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A glimpse of the suburban grotesque, featuring Russian mobsters, Fox News rage addicts, a caged man in a sex dungeon, and Dick Cheney

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[–] SouthernOcean@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Great writer. Tragic stories.

I have a friend who is a female pilot. The amount of bullshit she has to put up with from loser copilots who think they are god’s gift just because they got through a crappy flight school is unreal. She has held back her own career just to fly solo so she doesn’t have to deal with the nasty comments and stories. Again, tragic.

[–] potatos@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah that one was a ride. Initially I saw huffpost thinking it was a politics post, started reading, thought 'wow this is long', before realizing what community I was in :D

I never envied service people, especially those that had to go in homes. I'd like to think 90% of encounters are fairly cordial, but dang can humans suck sometime... Be nice to the cable person folks.

[–] RIPandTERROR@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man that was a hard, but enthralling read. I hate this world.

Yeah, it really makes you question humanity. I hate that some people have to go through that sort of thing everyday.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

That was much more interesting than I would have guessed. Thanks.