Sweet young thing: (prolonged apologia for why there isn't a corruption problem in Russia just because the West says there is)
Me: Starting from "the Russian oligarchs began life as the Russian Mafiya," rethink the history of the Russian Federation since 1989 and get back to me.
Sweet young thing: (sputters)
Me: Also, get off of my lawn.

Me: (pro-vax rant)
Me: (paid for own shingles shot before insurance would cover it rant rant rant GO VAXX)
Troll: yr mom dint vax you agin chickenpox because she loved you! (drool derp buh wut ( Read more... )

According to an individual on FaceBook who was responding to my "yay vaccines!" post, anyway. Apparently good nutrition, hygeine and less crowded living conditions were taking care of infectious diseases all on their own. I didn't read far enough into the article to get to the actual "self" portion of self-limiting because my tolerance for casual ( Read more... )

19 Bad Habits You Should Drop Before You Turn 30

#7, #10, #11 ... don't judge me!

#18 ... let it go, kids. We only make plans to keep busy until the universe decides exactly how it's going to f us up.

...can you be a hipster?

I say ye nay, as hipsters are but economically disadvantaged Yuppies with their shabby chic. We Yuppies may have suffered from monochromatic suits and 80s hair, but we otherwise looked pretty sharp and no power in the 'verse could outspend us.

My Gen X coworker is now working a theory about "this generation's Kerouacs" or

Also, taking notes.

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Them: He was really old.
Me: (dryly) Like 40, or even 45?
Them: OMG not like that! Like, 30!

Is it okay now?

Millennial: (whines about being patronized by the Baby Boom)
Me: at least you're not being patronized by the Greatest Generation, who legit kicked Hitler's (not the internet meme, the real one) ass.
Millennial: ?
Me: If the Baby Boom experienced shame in any form, that would have been hard to take.

So, there are people downstairs in the lobby discounting smartwatches to the employee masses. This was discussed briefly in today's huddle and a 30-something came Very Close to Death when he allowed as how his eyes are too old for a smartwatch. mumblemumbleWHIPPERSNAPPERThen it struck me. I am not the target market for smartwatches. Most Baby Boom ( Read more... )

http://copperbadge.tumblr.com/post/114401067276/writeswrongs-magenmagenmagen-seriousjones-shutLinks to a post on tumblr that embeds an article from HuffPo where a guy is taking a picture every time he sees someone reading a book on a subway. This leads to some histrionics in the responses about "oooh technology is scary" and some heartfelt ( Read more... )