The generation that is most aware of climate change and social justice, that wants a more free and equitable society for all? The generation that’s had to watch the decline of Western powers through unrelated capitalism? That generation lacks foresight?

Truly one of the takes of all time

Also generational strife is horseshit propaganda to keep us distracted from the class war so maybe keep the pro-billionaire propaganda to yourself

friendzone potion, you give it to someone crushing on you or hates you to turn them around. Some might argue showing up with beer / weed is a friendzone potion.

Yuuup some really low taxes and also a lot of money gets turned into fighter jets and missiles which are of limited use in a structure fire. If they asked me I’d shave off a cheeky 5% of our defense budget and turn it into emergency response but they don’t ask

Some are, for sure, but not all.

I know it’s corny, but thank you for your service. You know we still need your help to keep the fire service a welcoming place for new volunteers. Maybe you could sign back up at your new local in a more limited capacity? The more of us there are the better for everyone.

I’ve never met firefighter who carries a taser. We’ve got our hands full with crowbars, axes, ladders, hose, radio, thermal imaging camera, and air monitors. I legit don’t know where I’d even store a taser.

Maybe it’s fire police who are carrying tasers?

Every volunteer fire/EMS organization in the USA is struggling to keep the trucks filled. Most stations in the country are one or two volunteers away from just shutting down entirely.

If you can show up, please volunteer! My station desperately needs not just firefighters - these roles at my station are barely covered by a few overworked volunteers:

• accountants to track gear and vehicle deprecation and keep our books
• grant writers to get us new equipment
• social media people to spread the word
• photographers to tell a story at the fire scene
• cooks to help us with social events and build community
• mechanics to work on the apparatus
• drivers to drive the apparatus (even just back and forth to mechanic shops takes a lot of time)
• detailed people to inventory equipment / replacement schedules
• artists to make cool banners for community events
• people to manage renting out the building to the community to help pay for the station upkeep
• IT folks to help fix station Internet / manage digital records / select vendors / deal with station computers and email accounts
• Web developers to make and manage our website
• leadership to sit on the board and direct the organization
• finance people to help manage investments

Most fire companies would be thrilled to have someone show up and join as a member with the goal of just doing one or more of these roles. We don’t just need firefighters, we need a whole host of other things to keep the organization healthy and stable. We’ve seen what happens when these roles are neglected: we lose memberhip and when we lose membership we lose the bench needed to keep the trucks filled and ready to respond.

(I will say, if you do try to respond and find the people at the station are grumpy, generally it’s because they’re extremely overworked and lash out because of it. Don’t let them push you away, you are doing this for your community, not for someone at the station)

I disagree, other than a few notable counter examples most times folks are only successful when they build reliable business relationships. Most relationships will dissolve if one party is playing games.

On average it’s more effective to follow “The No Assholes Rule”. There’s plenty of studies (referenced in the book Good To Great) that indicate that humble business leaders produce build more stable and long term profitable companies.

Lying manipulators can sometimes get ahead but just as often they get found out and blackballed.

I think it might be like a game theory type situation where if everyone is honest, then the first liar might get ahead a lot (although I suspect in that situation they’d immediately be shunned by all honest folk if found out). If everyone is a liar then honest folk have nothing to hide and probably will just be really defensive in their dealings.

Despite all my rage, I’m still just a rat in a cage

I mute a ton of communities, and I really like quickly getting to the “end” of All. Then I’ve blocked some other dopamine sites, so I get bored and go play outside 🤣