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But it will work this time
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Nah. If they're that fragile, I can skip their input.
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friendbuddypal posted...

Rebel_Patriot posted...

Have anything that backs up topic title? CNN would love to have it

It's called the whistleblower complaint and also the """transcript""" that Trump released which blatantly proves he committed treason. Try to keep up.

Treason?
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konokonohamaru posted...

That's every job everywhere

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Isn't it funny how all these people who never slashed their own salary feel the need to judge?
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I don't get the appeal at all.
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Healthcare is my number 1 issue right now as well. I support more regulations on the healthcare industry before we start taking more taxes to pay for it though.
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It's a silly concept altogether. If you are making bank, don't just pay more for your housing just because you are making more. Similarly, if you are broke, obviously you can't spend a low percentage of your income because there's a lower threshold for rent prices.
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Fuckers you literally have to dodge to prevent a collision. Wtf is wrong with these people
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I never come back stronger. Just stuck where I was.
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Are we ever going to find out if this is true
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Yes
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Earning something
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Incapable and haven't are two different things
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I'd rather do the 8 a day so I can do something everyday as opposed to saving my free time for the weekend.
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The Admiral posted...

pls posted...

If we decentralized energy production, agriculture, medicine, by making them universally accessible...then the point of work would be to become better versions of ourselves as humans, not to "earn a living"

This will never happen. If people didn't have to work and were afforded infinite leisure time to "work on themselves," they'd end up wasting life away and sniping at each other like the users on this board. Or they'd just spend their days indulging and engaging in self destructive behaviors like rich socialites already do. It'd be the end of society.

Humans evolved with the mentality of constant labor being required to support ourselves, and most of us don't do particularly well in the long run when that's no longer required.

I do know a lot of people who couldn't stand retirement and went back to work
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pls posted...

I've been thinking a lot about this and I think the question is a bad one. If society were to evolve beyond capitalism and to a higher form of society (distinct from the communism of the 1900s but still a lot more Marxian than what we see today), we'd be doing less types of work.

Consider how much work these days is bullshit work doing nothing of any real value. Just paper pushing for the goal of extracting profit from natural resources or paper pushing for the sake of looking busy to keep earning a check.

Well, what if we evolved as a society so that we were all scientists and engineers and doctors and just spent time working on installing and building better solar panels and wind farms and clean energy and advanced medicine? For the joy of it, not for a buck.

So many useless jobs would vanish, and so much less time would be spent needing to slack in the first place. I wonder how much slacking happens because people aren't challenged to work on things they are passionate about, and are instead stuck working just to subsist.

If we decentralized energy production, agriculture, medicine, by making them universally accessible...then the point of work would be to become better versions of ourselves as humans, not to "earn a living"

I think we're still a good ways off from that. There's a lot of stuff that needs to be automated before humans can get to the point of do whatever you want.
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Self-awareness isn't common.
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Milkman5 posted...

Shin Kudo posted...

Summary? Can't watch at the moment

push-up bra

Called it
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Machete posted...

Squall28 posted...

Machete posted...

"ran" instead of run

"sharers"

Whining about communism and socialism and then ranting about irrelevant garbage

Topic creator gets an F- for topic

Calls out for irrelevant typos.
Offers no answers or solutions

Classic response of someone with nothing worthwhile to say

"Waaaahhhhh"

Yet another generic response from the toolbox of the clueless. Bravo. I'm sure your mother is proud.
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What's wrong with it?
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He's not good for the economy so no.
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Machete posted...

"ran" instead of run

"sharers"

Whining about communism and socialism and then ranting about irrelevant garbage

Topic creator gets an F- for topic

Calls out for irrelevant typos.
Offers no answers or solutions

Classic response of someone with nothing worthwhile to say
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It said she voted for Obama and that she voted for Trump. How does that make her a "die-hard"?
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Because dogs are the best.


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EndOfDiscOne posted...

Go to Germany and talk about how great the US is. They really hate that.

Everyone was really friendly to me when they learned I was from the US when I was there.
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That chart looks rather misleading. Most companies I've worked for had maternity/paternity leave and paid vacation. We also have public universities available to us at a 1/4th of the cost of private universities if you choose to be in-state, and healthcare is usually provided through your company or through medicare. So all of those "nones" are inaccurate.

