It’s being gross about it and referring to her like livestock that bothers me. Breedable. Yuck.

Goddamn that’s low. At first I read that as $1200/week, which would be the highest in the nation.

I also got termed for no reason but my state maxes out at $875 per week, low considering the cost of living here.

It depends. I was terminated under false pretenses, so I collected unemployment without any issues.

Seconding Bazzite, it’s great for gaming.

Sorry, your mom is wrong.

Gather round and attend my layoff time tale of woe.

I worked for this company for four years. They fell on hard times and, in place of layoffs, required employees to temporarily give up a portion of their salary on the condition it would be repaid within 2 years with interest, plus increased bonuses proportional with how much you sacrificed. I voluntarily gave up 20% as the company had never had a layoff in its history (no layoffs was part of their alleged culture) and all the old timers gushed about their massive bonuses after downturns like these.

I was given my quarterly review in October and I get a perfect score. I work three weeks, then am badly hurt on the job. It requires fairly major surgery, so I’m out for almost two months.

I literally limp back, probably a little too early. The first day is fine and I’m getting back up to speed. Boss shows appreciation to my dedication as I reasonably could have taken more time to recuperate. I tell her I need to discuss accommodations as I’m still healing. She agrees and sets an appointment for the next morning. Great job HamSandwich, everyone loves you.

I arrive to the accommodation meeting to find the head of HR and my boss. I figure HR is there to help with accomodations. Nope, I’m being terminated. For performance. Huh. I ask about my stellar review. My boss tells me there were issues. I ask about the issues. She is unable to give me any examples. I ask how I was supposed to know I had performance issues when I had a perfect review three work weeks ago and no one can tell me what I’ve been doing wrong. HR boss bitch pipes in with “Ham, at your seniority level you should just know.” Fuck you, boss bitch. Fuck you.

As I’m packing up my things, I realize they cut me one day before my yearly stock shares were to be awarded. Security walks me out and tells me I’m one of many senior level employees being terminated. People are being fired for showing up five minutes late. Upper level admins are walking out in protest. It appears this was the strategy: bank on the company’s good reputation to encourage increased voluntary salary cuts, then dump as many high earners as possible if still in a downturn. My boss is a spineless twerp and went along with it. She lies and tells the rest of the department I was terminated for sleeping on the job. Fuck you, boss. Fuck you.

The company had its first round of layoffs a few months later. Those employees also lost the money they gave up. The company’s reputation is irreparably harmed and I’m currently suing them for lost wages.

We also underestimate how stupid those that voted for him are.

While profiting off of it. Government contractors were paid for 100 days of related services for this poor fellow.

I’m unsurprised but disappointed you’d just deflect instead of addressing the topic being discussed. I’m raising a toddler, you get used to it, although the behavior is always more distressing in adults.

I highly suggest giving this article a read:

https://ameliabehaviour.com/accepting-responsibility/

I found this quote to be particularly impactful:

Here’s one more key message you need to carry with you, especially when your children Lemmings have been defensive and hostile to feedback: everybody makes mistakes, and that’s okay.

We see you and we accept you, even if you become defensive and hostile when shown your mistakes.

I feel you’re intentionally missing the point.

1. Op asked if they should replace their phone due to the lack of security updates.
2. You criticized OP for wanting to replace it “just 'cause”.
3. Someone pointed out that they had a stated reason for considering replacing it.
4. Your response was to disagree with that reason, despite it clearly not being in the context of the comment, instead of acknowledging that your criticism was unfounded.

I believe you have explained the joke.

The lengths some people will go to not admit they were wrong never cease to amaze me.

Narrator: the comment was both bad and stupid.

And we’ll be better off for it, but the collateral damage of actual good people dying too isn’t worth it.

Get outta here, Chinese Trump!

413%? We can do better than that.

One, through surrogacy. Did he ask AI to explain to him how to fill his little jizz cup?

This is a very good idea. I worked call centers in the US when I was younger and they all suffered from terrible, abusive management.

Rob a bank for $100, then return the money and turn yourself in.