Also, personal responsibility is needed in addition to policy. Even if schools and restaurants were closed down, people would still need to make the decisions like: get vaccinated, wear a mask, socially distance, wash your hands, stay home.

I voted for her once and will again, but she’s been dealt a shit hand with curtailing of her emergency powers. The gerrymandered to fuck and back state legislature are willfully anti science and would vote against extra lifeboats on the Titanic if a democrat wanted them.

Sure but it’s not her fucking fault the state Supreme Court removed her ability to make emergency declarations without approval from the state legislature. She literally can’t do as you suggest without convincing a bunch of conservative Republican dumbasses to go along with it, which isn’t going to happen.

Uh...YES.

My cousin/surrogate father figure was a bus driver for New Jersey Transit for 30 years. Most of his routes ran from Philadelphia/Camden to the southern ‘burbs like Millville and Bridgeton NJ, so there was always a good mix of inner-city riders, New Jersey’s own special brand of provincials and every thing in between.

I wouldn’t say “I told you so”, but I would also keep my response honest and just keep it at “I hope you get well soon.”

Yeah, I feel like the medium-sized city is forgotten by a lot of people, and the discussion ends up being framed as a choice between one of the top 5-10 largest cities in the country, or out in the boondocks in a small town. I get why someone who’s wired to actually want to live in NY or Chicago or SF would reject the…

This is crucial. Onion is a choice, but celery is not. It has to be there for the crunch.

Far too many people purchase a dog based on looks. Owning a sporting/herding dog in the city like buying a 2 seater Ferrari as your only car when you have 3 kids and make minimum wage. 

Please don’t forget the time cost of walking dogs (especially big ones). I walk my goldendoodle 4-5x per week for 60-90 minutes (weather permitting) and I feel like that is the bare minimum for his size to give him adequate physical and mental stimulation. I love my dog so much but I will forever resent the time suck…

Ahh, the Edge-Lordness of youth. Once you’ve lived a bit more, and heard the National Anthem butchered as many times as I have, you’ll realize that Gaga actually did a decent job.

Never give up the opportunity to shit on successful women, Joan.

I never really understood that discomfort that veterans say they have with being called “heroes” until COVID.

It’s a generational thing. In the before time, you worked for one company, with the goal of retiring with them, and that company would reward you with a pension. The pension was the carrot to keep you at that company. Typically, the longer you worked, the more pension you’d get. If you left, you’d be starting from…

And so many places don't meaningfully promote internally anymore, you can't get ahead without job hopping. I've been places where maybe one internal employee has been promoted to management in the last decade.

I worked with a woman who would brag about having so much vacation time that she would be forced to take time off before she lost it.

I was raised to believe that if you weren’t in school or at work, you were lazy. My parents (Depression-era, born and raised in poverty) never took sick leave even when they were sick. I was in the hospital as a kid, and they still went to work. They missed every school play, recital, spelling bee, science, fair,…

I’ll be that asshole: a lot of the work you described and workers you interviewed seem to be too many degrees of separation from the essential products.

Back ‘atcha! The comments about the articles are usually better thought out and more worthwhile to read than the actual articles, anyway.

Exactly. It’s refreshing to see a gajillionaire movie star’s rant to not be caused by ego, but by a desire to keep food on the table for the grip, the boom guy, the effects person.