These accounts aren't just encouraging people to go to national parks; they're propagandizing and idealizing military valor in order to normalize their actions, elicit acceptance from the public, and recruit new members.
Er, so... recruiting?
(BTW, re "normalizing", it's normal to have a military. No, really, check it out, it's true!)
It's not some magical way to gain skills or potential you don't already have to some extent.
Actually it is. Where else can an 18 year old kid with no experience, who has never had a job before, walk in and say "I want to be an aircraft mechanic. I want you to train me at your expense, and I want to be paid while I learn. I also demand free food and housing, and 30 days of vacation every year. Also, I plan to quit after 4 years, and then I want you to then pay my college tuition."
For many young Americans, the military is a very good deal. It was for me. Semper fi.
Yep, exactly. Same for me.
Now, it isn't a way to magically gain aptitude that you didn't have already. Nothing is.
ASVAB and various qualification tests are nifty surrogates for IQ tests...
If the only thing in life you can see any value in is money, I feel sorry for you, because you'll never be satisfied.
That's a bit extreme though. This discussion is about what you value in work, not life. You could love travelling on your own, but still only care about money from work.
As an example: I'd really rather travel with my family than do it with my colleagues.
In my life work serves a very specific purpose: sustain myself and my family. For fun, learning, and other things... I prefer to do them on my own, with the people that I chose.
Precisely.
The nice thing about money is that it is so versatile. You use money to make sure that housing, food, and other needs are met. What you use with what's left over is up to you. Maybe I don't like ping pong; I'd prefer money over the office ping pong table, then I can use it for something I do like.
And as for time with family, while you could, of course, spend time with them just sitting around looking at whatever rocks or leaves that nobody wants, if you actually want to have some variety in that time, family activities and supplies for those activities often do cost some money.
You are likely motivated by non-monetary factors more than you realize. My company used to give semi-annual bonuses, and then decided to redirect that money toward "adventures". We had a company river rafting trip, went skydiving, hot air ballooning, and skiing. We sent many of the programmers on a "coding cruise" to Alaska. The result was better retention, better morale and camaraderie, and easier recruitment.
We're going hang gliding next month.
Extreeeeeme! (sorry, 90s flashback there)
Those trips might be a tad tough for me; I have a disabled child and my wife has herself become disabled. I ain't going anywhere.
If I worked there, could I perhaps just have the money? (Or is it maybe soft age discrimination?)
Even for voice communication, for some reason, looking back, I've had longer conversations on landline phones than on mobile phones, despite the convenience factor that would suggest the opposite. There just is something in the technology that gently guides it toward the shallow, quick, the way post-it notes or index cards make you write shorter notes than a full-size notebook, even if you have enough of them that a novel would fit before you run out.
You probably just want to get back to using it as a smart phone.
Germany here. This kind of... well... dictating, is when our government back then crossed the line into a dictatorship.
Like with an event horizon, you aren't aware you crossed it, at the time of it happening. But later on, you realize that this was the point where you would have had to stop it or die trying.
So please take care of yourselves over there. Especially the convenient scapegoat fringe groups. Don't believe what you are being told about "communists/socialists/democrats/republicans/libertarians/muslims/christians/jews".
Keep renting, good little Spotify/Google/Amazon drones! Keep renting! You must contribute to the Mothership's recurring revenue! Ownership is bad. Renting is good! Convenience is more valuable than anything!
To each their own.
I could scour used music stores and get used CDs and rip them and store and organize them and back them all up offsite and... they'd be mine all mine my precious.
Or I can pay a small fee and not worry about any of that. I choose the later. You can choose whatever works best for you.
But it was impossible to get him to acknowledge any personal pain as both the creator and the destroyer.
I'm no Zuckerberg fan, but sheesh.
He's actually on your side politically, and he's saying that he wants to address your concerns, but you are in a tizzy because he won't say the "right" things about how he feels and he won't emote the way you want him to??
