There is a strong element of pre-crime at play. They are trying to arrest people who *look like* they might do crime. In the future.

And by look like, I mean racism.

Corporate rebrand as BarkBag; problem solved? :)

More immigrants = less immigrants, it's simple!

There are people still in that hellscape? Poor dears.

See also: www.epi.org/publication/...

The basic historical explanation for tipping in the US is racism.

Intention was to come across as "entitled American that can't cope with cultural differences" for the first half; I think I nailed it? :)

Real talk: that cultural difference _can_ be hard to navigate. Like: attention cues are all "wrong", and it's hard to know when to interrupt.

But that's life 🤷.

I'm sad that Target leadership is taking it out on their employees instead of.. just rolling back their public mistakes as a corporate entity.

I think that we actually _do_ see an element of voting with one's dollars in Target's troubles.

They went anti-woke, and have been suffering a soft boycott ever since.

My family hasn't shopped there since they decimated their pride displays. Directly as a signal that we expect a modicum of virtue.

I'm glad it was enjoyed, 🙏

I have? 🤔
You read my post as seething?

It's so weird to not be treated like a literal god just because I want to spend €3 on gum.

Service in Europe IS rude.

Not because of the lack of smiling. Cashiers will full-on have a 15 minute phone conversation with their best friend while you wait to pay.

They somehow accept their own needs as not subservient to yours, even though you have 💶 to give them.

Like they're fully human..??

Public Works Administration but it's all forensic accountants, security engineers and attorneys.

I assumed you were referencing "The Who", and was trying to figure out what the song would sound like.

I read that as "russians: we (russians) will break and (that will somehow) terrify the Ukrainians"

Which is a great plan, actually.

No, they should put you in large. Very Large.

One could try to add color to a 2D map?

And there seems to be a fundamental lack of willingness to publicly retrospect on anything past communication. There *was* a communication failure.

There were also significant failures in decision-making, policy development, and community management (beyond comms).