Board 8 > Freedom, Liberty, Ron Paul - You're not actually unhappy edition [dwmf]

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I guess I had to make the topic

http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/requiem-for-a-dil

So SMBC just came out with one of the most megaton comics ever. It uses dilbert so it's related to this topic. But also it's about something I noticed when working in a couple offices for a while. People complained so much about work, Dilbert-esque.

And it just makes no sense. Your job is in super high demand, you have the resume and education. If you hate it, why are you wasting your life away here. Why don't you do side projects or focus on your family more? The only answer, which has become increasingly clear over my career, is that these people are actually quite happy and content with their current life. And they HATE that. It really is the hardest pill to swallow.

Also: click the red button
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For me I stayed at jobs because I was scared to go on the market. I was more afraid of being unemployed than of being stuck at a crappy job, and it took lots of coaxing to get me to explore other options.

Now I like my job(s) though!
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You don't have to be unemployed to look for a new job
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I like my job.
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/06/us/politics/republican-obamacare-replacement.html

Are there only 10 things in obamacare? This seems super complete. Also it sounds like the individual mandate is still in there if you are penalized for lapses in insurance...
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https://twitter.com/dansinker/status/839489547171921921

Holy crap
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6beTjNXMAEF-td?format=jpg&name=large

Poe's Law is real
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http://balioc.tumblr.com/post/157623427056/this-is-probably-very-obvious-to-everyone-else


college protest tactics explained

I would just add that after they see this work in college, they continue to apply it later in life expecting it will work just as well (and then it doesn't, and then you get Trump)
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6beTjNXMAEF-td?format=jpg&name=large

Poe's Law is real

I've heard a lot of theory that on dating sites, it's much better to make super-specific asks about the type of woman you're looking for, because it signals that you are probably in high demand such that you have the ability to be really picky. Even girls who clearly don't meet your requirements might respond because they want to feel "good enough." It's basically pre-emptive negging.

Whereas, if you say something like "I'm just looking for a human female that doesn't murder puppies" that signals that you're a desperate loser. If you provide no standard, then there is no achievement of being "picked" by you. No woman wants to date a man who would date anyone.
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Sure, but the joke(?) is what specifically he's asking for, not that he's just being narrow in his search.
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Jakyl25 posted...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C6beTjNXMAEF-td?format=jpg&name=large

Poe's Law is real

Dude looks like a bearded Maisie Williams
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SmartMuffin posted...

http://balioc.tumblr.com/post/157623427056/this-is-probably-very-obvious-to-everyone-else

How to tell someone hasn't stepped foot on a college campus in 5+ years

They are chock full of alt right idiot edge lords, in far greater density than real life. Where's the huge thesaurus-fueled diatribes explaining THAT phenomenon? (there's actually a bunch out there since it's such an obvious/easy thing to write about)
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It really seems like the vast majority of political hatred comes from this weird rose-tinted nostalgia of college years. College culture always coincidentally is ruined exactly the year after they graduated.

Democrats are all like "man people were so open and equal and liberal to new ideas" and Republicans are like "back in the day we all worked hard and got what we deserved and didn't complain about anything" even though neither of those things are how college is.

All because they're disappointed with post-college life and adulthood in general. Pretty sad.
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http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2017/march/08/trump-invades-syria/

jesus christ
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Most non-globalist President ever
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#suchapacifist
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this is the first time ive really felt the brunt of my job

working 12+ hour days constantly

manager is never available to talk, just pops in once in awhile to say a bunch of obviously wrong stuff but it doesn't matter because he's in charge

then the team lead tells me to do a bunch of different (and yet still wrong) stuff

ugh
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https://twitter.com/RealPeerReview/status/839882930646298624
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SmartMuffin posted...

