There were a bunch of closed door meetings with upper management and the busy season was set to end in a few weeks, so the writing was on the wall.

I had some of the most consistently highest metrics so I went into our VP of Operations office and straight up asked if I would be let go on X date. He told me no.

To be fair, he kept his word. About 70% of the staff were let go on that date. I was let go 2 days after that.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

One of the best movies intros I’ve ever seen. Too bad the rest of the movie sucked.

No one here recommending Orajel? Literally designed specifically for mouth pain.

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To be fair, that’s also what our brains do most of the time.

I can recognize 2001 as being incredible and inspiring for its time, but it doesn’t hold up very well. By modern standards, it is painfully boring and tedious.

I think the official term is “Cuspers”

For a VERY brief time in 2010, Burger King sold bone-in short ribs.

Guys, those were literally the best fucking short ribs I have had in my life. High end BBQ places couldn’t even come close. Every Burger King would sell out like instantly whenever they got a shipment in. And then after 2 months… Gone. Forever.

It feels like Quebec trying to keep French a main language in Canada is like trying to hold back a flood with Popsicle sticks. Its use is increasingly confined to just their one territory and practically no one there exclusively speaks French.

I will belt that song in the car, never fails to brighten my day.

Except when it comes to Math. Math is absolute, as long as you ignore statistics.

It’s such a unique view at parts of society that others would never look at or take the time to even acknowledge. Putting themselves often in extremely sketchy or even illegal situations for the sake of the story. Real gonzo journalism you just don’t normally see these days. Andrew is a modern day Hunter Thompson.

“The internet has reached the peak of its usability and will never progress much past it’s current level”

This is you in 1997.

Displays of extreme ignorance or stupidity hurt me on an existential level; so yes, a lot of internet comments hurt me.

Being a tribal animal is fun, but you’re right, those hangovers the next morning can be brutal.

Vitamin D

A lot of people, especially those who don’t go outside, have a vitamin D deficiency. This is especially prevalent this time of year as winter is just ending.

A lot of depression symptoms can be tied to Vitamin D deficiency. Go out and get a supplement and take it for a week, see how you feel.

I mean, did you try them? It probably was a scam, but acid doesn’t HAVE to be on blotter paper.

I try to stay away from conspiracies so I haven’t gone down the rabbit hole too much, but there have been some weird things going on in Antarctica the last few years. Lots of visits from a ton of different heads of state for no officially stated reasons, civilian ships being turned away from certain areas, numerous reports of military aircraft flying around.

Like I said, I try not to dig into conspiracies too much, but this one sticks out to me. Maybe it’s just because it reminds me of the pre-2016 days when conspiracy theories were fun to think about because they involved stuff like aliens and bigfoot. Now, every conspiracy is just some nonsense political BS that’s clearly trying to push a message.

You’re forgetting the other major hurdle, Taris. Getting past that first planet is a slog. It’s definitely my biggest barrier whenever I try to replay it.

I sometimes steal bottles from Chipotle when I go there as I never see it in stores and it’s so good. I literally am willing to commit crime for that hot sauce.