#feels better to just blameshift and say that they aren’t doing good enough than to admit maybe you aren’t doing good managing

[waltzofcloths]

Why is management always so quick to jump to calling their employees lazy? Why do they never actually look at what’s changed as of late to find an actual explanation for the decrease in work achieved?

#julspeaks #obvious answer: it being anything other than employees laziness would require some self-reflection and admittance of fault #feels better to just blameshift and say that they aren’t doing good enough than to admit maybe you aren’t doing good managing #also? the fact ‘management’ never came to tell us directly that we’re doing a shit job tells. #if they have such a problem with how apparently shit of a job we’re doing - they can come tell us directly #not that anything’s going to change anyway. I know I’m doing literally everything I can already anyway. #there physically isn’t anything more I could be doing. #I do (at the very least) 6 hours of work in 3 hours. I take every call - phone or in-store. #I assist others/cover people’s breaks (even though I am incredibly short on time) #I don’t take any breaks unless my coworkers are INSISTENT that I do #and you’re going to look me in the eye. stare at me for 90% of this ‘meeting’ - as if I’m stupid or the reason behind it #and tell me that management is disappointed in us and we aren’t doing enough #and that we should be doing detailed work #I don’t know WHAT problem you have with me. I don’t know WHY you seem to think I’m so stupid #so much so that even after the ‘meeting’ concludes #you WALK with me back to where I was working CONTINUING on the topic #I know I’m the second-youngest in the department I’m in but you seem to think I am Severely lacking in intellect #don’t get me wrong - I’m by no means smart; but you seem to talk to me like I have no idea. You talk Down to me #Oh! I went on a bit of a ramble down here. Ignore It I am still Emotional it seems.

[blackroseraven]

I'm relieved, and happy.

The terrible thing is that an election shouldn't make someone "relieved" or "happy." It should be boring, just the gears of democracy grinding forward, a replacement of one figurehead for another. Maybe one that will guide the nation using different methods and ideals, sure, but the agenda should always be the same: the betterment of the nation. There shouldn't be celebrating and dancing in the street, and we shouldn't feel the relief so many of us clearly are. Any more than people should feel a sense of doom or defeat; we should be Americans, together, and democracy should be a monotonous ritual where we can all feel confident that at the end of the day, no matter how much we might disagree with the next person in charge, they're still going to do their best.

Trump wasn't that. Trump played golf and visited his own properties over 500 times. Trump never had a functioning cabinet, any more than he was ever a successful businessman. We know that Trump's taxes are... not good, even if it's hard, actually, to pin down why: tax and tax law are very complex, but the obvious patterning shows a laziness, almost an arrogance that would draw the attention of any accountant.

Trump had a nation put children in cages. I don't care "who built the cages" or "who was behind the original law" or anything like that: I don't care about talk, but about actions, and this is what ICE did. I care that over 500 children cannot be reunited with their parents after being separated from them at the border. Trump created tariffs that hurt America and his behavior has been antithetical to global peace and prosperity.

Was he a racist as well as an incompetant buffoon? Probably. But that doesn't matter: we know for a fact that white nationalist groups supported him, from the KKK to neonazi movements, and that he had his own personal cult, QAnon, even though he was never cunning enough to wield the power of Q himself, always just a figurehead of the conspiracy. What matters to Trump is Trump, and Trump alone: I don't think it matters how racist, how cruel, or how he feels about things. As Mary Trump attests in her book, he is like a toddler: he only cares about things that care about and benefit Trump.

But the worst part was his incompetence. The worst part, and the entire reason he failed as an autocrat: he is a bumbler, who can only gain the help of fellow bumblers, and who is easily manipulated by anyone who makes it into his orbit if they have the necessary selfishness and cunning. Look at Parscale, who is now writing a tell-all book, after having done pathetic little work to help Trump's sinking ship of a campaign.

And yet people will tell you he is Alpha, even though he's a fat man who eats nothing but McDonald's in spite of being in the highest office in the land, and had to pay to have sex with a porn star shortly after the birth of his youngest son. That he's a genius, in spite of the fact he has trouble stringing a coherent sentence together and repeats the same lie over and over again. That he is a Lion, even though he fires by tweet and has his underlings face the world for him, while he runs off to golf or hides like a coward. That he only speaks the Truth, even though no Covid vaccine has materialized despite his promises, we STILL don't have a healthcare plan but at most, vagaries, and of course his blameshifting with regards to the pandemic when he is President and should have been showing, oh, I don't know, leadership?

