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  1. different clue

    Here is somebody’s account from the MaliciousCompliance subreddit about how they followed a hard rule to the hard letter in the teeth of a stupidly exploitative boss.

    Boss: “Clock out exactly at 5:00 or you’re written up. No exceptions.” So I did
    https://www.reddit.com/r/MaliciousCompliance/comments/1wkwmoh/boss_clock_out_exactly_at_500_or_youre_written_up/

    There may be places outside and beyond the workplace where people can practice this sort of Malicious Compliance with enemy directives. Perhaps it could be expanded to PassivActive Obstructance, Uncivil Obedience, etc . . . to grind the targeted part of the enemy down.

  2. different clue

    This could be useful to some people in some circumstances.

    American doctor in Liberia shows how to soothe a crying baby. This method works everywhere in the world.
    https://www.reddit.com/r/Amazing/comments/1wk8u8k/american_doctor_in_liberia_shows_how_to_soothe_a/

  3. mago

    Here’s a way to silence the dog who barks at you from behind the fence as you’re walking by: stop and in your most sincere voice ask, wanna go for a walk?
    Just ask if you want any more free advice. I’m full of it, so to speak.

  4. mago

    On the serious side the EU wants to commit suicide and spark ww3 because orks are bad and we’re stupid or something like that.

    A diaper pooping Pepsi swilling nepobaby wants to build a ballroom an arch a monument to his diseased ego ignorant of the world but with power in his hand.

    All the westie pumpkin heads pumping money to the little Ukie green man, just because don’t you know. Take another sniff, take another hit and charge it all to you and me.

    Don’t forget the N man and the ZioNazis, they need your funding, too. Kill a little here, kill a little there/steal a little here, steal a little there.

    Hey, what’s that over there? Deceive, distract and pocket the balance from your trail of blood.

    The only thing that you can take with you in the end is the result of your actions. Enjoy the putas and the blow and the death and destruction while you can because it’s all going to follow after you.

    Operator, please connect me with the Office of the Precedence because something’s wrong around here and I’d like to make a report.

  5. “they say that money won’t buy you love in this world, but it will get you half a pound of cocaine and two fifteen year old girls and an air conditioned limousine on a hot september night – and that may not be love but it’s alright” – Randy Newman, beloved songwriter for the Toy Story movies

  6. Carborundum

    Very on-brand:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/justin-trudeau-production-company-hope-and-hard-work-9.7341226

    Please God, let Katie end her days being the rate-limiting factor for something less consequential than a G-7 power and let he who shall not be named focus on his glorious image, eating grapes and unfettered by reality.

  7. different clue

    Here’s another Randy Newman song, called Political Science. Masterfully snarcastic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mAuPg1ZZw

  8. different clue

    By now some people here have probably seen the new Converse Sneakers ad. Willie D Live offers his reaction to it and what it means.

    Converse Thought This Ad Would Work Until THIS Happened
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DqGpkf17OA

    Tallgirl6234 has a video about the gaslighting done by companies like Converse when they bring out ads like this ( over and over and over again). Her whole life’s career is in Marketing/Advertising so she can give some insider-engineering analysis about this ad and the subsequent gaslighting.

    The gaslighting that goes on when a company like Converse puts out an ad
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxq1LG9N7V0

  9. different clue

    Here is something just purely interesting.

    From the interestingasfuck subreddit . . .
    “Snake catcher in India calmly handles two massive cobras with his bare hands and a stick”
    https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1wpcd4e/snake_catcher_in_india_calmly_handles_two_massive/

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