You subsidise something...

@Doctor-Phibes said in Things you think at work but don't say: Speaking of things you think at work but don't say: I actually need convincing that being a senior manager is really hard. Depends. The good senior managers I've worked with all outworked the teams under them. The wastes of space did far less, and some of them even believed their own bullshit. Seems that for every 1 of the former out there, you'll find at least 10 of the latter. The diamonds in the rough were the ones who just did the thing, never took the job or themselves too seriously and were generally alright to be around.

You have a book or two, or three, ready to come out of your brain, Aqua.

@89th said in The Pursuit of Happiness: My kids have brought me love and joy I didn't know was possible. Mine brings me soggy PBJ remnants but yes also that too.

The rest of the video is very much worth watching.

Oh I say it, I just make sure I'm on mute.

China also has things like missed rent payments, alimony payments, other fines and tickets, etc. linked to something like that. They all cause a point deduction in your overall "social" score. When it drops below a certain level, it is very difficult to purchase transportation tickets, use credit cards, etc etc etc

Yup, it is amazing how many people go into the wilderness with neither the experience or equipment, usually both. There are always sad stories about people who, for one or other reason, overestimate their abilities. Sad. One sadexample of a really experienced long distance hiker who basically documented his own death as he became overcome by weather. https://www.outsideonline.com/2336896/snowbound/

As someone here(?) said, in the Game of Life, Time is undefeated!

Lad, you just didn't get your ass whipped enough, did you?

A few things ... The manure hits the oscillator when the middle class is drastically down-sized or eradicated. Poor people need to pay taxes, even if it's just miniscule amounts. You care more when you have skin in the game. Rich people should certainly pay taxes, without an upper limit. (Social Security for example). Those taxes should be simplified with less loopholes.

Brilliant concept, mediocre-at-best execution.

You chaps do realise that non-citizens are legally allowed to work in the US, right? Some of us actually oversee the hiring and firing of pure-bred Americans. It's a lot of fun. More seriously, non-citizens can join the military. So why not the police?

Al Sharpton Asks: Can you imagine if James Madison or Thomas Jefferson tried to overthrow the government? They did. Ask the king, no imagination needed.

Fuckin' Canucks.

@Jon said in Hay Bud Light! Hold my beer!: Not too familiar with the brand but I doubt it’s anything close to bud light in terms of the percentage of their customer base that would view this unfavorably. They’re very big in the UK. They’re now owned by Coca Cola. Similar demographic to Starbucks in Britain so you’re probably right

@George-K said in Go nuclear!: “In France, we have 300 kinds of cheese but one nuclear reactor design; in America it is just the opposite—you have one kind of cheese, and 100 custom nuclear reactor designs.” lol

True, although my thought is over the years as teeth change (position, color) subtly... eventually the other tooth will look different. Who knows, I don't like the thought of any of this because this was a bit of a random toothache that has snowballed into dental work I didn't expect for another 30 years LOL