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I’d argue that business school does not teach that at all. That is a behavior taught by corporate sociopaths to other sociopaths being groomed. I base this on my business degree and 20 years at a major corporation. The distance between the two is enormous.

You see, IQ is on a bell curve and 100 is the median. That means half of people must have an IQ below 100. At some number, the exact number is debatable, higher reasoning ability diminishes.

The second factor is education/knowledge. Having none, partial, or incorrect information can lead even rational people down the wrong path.

If you combine these, you get what you are observing.

I’ll leave you a quote from Deming… “Every system is perfectly designed to get the results that it does.” I say this because we need to change something if we want a different result.

“Remember, I’m pullin for ya. We’re all in this together.”
Red Green

60 billion in debt? By an amazing coincidence, that’s how much the company blew on stock buy backs. Fuck management and the board. Greedy pigs.

Article math seems fuzzy for sure. I wondered if they were measuring for a lifetime of time. Even if that were true, it still feels off.

https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813561#:~:text=U.S. Department of Transportation,the second quarter of 2022.

12.8 per 100,000. That’s way less than 1 in 75.

Won’t someone think of the restricted stock units???

Anything with a variable speed compressor and two tubes to the window. The variable speed is quieter. The two tubes mean it doesn’t steal cool air from inside and exhaust it outside.

I still think they are all loud trash, but that’s the best you’ll get for your situation.

So say we all

How about a vpn instead, for reasons…

If you’re running a pi hole, the free version is ad free too

Internet porn, specifically. It drove many innovations like payment processing.

Adds texture, almost creamy. Shake the hell out of the drink until it gets a nice foam topping.

French 75 (use good champagne)
French 76 (use good champagne)
Old fashioned (use expensive cherries)
Side car (use orange brandy instead of orange liqueur)
Manhattan (don’t skimp on bitters)
Cosmopolitan (throw the used lime into the shaker)
Whiskey sour (use egg white)
Gimlet (add a cedar leaf for more flavor)

Fresh fruit is a must to make the best drinks.

Give them the tools to learn and start them on a topic they care about

Blasphemy

439k, 3 bed , 2 bath.

It gets cheaper, but they are mobile homes and restricted to 55+

Suggested reading: oh the places you’ll go by Dr Seuss

You make a persuasive argument

I enjoy your optimism

Is it getting worse? How do we measure the goodness or badness?

One measure of economic indicators suggests we are relatively stable.

I’m sure there are a variety of measures that are up and down.

My answer for undesirable family members is to accept who they are and not see them. You may have a similar decision to make at some point.