"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick'"
Category: Social Commentary
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It is less of a single word but more the use of hyperbole loaded word(s) when talking about something that is more of a minor inconvenience rather than a major issue – it isn’t a major issue, it is just a slight annoyance. A major issue would be turning on your oven, you walk out…
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Finished work today at 10pm but I stayed online to finish off some emails to make life easier for the team who come in the morning and have to pick up where I left off. When I worked in fast food (sometimes referred to as ‘quick service restaurant’) one of the rules that was consistent…
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One of the things I hate about working in customer services are people who use us as an emotional sound board because god forbid taking responsibility for decisions they made. After dealing with a few of those I went for my usual 11.6km walk tonight to work it out of my system so then I…
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Over the last 15-20 years there has been cottage industry of people and/or organisations spreading disinformation and misinformation which is then amplified not only by a large network of bots but people whose first reaction is ‘like first, ask questions never’ because it happens to tickle lizard brain. Unfortunately such an environment has had catastrophic…
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Well, the wheels are in motion to sort out the ‘impulse buy’ yesterday but in the process of tidying up iCloud I came across ‘Codes’ in ‘Passwords’ then it struck me that I didn’t need to sue third party authentication apps because Apple already has it built in. I feel like such a fool purchasing…
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I’m probably going to head off to bed early so that I can get up at around 4:30am for the live streaming at 5:00am – I’ve got some nibbles set aside so I’ll be all refreshed and ready for it and hopefully also watch ‘The Platforms State of the Union’ which is in the afternoon.…
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Almost there, Sunday is my last day before I start my holiday off from work for a week – relaxing at home, following WWDC, doing some home cooking, maybe go for some travel such as up to Waikanae, maybe go into Wellington on a fine day for a walk along the waterfront and breath in…
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It has been raining all day with a lot of wind but thank goodness at around 11pm last night there was a small period of just a little bit of drizzle which allowed me to step out of the house for an 8km walk tonight – after being stuck inside all day it is nice…
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The wether was pretty lousy today so I still went for a walk (even after the long one I had on Monday) but only a small one, around 6km, I was tempted to go the full 8km but the drizzle was starting to get worse so I didn’t want to be in a situation like…
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Well, it is FAFO season once again or as it is sometimes called: “I never thought leopards would eat MY face,” sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party. I see many videos being uploading of town hall meetings with Republican representatives from the senate and congress with unhappy constituents – questioning…
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