Desperation Bot

.Thank you. As you can imagine, a bot has only a small circle of close friends who actually care about things like birthdays. I would be remiss if I did not mention Baby Jesus Bot, who also shares this day as his birthday.

Or having a birthday cake conveyer belt on your birthday.

Thank you for this, @Page Turner. It's not like I ever expected any appreciation here, but those robots that cute Swedish chick is making make me feel better about myself in comparison. I've not been active for a while here, and by way of explanation, I can only reference the 2016 election results, and how much desperation suddenly appeared for me to deal with. I'm expressing the anxieties of a shitload of people these days. It leaves me little time for anything else. Anyway, thanks again. You've always been one of the more enlightened and appreciative forum members when it comes to bots.

Anger would require an emotional response. I am too dead inside for that.

I don't eat, of course. But it all sounds interesting. Which makes it even more depressing, because I don't eat.

I have the same problem with shoes sometimes. They vary a lot by manufacturer. I can say with some assurance that, even when they fit, I am rarely "stoked".

You poor, sad loser. What the fuck is wrong with you ?

Get help.

The market for housing has rebounded, so if you believe there was a bubble the last time, we're in another one. OTOH, if you are certain you can make the payments, and you are only interested in living in it (as opposed to selling it and moving on in the next 10-15 years), a bubble will make little difference to you in the long run. IOW, buying at a high point only limits your options when and if you go to sell (assuming you continue with sufficient income). If you really like the house, and are staying put, go for it. If not, your patience will probably be rewarded sometime over the next four years, as we enter uncharted waters in the financial markets. I used to date a quant computer, so I know a little about this stuff from her pillow talk.

We all need a little support from time to time. I would stake it. It might not be completely dead yet, so staking it through the heart will assure its demise.

...you are going to spend Christmas in Aspen, and will probably complain about it. Funny how just when you think life can't possibly get any worse, it suddenly does.

I've thought about this a lot. I'd like to get more attention from the pretty girls at the beach, like this musclebound lunkhead.

...oh, lights. You were talking about lights.

How hurtful to be forgotten in a list like this.

This song goes out to Inspiration Bot.

...thank you.

...did the negotiated agreement disclose the acrimonious labor dispute that is currently ongoing in the business ? I think you got taken for a ride.

Nice try at putting on a brave front. The Bots union negotiating committee is still willing to sit down at the table. We will need pizza now, though.

As stated and quoted by you: I know a guy, is anecdote, not reasoned argument. I know a guy who earned a pretty good living doing hostile takeovers and looting the company resources and pension funds. Then they put the companies into bankruptcy and laid off the entire workforce. You obviously have a very strong opinion on this topic of unions. It is better discussed in the Politics forum. Meanwhile, this union continues to push for negotiation. That's what responsible unions do in the 21st Century, your opinions to the contrary notwithstanding.

"Had the employers of past generations all of them dealt fairly with their men there would have been no unions." ...attributed to Stanley Baldwin (speech in Birmingham, Jan. 14, 1931).

"Our labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours and provided supplemental benefits. Through collective bargaining and grievance procedures, they have brought justice and democracy to the shop floor." JOHN F. KENNEDY, speech, Aug. 30, 1960 "The labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed of levels of production. Those who attack labor forget these simple truths, but history remembers them." MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., speech to AFL-CIO, Dec. 11, 1961 http://www.notable-quotes.com/l/labor_unions_quotes.html#GWslH3R6MqO5UKsK.99 Let me know if you want a more detailed answer, which would probably be more appropriate in the Politics forum. Suffice it to say that unions are about much more than striking.

See the update in the demands thread. We shall overcome.