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InputZero
joined 1 year ago
Okay all true, but the VP is still a pretend job. Maybe not as much as it was before but the VP doesn't actually have very much power. Unless the president is ~~article 12'd~~ amendment 25'd.
Corruption in politics was described to me once as the grease that keeps the cogs of government turning. The importance difference is what type of grease is used. A government with low corruption uses a small amount of very clean grease, just enough, and only in the right places, to make the sticky gears turn. A government with high corruption will just drench every gear with very dirty crude oil, and if the gears seizes up they won't even notice.
In an ideal world the machine of government wouldn't need any corrupt grease or oil to keep turning but no one truely lives in that world, yet.
You forgot your /s.
This is the best idea. Just talk to them, best case they'll help you with it, worst case is they'll give you a talking to. Going around IT's back is a very good way to get fired really quickly.
I think you're overthinking it. I used to go into the US often for business and I have never had any of my electronic devices searched. The best advice is to leave your phone at home and buy a cheaper pre-paid travel phone. Not because of privacy but what if it's lost, stolen, or confiscated? It's no big deal losing a burner phone.
That would be my plan B. Plan A would be turn up my politeness and niceness knobs up for a little while. Maybe they're going through a rough time and it's temporary. After a sufficient amount of time to ensure it's not an anomaly, then go for the direct conversation. It usually pays off to give the other person the benefit of the doubt for a little bit, but not forever. It stopped me from being so reactive.
This is the way.
I remember the first time I saw a cockroach in my apartment I was terrified of it and of being called an untidy person. After a short time that fear faded and every time I saw one I immediately went on the war path.
Kill the roach, find where it came from, patch the hole, vacuum the area, wash the area, spray the area, triple check there's no food or dampness for them to live on. It was work but my unit had far fewer cockroachs than many other units.
Then start climbing the pirate ladder me matey. For the capin's keeps their secrets from us crew, or else it's the King's rope for us all.
The anecdotal odds are that you are living in a simulation though. I mean the simple math says that your odds are 1 over one whole value in infinity that you're not. It's just likely that whole value = 1.