> Then what are you bitching about?

I'm not the only one who got screwed.

> And how successful can they be when they only last an average of five years?

The fuck are you talking about?

Failed? I've started four successful businesses since 2001. I can't be fired. Ever. You know why? Firing me requires my signature.

What, you think I've gone 23 years without a meal? How about you take a break from congratulating yourself and learn to read? Jesus.

Here's what happened in tech. I can speak with authority because I was there.

During the 1990s, when corporate America was caught in last place technology-wise, they had no trouble hiring and fairly paying people to help them build what they needed. I was one of those people, and because of my hard work, knowledge and skill I multiplied my salary 500% in seven years.

This was all funded by hard investments in technology infrastructure, and it is when all the key platforms were invented or perfected: browser, TCP/IP, streaming video, high-speed graphics libraries, multiplayer gaming, ecommerce, Flash, LAMP, etc.

By early 2001 I was unemployable. I haven't had a job since.

What happened? Simple. Plowing money into derivative shit became more profitable than tech stocks. (See Commodities Futures Modernization Act) All the capital and jobs were taken away so mortgage bonds could be monetized. That led directly to the housing crash, which led to bailout culture which led to mailbox money and then to rampaging inflation and finally to here.

They took our jobs, houses, women and money. Now they want our vote. We went from the greatest economic expansion in human history to the verge of ruin in one generation.

I couldn't rent a job now. Among the reasons nobody would ever hire me (despite the fact my experience and skill catalog runs close to 20,000 words and the fact I've built four successful businesses single-handed without one dime of outside investment) are: too old, too opinionated, too experienced, too expensive and so on. The situation is the same for everyone in my generation. We took the leading edge of the post-employment economy right in the teeth. We were educated and trained (by lifetimes of hard work on our parents' part) for an America that no longer exists. The world we grew up in doesn't even remotely resemble the one we live in now.

We're the ones who will never have homes, families or legacies because we were thrown off the train and we landed next to the very tracks we built.

All this bullshit about worker shortages and skill shortages is just that: bullshit. Stories like this are proof. Getting hired is pointless now anyway. You'll just get fired no matter how good a job you do.

P.S. For those of you who think you beat the system, just keep this in mind: your kids will never own a home, have a family or have a real job. They'll also never elect anyone to office. Have a nice day.

More and more guys are seeing that legalities with marriage and modern feminists attitudes have made marriage something that is just NOT a good deal for them.

Young men today have everything to lose (fiscally and emotionally) with very little to gain by getting married and having kids today.

I see that a lot if not most of that is the US and greater western countries' legal system and attitudes against men and "masculinity" as the culprits in this trend (not discounting inflation and cost of living too)....

I think that's why you're seeing more of the "passport bros" trends of western men seeking out foreign women that have more traditional views on marriage and the male/female relationship.

But back on topic...less marriages...less diamonds to be purchased for wedding rings.

Courts may rule evidence is needed before "punishing" Tik Tok, otherwise could be considered unequal treatment.

I believe the "National Security" ban hammer still holds a lot of sway in instances like this.

TT is held closely by an enemy/antagonistic foreign country...giving them the ability to sway discourse and public sentiment via their algorithms.

This is a bit of new ground granted....

But, the US constitution protects the US and it's people, not hostile foreign countries.....right?

We actually got both houses to pass this attempt and Biden actually signed it.

It is at least a start.

The problem is....this gives WAY too much time....TT will still be fully able to affect and sway this years election.

1. You have no clue what I think, stop assuming you asshole.
2. No, it is not.

It's a problem for trans kids too and sure they only make up 1% of the population but when you've got several thousand employees you're going to have a few in there. That's just how math works.

Hey, these folks can play dress up all they want...but, we're just not going to tolerate biological men in women's restrooms and changing areas.

This is common sense stuff that has worked since...forever, not sure why they are trying to wreck women's rights in this and other areas they fought so hard for.....

Well i for one welcome our quadruped flame throwing overlords. Or wait... Imagine a beowulf cluster of those. (Yes i'm that old). but in all seriousness, A swarm of those assaulting trenches... you don't even need accuracy. The sheer horror of seeing those come at you would make you reconsider your life choices.

Nah...just pull out your EMP gun....*ZAP* they all fall over.

I may be wrong, but I think I heard somewhere that flamethrowers aren't classified as weapons in the US. Might be why it's legally easy to market Thermo.

They are not classified as a firearm...they are perfectly legal to own in the US.

... and simply mount an automatic rifle on the top. That after all is where this ultimately is all leading but no one dare say it.

Well, at least in the US, it is incredibly expensive to attain any full auto weapon (can't be manufactured after 1986 for any civilian possession)....and with that scarcity factor, you might be a bit apprehensive to modify or alter a collectors piece.

Then, you have to go through the lengthy federal background checks and licensing to possess a full auto weapon.

And frankly, IMHO...the ATF may see what you are doing with it and reclassify it as AOW (Any Other Weapon)....which I think (not sure) requires more paperwork, and/or might be denied as something a regular US citizen civilian can own...?

That last part I don't know about....but have my suspicions.

People keep seeming to think it is easy to own a full auto weapon (Machine gun)...it really is not.

An AR-15 is not a "machine gun"/Assault Weapon/full auto weapon.

It is merely a semi-auto rifle....it goes bang once each time you pull the trigger.

Security consulting in Abu Dhabi.

OOps...you're right.

There's no way I'd even go visit that part of the world for any length of time for any amount of money.

I value my life above all else.

Indeed. Rail done well amortizes over decades and centuries. Obviously, short-term thinkers do not need to apply. Same as with all infrastructure, really.

Do not forget that in the UK, they are now scraping the bottom of the barrel regarding political "leadership". Apparently anybody non-stupid does not want political office in the UK anymore.

Obviously, countries that cannot do infrastructure do not have a bright future.

And how often, exactly, does that happen compared to distance travelled?