Things that made you Facepalm today (Political Version)

[Seran]

One of my best data visualization analysts spawned his second child back in September. I gave him paid time off... 12 weeks for paternity leave (which is such a complete fucking joke his wife was back at work after 6 weeks). That aside, he's good people, but young. First 3 meetings I have with him coming back, literally grind to a halt in all three.

Why you ask? Because he two dreamkillers, Mika and Samson, his 3 month old and 2 year old, are going apeshit in the background. I had to have a meeting with him on the fourth day, and be like "bro I get it, you are 27 and have two new "bundles of joy". I don't GAF about that though, so can you come to meetings prepared, without children, so we can all work together for what I'm paying you 120k to do? If I hear a baby screaming in my sprint review, I'm going to loose my shit. I just expect him to be able to work during his scheduled work hours.

I'm a monster, I know. I also told the dude who's father just died that it'd been two weeks, corp policy is 5 days bereavement. I gave him two weeks. And he missed his first day back without any communication, other than at 3AM the day after that baby had a bad day. I told him fine, here's the deal - I'm a major advocate for work life balance... but for that to work, you have to communicate to me the days you need off and I will unequivocally give them to you. But you have to plan.

So sick of the feels. Father is dead in the ground two weeks, you can come back to work and not need your ass wiped every 3 minutes. Real life interferes, your fucking amazing boss said just let me know in advance and I'll clear the runway for you. But if you don't, you are fucking everyone in the equation.

Lots of employers, including my own make you sign a contract for teleworking that you'll have a work environment free of distraction. I think you're perfect reasonable for calling him to task.

[Tgo01]

An actual headline from Associated Press:

Biden's new German shepherd draws attention from pup-arazzi

But remember the media is being more harsh on Biden than they were on Trump and this has to change!

[Methais]

An actual headline from Associated Press:

Biden's new German shepherd draws attention from pup-arazzi

But remember the media is being more harsh on Biden than they were on Trump and this has to change!

If Trump had a German shepherd:

"THE ONLY REASON TRUMP HAS A GERMAN SHEPHERD IS BECAUSE GERMAN = NAZI = TRUMP IS LITERALLY HITLER OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!"

[Alfster]

An actual headline from Associated Press:

Biden's new German shepherd draws attention from pup-arazzi

But remember the media is being more harsh on Biden than they were on Trump and this has to change!

Lol at conservatives who seem to believe they're always the victims. Lol.

[Tgo01]

Lol at conservatives who seem to believe they're always the victims. Lol.

lol at alt-leftists who bend over backwards to defend the absolute nonsensical bullshit the media pumps out on a minutely basis.

[Flap]

lol at alt-leftists who bend over backwards to defend the absolute nonsensical bullshit the media pumps out on a minutely basis.

The deep, rich irony.

[Flap]

Lol at conservatives who seem to believe they're always the victims. Lol.

Fascist societies rhetorically cast their enemies as "at the same time too strong and too weak." On the one hand, fascists play up the power of certain disfavored elites to encourage in their followers a sense of grievance and humiliation. On the other hand, fascist leaders point to the decadence of those elites as proof of their ultimate feebleness in the face of an overwhelming popular will.

It's just an extension of this factor. They're the best at everything, except when they lose and then it's the evil leftists/democrat's fault.

[Jeril]

It's just an extension of this factor. They're the best at everything, except when they lose and then it's the evil leftists/democrat's fault.

Can't what you quoted be applied to both parties? I always find it sad and amusing that people think getting the larger number of idiots to agree with them somehow actually means they were right in some fashion.

[Methais]

It's just an extension of this factor. They're the best at everything, except when they lose and then it's the evil leftists/democrat's fault.

^ Imagine lacking self awareness this hard.

[Methais]

Can't what you quoted be applied to both parties? I always find it sad and amusing that people think getting the larger number of idiots to agree with them somehow actually means they were right in some fashion.

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