I thought some bees didn’t have the barb? Certainly honey bees do, but there are many types.

Just wait until 40. It’s like going down a step with your eyes closed without knowing the step is coming. Very jarring and painful.

Depends on the field. In my field people talk. Word would get around that you lied, plus you might get reported to our certification board. If that happened, there would be no interview at the second company because your certification would be gone and not coming back, and everyone checks certification status because it’s so easy.

And it shows! You look like just 1.8 hippos now!

Many of us are ambivalent. We are overwhelmed by the terrible things happening around us. We can stick our heads in the sand, but we can’t help fix things if we don’t know what is happening. I take breaks from Trump/Musk news, but I can’t stay away forever if I want to fight for my family, and maybe my country.

Hide and seek with dire consequences!

I appreciate that you clarified. The c/whatevercommunityhere makes more sense now. Never gave it a thought prior.

Well, it’s not necessary for everyone. That’s cool. You do you, friend.

Same. I have been working where I work much longer than my boss. I know the relevant requirements better most of the time. I don’t throw that in their face. Plus, even if I’m right, they can (in the moment) pull rank and enforce whatever they want. I remain humble in my assertions and in return they almost never pull rank. It’s a good balance. My boss actually depends on me to know the requirements and be able to tell everyone what they are. Then, they just enforce them. Win-win for me.

That’s right! Her salary should go to help pay for the war! /s

No, but the act of killing it is.

Like five niiiine!

You saw ankle bone? You got some ankle cleavage, you dirty devil, eh?

Because it’s costly to bring materials and to set up mining operations, a lot of tools will be made of readily available moon rock. So, maybe we’ll have a moon stone age, too.

Sure, and I agree it’s scary. I just find the drone scarier.

Sure, but you don’t just do one or the other. You diversify. If you had all of these coming after you, which would you find more deadly, the dog or the drone? For me, I’d say the grenade drone. You can manufacture a lot of grenade drones for the cost of one gun dog.

Yes, apparently, they meesed.

That is how his power developed and he doesn’t want to share the spotlight!

Have you seen The Matrix Resurrections? It seems just like something The Analyst would do to us as a joke.

Yes, the same here. We had 2 kids (and then a vasectomy). We’re not rich, but we do have a house we could sell to aid leaving, and we have enough in savings to make it without selling the house, if we needed to leave right away. Of course, environmental issues will be a global problem, but the response to those will likely be better in some places as compared to others.