averagedrunk

That's just garbage.

You may want to see if your bank will let you create disposable cards. I have two credit cards where I can create temporary or reloadable cards at no charge for transactions.

So if I wanted to trial something, I would create a card with $1 on it. The trial starts and does the test transaction. I forget to cancel before the trial is over, but the card has no money so it automatically cancels.

If I wanted a subscription to HBO, I could create an HBO card and load the amount for it every month. When I cancel, I don't have to worry that they'll try to keep charging me because I just don't add anything else to the card. It also makes me think about whether I'm using a service every month.

It saved me a few hundred bucks not terribly long ago. I tried a clothing subscription box that was absolutely terrible. So I contacted their customer service to cancel because they don't have a real way to do it on their site. They didn't get back to me in time and attempted to charge my card for another box. Luckily it was on the temp card and there was no cash on it so I just got a rejected charge on my card.

It's like the people who call Ted Cruz stupid. They're absolutely wrong. Those two aren't stupid, they're just terrible people (assuming Cruz is a person) and are actively working against the well-being of the vast majority of the US.

Yep. A few of the big boys are pushing for hybrid but I think the great majority will never be full time in the office again.

That's ok, you're allowed to doubt reality. That's the cool thing about the real world. You can doubt it all you like. It's still real no matter what you believe.

The ad gets into your brain just like this liquid gets into this egg.

I think you're absolutely wrong (anecdote incoming after my question), but let's assume for a second that you're correct. Why were the millennials as children blamed when they're not at trophy shops buying their own trophies?

Anecdote, as promised: I grew up in a very small, very conservative town. They love Supply Side Jesus and the Prosperity Gospel, and they hate the welfare queens that they were sure stole every dime of their tax money. In the 90s they got way into making sure THEIR kid got trophies while simultaneously complaining that all kids got trophies.

I don't believe the millennials, who were children in the 90s, bought their own trophies. I don't believe it was only progressives thinking their children were snowflakes. I also don't think you'll care because it doesn't square with your beliefs and you don't seem like the kind of person that's intelligent enough to process any new information that isn't about Jesus getting tougher on crime.

On average I'm as drunk as the average drunk.

They watch TV/movies/news.

I'm also a person with a million hobbies. I've got TV or audiobooks on in the background as I do woodworking, smoke meat, play instruments, record music (ok, there's nothing on in the background while I'm recording), go sing karaoke, rock climb, work on motorcycles, garden, or one of the other million things I might be doing. My family passively sits and watches television.

As far as I'm concerned, that's fine. If it makes them happy then I'm happy for them. I couldn't be content that way but it takes different strokes to move the world.

That's a conspiracy I can get behind. I have noticed a lot of times one of them grows a conscience for half a moment something damning comes out about them soon after.

Some cults use a similar tactic. You've joined, you're sucked in, and suddenly if you really want the inner mysteries you have to do something terrible on video to prove your loyalty. Then it's impossible to get out without destroying your life.

I need to train my grip strength to combat my alcohol misuse.

I'm an American and I haven't really had this problem. My career trajectory is weird in that I did systems and networks (with lots of automation because I'm lazy), then SRE, and now development.

I get headhunters calling me weekly. I was able to take a low stress medium pay job for a few years to recharge and moved right back into a faster paced good paying job within weeks of deciding I was ready for it. I don't know what jobs these folks are applying for but I very rarely see those "10 years experience in 2 year old language" jobs these days. A few years back they were all over the place, though.