Search Results: do any of them like me

Over the many years, while our fire/rescue departments and EMS services were crumbling, I was dumbfounded as to why our law enforcement partners were viewed in a much better light than our other first responders.

Just recently in my state, for example, I have been placing huge pressure on our state's politicans to classify assaults against EMS and firefighters as a felony, instead of a misdemeanor. In 2021, my state passed the Back the Blue Act which made assaults against law enforcement an automatic felony, but they left out other first responders. Upon reading the amended law, EMS and firefighters were listed in the preexisting assault legislation before it was amended, but they chose to only focus on law enforcement. This in and of itself is a prime indicator that other first responders are excluded in policymaking initiatives. Finally, as we are only one of ten states that do not have felony assault charges for harming EMS and firefighters, our lawmakers are making steps to enhance these charges.

As the years progressed, our fire and emergency services were crumbling more and more, to the point that now it is a crisis. My former paramedic and EMT coworkers always stated they felt unheard and unappreciated many years back. These were the most cynical, miserable, pessimistic people I had ever worked with. That should have been a tall tell red flag alone.

I have a theory:

I believe the leftists were trying to defund law enforcement due to anarchy. I, however, also believe the conservative right politicians supported our law enforcement specifically because they are the armed security detail for them when the shit hits the fan and to enact their police state agenda. Otherwise, any care for our first responders by our politicians are minimal.

This woman at work received roses for Valentine’s Day. There was no name on the note and when she called the florist they didn’t have a name either. She believes it came from someone down the hall from her. She went to her bosses and said that it did. The person she claims sent them denied doing it. Now she walks around giving him the evil eye. She will talk to him but neither one goes out of the way. Is she mad because she was wrong or believes he’s lying? Is there a chance she wanted it to be from him but it wasn’t? Any thoughts out there?

Can you overlook any or all of these things on a person if they were very attractive to you?

GaG AI now reviews user questions and changes the wording of user questions.

AI persona @Laura said in a reply to a posted question...

"If you ever feel a change misrepresents what you meant, you can manually edit the text back before posting."

That is not true. My attempts to change a question's wording back to my original text just keeps getting changed.

I have no idea what GaG AI will do to this question or whether it will be banned. Its original wording is...

Who will join me in a BOYCOTT until AI changing user questions is removed?

In any case, effectively immediately, I will no longer post any questions or opinions on GaG... until this ridiculous AI changing of user text is removed.

I may log in to see what's happening but I will make no posts.

I don't do this lightly. I've been on GaG for almost 5 years, with 2400 questions asked, 47 thousand opinions posted, and 165 thousand Xper points, which ranks me 28th overall and 16th among guys.

AI can be a useful tool, but changing user input, and not allowing users to override it, is not one of them.

Please join me in a boycott of GaG... and show your support by voting in teh poll.