The level of cognitive dissonance of Trump supporters right now is the stuff of sci-fi distopic works: this man passed the last year telling them that he’s the anti-establishment, anti-elites, anti- the rich and powerful who ruled so far. He’s now nominating the fucking CEO of goddamn Exxon-Mobil as SOS, and none of…
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Yes. Yes they will. The Republicans have collectively decided that Trump is their guy. They will bow down and do whatever their orange overlord commands.
Exxon had a 500 billion dollar deal with the Russian Oil companies that the Obama administration stopped due to sanctions against the Russians. Guess that will be a go come 1/20/2017. MAGA.
Holy crap, WOW, that is the worst. I’ve seen that happen, too; children who can’t stand watching anyone else getting a present without also getting a present themselves, even when it’s not their time to get presents. Pretty grotesque when you see parents kowtow to that.
No kids, but I grew up poor- and I looked forward to Christmas because my mom went out of her way to make it an experience. She would find all the free holiday events in the area and take us and buy small gifts for a dollar or less and do our own 12 days of Christmas. She’d make popcorn and we’d watch a different…
I wonder if, in later years (should we survive this administration) folks will speak of the Trump Baby Bust in contradistinction to the Baby Boom. You are only one of many many people I’ve heard say they are now reconsidering having children.
“There is a part of me that wants my kids to feel, at least in some relatively painless and abstract way, that the world is fucked.”
My husband has major baby-fever, and there was a super cute kid at the place where we had dinner last night. You start to think, “What if ...”
And then you read shit like this. Nevermind.
I am in law enforcement and the military. Many of my colleagues were public, vocal, and sometimes vicious about their disdain for President Obama. I never agreed with it (politically, and in principal), but I never criticized them for their right to express it. That was their right.
Wow... I bet all those “Never Hillary” morons are so glad that their vote didn’t count and Hillary won the election anyway...
I’m sure your son/daughter is very hardworking and talented (as any decent person who benefits from nepotism should be), but as someone whose parents did nothing for me professionally and who doesn’t have children myself, fuck that. Meritocracy is the goal.
Maybe take yourself out of the picture and let someone else decide.
My boyfriend’s friend father (I know that sounds so garbled), anyway, his dad has a top position at a well-known soda company. He’s been working there for years. My bf’s friend could have worked there permanently and during the summer he would be there as an intern or just helping out. Only if his dad would allow it,…
As I said, it depends on what I’m looking for. If, at the base of it, I’m looking for someone to challenge the way the company works and the friend’s kid is a lot like me then I’m going to go with the other candidate. If there are other factors, then maybe the friend’s kid.
But it’s not your son or daughter...it’s your friend’s son or daughter.
Honestly, I tend not to hire people I know. Be that friends or relatives. Why? Because I want to be able to fire my vendors if they do a shitty job. And I want to be able to be objective and realize they are doing a shitty job.
Then when you have to fire her, or pass her over for a promotion in favor of someone more deserving, there goes your friendship. It’s just not a good idea, and actually violates the ethics code of many companies.
No, we are not all in the same position. A qualified white woman with no connections at least has whiteness. A qualified white male with no connections has whiteness and maleness. So no, it’s not limited to a racial issue, but the racial component is quite a large one.
But nepotism mostly benifits white dudes and then white women, the rest aren’t even close.