You can get substantial fine almost everywhere in the US by texting or talking on your cell phone while you drive, but apparently playing Frogger while you drive is OK. God bless America.
2 possibilities: Conservatives are afraid social programs will let the poor improve their lot so they structure them for failure or Conservatives fear someone will cheat the system better than they do
I wonder how the USA was able to infer that these Ukrainians weren't government backed.
In other words, question is: If these were Russians would the USA have gone for them [directly] or directly accused the Russian government like it has done in the no-so-distant past?
Well, go easy on them - at least they found a Trump connection! After all, if they hacked a hotel with his name on it, that proves he was "colluding" with them.
The thing is, "Russian spy tries to spy" != "Trump is a Russian mole/dupe/partner/something, OMG lolz". Which is the implication we are apparently supposed to believe.
Which if you ask me kind of lets the cat out of the bag on the NRA's purpose. They're not a gun rights lobby, they're a gun manufacturers lobby. And I don't see them taking kindly to the prospect of just anyone being able to manufacture their own firearms. Yeah, yeah, I know, you can barely shoot 5 rounds before it's ready for the junk heap. But give it 20 years and we'll see. And industry lobbies definitely think long term.
Bwa! Yeah, it's Trump's fault, lol. And the NRA.
If only Dems ran everything, and their pressure groups, we'd all be 3D printing guns left and right.
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These accounts aren't just encouraging people to go to national parks; they're propagandizing and idealizing military valor in order to normalize their actions, elicit acceptance from the public, and recruit new members.
Er, so ... recruiting?
(BTW, re "normalizing", it's normal to have a military. No, really, check it out, it's true!)
It's not some magical way to gain skills or potential you don't already have to some extent.
Actually it is. Where else can an 18 year old kid with no experience, who has never had a job before, walk in and say "I want to be an aircraft mechanic. I want you to train me at your expense, and I want to be paid while I learn. I also demand free food and housing, and 30 days of vacation every year. Also, I plan to quit after 4 years, and then I want you to then pay my college tuition."
For many young Americans, the military is a very good deal. It was for me. Semper fi.
Yep, exactly. Same for me.
Now, it isn't a way to magically gain aptitude that you didn't have already. Nothing is.
ASVAB and various qualification tests are nifty surrogates for IQ tests ...
If the only thing in life you can see any value in is money, I feel sorry for you, because you'll never be satisfied.
That's a bit extreme though. This discussion is about what you value in work, not life. You could love travelling on your own, but still only care about money from work.
As an example: I'd really rather travel with my family than do it with my colleagues.
In my life work serves a very specific purpose: sustain myself and my family. For fun, learning, and other things... I prefer to do them on my own, with the people that I chose.
Precisely.
The nice thing about money is that it is so versatile. You use money to make sure that housing, food, and other needs are met. What you use with what's left over is up to you. Maybe I don't like ping pong; I'd prefer money over the office ping pong table, then I can use it for something I do like.
And as for time with family, while you could, of course, spend time with them just sitting around looking at whatever rocks or leaves that nobody wants, if you actually want to have some variety in that time, family activities and supplies for those activities often do cost some money.
I just want money.
You are likely motivated by non-monetary factors more than you realize. My company used to give semi-annual bonuses, and then decided to redirect that money toward "adventures". We had a company river rafting trip, went skydiving, hot air ballooning, and skiing. We sent many of the programmers on a "coding cruise" to Alaska. The result was better retention, better morale and camaraderie, and easier recruitment.
We're going hang gliding next month.
Extreeeeeme! (sorry, 90s flashback there)
Those trips might be a tad tough for me; I have a disabled child and my wife has herself become disabled. I ain't going anywhere.
If I worked there, could I perhaps just have the money? (Or is it maybe soft age discrimination?)
Lazear (in this volume) provides an excel- lent review of monetary incentives in certain organizations.
excel- lent ??
