We learned what tariffs are in my middle school social studies class.

I think Harrison Bergeron was just bad.

Well, that would have been difficult considering that I didn’t exist yet

I’m not familiar with the legal system there but there’s usually a different burden of prior between criminal and civil trails. Prosecutors declined to press criminal charges so it might be that there wasn’t enough evidence to 100% conclusively prove that he did it.

Bandcamp is also cool because you can find some really weird niche artists giving their music away for free.

There were like 20 different kinds of small birds where I grew up. Adult me can’t tell you the species of any of them.

I bet he can only cum while vaping and getting an over-the-pants handie in a public theater.

poorly uneducated

Gimp refers to sexual exploitation.

No, it doesn’t.

Libreoffice only tells geeks exactly what the product is.

The target market is primarily geeks.

no one can pronounce it.

Sounds like your coworkers should expand their horizons. Libre is a common word in (at least) 2 widely spoken languages.

Being quick and catchy is a pretty low bar.

Not when you’re naming a product. You think its hard to get people to use Lemmy, imagine trying to sell them on “Federated Link Aggregater Website.”

It sounds silly in conversation.

As does Google, Instagram, and Tiktok but they at least managed to pick silly sounding names that don’t sound like a child trying to describe a loose bowel movement.

Gimp is a funny acronym that explains exactly what the software does. Libreoffice also tells you exactly what the product is. Lemmy is quick, catchy, easy to remember, and has a story behind it. Apache is… pretty bad.

Ploopy is literally “poopy” with an extra letter.

After reading up it sounds like a decent product but they should definitely consider rebranding.

I’ve got to say “Ploopy” is one of the absolute worst names I’ve ever seen. Before I even saw the picture, I thought “I bet it looks like shit.”

I’m more interested in the mouthfeel.

Mouse -> Mice

Louse -> Lice

House -> Hice

The current argument I’m involved in is about an online platform that people can use to give recognition to each other. HR is telling me to give my team negative performance reviews for not using it regularly.

They love to remind me that there’s an app that everyone can install on their phone. The thing is, my team aren’t allowed to use their phones at work. So, the goal is to get them to tell me in writing that using this online platform is mandatory and that my hourly staff has to do it off the clock or face repercussions which is illegal.

As a middle manager in a corporate hellscape, one of my few joys in life is setting logic traps for HR and making them choose between admitting company policy is bullshit or directly instructing me to violate labor laws.

Yes, it’s the only way Republicans can get elected.

Depends on the group. Some people love them.

but the christians are just a little too clever.

There’s a phrase I’ve never heard before.

BRB, pitching this as a horror movie to the studio that made The Sound of Freedom.