I’ve occasionally considered purchases add a function of the number of hours worked to earn that money. My fast food costs an hour of work. My nifty you costs two or three hours. Rent costs 30 hours, more or less.

Sometimes it’s helpful, mostly depressing.

I don’t want purity tests because we, on the left, are incapable of reaching a consensus on much of anything. If we can’t agree to tolerate a limited amount of disagreement with each other, we can’t work together on the things we do agree on, and those things tend to be kind of important.

Which he will ignore as soon as he finds it inconvenient.

Why do people continue to think you can make a deal with someone who never upholds their end of a deal?

Are there any Russian workplace comedy?

Well, that’s not gonna win him any votes.

As a pure act, I can’t see that it causes any harm.

However, it will very likely lead to frustration, anger, and poor treatment of the person in question. Those things are bad.

This is the way.

Interesting. They only works in a few cases, but It’s good to have the options.

No sunlight for 10 days at a time.

I can see that, but I’ve always expected tidal waves to be far more destructive. This is, as you say, an astonishing amount of movement, but nothing like I was expecting to see.

Am I missing a joke?

And what, leave the apartments empty? Have them earn zero money, rather than some money?

Back when I lived in N. Carolina, there was a local brand called “Dr. Enuff.” Loved that stuff.

On earth? No, not by a long shot. We would need to get into the deconstructing planets business.

Because the English language is known for its rigid consistency of pluralization.

The government should be obligated to shield them from the causes of climate change. But I suppose that ship had sailed.

Wasn’t he introduced with a story of pulling off a miracle to escape the Gorn? Or am I not remembering properly?

The current administration is making Humphrey Appleby seem a much better option.

Maybe there’s a reason we prefer tenure civil servants who don’t have financial interest at odds with their job?

No research needed. Getting back to the routine, after a suitable period that varies from person to person, is important. But it is not, in itself, healing, and someone who didn’t miss a day of work is not doing well.