It sounds like the employees are the bottom level of some kind of scam. A company that has so little faith in itself that it forces their employees to act as customers is either on the verge of ruin or just completely unethical. They’re definitely getting some kind of kick backs from this.

I’m sure they have found some kind of shitty technical loophole that makes it legal somehow, but you might still report it anonymously to the employment commission since it is 100% unethical and a serious conflict of interests.

Either way if possible find somewhere else to work as soon as you can. Once these people have bilked you out of as much of your paycheck as they can they will decide your no longer a valuable company asset

The ongoing destruction of democracy and rise of a new Nazi dictatorship/theocracy seems like it kind of encapsulates all the recent news stories lately

When I’m feeling really down I have to either build something or fix something. It’s really the only way I’ll start to feel better. Somehow building models or working on cross stitch or taking apart an appliance to find out why it doesn’t work makes everything feel kind of “normal” again.

Because it didn’t make financial sense for them to buy it. The last I read up on the matter it seemed like Musk has lost quite a bit of money on it since he took over. Literally the ONLY reason Musk bought it was because he got into a pissing contest with the previous owners after he claimed he could run it better. He actually tried to back out of the deal a number of times but there was some kind of legal reason he was obligated to buy it after he made an offer

No, but I remember seeing the TV ads for Hooked on Phonics

Find a way to convince Republicans that it will help the needy, create equality, and/or cost them money somehow. That will kill it off pretty quickly.

It sounds like it was in sale. It may be a sale offered by the manufacturer, or one the store is offering directly. Getting rid of old stock is not the only reason things go on sale.

I’m sure it’s probably some kind of misunderstanding

It sounds like she’s upset about something that involves you in some way. I would just ask her.

They’re not particularly left wing, they just actually care about what happens to their citizens.

It’s kind of sad that we’ve reached the point where everyone having a place to sleep at night and a modicum of dignity is considered to be a radically leftist idea

Is “dude” actually still considered gendered? I literally call everyone dude

And how many boutique niche Indy games made solely for their artistic merit have you played that actually had an easy mode?

Why wouldn’t the developer want as many people as possible to buy the game though?

You know you don’t have to play the easy mode right? You can just change the mode in the settings. Most games default to the standard version anyway.

No. Pork is delicious. 🐖🥓🤤

I’m not sure what the point of any of this was. It seemed to serve little purpose.

Have a nice day 🌞

Cool story bro. How about this, you continue to say cache however you want and I’ll continue to silently judge you for it and we can all just move on with our day?

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If we said every loan word the way they were originally pronounced in their various native languages then English wouldn’t exist.

From the Mirriam-Webster website:

A cache is a group of things that are hidden, and is pronounced like “cash.” Cachet can mean “prestige,” “medicine to be swallowed,” or “an official seal,” and is pronounced “cash-ay.”

Cache and cachet share a common French root – the verb cacher (“to hide”), which is pronounced \cash-AY\ – but they are pronounced differently and mean two different things