Just pay the professionals to do their work and not just for a month or two after major incident.

Last thing we might need in scrutinized security environment is some hyped director vibing their revolutionary idea. My money is on their solution being AI, again.

Often encounters men opening up about nobody listening to them when they open up.

Proceeds not to listen, mock them and blame it on them.

Sure is strange, why this trend continues, right?

I doubt asking questions is being part of the problem. Making claims of authority/expert on the topic, while no providing no additional however…

Have you considered providing credible sources instead? Might be easier for you to discern them compared to the rest of us and would be much appreciated.

Have you found anything that worked? I also find myself in those once-in-a-while situations. But when I cant share them, they feel way more frequent and overwhelming and then it’s just spiraling from there.

Fortunately a friend has almost miraculously became suddenly way more understanding and talkative. Would hope for the same happening to you.

This doesn’t look like a good argument to me. “While you were worried about this one thing, you might view as bad, this other thing did something bad”

That still doesn’t make the first one good and provides nothing to change that view. Correct me if Im wrong, but between two things perceived as bad, people are more likely to choose the devil they know.

That someone is you. Otherwise you can just nod and proceed at your own managable pace. Stay safe.

“This lame excuse worked so well in Iraq and when they finally confirmed we lied, nobody cared enough to visibly and globally hold us accountable. Why not try it again in Iran, using proxy this time.”

I like the analogy with toilet paper. Because when its bad, the very thing that was supposed to help you, got you covered in shit with no back out plan, making it that much worse.

Very fitting