I once sent an email to a female coworker with many back-spacing and substituting text corrections. Instead of “I think it’s time!” it went as “I think it’s t!ts time.” Fortunately, our internal email app allowed deletion before the receiving person opened a message.
If you say positive things about the establishment person, then you are a hero. If you speak against the establishment, then you are the villain that needs to be cancelled.
Compare/contrast—medals worn by Army generals post wwII verse todays medals —-my favorite is the Combat Infantry Badge vs the look-alike Expert Infantry Badge….
back in the late 1990’s I working in an office where the secretary in the legal department hit the infamous "respond all’ on something she was sending to her sister. a joking script on the sexual desires of each astrological sign. I went by her desk, looked at her and said “so you’re a Scorpio?” she sank under her desk turning as red as her cinnamon colored hair.
To be fair,I later learned she lived up to the script.
Reviewing your text before sending it is always a good idea. I have read many invitations/announcements where the writer forgets to include the last name or the time or the location of an event. I figure that whichever "Bill"’ of my acquaintance is holding a New Years Eve party can do so without me and the museum fund-raiser will also go unattended because, while I can guess the location [the museum] and " the doors will open at 6:30", I don’t know the date.
The ubiquitous spell-checker has a warped sense of humor and can make surprising corrections. Also, when one is ‘emoting’, it is easy to forget to send enough actual content, for the reader to figure out what the emotion is all about.
Whether you are executed, jailed, awarded a medal, or honored with a statute for your actions depends on whether those actions are in line with the narrative of those in power at the time.
It’s easier to forget what happened if you aren’t constantly reminded of it. Devil’s Advocate. Mount Rushmore is probably pretty unpleasant for Native Americans, The Alamo probably upsets some Mexicans, lets bulldoze what is left from the detention camps for Japanese in WW2, we get rid of everything that might upset someone, there’s not going to be a whole lot left.
There are no heroes anymore. Just regular flawed humans who managed to do one good thing in the midst of their stumbling blindly from cradle to grave. Or does that make even more heroes out there?
enigmamz 8 months ago
And still got cancelled.
rmremail 8 months ago
No, this is a statue to ‘corporate heroism’.
And like most every other aspect of public life, it was funded by corporations, showcasing their values.
Hello Everyone 8 months ago
I bet he even “Washed the Dishes without being Asked!”
GreasyOldTam 8 months ago
Eye dew that, two
Concretionist 8 months ago
Whoa! No WAY!!
The dude from FL Premium Member 8 months ago
If we don’t destroy EVERY monument, somebody will cry…let them cry!
Superfrog 8 months ago
“I’m just a soul whose intentions are good. Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood.”
suv2000 8 months ago
And he was still shamed for everything he wrote
Radish the wordsmith 8 months ago
Look at any random page, you will find the typo you missed.
Bilan 8 months ago
But if you double-checked yourself before sending for facts, Trump won’t retweet you.
eromlig 8 months ago
I think that dog has the right idea…
paddy 8 months ago
Wiley makes the statue look like real gold with just three yellow colours and some black. That’s impressive.
PraiseofFolly 8 months ago
I once sent an email to a female coworker with many back-spacing and substituting text corrections. Instead of “I think it’s time!” it went as “I think it’s t!ts time.” Fortunately, our internal email app allowed deletion before the receiving person opened a message.
bbbmorrell 8 months ago
I would vote for that guy.
cmerb 8 months ago
The " happy tail " on the puppy is cute , I’m not so sure about the cartoon though ?
Count Olaf Premium Member 8 months ago
Looks like the little dog is about to make the most appropriate comment.
DM2860 8 months ago
If you say positive things about the establishment person, then you are a hero. If you speak against the establishment, then you are the villain that needs to be cancelled.
kenmareinc 8 months ago
Compare/contrast—medals worn by Army generals post wwII verse todays medals —-my favorite is the Combat Infantry Badge vs the look-alike Expert Infantry Badge….
MS72 8 months ago
Now, if we could get newspapers to review stories before posting them…
sandpiper 8 months ago
A paean to caution. But one can still err in the composition thereof.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation 8 months ago
back in the late 1990’s I working in an office where the secretary in the legal department hit the infamous "respond all’ on something she was sending to her sister. a joking script on the sexual desires of each astrological sign. I went by her desk, looked at her and said “so you’re a Scorpio?” she sank under her desk turning as red as her cinnamon colored hair.
To be fair,I later learned she lived up to the script.
GreenT267 8 months ago
Reviewing your text before sending it is always a good idea. I have read many invitations/announcements where the writer forgets to include the last name or the time or the location of an event. I figure that whichever "Bill"’ of my acquaintance is holding a New Years Eve party can do so without me and the museum fund-raiser will also go unattended because, while I can guess the location [the museum] and " the doors will open at 6:30", I don’t know the date.
The ubiquitous spell-checker has a warped sense of humor and can make surprising corrections. Also, when one is ‘emoting’, it is easy to forget to send enough actual content, for the reader to figure out what the emotion is all about.
ladykat 8 months ago
Did you check the encyclopaedia?
Holden Awn 8 months ago
Whether you are executed, jailed, awarded a medal, or honored with a statute for your actions depends on whether those actions are in line with the narrative of those in power at the time.
mistercatworks 8 months ago
I do strongly decry the use of “hero” to describe every someone who merely looked out a window and then made a phone call.
Mike Baldwin creator 8 months ago
Who doesnt chck Avery post at last tree tums?
mindjob 8 months ago
The name of the game is CYA.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 8 months ago
Ah,but did he SPELL everything right?
leemorse9777 8 months ago
It’s easier to forget what happened if you aren’t constantly reminded of it. Devil’s Advocate. Mount Rushmore is probably pretty unpleasant for Native Americans, The Alamo probably upsets some Mexicans, lets bulldoze what is left from the detention camps for Japanese in WW2, we get rid of everything that might upset someone, there’s not going to be a whole lot left.
eddi-TBH 8 months ago
There are no heroes anymore. Just regular flawed humans who managed to do one good thing in the midst of their stumbling blindly from cradle to grave. Or does that make even more heroes out there?
Otis Rufus Driftwood 8 months ago
Sounds like common sense to me.
lindz.coop Premium Member 8 months ago
And everybody else’s too…so I could make snide remarks about any misspellings or grammar errors.
keenanthelibrarian 8 months ago
Aw .. he’s my idol. The guy who sat for the statue I mean … I mean – WHAT A MAN!!
JoeMartinFan Premium Member 8 months ago
Heroic? No. Admirable, especially in this day and age? Absolutely!