manager is never available to talk, just pops in once in awhile to say a bunch of obviously wrong stuff but it doesn't matter because he's in charge

then the team lead tells me to do a bunch of different (and yet still wrong) stuff

didn't you anticipate this?
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not really

most of the people here are super smart

on my last project I was amazed at how many times I argued a point and the manager came back and made his case and I was actually convinced I was wrong

that probably happened more times in one week than in my entire life prior to that week
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SmartMuffin posted...

on my last project I was amazed at how many times I argued a point and the manager came back and made his case and I was actually convinced I was wrong

literally never happened to me in my entire career
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yeah I also opted for the "big fish in small pond" route until I turned 30 and started aspiring to greatness
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SmartMuffin posted...

https://twitter.com/RealPeerReview/status/839882930646298624

Men can lactate so like... you're gonna have a tough time arguing it's exclusively biology that stops them from breastfeeding, at least.
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My pond is pretty large and full of fat stupid fish
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Was just told to use the "many people are saying..." framing on a slide

I guess this is what passes for research in Trump's America
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYA9ufivbDw
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"many people say" is at least stronger... that implies what, 10 or so people?
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n=5, lulz

billion dollar decisions are being made based on my interpretation of a few comments of five dudes
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https://www.infowars.com/internet-sleuths-sabotage-shia-labeoufs-latest-anti-trump-exhibit/

the fact that chemtrails were used in this detective work is what takes this from "funny" to "A+++++ story"
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This fired US attorney is being hailed as a heroic defender of civil liberties.... except he's the same dude who subpoenaed Reason to try and force them to release details of their commenters for the crime of being critical of judges, then issued a gag order to prevent them from even discussing that such a thing had happened.

http://reason.com/blog/2017/03/11/overreaching-us-attorney-who-subpoened-r

I guess being anti-Trump makes you a hero no matter what else you do - because we all know the only possible threats to free speech come from Trump himself, right?
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I don't expect Donald Trump to be a champion of free speech, but

How to tell your sentence is gonna end terribly
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Since your only criticism is with the very last sentence in the article, I guess I'll assume you agree with all the rest of it.
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A fine assumption
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My latest project for work has involved a lot of research regarding public infrastructure construction. This isn't particularly shocking, but it's interesting to note how the so-called stimulus bills end up amounting to nothing. I made an awesome graph but I'm probably not allowed to share it. But basically, transportation infrastructure construction grows at like 2-3% per year, regardless of what bills they pass. If they pass some bill requiring that X billion be spent on infrastructure, they just reduce the "baseline" spending such that it still only grows by 2-3%. Further proof that it's all a shell game. Some of my colleagues were pretty surprised by it. I wasn't surprised by the concept, but with how easy it is to prove out and how much of a point the graph makes with like 1 hour of research.
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https://twitter.com/I_AM_IRON_VAN/status/840569722882134018

Nothing creates an environment where everyone feels welcome like measuring skirt length and obtaining express written permission beforehand to cosplay certain characters.
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That's for exhibitioners. The only thing about attendees is the bottom sentence.

Certainly you can't be against the organizers having the right to decide how the people shilling their product at their exhibition are dressed?

And the market seems to have decided in the favor of PAX
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Certainly you can't be against the organizers having the right to decide how the people shilling their product at their exhibition are dressed?

And the market seems to have decided in the favor of PAX

Come on man, I expect this kind of stuff from Lasa but you generally do better. We've been over this a million times.

1) Of course they have a right to set whatever policy they want, I am not suggesting someone use force to allow "aggressive cleavage" into their show.

2) The point is to draw distinction towards hypocrisy. In my own personal opinion, you do not "promote female empowerment" by measuring skirt length.

3) Just because something is financially successful does not mean all libertarians are required to personally endorse it.

4) I'd actually argue that the market has decided in favor of booth babes. If not, there would be no need to explicitly ban them. Companies simply wouldn't use them.

5) To suggest that PAX's success - relative to other conferences - is due to skirt-measuring, is quite a leap, and I'm going to want to see some proof of that. Is this the ONLY thing that makes PAX different from E3? Also, how long have they been doing this? Gonna guess it wasn't original policy from day one.
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SmartMuffin posted...

