I need help figuring out if this is a joke or not...
Satrire or sad. Its confusing when words start the same and end up differently.
This dude’s coffee making set up. I encourage you to watch the reel. Which is real. The strangest part was my response. I sort of loved it. The over complication and miniaturization of something simple is the bougiest thing I have ever have seen…which means I needed to see it again. And again. Which is really disturbing to me.
Ruling: pretty sure it is not satire.
San Mateo on the list of top 10 affordable cities.
Obviously I see that the metric they are using as % of income and so if you earn a billion dollars a month than a 17 million dollar 2bed/2bath is perfectly reasonable. But to search “affordable small cities” and have San Mateo be in the top ten means something is broken. Or lots of things.
Ruling: Thinking sad not satire.
Amazon is asking warehouse workers to close their eyes and “savor” happy thoughts. I meditate regularly. I believe in the power of mindfulness, how else would I be so fucking chill? But you know what doesn’t work well? Enforced mindfulness. The screens in the warehouse start a 10 second countdown instructing workers to think about something happy. Ready? Go. OK. Enough happy. Go back to work. Livable wage, bathrooms that aren’t soda bottles in the front seat of vans, reasonable work weeks…none of those things could possible be as good as a ten second countdown. 9. 8…1 Make us more money.
Certainly not satire, sadly.
Seeking “Bro-safe” spaces in Burlington.
This redditer (yes I am slightly alarmed that so much of my information comes from reddit but damned if it isn’t the best source to find “fries that look like this in Denver”) posted this. I actually needed NO HELP determining that it was a JOKE. But some other people did.
Lots of commenters knew it was a joke and said things like: ‘looking for some full on mysogony or just casual-like?'Some of the people who took it seriously got pretty upset and had to be reminded that “It is satire.” To which the original poster replied “Is that the name of a bar?” Boom.
Ruling: satire…
An honesty researcher committed misconduct during study. This tells a little more.
Ruling: Sad. They take themselves too seriously for it to be satire. But the onion might disagree.
OK. I need some more satire to balance out the sadness. I am going to close my eyes, count down from ten, and savor some satire. (Once you provide it for me.)
Aren't we living in satire at this point? And why do I worry that the toxic positivity Amazon is forcing their employees to choke down will not end well. And, Anna, I just can't with that coffee set up. Just imagine how performative his foreplay must be. Wait. I'd rather not. xo
The amazon thing is truly weird. You know that game where you hear three weird stories and have to guess which one is true? This sounds like that. Or dystopian sci-fi. Enforced happiness.... oh we are so screwed.