The screwed folks? Moderators. I just don't see their profession having many openings.
So yeah, they might have to spend six months at McDonalds before they get a new skill.
Maybe you'd be better off to just not mention you were a moderator for six years, and just hint at some other 'team' within Twitter.
If you'd asked me....as a kid....prior to 1973....what inflation was, I would have responded that it was the act of inflating a tire when flat. Beyond that, I had no idea.
So along came the period of 1973. This definition problem came up in class, and the history teacher probably spent three-quarters of a class trying to detail what this was. To be frank, he did a crappy job.
Eventually, some kid in the class asked the correct question.....how this related to a soda and candy bar at the canteen (the snack shop of the school).
The answer came forth, and 90-percent of the class....with the help of a soda/candy bar theme....came to grasp inflation.
I should state for the record, that the remaining ten percent felt this was rocket science and too much heavy information to lay upon them.
To be honest, once you get to your mid-30s.....making real money and spending real money....inflation is pretty simple to understand.
But what bothers me today....you have a whole new crowd in schools and universities...that cannot get the concept of inflation in their minds. They can understand the concept of a Starbucks $6 a cup of coffee going to $6.50 but then they respond....'so what'.
If you handed the same crowd just $6 for their morning coffee....they'd respond that they need another 50 cents, and just wish inflation away with the free 50 cents.
That's the reality of 2022.
After long consideration....I think Paul got up around 2:10 AM....still having buzz on from some booze that evening...to take a pee.
I think he stood there and realized some guy was in the bedroom, and hammer-dude was asked to identify himself.
Paul, being rather stoic and non-confrontational.....asked hammer-dude if him needed a beer?
Hammer-dude was caught off guard by the friendly nature of Paul.
The two.....clad in underwear each....don't know why hammer-dude was this way, but I'd assume he was on bath salts....proceeded down the stairs and Paul handed him a beer, then called the cops.
During the whole ten minutes, Paul demonstrated ultimate cool behavior and was like a 80-year old version of Paul Newman.
As the cops arrived....Paul opens the door, and says his 'friend' needs some help.....walking back toward the hammer-dude.
It's at this point when the hammer-dude realizes this friendly nature was fake, and whacked Paul pretty good.
Paul remembers nothing much of the evening.....but the concussion has given him some forgetful thoughts about him being married to Nancy.
End of the story.
In the past two weeks....it seems like on MSNBC and CNN....we have reached some level where Nazis are about to take America, and only by voting with President Biden....can we fight off the Nazis.
The problem here....high school and university systems have done such a crappy job....that virtually no one knows what Nazis are....if you are under the age of 25.
I have to admit....it's just an odd thing where about 30-percent of America....deeply cares about the events that occurred with Paul Pelosi. There's at least a dozen questions standing there, and revolve around a nutcase Canadian guy who just never seemed to be crazy enough to lock up.....until the day he shows up at Paul Pelosi's house.
It's reached one point where the city DA now says....he'll make everything of factual value....a complete secret.
Hammer-dude ever doing time in prison? I'm of the mind that things will go harshly for the guy....with some mental exam proving once and for all....yep, he's five-star crazy and a threat to people.
But if you admit this.....then the question will arise from the public....aren't there around 500 paranoid schizophrenics in SF.....crazy enough on the threat business to lock up?
Hammer-dude being declared crazy but instead....sent back home to Canada....to be released there? Oh yeah....I believe this. But then, he'll be back in SF within four weeks....unless you lock the guy up.
So we are left with this syndrome....wondering what happened, and knowing that they will do marginally nothing to make the city safe, but just spend energy on classifying some secretive report about the events of the evening.
1. Having Oprah come out to hype support for Fetterman in Pennsylvania's Senate race?
Here's the thing....some poll found weeks ago that white middle-class women weren't thrilled with Fetterman. At the time, they were figuring a loss of one out of every three middle-class women. So this is a last ditch effort to bring those silly women back to the 'herd'.
Frankly, out of the whole state....with the Oprah gimmick....it probably brought twelve votes back to Fetterman.
2. If Stacey Abrams loses this governor's race in Georgia?
I kinda think that's it for her. I think President Biden will hire her for some temp DC job for the next two years and she'll end up at some foundation job.
3. Rumor of Hillary Clinton running in 2024?
98-percent BS.
4. What I think of Paul Pelosi's episode?
I think Paul had a drink or two.....maybe a sleeping pill added, and in the night....got woke-up by hammer-dude. Being half-asleep.....he discussed Chinese food, crappy smells, the problem with heated car seats, the ratio of left-handed hitters on the Giants, his aspiration to be a cowboy as a kid, the worst Star Wars movie, best song from the Who, his favorite character from Days of Our Lives soap opera, and how to bet on horses.
Then Paul kinda woke up....realizing he was in the middle of a room with a nutcase, got to a phone and called for help.
5. How long will the new Brit PM last?
I'm giving the guy 90 days before he's shown the door.
6. Are the former employees of Twitter screwed?
They are to be given around 3 months of continued pay/benefits. Course, most are paying around $4,000 a month on rent, and they will quickly pack up to leave Silicon Valley.
The problem for some.....their whole function was 'moderating', and frankly.....I just don't see much of a career path for this to be happy about. I'm guessing the moderators will be long-term unemployed (more than 6 months).
1. If you were a Twitter employee 'let-go'.....you'd probably be a bit nervous and calling around to find a new job.....finding that it's not a good time to be unemployed.
I'll suggest that more than half of this crowd, will be moving out of their apartment by the end of November, and half of these folks will be calling a relative to see if they can find temp-quarters for a month or two.
2. I think after the massive election 'twist' for the Democrats.....that President Biden will announce by January....he's not running in 2024.
3. I think that car loans in the next two months will go into a tight situation....where one-third of people will be told that limits exist (forget about a $40,000 loan for a new car), or that they don't qualify for a car loan (period).
4. Most of the charges against the Hammer-Dude in SF.....will be dismissed in early January as the guy's mental state will qualify him for a long-term stay in a mental hospital.
5. Most of the headlines for the FBI in 2023....will be about various investigations by the House....on their failures and behavior.
6. Shep Smith, formerly at Fox News, apparently let-go at CNBC now.....will find virtually no news group interested in his 'brand'.
