If you joined one you wouldn't feel that way. Don't hate them because the have a good job with security you wish you had.

There's no other mechanism for labor to protect itself from large corporation.

I'm currently at work at the Long Island Railroad. If the Company and unions don't come back to the negotiation we're all walking off the job at 12:01 am. The energy here is palpable... it's going to get very messy if we strike.

DO NOT CROSS A PICKET LINE.

It is amazing spectacle of rabbit holes, bringing up wikipedia and searching new york strikes.

Yes, like every political body, unions have a fair share of scandal. With unions it tends to be a bit less sophisticated.

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I don't mean to ostracize or make you feel worse, but have you considered your furry'ness is worth less than friendship? Maybe your friends creating space was a way of saying "You care more about getting attention than you do about being part of our friendship"?

Maybe set aside what you want to be (a furry) to maintain what you had (friends).

I mainly suggest it because no one teaches young people they are responsible for their happiness. Maybe you're feeling depressed because of your choices (pretending to be a wolf)?

My opinion is absolutely an unpopular one, but you have to think of your friends feelings, not just your own.

i guess i should consider this you know.

The other person has a point to an extent: relationships are two-way streets.

well im signing off for today.

Best of luck! And I hope you feel better!

Hey ratonalist if you are still there or even read my stuff anymore i want to tell you that i made up with my friends and well only the girl that i ALMOST asked out stayed my friend the other 3 said they couldnt be friends with an animal and left without another word

I'm glad the one person stayed your friend. I would suggest keeping the friendship the same as how it was before you told her.

I have hobbies that I don't try to impose on my friends, and if I did, they wouldn't want to be my friends anymore because they're not interested in all of the same things I am.

I don't know about you, but if I was in your shoes, I would be laughing after-the-fact about those other three. They just needed some kind of an excuse, and it was a silly one. I would be like: lol, okay, moving on.

Thanks for the update, and best of luck going forward!

Wine is good for the soul

Can you give me more information? I've never heard of this. I want to help.

Would a country capable of using a mere missile in the atmosphere lower itself to threatening to destroy power plants and risk pilots?

Make it make sense.

Stop wanting anything to make sense. That was then, this is now.

Not a terrible idea, but what's the exit plan? "Eventually someone will code something to stop them"?

E io pago!

I think you're onto something. I started my own firm on a shoe-string compared to my boss' existing company and have been doing quite well. The hardest thing may be lead generation, but I poached a bunch of those too.