2) The point is to draw distinction towards hypocrisy. In my own personal opinion, you do not "promote female empowerment" by measuring skirt length.

I don't think "promoting female empowerment" is their goal. In fact they say their goals in the first paragraph if you actually bothered to read the thing you linked to.

SmartMuffin posted...

Also, how long have they been doing this? Gonna guess it wasn't original policy from day one.

I actually think it was. If not day one, then I'd guess at least by the second PAX it was policy.
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https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2010/06/penny-arcade-expo-fans-come-out-against-booth-babes/
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PAX and E3 are completely different

Until this year at least. Now you as a consumer can actually buy a ticket for E3

Booth Babes have been on the outs for like a decade now.
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Also this

Kenri posted...

I don't think "promoting female empowerment" is their goal. In fact they say their goals in the first paragraph if you actually bothered to read the thing you linked to.

As the industry has become more inclusive and less targeted entirely at teen boys, it's grown in leaps and bounds

I mean, this is exactly what the original Leigh Alexander "Gamers Are Dead" editorial was about that got GamerGaters so enraged. THEY are the arbiters of who counts as a true gamer! No girlz allowed!
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The only booth babes we need at PAX are the Mega64 guys.
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Booth Babes have been on the outs for like a decade now.

Then why do you have to ban them? Why would a company use them if most of the audience hates them?
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In fact they say their goals in the first paragraph if you actually bothered to read the thing you linked to.

It says that they plan to make the environment more welcoming by excluding an entire class of people. I mean, I guess that makes sense - in the same way that demanding segregated dorms is couched in the language of "safe spaces" on college campuses.
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SmartMuffin posted...

Come on man, I expect this kind of stuff from Lasa but you generally do better.

wow thanks man.
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well I feel like we've had the "AS A LIBERTARIAN YOU CANNOT CRITICIZE ANY DECISION ANYBODY EVER MAKES" argument like 100000000 times
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SmartMuffin posted...

Then why do you have to ban them? Why would a company use them if most of the audience hates them?

Why do we have to use Adblock if everyone hates ads?

SmartMuffin posted...

It says that they plan to make the environment more welcoming by excluding an entire class of people.

What "class of people" is entirely excluded? Does "hired models in skimpy clothing" count as a class now?
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Does "hired models in skimpy clothing" count as a class now?

Yes. Why shouldn't it. Especially when "hired" and "skimpy" can both cover a pretty wide area of space, and when you're literally measuring skirts.
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Man the article Kenri posted is even more rich

The major addition to the policy stipulates that the models need to be "educated about the product," and "partial nudity" has been banned.

So they're ALSO interested in passing judgment (presumably only on attractive and/or improperly dressed women) on who counts as a "real gamer" or not. Wonder how they plan on measuring that one? Go around and give a gaming pop quiz to every woman who looks like she's probably not REALLY into games? Do you get kicked out if you can't articulate indoctrination theory, or summarize why Thrall is partially responsible for Garrosh's war crimes?
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SmartMuffin posted...

well I feel like we've had the "AS A LIBERTARIAN YOU CANNOT CRITICIZE ANY DECISION ANYBODY EVER MAKES" argument like 100000000 times

uh, pretty sure that's not an argument i've ever made.

you may be referring to our debate about privatized education but perhaps you misunderstood the point i was making there, which was "it's pretty lolworthy that you bash one of the most popular forms of education that actually IS privatized - the sudbury style - into the ground." my point wasn't that you're not allowed to criticize sudbury education, it was that this goes against your "the free market solves everything" claim. if humans are cool and smart and wonderful, why do they "ruin their children's future" (to use your words) by sending them to crap schools the moment they're allowed to choose what kind of education they get? sure, public education sucks, but at least that doesn't generally ruin the future of the children who get it.
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