TurtleJoe

When your father was a Nazi, you overthrew democratically elected governments in central and South America, and your son is a war criminal in the middle east.

I have a friend that is a sales manager for private planes. He said business exploded during the pandemic and then never slowed down. This despite flights being eye-wateringly expensive (like, 20k for one-way is a great deal, because you managed to book an empty leg.)

Texas: if your abortion is medically necessary, you and your doctor must go to court and prove it.

Kate Cox: goes to court and proves it.

Texas Supreme Court: If your abortion was truly medically necessary, you wouldn’t need to go to court to prove it.

You might see it that way, because you’re predisposed to seeing how ridiculous it is, but people have been using this unironically for a long time now.

Tell them you were deathly sick.

“Yeah I had skin cancer. Nothing major but I had to take it easy and after beating it we all went on vacation to celebrate”

It may depend on where you live, but it may be illegal for an employer to ask about anything medical in an interview. I have a two plus year gap and if I get asked about it, I just say, “illness.” They can’t ask any follow up questions.

I have occasionally expounded on it, saying, “I’m fully recovered now.” Just to reassure them that I don’t expect to miss work due to illness in the future.