No luck about it. Luck is for people who don’t plan.

It was the power tie.

It’s called abstraction, maybe if you paid attention in class you would know what that is.

Do any full adults bitter about incidents of their childhood really think it was out of spite? I just want a simple yes or no. Like the teacher gets paid either way, and it must be awkward as fuck to drag a shy kid out a bit who is going to be wrong. I just wonder if people really really believe this was out of malice.

Johnny knows the answer, Johnny always knows the answer, Johnny shouldn’t even be in that class, and yes Johnny puts his hand up each and every time. Tim might know the answer, might not. Tim never talks. Tim is in big trouble grade-wise if he doesn’t know the answer on the next exam. So give him a nudge, make sure he knows that he doesn’t know, and maybe he will study. Cause if you let Tim just sit and space out they are going to get an F.

Anyway back to your bitterness. I am sure it is perfectly reasonable to be a 32 years old upset about being called on by teacher when you were 11.

I would love for their to be a town somewhere where this was a very sensible sign and not humor at all.

It wasn’t Tuesday it was T u e s d a y. I am assuming it’s like a normal Tuesday but in some uncanny valley creepy form.

Must be an interesting audit.

IRS agent: so you put down that you received a “Cincinnati Steamer” as part of your compensation for employing this vendor.

Dude: that’s right

IRS agent: please describe what goes into a Cincinnati Steamer so I can assign it to a category or categories. Also do you happen to have her W2s and social security number?

Dude: sure, and no I don’t have her paperwork. Surprisingly she didn’t share it with me.

I imagine what is going on is the answers on the multiple choice questions weren’t random and you were picking up on the pattern then retroconing a justification. Say for example

• A. 12
• B. 14
• C. 11
• D. 68

You threw out D right away because it was much different and argued that it had to be A or C because being off by one is an easy mistake. Now it’s just a question if even or odd, so you looked for a divide by 2. If found you went odd, if you found a multiple by 2 you went even.

Added to this you probably noticed a pattern. If C was the correct answer the next one was always A, etc.

If you aren’t convinced that its just really good test taking ability it would be pretty easy to use an AI and make it quiz you.

Well on the bright side I am sure this person has a bunch of new followers on X. Granted most of them are trying to build a criminal case against him for further profoundly dumb posts but still. All publicity is good publicity

They thought about it but were too afraid of the IRS to do it.

It used to be tax deductable to bribe government officials of foreign governments.

Unrelated, if you get bribed in time with a hooker do you report it based on what she charges or fair market rate or is there a set amount? I feel like someone at the IRS sat down and came up with an answer to this.

I wonder when they will go all Boeing and GE. The day when all they will have left is the ability to buy their own stock and lobby from the government for free money. Imagine the platonic peak form of health insurance. Processing no claims whatsoever.

Funny picture, not accurate, but pretty funny. The US is the only developed nation with a life expectancy going down. Hovering around a low established in 1996. Canada on the other hand continues to increase with a tiny rate of growth dip during the worse of Covid. Worse pandemic in its history and all she gets it from it was people were living longer each year at a slower rate.

The proceeding was a paid message brought to you by Atena.

Atena, the last time we paid out was 1998 and we fired the person who did that so it won’t happen again.

Was just curious

It’s a regional expression

The thing about five year olds is that they don’t communicate like adults. Also adults suck as well. Go work in retail or a restaurant for a week and tell me about how understanding adults are.

I have a client now who wants a replacement part that my employer hasn’t made since 2002, explained that and he demanded that I walk him through the repair process. Guy this thing was out of warranty for 21 years.

Ok so for you non-parents here.

We will eat like a family, that means everyone has to be here at the same time, or we all have to wait for the one person in the bathroom. Also I need help setting the table. Also I am freaken hungry and want to eat as well instead of sitting there waiting until my food is room temperature. Also I remember the time five months ago when you were late which means you are always late.

Now eat the meal you didn’t have to pay for or make and you gave me “helpful” notes about.

I am starting to think he is not the nicest person.

Is that why my stainless steel providers charge more for paint vs carbon steel painting?