How widespread was this? I grew up in the 80s/90s and pre GPS we just had a map in the car. I’ve never heard of such a hotline until seeing this post.

Oh man we’d be so fucked if all plants were sentient. We’d still eat, but we’d be doomed to commit plant war crimes to live

That’s great. The comment about shutting down a bike if the driver is too aggressive is a little concerning. But clearly a net positive

For making porn of course

√(yes)

It’s content, it’s eyeballs. People devoting thought cycles to him. Like we’re doing now, reading an article about it, talking about it. Probably still a net loss in terms of public opinion, but for his supporters they probably think it’s bad ass.

You’re right, life isn’t fair, and isn’t ever going to be everything going the way you want.

I would still challenge you about the attitude that everything is completely outside your control. You’ve heard the quote, “the harder I work the luckier I get”?

Yes, our opportunities are constrained by the world around us. If you tell a kid they can become president, that’s almost certainly not true. But by working on yourself, by recognizing your strengths, by focusing on what’s important to you, you can position yourself to take advantage of the opportunities you get.

In the dating world that could look like participating in activities you enjoy that also involve other people (tabletop games, bird watching, skydiving whatever). You might never meet someone at those things, but by increasing the volume of human interaction, you’re improving your odds, while also honing your social skills if the occasion arises.

It doesn’t require trying to be someone you’re not, and will also be counterproductive if you do. In sales sometimes they’ll tell you to “go for the no.” If someone isn’t going to buy you want to find that out quickly so you can spend your time on someone who will. In a relationship, if someone is going to reject who you are, you want to find that out quickly, not pretend to be some other person.

Yeah I could see it being a “this person has already failed to give me what I asked for once” type follow up.

Also why switch from xx/yy to question marks?

Yeah, I’ve had white collar managers for twenty years. Just haven’t encountered this format where they’re asking to fill out variables in a single sentence. Plenty of times where someone has said “can you update this document with the new clients info” or whatever. But for a single sentence it takes just as long to type this weirdo format as it would to type a straightforward question.

This lady is clearly delusional. That said, what is up with this email from the boss? It reads like a word problem from school. Who asks a subordinate to do like a madlibs style fill in for something so short? Just ask a normal question, like the sentence following that one.

"Can you please complete the following:

The solution us currently used by xx Agris companies and yy Barge lines in corn cargoes in south-north flows in the ??? waterways.

Also, can you remind me of what the balance of the rollout will be and the approx. timing.

Thanks"