I'm done for the day. Maybe tomorrow will be nicer?

I forgot to mention that the elevator magically fixed itself in the 15 minutes between when I warned the building manager and when she checked it out.
This was her response:

Well, that was one shitty day.

Stuck in a elevator, escaped, and warned the building manager.

Berated by the building manager.

Informed the HOA of the berating.

Berated, individually by members of the HOA while escalating to my wife. (she already knew)

Friend completely lost it after telling the story and almost became an ex-friend without me saying much of anything.

WTF is going on?

Sure, I didn't handle everything perfectly. But, that was a series of undeserved, nasty reactions!

Just watched the latest version of West Side Story.

So many layers!

Someday there will be an equivalent between a Russian and Ukraine teenager.

Got the computer illuminating the cabinets!

Hey @Render,
If the Russian tanks used in the north now have to drive for 1200 Km to reach the Donbas (region instead of using trains), wouldn't that wear out a certain portion of them and lower the qty available to fight? Or, make them even less effective once they engage the fight?
The Russians seem stupid enough to do that instead of waiting for better logistic methods to be implemented. Seems like their effectiveness in the east should be discounted.

A missle from the Russians with "For the children" painted on it.

Good vs Evil couldn't be more stark.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/08/kramatorsk-train-station-strike-civilians-ukraine-russia/

OMG!
OMG!
OMG!
https://www.loudersound.com/news/pink-floyd-to-release-brand-new-single-hey-hey-rise-up

"... finds that just 7% of U.S. adults have an overall favorable opinion of Russia. Only 6% express confidence in its leader, President Vladimir Putin. In contrast, 72% have confidence in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy."

JUST 7%?! That's 23M people!!!!!

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2022/04/06/seven-in-ten-americans-now-see-russia-as-an-enemy/

One Ukrainian soldier ... warned that Ukrainian forces may no longer try to take Russians alive. "Now, with most of our units having the information about Mariupol and how many dead people and those horrible Bucha pictures are available publicly, nobody will capture them anymore," he said. "No one cares anymore. They're all going to go into the ground."

Ukr soldiers' attitudes are changing:

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/06/1091125305/bucha-ukraine-executions-war-crime-allegations

"Now, with most of our units having the information about Mariupol and how many dead people and those horrible Bucha pictures are available publicly, nobody will capture them anymore," he said. "No one cares anymore. They're all going to go into the ground." One Ukrainian soldier

Shocking, but in a good way. The https://liveuamap.com/ map has no Red/Russian occupation zones north of Kyiv.

Belarusians fighting back however they can. I also heard, from an informed friend, of their veterans going to Ukraine to fight for Ukrainians.
https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/30-march-the-purge-on-the-belarusian-railways-is-in-full

A friend of mine with close contacts in Ukraine tells me that many Russian soldiers are being abandoned by their officers. Many are switching to fight for the Ukrainians instead of deserting and returning home. Their families are being threatened if they are found to be deserters. And, many are being forced to sign a contract so that they can be called "contractors" instead of soldiers.

I'd like to see metrics on the following:
- Qty of Russian tanks destroyed before firing a shot
- Qty of Russian tank munitions that failed to fire
- Qty of Russian tank crews that abandoned their vehicle and A) Ran home, B) Found a Ukrainian to surrender to
.. and finally...
- Qty of dead Russians that actually wanted to kill Ukrainians
My anger is directed at them.

But, many are young, ignorant and/or threatened.
That's where it gets sad and tragic.

Russian soldiers are savages.

What I would like to know is how much of their savagery is via the culture in the Russian armed forces, and/or how much is due to the Russian culture itself.

My current opinion is boarding on racism. But, if a homogeneous culture is dominated by savages, and seems to continually create savages, doesn't it deserve broad judgement?