Could I even maintain my friendship with someone who supported Trump? I don't honestly know. I say that as someone who doesn't like to go to extremes, but Trump impacted me and people like me so much, and so many of his supporters took such joy in it, I would spend a long time musing on it. People go "oh well gosh you can't judge ME by what OTHER PEOPLE did," but these are often the same people who refer to the "liberal elite" as one monolithic structure. Because people love to generalize, but hate being generalized. And how much do you really care about "me" beyond what you perceive of me as, if I have these very real concerns about hardening of rules around immigrants and immigration, about the lawlessness and overzealousness of ICE, about how "my kind" are treated, and the response is always "well, but..." or "I'm sure you're exaggerating."

People have made Trump into this persona that doesn't exist. I'm sorry, but the Emperor is just a fat orange man, addled in all the ways that his sycophants have accused Biden of being... or have you not noticed how often the very people accusing various Trumpian enemies are themselves guilty of the exact crimes they're describing? We aren't in the era of gaslighting: this is the era of projection, where we avoid guilt by blaming other people for our sins.

Take the election, for example, and how PA legislature purposefully delayed ballot counting as part of a known plan, a “campaign strategy” by Trump to undermine the election. And I’m disgusted with the people complaining about “mail-in” ballots being used when Trump himself was doing nothing but discouraging them, essentially handicapping himself. Furthermore, how do you think military people overseas vote? By magic? Or do our soldiers no longer matter when they’re no longer useful to your cause and your ideology?

Don’t answer. We all know the truth. The screaming red hats showed us that, just as they showed us how people want to be ruled over, and the real people living in a bubble aren’t the “liberal coastal elite” but the now-minority that’s desperate to keep itself in power in a country that is trying to adapt, change, and evolve as the world does so.

Biden is far from perfect and not at all my ideal candidate, but at least he’s a decent human being, who stays off twitter. And I look forwards to having rational ideological disagreements rather than living in fear and disgust. I look forwards to being able to speak my mind again, even if it will be a long time before I feel again like I am actually welcome in this country, if I ever was at all; like I’m not an outsider to this nation, and that if many of these vile people had their way, I would be removed, no matter what good I’ve done, or how much of my blood and sweat has been spent working alongside them.

If Trump is your idea of a "strong man," then you need to reflect on where you are in your life, honestly, and how happy you are with it, and how you got there. And I pray you find your answers and your peace. And if this "offends you..." what was that popular MAGA motto?

Ah, yes.

Fuck your feelings, snowflake. Facts don't care about your feelings.

#politics #life #election 2020

[mikeisafighter]

200-1:My best of the best

This is it. The last of the best of the best from my top 1000 personal list basing it on so many factors which I will not reveal right now

