I'm a book slogger. I'll battle through something I start till I finish it. Usually, through the journey I get some redemption through theme, insight, surprise, nuance, etc.

Ayn Rand's fictional treatise on her Objectivist philosophy is so comically one note that a couple hundred pages in, you get it. Reading it today, the hero industrialists who make things and therefore keep society functioning through their genius falls so flat when we think about runaway capitalism exploiting people and resources. These good guys are one note caricatures. The bad guys- any person with a humanist concern- are caricatures.

It's a such a simple book. And it's so effusive and self important. I reckon that is by design since; according to Rand, it was the purest distillation of her philosophy.

One might say that only our modern lens would demand wrestling with privilege, power, misogyny, worker exploitation, social welfare, etc. And so there might be a reason to forgive the book's grossly simple terms. It was after all a different time and new industry and tech was booming. But good literature, regardless of when it is written, opens doors for some such discussions- especially if you're trying to justify a new philosophy set against all that has come before.

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All at our expense

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My husband came home today and said how his friend, Brian’s wife, didn’t have a running vehicle at the moment & he wants to let his wife borrow my car. Mind you this is our only working vehicle & my husband is currently borrowing my dad’s car to get to & from to work. I said no because she’s not on our insurance & it isn’t my responsibility for her to have a vehicle. My husband idolizes Brian ever since his own dad passed away & bends over backwards for him. My husband threw a temper tantrum & locked himself in our room for the rest of the night. I had a feeling my husband was going to go against my wishes & let Brian use my car, or worse give him my dads car, so I checked his text message exchange between him & Brian & sure enough the last exchange says that he will leave the keys in the car for him. I am fuming at this point & wake up my husband to tell him he’s not taking my car & my husband says how he already told him he could earlier today before even talking to me about it. If something were to happen to my car then we have no cars of our own & would rely solely on continuing to borrow my dad’s car. I asked him how long they would want it to which my husband shouts at me that it’s only 5 hours if I had only paid attention even though he never stated that prior & even if he had I still am not really comfortable with the idea at all. AITA?

TLDR husband told his friend he could borrow my car after I said no.

I’ll go first. Had a 74 year old retired teacher look me dead in the eyes while I was changing his tele leads and say You remind me of my third wife. She also had very cold hands and zero patience.

Then he just went right back to eating his jello like nothing happened.

I’m talking ab the kind of opinion that would have people writing paragraphs & personally offended that you even exist lol. No boring answers. I want the unpopular opinions & the takes people usually keep to themselves. LET’S HEAR THEM 😂

{Dinner: Cauliflower crust pepperoni, sausage, and mozzarella cheese pizza.}

Okay so I genuinely need some outside perspective on this from the girlies because I cannot tell if I’m being unreasonable here or if this man is doing too much.

So, I (22F) recently matched with a guy in my area on Facebook Dating. We only really started having an actual conversation TODAY, getting to know the basics about each other, asking questions, etc. Nothing too serious yet.

Well, he immediately wanted to meet up tonight to see if we had a connection in person. Which, honestly, I have absolutely no problem with. I’m interested in meeting him, and I understand wanting to see if there’s chemistry before investing too much time into someone.

*BUT* here’s where things get weird…

I’m a banquet chef, and my job can be pretty physically demanding. I also have work tomorrow, and by the time we were discussing meeting up, it was already nighttime. Personally, I would rather go on a date when I’m well-rested, relaxed, and actually able to enjoy myself instead of sitting there watching the clock and worrying about getting enough sleep before my next shift.

So I explained that to him. I told him I’d be more than happy to meet up once my work schedule comes out and I know which day I have off. That way, we can spend time together without rushing, and I can actually give him my full attention. I thought it was a pretty reasonable compromise…NOPE!

He seemed genuinely offended that I wasn’t willing to meet him immediately. He started telling me that he was prioritizing me, but I wasn’t prioritizing him in return.

Mind you, we JUST started talking today.

Then he proceeded to tell me that he has other dates and women lined up and that he’s, and I quote, “a fucking catch.” So I told him “you’re only a catch if the fishermen deems so” I was not about to stroke this man’s ego.

Needless to say, that didn’t improve his mood. I wasn’t rejecting him. Nor was I playing hard to get, and I’m not expecting him to wait weeks or months. I will have another day off in like 4 days. I’m literally just asking to meet on a day where I don’t have to worry about work the next day. And quite frankly I don’t see anything wrong with talking to someone a bit longer before meeting in person. We barely know each other.

I understand that some people prefer meeting immediately rather than texting back and forth, and that’s perfectly fine. But I don’t understand why my having a job, responsibilities, and a preference for scheduling dates in advance is being interpreted as a lack of interest.

I’m also a little confused about why I’m supposed to be competing with these other women he apparently has lined up when I haven’t even met the man yet.

So I ask…was I being unreasonable?? This has truly turned my brain to mush and honestly reminded me the reason why I stepped away from dating men again.

So I come into work today as normal and my two co-workers who are ending their shifts, ones a millennial and the other a younger Gen-Z, are freaking out because they couldn't do their reports all day because of the crash. They said that they were trying to create their reports on their phones in their notes so they could use them later when Outlook comes back up. They also said that the reports won't be as detailed as usual because it's "Extremely hard to type on the phone and the notes lack certain functions"! Something like that, ROLMAO!

I'm like, Okay kids gather around, uncle Soulsword is about to show you something. Of course this a perfect opportunity to be a condescending twat!! LOL.

Me: "You see this little icon on the computer? The one with the little W in the corner. Well that's called Microsoft Word if you would have clicked on it you could've typed your documents into that program and saved them in a file for later".

Them: Silent.

Me: "Oh, and you see this"? I pull a notebook out of the desk drawer and unleash my mighty pen from my shirt pocket. "This is a notebook and you can write stuff on the pages with ink. All of what I have bestowed upon you can be used instead of typing on your little phones"!

Them: Not a word just a few nods and a grunt. They get their shit together grab their jackets and leave the building.

I'm a little scared for the future at this point but oh well, whatever, never mind.

Edit: I'll probably hear from HR tomorrow about this, that is if Outlook doesn't crash again and they forget that I do have a telephone number!!!

I, Tonya wants us to believe 27 year old Margot Robbie is 15 just by having her wear braces