Honestly, this sounds to me like something a sociopath would say, which is why I don’t buy it when these people are using the ‘full context’ defence here.

The difference between empathy and sympathy is subtle, yet important, and (I think) exposes that he was a sociopath.

I’m not sure how to explain what I mean other than that sympathy is passive whilst empathy is active. Sympathy exists at arms length, whilst empathy is truly felt. Or, perhaps, sympathy is cerebral whilst empathy is emotional.

Does that make sense? I think sociopaths can understand sympathy, and maybe can tell themselves they ‘feel’ it, but empathy is a foreign concept – and in Charlie Kirk’s mind, a weakness.

So, for me, the context actually makes this quote worse.

Context: https://bsky.app/profile/lillypip.bsky.social/post/3lyo2aq7qy22l

Not a bad crossview.

Your other left.

I didn’t shop anything out – I got this from a ‘best of’ list. Thanks for the context!

Yeah. He lived a long time only to be hauled up like that. :(

It smells like green.

I don’t think that was a thing when I bought my Wacom, and this 12x8 tablet was the best you could get at the time for drawing and working with the Adobe suite in OSX, which was why I needed it.

I wish I could go back in time to when I could afford such things, but now I have to work with what I have. It’s still a very good tablet, it’s just getting outmoded for no good reason.

e: and I don’t mean something like an iPad, I mean a drawing tablet. This:

(Sorry for the horrible bloom)

Ooh thanks!

e: have you updated past Ventura? I haven’t yet because I keep seeing posts where this tablet breaks at Ventura and later. If your 3 works in a more recent OSX, I’ll be able to breathe again, since my subscription services (Adobe, Sibelius) are complaining that I haven’t upgraded.

Basically yeah. It’s a bit more complicated because of touch sensitivity, but I think I’ll need to learn driver programming soon, because I can’t afford a new model (e: and there’s nothing wrong with this one). Then I’ll be able to say for sure.

e: Intuos 4. And to be fair, it would have died under windows like 10 years ago, apparently.

That’s what happens when you put people in leadership positions who earnestly believe that empathy is a ‘fundamental weakness’. Ya know, ignoring that empathy is precisely what’s made us successful as a species in the first place.

Maybe even supplement with pedialyte if it’s been excessive.

liquefaction necrosis

bones collapsing

So, these are things that have actually happened, since we know that’s a thing. Good lord.

I’m not afraid of many things, but that sounds horrific. Have people lived through that? I kinda hope not.

These sorts of things are why regulations are written in blood, right?

I’m actively working to keep their bones undissolved (not exaggerating)

😳

Uh… story time? Or not.

That’s great advice, thanks. Also, thank You for doing what’s a mostly thankless job that keeps people safe. You’re in an industry that’s mostly invisible but that’s vitally important, and you probably don’t hear that.

I appreciate what you do.

Right, and that’s my point. If OP shows more knowledge than the company (which seems likely if they’re acting this way) by citing OSHA codes, that might scare them into at least providing air conditioned break rooms, right?

I meant ‘fear of god’ in the colloquial sense, not literally. Like, many grossly noncompliant companies at least begin to try when they realise, oh shit, people working here actually might know their rights and might sue us if shit goes arseways, right?

Yes, but mightn’t this OSHA info be useful to put the fear of god into them? Based on what I’ve read in OP’s post and comments, it doesn’t sound like the employer is taking any kind of precautions (break room with AC, etc).

There’s no legal case here, but if people are unreasonably uncomfortable, it seems bringing up the OSHA regs (specifically, not generally) could at least get them to improve conditions a bit.

My ex and my son both work in a state and industry where OSHA is a guideline and not a rule (different companies), but if you bring up a possible OSHA violation in a health and safety meeting, it’s taken seriously. Not because they’re worried about citations, but because often that can be grounds for a civil lawsuit if something does happen (it’s a basis for ‘they should have known’), and they will try to meet those standards to cover their ass, right?

I’m talking about residential and commercial property management, not manufacturing, though, so it may be different.

e: I am not arguing with you; I defer to your expertise. I’m just curious and annoyed on OP’s behalf. If this were my son’s workplace, I’d be angry.

Highway to the extreme caution zone just doesn’t have that ring to it.

I doubt they did that intentionally – i think many indoor thermostats don’t allow space past 99 (I just checked mine, and it doesn’t either), because that’s an unreasonable temperature for indoor spaces, and would be such an edge case that display space is more important from a design perspective.

The point is that’s an unreasonable temperature. Sorry they’re treating you like this. Makes me angry for you.

Environmental temps that high put you a serious risk of heat stroke, though. That seems like a pretty clear health and safety violation.

From OSHA: Exposure to Outdoor and Indoor Heat‑Related Hazards

Dangers of Exposure to Heat Hazards

Exposure to heat hazards both outdoors and indoors could lead to serious illness, injury, or death. Heat-related illnesses and injuries can happen at varying ambient temperatures, especially in cases where workers are not acclimated, perform moderate or higher physical activity, or wear heavy or bulky clothing or equipment, including personal protective equipment. Heat-related illnesses and injuries also generally occur when body heat generated by physical work is performed in conditions of high ambient heat, especially when combined with humidity and inadequate cooling.

Heat Index

The National Weather Service (NWS) uses a heat index (HI) to classify environmental heat into four categories:

• Caution (80°F – 90°F HI);
• Extreme Caution (91°F – 103°F HI);
• Danger (103°F – 124°F HI); and,
• Extreme Danger (126°F or higher HI).

It sounds like you’re in the Extreme Caution (and sometimes in the Danger) category.

OSHA mentions a Heat Safety Tool app in that document, too.

Here’s their Heat Stress Guide, too, which says:

The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) requires employers to comply with hazard-specific safety and health standards. In addition, pursuant to Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act, employers must provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm.

Enforceability does vary, but OP should know this sounds like a pretty blatant violation and may be enforceable.