FINAL WAVE

200 Lindsay Ell - Worth The Wait 199 Jason Aldean - She's Country 198 Temperance - Save Me 197 Cimorelli - Oceans [cover] 196 Danny Gokey - Rise 195 Joe Nichols - Sunny & 75 194 Dream - When I Get There 193 Martina McBride - Just Around The Corner 192 Nemesea - Forever 191 3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time 190 Cimorelli - Reckless Love [cover] 189 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch 188 Christina Perri - Arms 187 Rachael Fahim - What I Don't Know 186 Kira Isabella - Shake It If Ya Got It 185 Cimorelli - I Can Only Imagine / What A Beautiful Name [cover] 184 Baylor Wilson - Daddy's Girl 183 Koralyst - Run Away 182 Runner Runner - So Obvious 181 Cimorelli - Never Let Me Fall 180 Oblivious Signal - Crash 179 April Kry - While We're Young 178 Kerrie Roberts - Come Back to Life 177 Lindsay Pagano - Everything U R 176 Cimorelli - Easy To Forget Me 175 Luke Bryan - I Don't Want This Night To End 174 Skillet - Hero 173 Third Eye Blind - Never Let You Go 172 Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment 171 Five Finger Death Punch - I Apologize 170 Walk In Darkness - A Way To The Stars 169 Zac Brown Band - My Old Man 168 Cimorelli - Pretty Pink 167 Chris Young - Who I Am With You 166 Kobra & The Lotus - Light Me Up 165 Ashentide - Homelands 164 Lindsey Carrier - I Would 163 Britney Spears - Stronger 162 Aaron Shust - My Hope Is In You 161 Kenny Chesney - Rich & Miserable 160 Abi Ann - Future Ex-Boyfriend 159 Atlantis Bound - It Was My Fault For Waiting 158 LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live 157 Shinedown - If You Only Knew 156 All That Remains - The Thunder Rolls 155 Cimorelli - One More Night 154 Matt Moore - Fading 153 Of Mice & Men - Feels Like Forever 152 Delta Goodrem - Believe Again 151 Matthew West - The Motions 150 Signum Regis - Come And Take It 149 Temperance - Of Jupiter And Moons 148 Unwritten Law - Seein' Red 147 Cimorelli - Fight Song [cover] 146 Ashley Tisdale - He Said She Said 145 Eclipses For Eyes - DeadWeight 144 M2M - Everything 143 Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway 142 Elferya - Fairytale 141 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 140 12 Stones - Broken 139 David Cook - Light On 138 Joanna Beasley - Energy 137 Adley Stump - Stay At Home Soldier 136 Carmen Justice - Flaming Arrows 135 Cimorelli - Hearts On Fire 134 Hollow Haze - An Ancient Story 133 Veracity - Back To Life 132 Against Myself - Through The End Of Times 131 Cassie Steele - Bluebird 130 Chris Young / Cassadee Pope - Think Of You 129 Cimorelli - I Got You 128 Sleeping Romance - Where The Light Is Bleeding 127 Starset - Carnivore 126 Tim McGraw - Humble And Kind 125 Helion Prime - Life Finds A Way 124 Cimorelli - Fall Back 123 Play - Us Against The World 122 The Ones You Forgot - Here Forever 121 Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn 120 Sirenia - Dim Days Of Dolor 119 Belinda - See A Little Light 118 Kelsea Ballerini - Peter Pan 117 Scene 23 - I Really Don't Think So 116 Within Silence - Heroes Must Return 115 Adora - Save Yourself 114 Christie Lamb - Judgment Day 113 Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer 112 Paula DeAnda / The Dey - Walk Away (Remember Me) 111 Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban - Highway Don't Care 110 Roxette - Listen To Your Heart 109 Maggie Baugh - Catch Me 108 Hilary Duff - So Yesterday 107 Hinder - Better Than Me 106 Searching Alaska - Abandoner 105 Touchstone - Contact 104 Blameshift - Secrets 103 The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright 