I’m not so sure. War and individual cruelty DO occur in nature, despite what popular aphorisms might say. But they’re rare. Torture and abuse of a chimpanzee by another, more dominant chimp does happen. Ants, and some other creatures, of course, engage in something we can recognize as organized warfare.

If I have full administrator rights on my profile, why does every version of this say “page not available”? This setting is not accessible no matter what I do...

And all in the context that the company STILL has never made a profit*.

I literally cannot believe I’m skimming a “human cost” article about the end of a sport built on animal cruelty. Humans can get new jobs. You can’t un-torture a dog.

Like everyone else who finds themselves holding a golden goose, suddenly it just feels like those damned eggs just do not come quite fast enough, and the urge to reach for the knife becomes overpowering...

Ugh. Bleach is absolutely TERRIBLE as Snake Oil. Not just as in “oh, what terrible things happen when you drink bleach.” No, I mean it’s also one of the absolute worst choices if you want to actually sell people placebo medicines.

Ah, so you enjoy fornicating with canteloupe 20 times a day, do you?

Only if you do so in specific cases. It’s pre-judging to say THIS guy or lady I’m interviewing strikes me as the sort to be a problem later, vs. knowing that I’ve interviewed 6 recovering addicts this week and if I hire some of them, I’m likely to have a problem at some point, if and when one or more of them relapses.

I’m just going to say that’s an awful lot of benefit of the doubt... I mean miles upon miles of assumption of goodwill, slack, and generosity of spirit, for someone who drove a motor vehicle into another person. Our justice system was built to spare innocent people at the cost of also failing to prosecute some of the…

Someone remind them it’s because long hours, abusive and toxic work environments, low pay and shitty benefits make it hard to sell pretty much any job these days, even to people who need the money.

Addicts who relapse tend to do 2 things you can’t stand a lot of in retail fast food: stealing and not showing up for work. It’s awful to pre-judge anyone, but if you get one recovering addict after another across the back-room card table from you when you’re hiring... I don’t know what you’re supposed to do. Hiring…

You are out of your mind if you think the fact that heat is an environmental condition indemnifies against workers comp claims. It’s the employer’s responsibility to provide a safe work environment to the best possible standard (i.e., you can only make underwater welding so safe, but you are legally required to do…

Boy did you miss the point. Perhaps I shouldn’t have used the word “aggressor”. The point is that when a male raised and assimilated into our type of patriarchy wants sex, initiates sex, and gets a woman to assent or at least submit, that’s what they’re programmed to be turned on by. Media, art, literature, reinforces…

In a civilized country, that would count as torture. No wonder my carriers look and sound like they’re about to fall over and die... no matter which one I see.

All that saved money isn’t going to do them any good settling the Worker’s Comp and personal injury suits, never mind wrongful death ones, when their carriers start dropping like flies in heatwave after heatwave.

Does any free or complementary service offered by a company stay free (or extant)?  I’m still waiting to get charged for, or at least find a premium tier added to freaking Gmail...

If drug cartels can build mile-long underground tunnels and operate honest-to-god submarines in the actual ocean... then gangsters and drug dealers definitely seem to have both the smarts and the time, let alone the ingenuity for pretty much anything.

Note that the more in charge she got, the less interested he was.  He may still be mystified by his sudden lack of interest... but it’s pretty obvious from his description.  She didn’t allow him to take the role of the aggressor, so suddenly it wasn’t sexy anymore.

This includes instructions on messaging through the handheld carrier scanners, frequent service talks on recognizing heat illnesses and taking shade or hydration, and street supervision that checks on carriers during the day.”

Well-caught.  I agree.  Modine’s character makes much more sense as “The American”, and Hopper definitely ended up in the Upside Down if he lived.