that's an intellectually dishonest way of quoting the person that you quote
reverendsteveii
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is it impossible to have a balanced conversation about starfield in particular, or does the internet ad economy tend to exclude the middle of every conversation in favor of loud antagonism and engagement bait?
Absolutely delicious, thank you for asking. I've been very fortunate and had a lot of help.
Left two jobs in the last 3 years because they offered remote and then tried to claw it back. If I ever set foot in an office again it'll be too soon.
I also tend to check in with myself on Sunday nights as I'm lying in bed. If I feel like I'm walking into a good situation the next morning, with good problems to solve and a decent chance of actually solving them, then I stick around. If I'm filled with dread awaiting the next off-hours disaster, I brush up my resume and flip the flag on LinkedIn.
Rikers dig a ship's counselor with money. At least the kind of Rikers that'd double down on a Lt Commander like me do.
No, absolutely not. The difference there is that their choices hurt someone else, driving drunk isn't inherent to alcoholism, and alcohol isn't regulated like other drugs so it doesn't have the same issues with getting help when you need it, dirty supply lines and market pressure to make it as strong as possible.
Yes I absolutely am, because it won't help kids any at all. This model we follow where we wait until someone dies and then swoop in, designate someone else to be responsible and then hurt that person as much as possible just doesn't work. In fifty years it has not helped one addict get clean, it hasn't prevented one person becoming an addict, and it hadn't stopped one overdose death. We've doubled down so hard on this that there are people doing life for simple possession of marijuana. If this was a good idea that worked it would have had some measurable impact by now, but the numbers say that things are getting exponentially worse. I've buried 5 close friends and family members due to addiction. I'm sick of doing the same stupid thing over and over again and then when it inevitably doesn't work just doubling down again.
What's neat about this is it's not going to help any children, they know it won't help any children, and they don't want it to. It's an excuse to put more people in prison for longer because a Fucking Lot of people make money every time someone goes to prison. It's an excuse to boost police budgets that are already inflated, and to erode our civil liberties even further than they already have. We joke that we're losing the drug war and we regular citizens are, but not to drugs. The drug war is a proxy war that the moneyed establishment is waging against the working class. That's who's winning the drug war that we're losing, and losing so many of our loved ones to.
they don't like to say "terrorist"
I haven't read penny arcade in years, but it brings me joy to see that the writing, at least, seems to be right where I left it. Now if you'll excuse me, I've a deep crow that needs feeding.