102 Trivium - Strife 101 Weezer - Pork And Beans 100 Zoe Ann - Better Than Revenge 99 Cimorelli - Hope For It 98 Love & The Outcome - King Of My Heart 97 Silversyde - Circus Circus 96 The Dirty Youth - Alive 95 Stone Sour - Bother 94 Lost In Atlantis - Hypnotic 93 Britt Nicole - Believe 92 Caroline Kole - If He'd Ever Look Up 91 Cellar Darling - Avalanche 90 Michelle Branch - All You Wanted 89 Seduce The Heaven - Reflection 88 No Secrets - That's What Girls Do 87 Cimorelli - Before October's Gone 86 Natalie - Goin' Crazy 85 Willa Ford - I Wanna Be Bad 84 April Kry - Perfectly Imperfect 83 Victoria Avenue - Knock Knock 82 Skillet - Rebirthing 81 Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box 80 3 Doors Down - Here Without You 79 Abi Ann - Matches 78 Stacie Orrico - I Promise 77 N Sync - Tearin' Up My Heart 76 Divine Ascension - Answers 75 Halflives - Crown 74 Lonestar - Amazed 73 Elisa - Come Speak To Me 72 All That Remains - What If I Was Nothing 71 Lights - Second Go 70 Tight Leash - Closer To God 69 Starset - Halo 68 Shiny Toy Guns - You Are The One 67 Melissa O'Neil - Speechless 66 Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine 65 Skarlett Riot - The Wounded 64 Cimorelli - Alive 63 Joanna Beasley - Rooftops 62 Ashley Tisdale - It's Alright, It's OK 61 Bad Pollyanna - Hollow 60 Jump5 - Beautiful World 59 Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun 58 Rachael Fahim - Brake Lights 57 Krystal Meyers - The Beauty of Grace 56 Sleeping Romance - The Promise Inside 55 Crossfade - Cold 54 Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want 53 Lillix - It's About Time 52 P.O.D. - Alive 51 Fools For Rowan - Dead 50 Cimorelli - Good Enough 49 Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield 48 April Kry - Beauty Queen 47 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody 46 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 45 Pia Ashley - Dream 44 Goo Goo Dolls - Here Is Gone 43 Bryan Adams - Heaven 42 Lastwatch - The Countdown 41 The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight 40 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 39 Mixi - I Miss Those Days (Ghost) 38 Britney Spears - Born To Make You Happy 37 Kerrie Roberts - Outcast 36 1GN - While We're Young 35 M2M - Don't Say You Love Me 34 Cimorelli - Worth The Fight 33 Savvy & Mandy - Comin' Back As A Cowboy 32 Amaranthe - Hunger 31 Tori Darke - Disposable 30 Belinda & Finley - Your Hero 29 Hearts Under Fire - Knots 28 Eden's Crush - Get Over Yourself 27 Delain - Stardust 26 Stephanie McIntosh - So Do I Say Sorry First 25 'Song Suffragettes' Crew - Female [cover] 24 Caitlyn Shadbolt - Running In Circles 23 KSM - Read Between The Lines 22 Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing 21 Kaylens Rain - Is That All There Is 20 Natalie Grant - I Will Not Be Moved 19 Victoria Avenue - Quit You 18 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me 17 Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer 16 Three Days Grace - Never Too Late 15 R.E.M. - Losing My Religion 14 Icon For Hire - Get Well 13 Dream - He Loves U Not 12 Pearl Jam - Jeremy 11 Megan & Liz - Simple Life 10 Within Temptation / Tarja - Paradise (What About Us?) 9 Creed - With Arms Wide Open 8 Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying 7 Fuel - Hemorrhage (In My Hands) 6 Aly & AJ - Rush 5 Gary Allan - Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) 4 Linkin Park - One Step Closer 3 Scorpions - Wind Of Change 2 Carrie Underwood - Blown Away 1 Cimorelli - You're Worth It

