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  • Signtist@bookwyr.metomemes@lemmy.worldMeanwhile in Canada
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    2 days ago

    A few years ago a piece of snow that had hardened from the cold flew off of the top of a guys car and hit my windshield so hard that it spiderwebbed. Snow flying off of a car can also completely blind you for several seconds, since it often comes off all at once like an avalanche.



  • Bud, what? We’re talking about people who were working day after day without being fired who suddenly had enough and decided to leave. They weren’t in imminent danger of being fired prior to their resignation. So, the morning when they come in to turn in their (unexpected!) resignation, they do what they can to fuck things up a bit beforehand. Yeah, you’re right that the government could go after them for it if they weren’t smart enough to cover their tracks, but let’s be honest - the current government will likely go after them for leaving regardless.



  • What I mean is that you’re already on the inside, an opportunity a lot of people would love to have. Even if all you do is call one person to warn them they’re being watched before putting in your resignation, it’s better than quitting without doing that.

    I work for a normal company, but even I’d be able to do a lot of damage in a couple hours if I really wanted to screw over my employer before leaving. Information is a big part of any conflict; even just sending whatever sensitive information you happen to have on hand to some interested parties can really throw a wrench in the works.









  • It’s true that voting in the primaries gives you more freedom to hopefully get a better candidate later, but you can go further than that. Get into local elections, and do your best to actually figure out what those candidates are about. Over time that will seed the pool of up and coming politicians with people who actually care.

    Sure, it’s not likely that your local school board member will be a presidential candidate someday, but a lot of big names started small, and you have the power to help get the good ones up to that stage, and keep the bad ones from reaching it in the first place.



  • Yeah, I can remember one or two specific instances of people choosing the worst place to stop and have a conversation, but the reason I remember them is because they happen so infrequently. I might need to say “excuse me” every so often, or squeeze by someone who didn’t leave a lot of space, but it’s never inconvenient enough to warrant remembering.





  • With regards to the people at the top of the government, the laws they’re meant to abide by only apply to the extent that the individuals themselves care about them.

    To the people occupying those positions right now, those laws are nothing more than words on a paper they’re never going to read, and as a result, that’s all the power they have right now.

    There’s no point in reciting laws to people who don’t know them, don’t care about them, and won’t be held accountable for breaking them.