Lemmings don’t really like when people argue against the majority opinion, on any topic. The Fediverse is incredibly tribal.

I just want to compliment you for spelling and using “kowtow” correctly

Hot take: all teenagers are mentally ill

My old house was one of a row of housing with assigned parking spaces in front, perpendicular to the road. Like in front of a store.

I was going to turn into my parking space. This behemoth of a truck was in front of me, going slow as molasses. I mean like 2 miles an hour. I could have stopped my car and walked home faster, but I was in the middle of the road.

The truck in front of me veered left, towards the parking spots on the opposite side of the road. I said “fucking FINALLY” and darted past them on the right.

Turns out they had finally found the spot they were looking for and had just swung wide to turn into the spot. On the right, not the left. They turned straight into me as I tried to drive past.

Ever since then I make sure to use my blinker even if I’m just turning into my driveway.

In CA the inland is full of dumb rednecks and the coast is full of smart immigrants.

CA probably has the highest literacy rate of any state…in Hindi, or Mandarin lol

I enjoy raging against it.

AI bullshit

Agreed, and also a non sequitur?

Sure, depending on the issue. But the main issue is that some people actually DO need those, and for those people, it’s absolutely a reading comprehension thing (which could have roots in being overworked, not caring, low attention span, poor schooling, any number of things, but the end result is poor reading comprehension).

Who said anything about not proofreading? My emails are perfectly legible and written in proper English. You’re equating “lack of dumbed-down easy to digest bullet points” with “sloppy, error-filled writing”. They’re two extremely different things.

No, just very stubborn

You weren’t speaking to me, just making a general statement. Under those circumstances it’s perfectly reasonable to address only part of someone else’s statement.

Speak for yourself. We’ve had YEARS of delay because someone answered “no” to a 2 part question when they completely ignored the first part.

In a workplace environment, I shouldn’t have to format emails as if they’re to be read by a 12 year old.

The existence of exceptions does not invalidate a general rule.

they can often get it right

They fail to outperform a broad market index like 85% of the time, and they charge fees for it lol

That’s called “timing the market” and it’s impossible without insider knowledge.

Historically, what, 4 years or so?

If you pulled all your money out in 2009 you were fucked. But by 2013 things were fine again.

https://fourpillarfreedom.com/heres-how-long-the-stock-market-has-historically-taken-to-recover-from-drops/

You give them too much credit. They’re not even necessarily there for the company’s profit.

Extra unnecessary features are often added and shoved at you purely because some executive needed a project to spruce up their resume, and for literally no other reason.

Give it time.