[mikeisafighter]

Part 5 (200-1)

FINAL WAVE THE #1 SONG IS AMONG THESE 200

12 Stones - Broken 1GN - While We're Young 3 Doors Down - Here Without You 3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time Aaron Shust - My Hope Is In You Abi Ann - Future Ex-Boyfriend Abi Ann - Matches Adley Stump - Stay At Home Soldier Adora - Save Yourself Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing Against Myself - Through The End Of Times All That Remains - The Thunder Rolls All That Remains - What If I Was Nothing Aly & AJ - Rush Amaranthe - Hunger April Kry - Beauty Queen April Kry - Perfectly Imperfect April Kry - While We're Young Ashentide - Homelands Ashley Tisdale - He Said She Said Ashley Tisdale - It's Alright, It's OK Atlantis Bound - It Was My Fault for Waiting Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me Bad Pollyanna - Hollow Baylor Wilson - Daddy's Girl Belinda & Finley - Your Hero Belinda - See A Little Light Blameshift - Secrets Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer Britney Spears - Born To Make You Happy Britney Spears - Stronger Britt Nicole - Believe Bryan Adams - Heaven Caitlyn Shadbolt - Running In Circles Carmen Justice - Flaming Arrows Caroline Kole - If He'd Ever Look Up Carrie Underwood - Blown Away Cassie Steele - Bluebird Cellar Darling - Avalanche Chris Young / Cassadee Pope - Think Of You Chris Young - Who I Am With You Christie Lamb - Judgment Day Christina Perri - Arms Cimorelli - Alive Cimorelli - Before October's Gone Cimorelli - Easy To Forget Me Cimorelli - Fall Back Cimorelli - Fight Song [cover] Cimorelli - Good Enough Cimorelli - Hearts On Fire Cimorelli - Hope For It Cimorelli - I Can Only Imagine / What A Beautiful Name [cover] Cimorelli - I Got You Cimorelli - Never Let Me Fall Cimorelli - Oceans [cover] Cimorelli - One More Night Cimorelli - Pretty Pink Cimorelli - Reckless Love [cover] Cimorelli - Worth The Fight Cimorelli - You're Worth It Creed - With Arms Wide Open Crossfade - Cold Danny Gokey - Rise Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch David Cook - Light On Delain - Stardust Delta Goodrem - Believe Again Divine Ascension - Answers Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer Dream - He Loves U Not Dream - When I Get There Eclipses For Eyes - DeadWeight Eden's Crush - Get Over Yourself Elferya - Fairytale Elisa - Come Speak To Me Five Finger Death Punch - I Apologize Fools For Rowan - Dead Fuel - Hemorrhage (In My Hands) Gary Allan - Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) Goo Goo Dolls - Here Is Gone Halflives - Crown Hearts Under Fire - Knots Helion Prime - Life Finds A Way Hilary Duff - So Yesterday Hinder - Better Than Me Hollow Haze - An Ancient Story Icon For Hire - Get Well Jason Aldean - She's Country Joanna Beasley - Energy Joanna Beasley - Rooftops Joe Nichols - Sunny & 75 Jump5 - Beautiful World (Music Video) Kaylens Rain - Is That All There Is Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway Kelsea Ballerini - Peter Pan Kenny Chesney - Rich & Miserable Kerrie Roberts - Come Back to Life Kerrie Roberts - Outcast Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody Kira Isabella - Shake It If Ya Got It Kobra & The Lotus - Light Me Up Koralyst - Run Away Krystal Meyers - The Beauty of Grace KSM - Read Between The Lines Lastwatch - The Countdown LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment Lights - Second Go Lillix - It's About Time Lindsay Ell - Worth The Wait Lindsay Pagano - Everything U R Lindsey Carrier - I Would Linkin Park - One Step Close Lonestar - Amazed Lost In Atlantis - Hypnotic Love & The Outcome - King Of My Heart Luke Bryan - I Don't Want This Night To End M2M - Don't Say You Love Me M2M - Everything Maggie Baugh - Catch Me Martina McBride - Just Around The Corner Matt Moore - Fading Matthew West - The Motions Megan & Liz - Simple Life Melissa O'Neil - Speechless Michelle Branch - All You Wanted Mixi - I Miss Those Days (Ghost) N Sync - Tearin' Up My Heart Natalie - Goin' Crazy Natalie Grant - I Will Not Be Moved Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine Nemesea - Forever Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box No Secrets - That's What Girls Do Oblivious Signal - Crash Of Mice & Men - Feels Like Forever P.O.D. - Alive Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield Paula DeAnda / The Dey - Walk Away (Remember Me) Pearl Jam - Jeremy Pia Ashley - Dream Play - Us Against The World Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn R.E.M. - Losing My Religion Rachael Fahim - Brake Lights Rachael Fahim - What I Don't Know Roxette - Listen To Your Heart Runner Runner - So Obvious Savvy & Mandy - Comin' Back As A Cowboy Scene 23 - I Really Don't Think So Scorpions - Wind Of Change Searching Alaska - Abandoner Seduce The Heaven - Reflection Shinedown - If You Only Knew Shiny Toy Guns - You Are The One Signum Regis - Come And Take It Silversyde - Circus Circus Sirenia - Dim Days Of Dolor Skarlett Riot - The Wounded Skillet - Hero Skillet - Rebirthing Sleeping Romance - The Promise Inside Sleeping Romance - Where The Light Is Bleeding Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 'Song Suffragettes' Crew - Female [cover] Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun Stacie Orrico - I Promise Starset - Carnivore Starset - Halo Stephanie McIntosh - So Do I Say Sorry First Stone Sour - Bother Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World Temperance - Of Jupiter and Moons Temperance - Save Me The Dirty Youth - Alive The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright The Ones You Forgot - Here Forever The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight Third Eye Blind - Never Let You Go Three Days Grace - Never Too Late Tight Leash - Closer To God Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift & Keith Urban - Highway Don't Care Tim McGraw - Humble And Kind Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying Tori Darke - Disposable Touchstone - Contact Trivium - Strife Unwritten Law - Seein' Red Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles Veracity - Back to Life Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want Victoria Avenue - Knock Knock Victoria Avenue - Quit You Walk In Darkness - A Way To The Stars Weezer - Pork And Beans Willa Ford - I Wanna Be Bad Within Silence - Heroes Must Return Within Temptation / Tarja - Paradise (What About Us?) Zac Brown Band - My Old Man Zoe Ann - Better Than Revenge