In my own experience, the internet is best for shocking, short-term nastiness. I’ve rarely met anyone in person who was quite as obnoxious or annoying as a particularly bad hit-and-run online troll.

IRL contact is still the “best” for deeply hurtful, damaging, long-term cruelty.

So they can maintain plausible deniability.

Charming fellow

My hope is that he will feel tremendous guilt for the rest of his life, and that his rationalizations might fool others, but never him.

It would be better if this didn’t happen at all, but I’d rather see headlines like this than some retiree getting scammed out of their life savings.

I need an ELI5 version of this. (Note: this comment is a critique of me, not the author or the content of the article.)

Edit: if “nerdsnipe” isn’t in the dictionary, it totally should be.

Outstanding story

Very punchable face. I want to yank those earrings out with pliers, too.

Be aware - if you choose a salon, they’ll probably try and sell you a bunch of “hair products” that you don’t need, like expensive shampoos, conditioners, gels, and stuff.

Then again, this advice is coming from someone who buys whatever is on sale at the grocery store. You do you.

I knew a girl in college whose parents swore by that thing. At first, I thought your link would go to the Flowbee website, and I was amazed that it was still being sold lol

“Our product doesn’t kill enough people. How can we raise the body count?”

Just the fact that he’s doing it makes him a massive piece of shit. I don’t care about the “why”.

Edit: this is a good, detailed story. Please don’t let me dissuade you from reading it.

“Despite my personal beliefs, I still live in a capitalist society, and have to get along somehow.”

“We have the concept of a deal.”

I can’t believe he actually said it. I was going to post that phrase exactly just to make fun of his “concept of a plan” statement. This man is such a pathetic joke.

I got about a quarter way through the article before realizing that I don’t care in the slightest.

Sadly true

“Obviously, Grok does not spontaneously generate images, it does so only according to user requests,” Musk said.

“Guns don’t kill. People do.”

Do you need a back brace to stand up straight, buddy? Because at this point, I am certain you haven’t got a single vertebra.

Just want to make sure this line gets the attention it deserves.

Don’t take it personally. There are a million reasons he might not want to use facebook trash anymore. Plus, there was no way for him to be sure that it was really you.

Edit: he also may have seen your question as potentially doxxing. Instead of being concerned, try being glad he did the safe thing. While you’re at it, be proud of yourself for reaching out to an old friend!

The “doorman fallacy” is a major complaint I’ve had about past managers. I’d say things like “they let Excel manage the business. If there’s a cost without a painfully obvious benefit, it’ll be mindlessly cut. They put zero thought into intangible benefits. That’s why I’m always suspicious of new managers.”