it’s a bit more complex than that: some of these coworkers are actually genuine and I enjoyed working with them, the department is in constant need of accredited personnel but the manager seems to be a complete asshole.

how long did you last there? And didn’t anyone higher than him check the department’s turnover?

Why do your coworkers want you to work for him?

because they’re always shorthanded.

They’re not my direct coworkers but we worked together for 2 years before I transferred. Some of them miss how I worked, apparently.

My dad started distrusting most of academic science, so every time he is telling me something outlandish about spiritual things I just say that I view those things differently and then tell him how and why.

how can you remain so cool headed? Because my father has worked in academia and now he sometimes acts like a maga moron spewing their points without even questioning them. It’s like he either wants or needs to be angry at something.

That’s why I wanted him to meet new people, so he gets his head out of his butt.

It’s just very sad a person I thought so highly of has become… this. And it might even be worse.

“Fox news is not a good source. Have you seen it somewhere else?

now that you mention this, me and my father had a similar convo like a year ago. I reacted like you wrote and he stopped it for a bit. It seems he forgot.

The other option would he he’s always been this conservative but always managed to hide it and now he either cannot anymore or doesn’t care.

how depressing.

Fox news had accurately called the 2020 Election for Biden first. Their viewers considered this a betrayal and switched to Newsmax and other far-right channels by the million.

can you provide a source?

but people blindly enraged at imaginary enemies don’t seem to be moved

I’m myself coming to terms that most people are mediocre and lots are simply stupid. I try to stay away from them and hope to not become one of them.

Though I’m not sure if him spending time with a bunch of other senior men is going to solve this issue.

this is true and might be a losing battle:

me and every working age son or daughter: we have our lives, children to raise, work to do to pay bills, commute, buy food, cook, prepare our next day, relax, we sometimes don’t live near them…

seniors: they have absolutely nothing going on in their lives and a device that offers them unlimited rage bait…

we cannot win unless we take their phones from them or heavily censor them, but my father is not that far yet…

but I try n remain positive: I thought it would be a good idea he meets new people because not every senior is going to be an angry person with no life and he may learn something meeting people from different walks of life, at least I hope so.

He should leave his bubble.