Warfarer

A. This isn't a new problem. When I graduated in 2000, I had employers tell me they were looking for entry level jobs (while interviewing at campus) that had 2 years experience. I finally snapped after a few of them and asked the guy bluntly how the hell I was supposed to get two years experience if no one will hire me due to requiring experience. His answer was "you can find an accounting firm and volunteer for a couple years".

B. Another poster said something about the employers being rude. I agree with that. I applied at Southern Company a few years back as I have heard that they are wonderful to get on with. I applied for a job that I wasn't perfect for but I expected them to at least be professional. I called their hiring manager a few weeks after applying (everything was online only) and talked to them about at least sitting down with someone for a few minutes and talking about what I could do to get better experience or a better fit for another role. I got a blanket email about 3 or 4 months later saying I was no longer in consideration for the position. They wouldn't even give me a call and tell me that, it was a form email sent by a email list.

C. These companies hire recruiters that don't know shite about the jobs they are hiring for. The big construction firm I am with had a guy that knew nothing about construction. Every single military kid that applied was going to be the best according to him, he would overpay them and piss off guys that had been there a few years.

My "hawt take" on the trailers:

- I said initially that I thought Pedro Pascal was too old to play Reed Richards in the MCU. Im not the biggest Pascal fan out there anyway, but now I see they are using Downey as Von Doom so the age makes more sense due to them being school rivals/classmates.

- Sue Storm looks too young for Richards in this but it might be that they are using the really early story for them where Sue is like 10 or 15 years younger and fell in love with him when she was a teen.

- I don't like the look of the guy playing Johnny, hopefully he'll sell it better than I think he will. He doesn't have that cocky swagger that I envision the character to have.

- Ben fricking kills it in this trailer too. Looks are spot on and I like his interactions.

- Silver Surfer looks goofy. Female or male, doesn't matter. It is tough to make a chrome person look good. They actually did a good job in the last movie but this one looks even more "chromey" than that. That out of the way, I am in the camp of not liking them using a female Surfer out of the gate. Maybe she won't be the main Surfer in the MCU and she is just there in this universe.

- I will be there to see this in the theater for sure. I hope they do it well, I have enjoyed the Comic movie phase as it has given us a lot of good popcorn movies but they are on a losing streak right now. I hope they are starting to right the ship but I see it more of a closing down than a jumping off point now. I hope I'm wrong because this time of popcorn action movies is winding down if these last few Avenger movies fail.

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Yes, it is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under 21 years old in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, including on military bases.

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It used to be illegal to buy or sell tobacco under the age but it wasn't illegal to actually have it. I know it sounds stupid but there wasn't ever a possession of tobacco charge when I was a kid. I used to go to the Dothan Peanut Festival and go around and get bags of chewing tobacco and dip for my dad's workers when I was about 6 or 7 years old lol.

I keep reading how the majority of public schools around Chicago are basically illiterate but this map shows they are close to national average.

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With Snow White’s box office freefall in its second weekend, Amazon MGM’s action thriller A Working Man is projected to seize the box office crown from the live-action Disney princess movie.

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this is the funniest part to me. It had a shitty opening weekend and then is going to come in second the next week to a box format Jason Statham action movie that is a mad libs of all his other movies. that is a rough look for Disney but they should have known this the last year with all the bad press.

How about the kid being torn apart by the dogs in exorcist the beginning.

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What's your best Mid-life guy advice?
I suggest finding simple, inexpensive, social hobbies because you never know who you'll meet.

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I think this is great advice.

My other is stay active and eat better. At least walk and don't eat like shite.

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People dress like shite in public now.

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I went to get gas at about 10:30 in the morning a couple weeks ago and three different drivers were wearing pajama pants and a hoodie. What the frick and why?

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Futureman

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I would say this one and the Inbetweeners are two I would say are grossly underrated as most people I know have never heard of either.

Miracle Workers was pretty funny too. It got shuffled around several times and was tough to find.

Fringe was never big enough for how good it was. I know it is loved here but overall, it is underrated.

Merlin was a bit hokey and corny but it was a solid show with a fantastic finale.

I really like my Vuori shorts and birddogs are really comfortable too, almost like gym shorts but they aren't as nice as the Vuori.