I’m gonna hazard a guess that, while local sandwich shops have quality, speed, and razor-thin margins down to an artform, a major fast food franchise is better suited to the task. The major reason being: logistics. A country-wide chain is probably at or close to the scale needed to qualify as a military contractor in this capacity. Nevermind the quality of the food, we’re talking about the ability to move a stupendous amount of calories around. Assuming the photo is of a mobile kitchen, well, that would be the easiest part of all this.

Meanwhile, something familiar from home is bound to be a boost to morale.

People don’t realize what constraints props departments are under, or for that matter, how little it takes to impress a camera.

IMO, everyone should binge-watch Adam Savage’s YT channel before putting down serious money on a movie prop. A shocking amount of this stuff is basically made to survive the production time-frame, and little else.

Also: congrats with that brief brush with stardom. That’s hilarious. Next time, you should seriously lead with “I threw up on Matthew Broderick once.”

sue the government?

About that. One frequently looks to the Executive branch to enforce laws, rulings, and other things of legal import. Exactly how does this work if that arm of the government is found guilty of a crime?

The knock-on effects of this also concern me. Largely, the only effective way I’ve seen to battle disinformation is to retreat to smaller spaces. The intensity and engagement driven content loop on all the major platforms just fuels the fire. Ultimately, to achieve a better admin:user ratio where the admins aren’t idiots. While I wax nostalgic about my former BBS days, it feels like a giant step backwards to that. The quality on content is there and signal:noise ratio is sublime, but the amount of information, level of discourse, and widespread geographic socialization, isn’t.

In my experience CXX folks were all about being seen and having something tangible to show off to potential partners and customers. It’s one thing to give people a tour of your facility. It’s another to meet up at a co-working space and settle in for a PowerPoint presentation full of abstract numbers and graphs about your "virtual "company. I’m not saying that’s right, and I’m certainly not arguing for RTO, but it helps explain that motivation and total lack of confidence in WFH.

It’s still a “primitive ape-brain” thing to do though.

Because that’s what people outside of a simulation would do.

Always has been.

Just wait for the annual “PEDMAS vs PEMDAS” discussion flame-war on any major social media platform.

THIS right here. Mondragon is exactly what GP Is asking about.

If you’re reading this and thinking about starting an LLC, non-profit, co-op, or union shop, please give this a look too.

I don’t know enough to agree or disagree, but some citations would really help support your argument.

That’s such a laughably bad “unions bad” take. If there was such a thing as a kind of insurance where they fight to keep you employed, people would probably sign up and pay the fees.

There was so much to campus life that just felt natural and just ridiculously, offensively, convenient.

• Practically everyone is roughly the same age as you, and that group is thousands strong (depends on where you go).
• Just drop in on dorm rooms and say ‘hi’ to friends, whenever.
• Dining is usually very close by.
• Lots of entertainment options, most days of the week.
• Included access to showers and fitness facilities (varies).
• Free bus travel with student ID (varies).
• Student ID discounts at some retail (varies).

The fact that we refuse to build communities outside of school with these features, just boggles the mind.

I’ll add that this is practically impossible to replicate in adult life until you get into a “retirement community”. And like college, those are ridiculously expensive too. If you’re an undergrad and barely old enough to drink: I urge you to please live these days to the fullest. It’s tragic but you really won’t get another moment like this again.

It’s also really expensive

This is the reason. Conspicuous consumption is a pox on us all.

What a nightmare. It’s bad enough that the Russian army is treated like cannon-fodder by their own leadership. But institutionalized abuse and hard-core hazing? I’m actually kind of shocked. I guess this is about as strong an argument for the importance and efficacy of leadership modeling that you can find.

And sometimes the military guys are waiting at the graduation event, to scoop you up before you can even leave the building.

“In Russia, fraternity rushes you.”

Thanks for this perspective. I keep forgetting that culture is everything about how these social mechanisms exist and operate.

Which makes the destruction of roads all the more amusing: I don’t think it accomplished anything. Nobody wants to invade The Hermit Kingdom. Ever. Doing so would be a net loss. Korea can just get the job done by remote like it’s a game of Starcraft.

I’ve also heard it as “no plan survives contact with the enemy.”

Russian troops are all dependent on commands from an officer!

To me, that sounds like they never updated command and communication strategies from, oh… the 18th century? This works great where you have regimented battalions with muskets and bayonets, all lined up on a single battlefield with clear lines of sight. But introduce so much as an opposing guerilla unit or machine guns (let alone tanks, air support, and artillery you can’t even see) and it all goes to hell in a hand-basket.

Too bad.

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Hello there!

Thanks for the deeper think on this. I’m out my depth by not living in such an area - I knew I wasn’t going to cover all the bases on my own.

Are you counting things like shopping, medical care, visiting friends and family, education , and events like concerts or sports as tourism?

So, no, but after reading this it makes a lot more sense. Thank you.

I see the argument that OP is quoting but I’m left wondering one thing: if most folks in the countryside could travel to a “big” city in three hours, what business would they conduct? Outside of tourism, that is.

My understanding is this would be most useful to middle-men and business people, but the common man wouldn’t have much use for it.

Edit: or is the (implied) application bigger than passenger rail?