Max Gross

I didn’t understand how people could spend their entire lives only living in their small town

Then today I realized I hadn’t left my neighborhood in a year despite living in one of the biggest cities in the country

Trump in 2024 is going to be a disaster for us, and we still aren’t prepared for it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/30/trump-dictator-2024-election-robert-kagan/

You know it’s US healthcare insurance problems when I have to message my manager to say “hey, just to let you know, I’ll be in and out of many doctor’s appointments in December. I’m fine, I’m just trying to get routine appointments out of the way before my deductible resets”

#health insurance

The United States losing international support because of our hypocrisy on Israel should be alarming everyone in Washington. On the world stage, allies matter. If Middle East nations turn away from the US to look towards China, it weakens US influence and power worldwide.

It would further worry the White House that people see Biden as no different than Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/23/israel-gaza-war-america-middle-east/

Jennifer Coolidge is so under appreciated https://youtu.be/x0GowHPAN7Y?si=_JbE7NbtuWmMFk6U

International humanitarian law is international humanitarian law because there are some acts that are never justifiable.

I appreciate the sentiment, but the headline here needs to be updated to some like “how soon to achieve net zero by 2050”?

The answer to “how soon do you have to buy heat pumps and EVs to avoid climate catastrophe” is 20 years ago.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/technology-early-adopters-climate-change/?itid=hp_ts-1-sallys-mix_p001_f006

He has regrets. #cat

Every once in a while, I remember that most banks in the US have access to an online form with the Federal Reserve where they just order bunches of cash, like Amazon.com but for bundles of cash

Fearless (Taylor’s Version) is wayyyyyy better than the original, it’s such a bop too

#TaylorsVersion

It was frauddddd https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/11/02/sbf-bankman-fried-trial-ftx/

It continues to annoy me that the National Weather Service Chicago is, in fact, based in Romeoville

Dear business owners, I understand that things are getting more expensive and you need to pay for them. That’s fine. Just increase prices instead of sneaking in extra fees.

As an example, many Chinese restaurants I‘be been to will — for years — just paste tape over their old prices and handwritten new ones. It might not be fine dining, but it works.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/10/31/23890882/restaurant-surcharges-service-fees-credit-card-minimum-wage

And 100% reason to run git blame

h/t @BathtubJoe

Job responsibilities of a good software engineer:

10% writing business code
15% writing tests
20% writing documentation
55% communicating with other people about code, tests and documentation

Today in therapy, I was reminded of my frustration that I can’t just Marie Kondo my body, and I actually have to live with it

I WOULD ALSO RATHER GIVE EXTRA MONEY TO THE COAST GUARD https://apple.news/AlSN7qC77RxGCYHba4HCdlg

I have been sleeping on Taylor Swift, why didn’t anyone tell me her songs got this goood