You caught on early, and rejected it. There are plenty of new recruits introduced every day, who are taking it seriously.

At least you didn't pronounce it "gif".

Not me.

Tesla is a shitty company, and everyone who works there is shitty. Same for SpaceX. They don't have any excuses left.

Anyone who buys a Tesla from this point forward is also shitty.

My last GF had sex with other men. I knew it. I didn't care. Same as you, when we were together, it was just us. I knew she was careful with who she chose. I didn't want to hear the details, but I was fine when she mentioned it off-handedly after the fact. It was no more concerning than if she'd told me she'd been to the dentist, or went shopping for a new coffee maker. What she did when I wasn't around was irrelevant to "us".

When I was a teen, with my first GF, it was too easy to become jealous.

Over time, and with more experience, I got over myself more after each relationship. By the time I was married, and in the end she had cheated on me, I was sad about losing her and what I thought our life was going to be, but the actual sex with another man didn't bother me. Then, with my last GF, all that mattered was the time when we were together. What she did in her "free time" was her thing. I didn't need to control her, I didn't even want to control her in any way. Love is choosing to be with someone, love isn't choosing NOT to be with someone else. The sooner people figure that out, the easier life is.

Banned? No. Regulated to rein in power? Yes.

My HOA has mellowed a bit over the years. Nowadays, 27 years after the subdivision was built, they negotiate for decent landscaping service, and make sure people don't leave trash and junk cars in their yard, that's about it. I'm happy enough with how they operate. I don't own a lawn mower or a rake.

Some HOAs are run like mini fiefdoms, though.

I feel like this has been tried many times before.

Same. I just came in to upvote it. But, also, I take minor pride in knowing what the first comment will be.

Why not both?

If money is the only motivation, and especially if some part of the job is demotivating for you (maybe ethically speaking), then I'd count that as burnout. Remember, they can never pay you what you're worth, because then there'd be no profit for them to leech. Also, the corporate entity has no morality. It's just a machine.

It's only when they go feral that they're a problem.

Only one? Because I loves me some mashed potatoes with too much butter and sour cream.

1984. Mondale.

My life-long democrat parents broke ranks and voted for Reagan in 1980. I'll never understand that.

I've never voted for the right, and never will. I vote as far left as I can, believing we need to pull harder to have any hope of getting back to the middle.

When you vote for the lesser of two evils, you're still voting for evil to win.

Statistically, he'll die of poor health in the next four years. He's very unhealthy, and very old. Medicine can only do so much.

Vapers minding their own business, pretending vaping is healthier.

More bullshit lingo to learn and use, to prove you're with it. It never ends, but sometimes it circles back around and rhymes.

I used to be with it...

I saw one yesterday in the wild. It's unusual for where I live, we're not rich here, and being a blue state, we're not stupid, either.

Surprisingly, it still had all of it's body panels intact.

Oh. I'm making a scene. A scene covered in gravy, and a side of soft serve ice cream and sprinkles. Lots of sprinkles.

I'm making the transition. I use both, for now.

I jumped ship to Linux Mint almost a year ago. No Microsoft products live here anymore. No regrets.

I was married, now I'm divorced. She cheated on me. That's just for background.

For me, the legal marriage contract did nothing good. It just made it harder and more expensive when it was time to separate. My suggestion is (if you can find someone to go along with it) to have the ceremony, party, and honeymoon, but skip the legal contract. No one will ask to see your contract, except for the few legal reasons it matters. To everyone, and to both of you for all the reasons that matter socially, you'll be married. Why do we need governmental sanctioning of our personal relationships?

The contract doesn't keep them from cheating, it doesn't keep them from leaving, nor should anyone want that. Neither is it required for child support, that's a separate contract that has nothing to do with marriage (or even biology, in some cases). IMO, the ideal relationship is one where you both choose, every day to spend the day with each other, until you don't--if that should ever happen.