Backfired big time too.

Most of the big older guys realised that walking around all day is actually a pretty low pressure and laid back gig even if you are on your feet all day and dont want to go back on the machines once they are getting like 20,000 steps a day and lose the weight.

Some companies spend a lot of money on market research and trying to get ahead of trends (Mercedes Benz, Honda, Toyota) some companies disregard common sense and do what they want (Alfa, The French in general) and cheaper brands dont waste the money on price point cars. Its not an Iron clad rule but people buy a german to project wealth, you buy other euros to project style, you buy Honda and Toyota for reliability. You buy a Nissan Altima because they will finance you, you buy a Chinese car because you arent keeping it past warranty expiry anyway.

As to what sets them apart. Little things like painted brake calipers, the quality of the badging, the texture on the plastic interior, little trim pieces that stop you seeing any of the interior workings, the windscreen wipers looking “chunky”. Wheels and stance also play a large part of the image. Wide wheels simply look more expensive, as do lower profile tyres.

Then things get a little more tactile, the dull thump when you shut the door over the higher pitched clank, the thickness of the interior plastics and number of fasteners making the interior feel sturdier even though you cant see the difference, the sensation of the indicators being put on, the UI on the touchscreen…

Prestige brands also dont do trim level names/badges very often. They like letters and numbers like 330i M-Sport or c65 AMG. Lexus followed suit with the LS400. They WANT you to say “Yeah, I got the Touring package” or “I bought the AMG sports pack” and they know their owners want to do it too.

Now I dont work in the law enforcement industry but I do work in an industry that has supposed fitness requirements although they arent enforced.

For us, the union told them “If they have to maintain a weight of X to remain employed. You have to pay them to hit the gym on company time or pay their gym fees and an allowance.” So the company filed that away under “fuck that”. Now if you get too fat for the equipment they just move you to a different duty, often one with a shitload of walking around.

Also stop underestimating them.

I did 2 days once and I dont remember the hour long drive home from work at the end.

The fact that she is an ex police officer is relevant.

A white woman from a supposedly allied nation, with an American spouse in the military, a valid visa and (I’m assuming) a clean enough background on paper to be a police officer (Shit may have happened since but you get the point) was treated like this.

Not saying she should get better treatment because of those reasons, more that she is a walking basket of green flags. If they are going to do that to her…

Fighting back, documenting and contacting the union usually doesnt work the first time but each time theres another incidence of something that could be considered inappropriate behavior the pressure mounts in your favor.

HR is there to protect the company, but once you can show a pattern HR is there to protect the company Once the cost of you potentially suing for them failing in their duty of care to protect you from workplace bullying and harassment is more than the cost of replacing the assholes doing it then they will act.

The biggest issue is with this that nobody is perfect, and you biting back one time or giving them anything to complain about you to management puts you back at square one.

I put on my wizard hat and robe…

My favorite joke about marvel movies is that when Thanos snapped his fingers, he killed half my enthusiasm for Marvel movies.

And Ive been saying this for about a decade but I kept getting told that they are idiots and man-children and couldnt possibly be caipable of something that complex.

And here we are.

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How the fuck you think they pay for healthcare and social programs?

And if its “just a hand gesture, try giving a cop the finger”

Yeah for real track your stuff.

Its really easy to eat too much on a “liquid” diet because they arent as filling. But peanut butter, banana, vanilla powder and a slug of caramel syrup…Id drink that just because.

Thanks for that, fixed.

Although you may not recieve as warm a welcome in Aus at the moment.

A LOT of Australians are mad at Americans for their political culture right now. We have transphobes and bigots here too and theres a lot of Australian bigots who are feeling very bold. Also theres a feeling from the more left leaning people that if we dont have enough resources and room for people fleeing ethnic cleansing, wars and famine we dont have the room for people who didnt like how their democratic election went. Also our cost of living isnt going down either…

Not saying you will get a hostile reaction, or even a negative one… just temper your expectations.

Terry!

I love this guys shorts.

Pretty much my assessment.

I can have 80 million dollars but I have to live my life in constant fear and in Iran.

That mass shooter one he did was actually pretty good… because it felt like a gritty raw student film about a gritty raw subject that didnt need a lot of exposition.

But it wasnt good for an experienced professional film maker.

Why didnt you negotiate for a better wage?