There should be consequences for companies (and specifically the leadership) that cause danger to innocent lives in their pursuit of profit over all else.

Going to restart my exercise habit and discipline after a long injury, do some coding on my own projects, eat like a king.

Going to try squeeze in the Dune movies somewhere but hours in the day just never seem enough

Making those promises was good for shareholders. Good spin, positive pr, keep share price stable etc.

And then staying in Russia was also good for shareholders. Moves more product. Easy.

So that’s what they do. Shareholder value above anything else, there are no exceptions.

Can’t remember the last time I was on Twitter. Turns out I don’t need it. Turns out I’m just a little happier without it.

Some people probably do not have home lives that they enjoy, I can imagine that.

Exactly, just another corporate cash grab. From here it will go to “you buy base game only”, but if you want this city or that quest or planet then it’s paid. You want that npc? Money. The final boss? Credit card pls. Fast travel? That’s platinum club only.

And all in the name of “why should you pay for quests you don’t like” or some other thinly veiled greed.

But they gotta keep that profit line climbing infinitely you know, somehow.

Snuggling? Uh, that’s a hard no. I can’t imagine that. I’d be extremely uncomfortable.

Hugging? Yup, lots of hugging in my friends and family.

I don’t wish for more physical affection among males, seems good as is.

Nestle and Adobe, on my special list.

It’s not the job of EA execs to keep offices open or people employed. It’s their job to drive profit above anything else, no sacrifice is too great.

This is a great idea.

You know how some people have aphantasia and cannot visualize anything in their minds?

I feel like that about poetry, for some reason none of it resonates with me at all. It’s like I’m missing something that a lot of other people seem to perceive or process.

It’s insane to me that healthcare looks like this in the US, I mean I live in an objectively weaker economy and my healthcare is vastly better in terms of cost, availability and has no hard ties to employment.

That is crazy messed up. My gut feel is that it’s again down to the corporate shareholder problem, where infinite growth is demanded. It’s defies belief that this hasn’t been fixed, and really makes me think that overall we may be losing the war of greed vs humanity.

I often think words are so empty sometimes, my sister is struggling with some problems but lives very far away. All I can do is try say things and hope they find ground.

I’ll offer you this one piece of advice (just in case it’s worth more than just some strangers words from across the world), when I’m feeling like I’m in a bad place, I try manipulate my perspective by thinking about how much worse it could be.

Sounds dark but for some reason it helps me appreciate even the hard times.

And if that fails, remember tomorrow is FRIDAY WOOHOOO \o/

You can do it. Don’t let them get you down!

Oh wow, this brings back memories for the original, definitely gonna try this out

George, man, I like you but please focus

With loads more to come. Company owners and shareholders will benefit heavily from AI and job automation, while the workers are replaced. But don’t worry, new jobs always appear, it’s a universal magical rule.

/s

Gotta keep that share price rising.

TIL

I seem to be lucky and get a clean shave in about 3 minutes, just hot towel on the face for a minute and then sweep using a 4 blade Gillette.

Maybe twice a week.