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Cake day: August 23rd, 2023

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  • I had a really insecure young manager who was almost half my age. Guy was a chickenshit. One day, while he was out, we reorganized our desks so that we’d not have our backs to the hallway. Instead, we turned our desks 180 degrees so that our backs were to the wall. He came around and said “well, this layout is not in accordance with the open office rules”. I paused for a second, looked at him and replied “Oh really? No shit! How cute…” And proceeded to ignore him solemnly.

    He didn’t do shit. Was eventually let go for complete incompetence and negative reviews from every single one of his employees.


  • It’s almost midnight. You just got out of your job, a restaurant in a somewhat seedy location in old downtown. You leave through the backdoor into an alley and suddenly notice you’re not alone. The metal door just closed shut behind you.

    You look to your right. There’s a guy with a knife. He’s looking at you and smiling in a weird manner. He starts walking towards you menacingly.

    You look to your left. There’s a well known old drunk there. He smells bad and likes to hug people who are passing by. If you go that way, you will be hugged by him.

    What do you do?

    If you go right, you’ll get stabbed and killed. If you do nothing and stay put, you’ll get stabbed and killed. If you go left, you will be hugged by the stinky guy. It’s disgusting and not ideal, but you’ll not be stabbed and survive.

    What do you choose?

    I see people all the time with the dumbest arguments to not vote. “He’s not progressive enough”, or “he’s part of the system”, or even “he didn’t do enough for X” (insert your favorite minority here).

    It’s all true. But the universe is not a perfect or ideal place. Not voting for the imperfect guy gets us a true horrible alternative. It’s a choice between bad and awful.

    Please vote bad and keep the awful away.