Oh, Goody... [large Corporation] Is Destroying [a Natural Feature]

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May have posted this before but fuck it we're doing it again

Whoever did this stole my idea and I seek to prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law

Slight problem

I have bed bugs and not the 4-wheeled kind

I'm about to die

Send help

I wouldn’t call myself quirky but there is definitely something wrong with me

Remember if you’re out at a store and someone says “This is a robbery” you can say “no it’s not” and then the robber will leave because theyre a robber and this is no longer a robbery .

Still a lot of bugs to fix.

Who knew that when you give employees the bare minimum in return for their time and effort, they do the same in return? Some mind-boggling stuff, this...

I’ve seen workplace autonomy get reduced at several jobs I’ve worked at and it always follows the same pattern, where the initial change is “that sucks and I think it’s dumb but at least I can see some rationale behind it” and subsequent changes become arbitrary reminders that your employer controls you.

When I worked at a distribution center, we used to be able to wear headphones. Then one day, someone working at a different distribution center got their headphone cords tangled up in the conveyors and was seriously injured, and we weren’t allowed to wear headphones anymore.

I hated the change, of course, and thought it was stupid, and wondered if the incident they mentioned even happened, but I could at least see the logic to it: “wearing cords around miles of conveyor systems is dangerous.”

So people started bringing portable radios and stuff to work. No cords, no blocked ears, no problem. Until those got banned too. Why? Because they could, and they showed that they could when they banned headphones.

Then I worked at a testing center. After a while, cell phones were banned. And again, there was some logic to the decision: for starters, we were surrounded by confidential information, and also needed to maintain a quiet and discreet atmosphere. It was obviously an unnecessary overreach and showed that they saw their employees as children, but they at least had some security concerns they could justify it with.

So people brought in books and magazines to read during downtime. And then books and magazines were banned too. Why? Because they could, and they showed that they could when they banned cell phones.

It’s tied up with the culture of… I don’t know if there’s a term for it, but it’s something we’ve all seen. If there’s no tasks left to do at work, then stare at a wall. If you’re on the clock, then don’t sit down even if there’s no reason not to sit down. Smile. That whole thing.

*clears search for "questionably legal ways to obtain this amount of money" from search history*

I cannot believe this rowhouse in St. Louis, Missouri. They are asking only $325,000 and according to Zillow, it’s estimated value is $283,590, so maybe it can be bought for less. You won’t believe the awesome inside, though. 

Look at this entrance hall. 

Even if the owner takes all his things with him, there are still the beams, floors, fireplaces and architectural features he added. 

Look at his collection of pulleys. It’s like a museum.

Check out this fancy powder room.

This a hallway that leads to kitchen on the left.

These cabinets are crazy. And, look at the little sitting area. It has the original old floors, too. It was built in 1885.

Look at this hall- some of the mirrors reflect upside-down.

This appears to be a home office. What an unusual fireplace.

You can look over this room onto the floor below, b/c it’s on a mezzanine, but you can also see other areas of the home thru glass walls.

Look at the upper part of the hall. Kind of looks like house exteriors.

This purple and white room looks like an art gallery.

From here you can see way down to another sitting room. Notice the mantle over the round hearth.

This huge room is a bathroom.

I don’t know what this is- probably another sitting room.

Could this be a potting room? Anyway, it leads to the roof.

Here we are out on the room- I don’t know if that’s the house next door, but it looks like you can climb from one building to the other.

It doesn’t look like you could really sit- well, you can, but it’s not really a patio, although it’s interesting up here.

There’s this network of railings or something and I can’t tell which house is which. 

From this side, you can see the neighborhood and some of the yards.

Down to the basement.

You can see clear up to the top of the house from down here.

At least it’s not creepy with the old stone walls painted white. I guess that’s an old heat stove. 

There’s a bedroom and a very nice shower down here.

Behind the house are exits to the yard from the basement and the 1st floor. 

The garden is stunning.

And, look at this path. Is that the neighbor’s yard? The homes are very close together.

The street itself is beautiful. I need this house.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1204-S-18th-St-Saint-Louis-MO-63104/2934915_zpid/

Let's extend that to things other than people as well.

Don't pressure anyone into anything they don't want.

Normalize disliking people and avoiding them without starting a conflict and insisting that they're bad people. You don't actually need to be able to call someone toxic and abusive in order to justify that you're not vibing with them.

Seeing unhealthy patterns in your family and deciding that those pattens end with you and will not be passed down to future generations is an extremely brave and powerful decision.

Forgive yourself for repeating what was taught to you as a child, then put the conscious effort into deprogram these patterns.