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Captain Roadkill Brainworms will get right on that.

Typically, the hiring decision is made by the person the position reports to. They’ll have a salary cap to adhere to, which is certainly too low, which means the employee who is willing to take the position is likely underqualified or incompetent. It may also be in the hiring manager’s interest to fill the position with someone less competent for a variety of reasons. You don’t want the candidate to be good enough to have the opportunity to job hop right out in nine months. You don’t want the candidate to be someone who would challenge your decisions and put your own job in jeopardy. Maybe you just need a warm body in a role immediately, fully intending to fire them when you find the “right” candidate, and then just never do that.

HR just does the paperwork.

The job of HR is to protect the company from its employees.

They kind of do.

Deregulate? Because there’s oh so many regulations already?

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks some jobs will be ‘totally, totally gone’ thanks to cocaine, but he still wouldn’t trust cocaine with his ‘medical fate’

If you’re going fast enough that you die while wearing a helmet, none of the gear (helmet included) was going to save your life, with the exception of an airbag vest.

Without retyping the entirety of my previous comment on gear, both of them are wearing helmets. Helmets keep you from being dead. Everything else keeps you from being hurt.

I’ll add to this - Jennie is real good at drawing motorcycles and their riders.

No, no - It’s because it’s mechahitler that this contract is now in place.

“Mom? Someone’s gonna send you those videos of me wanking again!”

“Okay dear.”

Arlo gets to go on the couch. He gets Pets on the Couch, and one of his favorite games is No Bones on the Couch. This is where he gets up on the couch with a bone, and we say “No Bones on the Couch!” and then chase him around.

It should be noted that Pets on the Couch is only on the front room couch, and No Bones on the Couch always starts on the family room couch, then goes back and forth between the two.

As long as there’s not a head-shaped mass inside the helmet when it bounces on the garage floor, the foam will be undamaged.

You’re right about the ear plugs, though. The only reason I know my current helmet is soundproof enough for me is because I have had several which were not.

I bought a pack of 12 neck gaiters from Goodwill for like three dollars. Soak in water, wear around neck, works a treat.

Once you’re moving faster than, say, 10MPH, whatever speed you’re going is fast enough to kill you or make you a drooling idiot when your head bangs on something hard and motionless. Beyond that, adding speed just decreases the chances of drooling idiot.

Full disclosure, I have ridden without a helmet. Not often, but I probably will again. I have a pair of goggles for the eyes. I much prefer the comfort and safety of having a helmet on, but –

Briefly riding around quiet neighborhood streets by me, that I know well enough to know which houses have little kids, during the day, on the little scooter, … maybe. After a long time on big interstates on the big bike, when the helmet has been pressing into my forehead too long, also during the day, flat rural interstate, light “traffic”, excellent visibility, highways I am pretty familiar with? Maybe.

And the whole time I would be thinking “I shouldn’t be doing this.” My current helmet is much more comfortable than my last one, and I don’t need to wear earplugs with it unless I’m doing a long ride at 70+ MPH. Putting it on is easy, easier than having to listen to that voice in my head saying I should have put it on, I have music in it, I’m having a hard time now thinking of a situation where I wouldn’t want it on.

Thank you, and you’re more than welcome to do so.

You’ll hear people say “all the gear all the time” (ATGATT), but I feel like equating things like helmets and airbags with gloves and jackets and pants is misleading. I mention the earplugs because while they won’t do anything in a crash, you will fuck up your ears without them.

You’ll also hear people say (mainly about helmets), “Get the most expensive helmet you can afford. Is your head only worth $150?” This is also misleading. Look for ECE rated helmets. DOT-only rated is “ehhh.” Snell rating is out there, too, but helmets with those tend to be really expensive, and their ratings are comparable to ECE. (ECE is arguably a better standard, anyway.)

The most important thing about a helmet is fit. It should be snug, should pull your face around when you move it, without slipping. It should be comfortable for you to wear for long periods of time. Different manufacturers make different shell sizes and shapes for different helmets and their size designations. If you buy an expensive helmet that doesn’t fit you well, you won’t want to wear it. Retail price is not the way to decide what helmet to buy. Sure, you can spend $1000 on a Shoei helmet, and they’re good helmets, but you’re also paying for the branding, and you’re still going to need to replace it in three to five years.

Personally, I ride with an HJC modular helmet. Quite comfortable for me, HJC is a known brand (not some weird Amazon/China fake DOT sticker thing), and it was … wait for it … $150. I have a jacket and gloves, but I don’t wear them very often. If future me slides, he probably won’t die, but he’ll suffer immensely. I don’t like that guy anyway.

Okay, let’s talk about gear.

Helmets keep you alive. If you’re not wearing a helmet with a chin bar (full or modular), you don’t care about your face. On such a helmet, the face shield keeps shit out of your eyes and noise out of your ears. If your helmet does not mitigate wind noise very well, you should be wearing earplugs. Tinnitus is no joke. I like the ones with the little plastic filter in them, but even cheap disposable foam ones are better than nothing, and yes, you will still be able to hear traffic noises just fine.

You’ll want to replace your helmet every three to five years, because the foam inside degrades and loses its ability to absorb impact. If you accidentally drop your empty helmet on the ground, it’s fine; if the helmet hits the ground with your head in it, it’s time for a new one.

Airbag vests are great and offer protection from organ damage due to impact. You like your organs. I believe there are also helmets that have neck airbags in them to keep your head from snapping around and breaking your neck.

The rest of the gear is to reduce injury. You won’t die without it, but you will hurt. Maybe a lot.

Gloves, pants, jacket all prevent abrasions. Tall boots with proper stiffening also keep your ankles from getting broken. The armor pads are designed to protect the areas of your body that are most likely to skid against the ground: knuckles, palms, knees, butt, elbows, back. All of this gear doesn’t have to be replaced on any time schedule, or if you slide in it, but you can easily determine whether it’s damaged enough to need replacing. Armor pads are normally removable in jackets and pants.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Nothing is unbreakable.

“I said I need a HAM RADIO, not a RADIAL HAM.”

Cuba does this to some extent, though I don’t think it’s internet connected. They do share contraband media smuggled in on SD cards.