I have little doubt that some developer has already gone where no man had gone before.

I always find these sorts of things pointless, because if you ask someone who they think has the best legs, they're not going to be answering that while envisioning them being sewed on to some Frankenstein-like hybrid. They're answering as to who has the best legs while they're still attached to them. Features are not…

I don't think employers ever truly felt like they had to care for their workers: they were just more inclined to pretend. The masks are off now and the power is in their hands, and we dance to whatever tune they feel like playing.

Individualism and independence are ideals deeply rooted into the foundation of society, and not easily undone. It's a fundamental part of the national identity and legend, and I don't expect there's much that can be done to change that.

Oh, definitely. If you move around a lot, it's the same as people to take a lot of different jobs: you don't know what you want, you don't know how to fit in, you don't have the ability to commit to something, we don't want you. If you don't move around and still haven't met their definition of success, then you're…

Can we do that with the term "skills gap," too?

I think it is a discussion worth having, when we've made it out to be the symbol of utmost failure for so many years and the absolute lowest point a person can get short of being homeless and now it's becoming so commonplace. Significant shifts like that indicate that we may need to rethink a number of important…

Time to grab some popcorn, kick back, and watch it burn.

The home has become a symbol of success: of getting it "right." Like owning an expensive car or having a family or a white-collar job with an income that looks good on paper. People who don't have one are seen as not having established themselves in a stable career enough to put down roots: having to move for work is…

But lest the Times' boomer subscribers despair their kids will goddamn never leave, the piece also points out that moving home (for those lucky enough to have that option) can also be seen as a pretty savvy financial move.

What does your personal life (or the way you present your personal life) have to do with your work life?

I've encountered about half of these and I'm not even American. Welcome to the wonderful workplace of the 21st century! Not unlike the 19th century, only with more computers and fewer chimney sweeps.

Everybody seems to have tattoos now, from high school students to elderly grandmothers. They're everywhere

They're quite aware, yes. The connotations are a not-insignificant party of why they use it.

Still, it definitely seems a bit ridiculous that some of the bigger complaints amount to boredom, being distracted, and having to keep still particularly when there are so many career advantages at hand that non-desk workers do not so readily enjoy:

The story seems to leave out that it was a little more than just a bit of food being thrown around (not that that excuses the overreaction):

I never attribute to trolling that which is adequately explained by a toxic combination of stupidity, ignorance, and malice.

You're welcome: I try my best.

They're living the wizardly dream. No mere muggles may dare lay hands upon their pure, unsullied magic wands.