I was providing advice to one of my bosses on how to scan cover letters for AI, and I outed em dashes. It pained me because I love them, but enough ppl don’t know how to use them properly thats it’s actually a reasonable flag 🙃

Intelligence is knowing it will bring you power. Wisdom is knowing that it’s far too light to be effective.

It doesn’t help that stuffy that McKinnon missed an open netter. That toy is gonna learn the meaning of present and immediate danger

… again

My risks that aren’t covered aren’t your problem!

I have to ask: is the angle of his wrist also matching the stripes?

As indicated in the article, this feels like a very Alberta solution to no truck

Freezing rain. There’s a special circle in hell for quarter inch thick freezing rain.

I recognise the irony, but the fires of hell don’t burn as hot as my hatred of scraping freezing rain.

Dodge the father, ram the pile of snow into the car behind you!

This bread is only half cooked! We must cook it again to guarantee tastiness!

I unapologetically balance my lols and hahas. Loha if you will lol

Snitching has a convenient shorthand (snitches get stitches), to my knowledge there isn’t one for genocide. Maybe the just don’t know!!

And this, kids, is called “setting healthy boundaries.”

Honestly I think this is just a good summary of console players. I’m not young, but I play console, and don’t think about PC… ever. I’m happy PC players found their niche, I’m happy with mine, let’s talk about the games we love!

Not to mention they started as a car lovers brand and are now just corporate for “I’m important”

Not even a single letter?

“Cutting enthusiast”

That’s… depressing

Absolutely! 😊

I’m sorry I didn’t respond sooner, I just wanted to give this the time it deserved :)

I agree the man-up mentality needs to die, or at least be dialed back. It’s not inherently bad, tough love is a thing, but our society has taken manning up to an untenable extreme. For the record, I think the meme did an excellent job of putting a truthful light on the current reality - it definitely got us talking!

I agree about DEI, and love your comment about equality. Ppl often forget that equality means for everyone, and I think men are villainized as a general punching bag (punching up?). In this respect, I think men maybe pay a price that is overlooked for the more tangible equity issues (e.g. pay and service access for minorities)? But I’m cautious to bang that drum too hard haha just thinking it through.

I see what you’re digging at about therapy, and it’s possibly a perception issue on my end. It’s hard to tell someone they need therapy at any time, and my sensitivities may just be coming into play there. Therapy can be incredibly helpful.

Women absolutely get saddled with unfair emotional labour. I think it’s a bit of a downstream effect of unhealthy male emotions, in that men are taught to clam up and hide from feelings for decades, then get into relationships with women who just want the best for their partners. Men finally have a safe place for the first time in their lives, and BOOM all of it comes out with no skill at managing it haha. I’m not excusing this behavior, it can lead to some bad outcomes. I think there’s a balance - ppl in relationships need to do their fair share or emotional labour (relationships aren’t always 50/50, sometimes they’re 90/10), and men haven’t been taught to do their half. But at some point, they also need to take accountability and learn to do their half, dang it (see tough love lol).

All in all, I agree this is a stupidly complex topic, and I agree we proooobably won’t fix mens’ relationships with the world and themselves in this conversation, but we can try! That said, I’d be very happy if we could find a way to meme our way to a better place for everyone :) thank you for digging into it with me!