Yes, no, maybe?

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Do I look like a woman, or like I'm awake?  Default is no until further processes are functioning.  Wait, that is rather feminine.  But they learned it from us!  Stole pants too, but they can look good in them.  *grins*  Don't hate me, blame it on my bootup routines, well, and the truth!

I slept well.  I'm not waking until 17:00 though.  Having to use an alarm at that.  Which... isn't the best.  I think I went down at... actually I am not sure.  I know, for waking, day over day, I lost two hours, waking around 15:00 yesterday.  I think.  It's the growing darkness and added cool.  The latter... actually both... suit me fine.  Most of the rest of you simply have to push on through, and be grumpy.  *smile*  We really do live in a day and time that is unnatural.  While working from morning to early evening is a rather European thing, which was unnatural as well, America has taken that and doubled down into serious expectations of effort.  While that is totally collapsing with this generation, employers aren't capitulating just yet.  Going foreign in a last-ditch attempt.  Though doing that even more than necessary to cut costs.  While not realizing, one way or another, they are also cutting their bottom line.  Pay your employees less, as an across the board thing nationwide in all industries and?  And people have less to spend.

Americans are the major buyers of anything new, innovative, odd, one off, or cutting edge especially.  Not every American in every area.  From hot-rod kits to screaming computing machines for home to fancy housing items.  Chinese can't afford what our working poor can buy.  Russians are rich in comparison but also can't afford toasters!  Europeans are, on average, our upper class working poor.  There isn't another consumer base like America.  And our leaders have decided to end our prosperity.  Every policy out of the government for the last nearly eight, but honestly more like 24 years, has been directly and intentionally or not aimed at destroying that middle class.  And it has succeeded.  But there is a price.  The wealthy buy fancy, but they don't buy much.  A hundred million dollar yacht doesn't make up for thirty million $10-$30 k sport/speed/fishing boats (and all that goes with them, such as trailers).  The volume isn't there.  And the wealth taken for the creation isn't spread around either.  Still, Americans were too busy believing politicians to see what they were doing.  It wasn't until Bush the Younger's second dance with disaster that I realized the gig was up, myself.

Yes, companies have slit their own throats.  Currently just trying to stay afloat, but by supporting an academia that more and more spent huge amounts per child and have children that only feel good about themselves but often can't negotiate making change or reading and following simple instructions.  It must be daunting doing interviews.  A college degree provides little better, and more adds an insulting attitude of deserving a job and a social say through it.  I guess this is how civilization will grind to a halt.  It takes competent workers, a reasonably indifferent and uninvolved government (so it doesn't interfere), a viable ability to easily generate an income, family, and faith.  Which of those areas even exist at this point.  It was never perfect, but those things did exist.  Now?

Anyway...  I meant to take a shower, but without thinking, I reset the dishes to soak.  No real problem.  I have been showering every or every other day for a while now.  And this will get me focused on doing those last dishes, I really want another shower today.  Love those when I am feeling up to it, or more, simply able.  I have really been thinking of, somehow, getting one of those walk-in baths.  It wouldn't be something I'd buy tomorrow.  And they are exceedingly expensive.  Further, they might actually be too small for me.  The idea of them leaking is terrifying.  But the prospect of a bath two to three times a week, plus showers, is wonderful.  Much easier to clean than a standard tub, too.

Well, I best get to something then.  With the shower out while the dish rinse water cools, perhaps I can finish at least the area for the computer while I wait.  Later.