Oh, no, no fearmongering there at all.

This is what makes "security" folks not trustworthy.

When education becomes a business...

Elder care. Sure the Japanese geriatrics seem to like them OK, but the US still has a large enough Luddite contingent that will refuse robotic caretakers.

I'm hoping I can find a place with a former-employee discount, you know, kind of a start as an employee, end as a client sort of thing.

Yeah, but he says that about anyone who speaks unkindly about him, so his statements are kinda meaningless.

Do pull your head out.

But you have to keep in mind that the CCP has been ~30% Communist and ~70% Soprano for several decades now.

Mao? Mafia? Spot the difference?

Yes, but there's always PETA.

mmm... kool-aid drinker or gaslighter?

ehhh ... hard to say, could go either way...

Tip: when tossing out the "communists" accusation to folks who aren't actually communists, you've already gone off the rails and burned what little credibility is afforded an AC. Worse, you stoop to pointless, childish name-calling (but, yeah, people should Take You Seriously, right?). You may as well have said "hoard of poopy-pants", it would have been just as meaningful and at least somewhat amusing.

I mean, if childish is the best you can manage, well, You Go, You! But most folks try to grow beyond their Jr. High self. You might try it. Maybe get laid.

Also, pick up a newspaper from time to time, you'll be absolutely amazed.

What makes you think that's anywhere on his list?

Unless I'm expecting something specific, I check my phone whenever I happen to get around to it.

Of course, I have to find it first, so there's another disincentive.

So, never been to SV, huh?

Didn't the church try something like that?

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

We have a winner!

Please, tell us more, Q.

Oh, it's not just the staffing companies, the employers are right there with them.

That was my grandpa's line back in the 70's, only, he was on about beards.

A man who doesn't shave is just being lazy, and why would a company want someone like that?

OK, let's run it through the old reducti-o-matic...

Someone who isn't like me and doesn't share my sensibilities is just lazy, and why would a company want someone like that?

See how silly that sounds?

Me, I'm pretty happy with clean, covered, and not too distracting. I'm interested in my employee's or co-workers contributions. How one dresses generally has little to do with one's contributions, unless one is made to dress uncomfortably for the false comfort of execs who conflate "looks professional" with "is professional".

Fashion is so subjective.