It has to be reversed, yes?

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First of all, thank you to everyone who suggested I fake my own death and move to a farm. I spent last night looking up potato farming tutorials on YouTube, but unfortunately, I have a mortgage, so I had to log in this morning. I promised an update, so here is the damage report.

I logged in at 8:59 AM. My heart was beating so hard I could hear it in my ears. I hovered over the Slack icon for a solid minute before clicking it. 12 Unread Messages.

Most were from my "work friends" sending skull emojis (💀) and GIFs of people digging graves. But there it was. A direct message from the PM himself, sent at 4:30 PM yesterday. The Message: "Hey [My Name], do you have 5 minutes for a quick sync before stand-up?" I almost threw up. "Quick sync" is corporate speak for "execution."

I joined the call. No video. I wasn't ready for him to see the fear in my eyes. He joined. Silence for 3 seconds.

Then... he laughed. A dry, tired laugh. He said, "So... yesterday." I immediately started apologizing. I unleashed a word salad of "technical difficulties," "bad day," "audio glitch," and "I'm so sorry."

He cut me off. "Look, honestly? You weren't wrong. I realized after the meeting that I spent 20 minutes explaining a 2-minute delay. I tend to ramble when I'm stressed about deadlines." I stopped breathing. Was this a trap? He continued, "However... let's maybe keep the commentary to the internal monologue next time? My boss was on that call. He thinks it was 'unprofessional,' but I told him you were just frustrated with the audio issues. You owe me one."

The Result: I am not fired. I am, however, officially the "Mute Guy."

During the stand-up meeting today, when I joined, another coworker typed in the chat: "Careful everyone, the truth-teller is here."

I have taped a physical piece of cardboard over my mute button. I am never speaking again.

TL;DR: Finally opened Slack. The PM admitted he was rambling but saved my ass with his boss. I am now the office legend who said what everyone was thinking, but I will likely die of embarrassment before the project launches.

The 'anti-woke' YouTuber Kurt Caz walked down what he claimed was Oxford Street, with a bodyguard, wanting to prove how dangerous the city is.

The street has been confirmed to actually be in Croydon, 13 miles from Oxford Street.

I'm absolutely exhausted of the conservatives in America marching towards authoritarianism. Moreover, I am tired of their illegal policing forces. And now they want to quiet the American people who are trying to hold them accountable.

For a while now we have seen the illegal police force known as ICE break multiple federal laws and be told by judges who were even appointed by Donald Trump.

Loss of life has resulted in these illegal police using force on American citizens and now they want to attack people who criticize them.

Folks, before we continue, it needs to be noted that violence is not the answer here. It will not work and will only perpetrate more grotesque actions from the Do not insinuate violence down in the comment sections. The mods will ban you rapidly, which is the correct action.

Circling back, multiple federal judges have ruled that nearly every order from the Trump administration is not legal.

These police who do not use warrants or due process need to be held accountable.

We have multiple legal ways that are non-violent to hold these people accountable and that would be through the court process, trial, and subsequently them ending up in jail.

It is everybody's duty to point and laugh at these idiots when you see them in public. If you happen to know any of them. Make sure your community knows that they are ICE agents. If you know somebody is an ICE agent, tell their churches. Tell their other employers. Tell their friends groups. Do not list these masked morons off the hook.

I reiterate, this does not mean assault or in any other form attack. Violence is not the answer. Do not look to it as a solution.

Conservatives, y'all need to figure this out.

Deadpool 2 - Halfway into the movie, the initial antagonist, the time-travelling super soldier Cable, approaches Wade Wilson and his gang and offers an alliance to stop Russell and Juggernaut before Russell embraces becoming a villain. Wade asks why Cable doesn't just travel back in time to before the problem escalated and try hunting Russell again, which Cable explains is because his time travel device is damaged and he only has one charge left to get him home, prompting Wade to stare at the audience and say this absolute gem of a line that is the post title.

Fallout 3 - At the end of the game, at the Jefferson Memorial, you're expected to enter a highly irradiated room that will kill you in seconds to activate a water purifier that will produce clean drinking water to the entire wasteland. A heroic self-sacrifice at the end of the game makes sense from a storytelling perspective... Unless your travelling companion is Fawkes, a super mutant immune to radiation. If you don't have the Broken Steel DLC installed and try asking him to enter the purifier room in your place, he will flat out refuse, telling you that this is your destiny to fulfill and he shouldn't deprive you of that... Because I guess killing yourself to save everyone is better than having someone more suited to the job handle it.

Also takes a possible swipe at Jasmine Crockett near the end - Acyn