[MERIT]

Just got contracted to write a third piece for a truther website.

Frownland

With every bit of patriotic copy that I write for veterans and memorial day, I die a little more inside. It's honestly easier for me to write a 2000 word piece of financial advice than a genuine sounding 20 word post supporting the troops.

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

The Batlord

I'm down with empathizing with people who went through combat and experienced the kind of **** they did, but it's almost impossible to put that into words without sounding like a Republican shill.

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Frownland

So what you're saying is that Republicans are the voice of the people?

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

Plankton

I just set up a new CAD station in our office and getting ready to do some interviews for a new CAD jockey. This time, I'm doing the interviews. The last couple of people our HR person decided to hire screwed up a lot of ****. I usually just start from scratch if I see any of their credentials on drawings I have to touch now days. Working in 3D is a hard concept for some people to grasp, not to mention understanding, knowing, and working with standard drafting principals. The funny part is all the resume's I'm getting from people that have no experience what so ever, but had used AutoCad for a week or maybe like (oh, I don't know) an hour in college. Hmmm, I see your only employment has been "Cashier at Target", and you have a degree in Psychology. Sure! You're qualified to design a fire training facility. Come on down, you can start right away. Some of these are pretty friggin comical. Do people even read the job description before pressing 'apply'? Probably not. Not looking forward to some of this, but I was reminded just how much I enjoy installing, setting up, and tweaking software.

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[MERIT]

Do you think that celebrating veterans proliferates the military industrial complex and warmongering?

Frownland

I think it gets us veteran clients.

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Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.

Chula Vista

Can I work from home? 20 years of Solidworks experience and 31 years of mechanical design experience.

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“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

rubber soul

My god, I can't believe I'm agreeing with Merit.


But I do think holidays like Veterans Day and Memorial Day seem to glorify war. I thought Armistice Day (as it was originally called and still is in Europe I think) was supposed to be a day to celebrate peace.

I'm all for supporting the troops but I think the best way to support them is to stop putting them in ridiculous wars halfway around the world to begin with. What does bombing sites in Syria have to do with keeping Americans safe?

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[MERIT]

I'm not so bad. If anyone of you had a one-on-one conversation with me, we would end up being friends. I guarantee it.