I know a lot of people shit on it, but I loved Season 2 as well. They should have cut out the motorcycle cop’s character and that would have left more time to really dig into the conspiracy, but it was pretty good story and really, really well cast.
Just like in real life: No one is or was talking to you.
Yes. Bunch of snarky idiots that don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about because all they know how to do is snark at each other.
No concept of listening. No concept of nuance or context. Just pure sophomoric rage toward anyone or anything that challenges anything you think.
I POST: “Maybe try electing a socialist in NYC and a more centrist candidate in Iowa, where there aren’t as many lefties to support you”
RESPONSES I GET: “You want to see homeless people burn to death in televised bum fights because you hate fucking progress”
It’s exhausting. You people are worse than Republicans because at least they’re propagandized. They’re in a cult. You have the information available to you; you’re just ignorant.
Didn’t people do the same thing when cars turned from awesome (60s/70s muscle cars) to shitty 80s cars?
Enshittification isn’t new. It’s just new to us because we weren’t there last time this song played.
Because people involved in hiring have no idea what they are spending to find and hire employees. Once they learn what they’re spending and on what, they’ll definitely agree to spend a tiny bit more to ensure the upfront investment pays off in a good employee.
EX: My company, we are currently hiring another accountant to join the team. We’ve spent somewhere in the range of $20,000 so far trying to fill that role. I expect we’ll get closer to double that by the time these dipshits find the right person.
So we’re talking about, say, $30,000 in expenses to find the new employee.
What would an interview pay? A few hundred dollars, max? Let’s say $100 to make the math easy.
If we interview 5 people for the job and hire one, we will have spent $30,000 + $500, or $30,500. If we interview 10 people for the job and hire one, we will have spent $30,000 + $1000, or $31,000.
We doubled the number of interviews (much larger pool to find the right candidate) and the overall cost was only 1.6% higher.
A savvy manager would significantly increase interview numbers for a small increase in cost. Big benefit, little downside.
Companies already pay a ton of money to utilize indeed and all those sites. Any cash they’d pay you to interview pales in comparison to what they’re already spending on the unfilled job.
I don’t think it would cause a declining number of interviews. If anything, it might cause interviews to go up, once employers can see the drop in the bucket of spending the interview represents.
I say this as someone who has long had the same problem as you: Perhaps it is because those topics of yours have very high stakes for you personally? There is little chance of things being solved today, right? Longer term, sure. Of course. The bastards always run out of people to turn on before their numbers collapse.
Lower the stakes where you can by helping your mind escape from “focused on the real world” to “focused on anything else, or nothing at all.”
Could get into a tv show or movie series, if you’re spending time indoors a lot. Or read a book, listen to a podcast, and so on. Put the phone on charge in another room, put on your entertainment, maybe a little popcorn? You’ll forget about the bullshit for a few hours. It helps.
Also? Create stuff! Write, draw, paint, sculpt, even poorly! I am dealing with the stress of everything by teaching myself to write movies. That’s a couple hours at a time where I get lost in a world I created, playing around with characters I invented. It might never be good or it might, but for now, it’s almost a form of therapy.
Even doing something like joining a recreational club, like a trivia league or a bowling league, might give you a few hours a week that aren’t a constant reminder of the fucked up parts of the world.
Try to think of things that might be zen time for you. Meditation. Yoga. Religion, if that’s your thing. Buddhism, if you’re looking to borrow some practices without joining a religion.
Exercise can get you out of the real world and into zen mode, too. As a younger man, I played baseball and football/soccer, so I ran a lot between seasons to stay in shape. Between practice time, game/match time, and running time, I was constantly in zen space. You could use any competitive endeavor and get the same kind of benefits. You don’t even have to be good at it or win. It’s weird. I would have guessed losing would take away from it, but it didn’t.
I wish you good luck and I promise, you won’t feel this way forever. It does get better! I am living proof, bro.
That’s insane. I’d have to get a wine hat and some kind of piss jug rigged up.
Top Tier crime: The Sopranos, The Wire (both HBO)
Top Tier comedy: Psych (Peacock app)
It has to be called “WHAT?!” and the sequel is “WHAT, MOTHERFUCKER?!” starring Sam Jackson.