Also, from what I've personally seen on the few months I've traveled across Europe, everything you get in Europe is just a smaller, gimpier version of what you get in the United States at a higher price.
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gloBal enemy posted...

I also fail to see how equal opportunity relates to the scenario you described in the original post.

I only mentioned equal opportunity as an acknowledgement that I believe it is a goal worth striving for, and that providing help to the less fortunate is not something I'm against.

how are you defining "equal" in this context?

I believe that every should be given a chance to succeed if they are willing to put in the effort for it. The problem with no intervention is that everyone's upbringing is different and have different resources available to them. One guy can have parents that give him private tutors, connections for internships, and much more while another guy can have parents that have done nothing for him. In fact, he might have to take care of them. I believe in government programs to level the playing field in that regard. Also, I think everyone should have a job available to them if they demonstrate they are willing to put in the work. Finding a job can be a huge nightmare, especially if you are down on your luck already. Programs that can help with that, or if there's some government job available to them, I'll be all in for that.
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EndOfDiscOne posted...

These "slackers" are not as fortunate as the "achievers" because they're often dealing with other issues such as mental problems, less fortunate upbringing, or just a genetic makeup not suited to excel in the workforce. The team should support these people because it's a net benefit for the whole.

Yeah no. Those slackers were laughing and horsing around most of the night. They weren't suffering from anything but Idontgiveacrapitis.
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Equal opportunity is stuff like public schools and assistance programs like ESOL. I owe the success I have in life to those teachers I had along the way because my parents were poor refugees that didn't know anything.

So efforts to equalize opportunities are not meaningless at all. It has helped countless people like me bring their family out of poverty.
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Why is it called Microsoft Windows and not XbOS
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One of the departments at our company is ran by a guy who is really being a team. Everyone sharers in success and failure. However, some are harder workers than others. So for example last night was super busy. Some of them were busting their asses and doing as much as they can. Others were laughing and talking most of the night. We ended up missing the deadline, and now the whole team is being punished for it.

Like I realize nepotism is a huge problem along with a host of problems that keep people down, but let's just admit that some people are lazy and useless. We can work to get everyone equal opportunity, but that's not the same as pure redistribution of wealth.
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Balrog0 posted...

maybe your ability to estimate your intake is bad

no, it is the science who is wrong

My diet is the same, but I'm adding a Greek yogurt and protein shake every day.
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Calorie science is so bogus.
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I grew up in an old fashioned Asian community.

Waaaaah
*Smacking noise"
*Quiet whimpering*

Feels bad man
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Try it out. Prob my new favorite choice.
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Prob as shook as no hats whenever there's a new tweet
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I can taste if it's not cooked right like if it's too dry or something.
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The onboarding process is ass at every company I've ever been to, and everything I know about the software and processes were pieced together from e-mails, outdated documents, hearsay, and intuition.

Some people expect me to know everything there is to know, and if there's one thing I don't, I'm incompetent at my job.
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It's literally worth $0. How is it even still here?
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pinky0926 posted...

goddamn thats terrible.

I don't expect British stats to be any worse but when I think about what a 170lb woman looks like and then realise that's the average...for shame

I used to know a really fit 170 pound women. She actually won a national jiujitsu tournament as a purple belt. While she's definitely not average, I wouldn't be so quick to discount 170 pound women.
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People are just fat af in general.
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I don't even like regular burgers anymore. Feels like that shit gets caught in my digestive tract. Turkey burger with some basic toppings is all I need.
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Are people really able to add 10 or 15 pounds on their major lifts each week?
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too much salt
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s0nicfan posted...

As long as they statistically have a better-than-chance accuracy in predicting ups and downs, they're a better resource to have than not.

https://gizmodo.com/wall-street-analysts-are-embarrassingly-bad-at-predicti-1821960754
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*stocks drop*
These stocks suck!

*stocks go back up*
jk they're pretty good

You're always going to be behind the curve if you listen to them.
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EliteC posted...

Squall28 posted...

Asians get the shaft again, and no one is talking about it. Only group that doesn't get an easy way in, and even worse, must meet higher standards to do it.

Yet its the group fighting to have less brown/black people and more white people into the ivy leagues lol

Source?
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Asians get the shaft again, and no one is talking about it. Only group that doesn't get an easy way in, and even worse, must meet higher standards to do it.
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