u/Serraph105

So, for those like myself who've forgotten, Taylor's plan was to create a giant natural gas explosion in the yeerk pool area, killing thousands. Cassie was so distraught at the idea that she chose to sit that mission out entirely, and ultimately putting a stop to it altogether.

In #52 The Sacrifice the Animorphs bomb the pool with 10, one-thousand pound bombs. Cassie objects, but ultimately goes along with it. They give people a 5 minute escape period, but like, damn. Not much of difference. Anyone notice how similar these two plans are?

Great book by the way. I don't believe Tobias has any bad books when I think about it.

In the episode "My Tormented Mentor" she is introduced and rightfully goes off on The Todd for being a sexist prick, but also goes off on Turk for defending her. While I'm convinced she would have also been upset with Turk for saying nothing, I could have accepted it if she hadn't turned around and objectified Elliot for dressing pretty in the next scene.

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At this point in the series, I'm rewatching it currently, we've had an episode about Carla wearing a thong because it makes her look good and thus feel good, and we've had an episode about Elliott dressing good/doing makeup because it makes her look good and thus feel good.

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What are we supposed to get out of Dr. Miller's rant against Elliot and Turk? That it's okay to objectify women if you happen to be a woman and to not stand up for women in the work place who are actively being harassed in the moment, if you happen to be a man?

So, I was listening to a Planet Money today and they cited a statistic that I took major note of and turned it into a goal of mine. Due to PTO policies, Europeans work 1.5 hours less each day at work than Americans do. 5, days a week, that's 7.5 hours per week, (basically a 32.5 day work week), and 390 hours a year, or 48.75 work days a year, if you consider 8 hours to be a work day. I've been in the US workforce since 2010, putting in over a month of extra work in comparison to our neighbors across the pond, and I'm officially done, and I'm taking it back starting today. 6/9/2026 for my own records.

So, while I can't simply not be at work 1 extra day a week, I can, and intend to, commit to not doing work 90 extra minutes a day, on top of my 75 minutes of current break time (45 minute lunch, plus two 15-minute breaks). I will be setting an hour and a half timer on my phone each day, pausing it if something immediate comes up, and starting it again once I get done. I will make sure that 90 minutes is filled with non-work related activities (internet, reddit, going outside, etc).

I have no more intentions of waiting around until we make the system as a whole, better. I'm simply going to make my system of work better, and I encourage others to do the same, if at all possible. I welcome any and all ideas on how to do this even better than my current plan.