Indranil Mukherjee, Author
@indranil9
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Wodehouse forever. Author. Reader. 4 books on Amazon: https://t.co/Y3Cc4u8Ukr Your reviews matter.
New Delhi, India, World
Joined October 2009
A perfectly valid rant! The shopkeeper wants my phone number to give me the bill? To book a table at the restaurant? The invisible tethers are truly unbreakable..
I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place. I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.
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@ajay43 Exactly. When the plain is staring you in the face the inability to recognize that is deliberate. As I once told a senior lady journo.. we must reap what we've sown!
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Wordle 1,333 3/6* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 1097/100/345/405 Those tall this-words on the board mean nothing with all they hide..
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@sanjayuvacha @INCKerala Bravo! That disgusting person purports to be a representative of journalism, a noble profession OUAT.
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@sandeep_PT They chose wrong. Simple. Now pay the price. As we have been ever since that, well, 'independence'.
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@HashvinderK Well, he did promise to 'see'.. perhaps his seeing is really detailed? The 'do' will come after.. OTOH, since it is 5 years on, have you sent an updated resume? Remember to restart your clock, though!
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@sardesairajdeep @BeerBicepsGuy But those comments align with the bigotry already internalised... so no choon-chaan.
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@BhavikaKapoor5 Trains are departing Delhi much after their actual departure times due to the Kumbh chaos. Right as of today's Sealdah Rajdhani, as one example.
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@sandeep_PT They chose wrong. Simple. Now pay the price. As we have been ever since that, well, 'independence'.
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@Jasonphilip8 These bozos need to be smacked down pronto, irrespective of what they're preaching. Just slapped down.
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@Shuks80 Er.. what pollution are you referring to? We've gloriously blue skies here in Delhi. Have had them ever since...
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@Siddharth_S4455 @TheDeshBhakt I don't think firing them is the issue here. If the candidates knew their failing the assessments thrice in a row would have them fired then no surprise. Rather, the point here is to be summarily ousted from their hostel acco without enough time to vacate. That's the OP's point.
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@nimishdubey Humanity and empathy are lost. Likely considered wimpish. Weak. Undesirable qualities in these ubermensch times.
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