Once they have a foothold, of course, they can break services, close stores, and offer deals only at 2:30AM on days ending in W.
Even for voice communication, for some reason, looking back, I've had longer conversations on landline phones than on mobile phones, despite the convenience factor that would suggest the opposite. There just is something in the technology that gently guides it toward the shallow, quick, the way post-it notes or index cards make you write shorter notes than a full-size notebook, even if you have enough of them that a novel would fit before you run out.
You probably just want to get back to using it as a smart phone.
Germany here. This kind of ... well ... dictating, is when our government back then crossed the line into a dictatorship.
Like with an event horizon, you aren't aware you crossed it, at the time of it happening. But later on, you realize that this was the point where you would have had to stop it or die trying.
So please take care of yourselves over there. Especially the convenient scapegoat fringe groups. Don't believe what you are being told about "communists/socialists/democrats/republicans/libertarians/muslims/christians/jews".
He filed an appeal in a court case.
Do get a grip.
No kidding; make it easy and affordable with a nice user interface and not many will bother with "piracy".
Keep renting, good little Spotify/Google/Amazon drones! Keep renting! You must contribute to the Mothership's recurring revenue! Ownership is bad. Renting is good! Convenience is more valuable than anything!
To each their own.
I could scour used music stores and get used CDs and rip them and store and organize them and back them all up offsite and ... they'd be mine all mine my precious.
Or I can pay a small fee and not worry about any of that. I choose the later. You can choose whatever works best for you.
actually calls anyone for the most part.
It's all about texting.
Or sending photos and videos to each other.
But it was impossible to get him to acknowledge any personal pain as both the creator and the destroyer.
I'm no Zuckerberg fan, but sheesh.
He's actually on your side politically, and he's saying that he wants to address your concerns, but you are in a tizzy because he won't say the "right" things about how he feels and he won't emote the way you want him to??
You can get substantial fine almost everywhere in the US by texting or talking on your cell phone while you drive, but apparently playing Frogger while you drive is OK. God bless America.
As long as its Tesla.
Being hip has its privileges!
How am I supposed to focus on a game while the windshield is still transparent??
2 possibilities: Conservatives are afraid social programs will let the poor improve their lot so they structure them for failure or Conservatives fear someone will cheat the system better than they do
Um, what?
1. This is Canada.
2. "Progressive" "conservatives"
Inspector General Says NSA Still Hasn't Implemented Its Post-Snowden Internal Security Measures
Hey now, they've been pretty busy gathering intel on non standard presidential candidates and stuff.
Sheesh, what's your hurry?
The wonder is that anyone is still on it.
I mean, why would we do something extremely lucrative, or that government's strong arm us into doing?
... that's some serious buzzword bingo there.
I wonder how the USA was able to infer that these Ukrainians weren't government backed.
In other words, question is: If these were Russians would the USA have gone for them [directly] or directly accused the Russian government like it has done in the no-so-distant past?
Well, go easy on them - at least they found a Trump connection! After all, if they hacked a hotel with his name on it, that proves he was "colluding" with them.
Is anyone surprised?
The thing is, "Russian spy tries to spy" != "Trump is a Russian mole/dupe/partner/something, OMG lolz". Which is the implication we are apparently supposed to believe.
To the tune of "Call Me Maybe"
Next, they will ban lunch boxes and brown bags.
Which if you ask me kind of lets the cat out of the bag on the NRA's purpose. They're not a gun rights lobby, they're a gun manufacturers lobby. And I don't see them taking kindly to the prospect of just anyone being able to manufacture their own firearms. Yeah, yeah, I know, you can barely shoot 5 rounds before it's ready for the junk heap. But give it 20 years and we'll see. And industry lobbies definitely think long term.
Bwa! Yeah, it's Trump's fault, lol. And the NRA.
If only Dems ran everything, and their pressure groups, we'd all be 3D printing guns left and right.
Unless it's about guns, or something.