My guess of they they'll turn in desperation to Putin, thinking he's going to help them (as he's going to promise). And he's going to screw them in ways they can't even imagine.
I wish there were a better term for it. But "anti-charisma" is the most accurate way I can think of to express it. People naturally seem to hate me, disagree with me, etc. I seem to naturally repulse people, no matter how sociable or nice I try to be. I'm not some autistic asshole with no sense of social convention, etiquette or emotional cues, mind you. I work hard to be nice to people and follow every social norm. But if I advocate for something, no matter how careful I am not to come on too strong, it actually hurts the cause I'm advocating for. The LAST thing you want is my support.
If you fill a room with people and ask them if they like chocolate, 80% will probably tell you they like it. But the second *I* step into that room and say openly that I think chocolate is great, you can bet that the next poll will show that most of those people suddenly don't like it. I wish I were exaggerating.
When I meet people, they often act like Christopher Walken in The Dead Zone when he shakes Martin Sheen's hand. They'll get this look in their eyes like they just subconsciously realized that satan is saying hello to them. I've actually had people reach out to shake my hand and suddenly jerk their hand away without consciously realizing they're even doing it. I'm the opposite of the cult of personality.
I do wish there were a way to leverage it into some kind of career, the way that charismatic people leverage that skill. But damned if I can figure out how. At least then it would be good for something besides making me feel like a fucking freak of nature, or some alien stranded on the wrong planet.
Taxis pay a lot of money for their monopolies. City regulators make a lot of money selling taxi licenses (directly and indirectly). Neither will welcome a new competitor who doesn't grease the right palms.
Do you really need a map to guess what happens next?
It really depends. Are you picking stuff which is crap, and the general populace correctly realizes is crap? Or are you picking stuff which is too high-quality for the general market?
How the fuck should I know? I only know that whatever I think or like is not what everyone else does. Whatever I do is not what everyone else does. Whatever I say is not what everyone else says.
Happened again this weekend. Let me explain.
I liked Terminator Salvation and Terminator 3. T3 was a little redundant, but I liked the humor and its much darker, fatalistic take on the future. I thought Salvation was good when I first saw it. And I've come to like it more and more as I've watched it since. Christan Bale's performance is excellent (I knew it would be, since he had already done and excellent job playing basically the exact same role in Reign of Fire), as is Sam Worthington's. The series finally dispensed with that tired old time-travel cliche and moved into the very real war that had been hyped to death repeatedly by previous entries, with only teases that we might one day actually see it. The story was strong. The conclusion was powerful, and raised some interesting questions about what it really means to be a "human." And I really loved the closing shot of John Connor on the radio encouraging humans to keep fighting.
So this weekend, in wake of the new Terminator movie, I saw a whole series of videos of everyone and his brother talking about how awful T3 and Salvation were, and how T2 was so incredible. Now, I liked T2 mind you, but I wouldn't rate it nearly as good as the original. And frankly, I would rather sit down and watch Salvation again than T2. T2 has been shown so much it's become like that song on the radio that you really liked at one time, but you got sick of hearing the 1000th time it was played.
So here we are again. Everyone in the universe hates T3 and Salvation, and thinks T2's shit doesn't stink. Everyone except me, of course. And it's not like I set out to disagree, I just did--yet again.
Eu has been very cruel to Greece and the Greek people.
No, the EU and IMF are trying to be good parents to Greece, enforcing some much-needed "tough love." And Greece is acting like a petulant child, screaming "YOU'RE BEING MEAN!!" when daddy takes their toys away after they refuse to clean up their room.
Greece got itself into this mess. Cry all you want. Scapegoat whoever else you wish. But at the end of the day, you made a national sport of tax evasion, even as your government overspent ridiculous amounts on pensions and other giveaways. You want to know who has been cruelest of all to Greece? Look in the mirror, Greeks.
I feel so sorry for the poor SOB who has to try to censor the porn from the Japanese site. He'll be encountering shit that will shake his soul to the core.
I have anti-charisma and whenever I zig, everyone else in the universe zags. If I like something, that means that 99.99% of the rest of the world doesn't. If I hate something, it's probably going to be a big hit.
Mind you, this isn't just contrarianism. I usually don't even pay much attention to what the rest of the world thinks about something. I only find out after-the-fact that every other human being on planet earth else disagrees with me--on EVERYTHING.
Want to win a political campaign? Hire me to campaign for your opponent.
I'm pretty sure that letting your own daughter grow up in poverty because you're too selfish to admit your paternity and pay child support goes way beyond "not being squeaky clean."
Agreed. I would much rather see a movie about Woz. Not only was his work much more interesting than anything Jobs did, but he's a character who I could actually root for. When I watch a Jobs bio, I spend most of the time hoping one of the other characters onscreen will just beat the shit out of him.
What's sad is that UOP really could have done it! If they offered actual counseling guidance, and curricula that didn't just suck, and made sure that their clients passed classes with rigor, they could have *easily* made a profitable college with good reviews and earned trust.
Here's a lump of coal. You'll like it. We'll send you the bill later.
And the lump of coal will retail for $2,000, idiot Apple fans will line up around the block to buy it at launch, and Wired will feature 25 stories on how it's going to revolutionize the world.
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I'm reminded of that episode of South Park with the CEO saying "We're sorry" over and over again while not doing anything of actual substance.
Hiring Ellen Pao.
My guess of they they'll turn in desperation to Putin, thinking he's going to help them (as he's going to promise). And he's going to screw them in ways they can't even imagine.
No, apparently no one has been paying taxes in Greece. That's one of their big problems.
"Adios, suckers!" the Finance Minister screamed as he hit his secret eject button.
I wish there were a better term for it. But "anti-charisma" is the most accurate way I can think of to express it. People naturally seem to hate me, disagree with me, etc. I seem to naturally repulse people, no matter how sociable or nice I try to be. I'm not some autistic asshole with no sense of social convention, etiquette or emotional cues, mind you. I work hard to be nice to people and follow every social norm. But if I advocate for something, no matter how careful I am not to come on too strong, it actually hurts the cause I'm advocating for. The LAST thing you want is my support.
If you fill a room with people and ask them if they like chocolate, 80% will probably tell you they like it. But the second *I* step into that room and say openly that I think chocolate is great, you can bet that the next poll will show that most of those people suddenly don't like it. I wish I were exaggerating.
When I meet people, they often act like Christopher Walken in The Dead Zone when he shakes Martin Sheen's hand. They'll get this look in their eyes like they just subconsciously realized that satan is saying hello to them. I've actually had people reach out to shake my hand and suddenly jerk their hand away without consciously realizing they're even doing it. I'm the opposite of the cult of personality.
I do wish there were a way to leverage it into some kind of career, the way that charismatic people leverage that skill. But damned if I can figure out how. At least then it would be good for something besides making me feel like a fucking freak of nature, or some alien stranded on the wrong planet.
And neither do I. Even after reading you comment.
Taxis pay a lot of money for their monopolies. City regulators make a lot of money selling taxi licenses (directly and indirectly). Neither will welcome a new competitor who doesn't grease the right palms.
Do you really need a map to guess what happens next?
Amen. Anything that cuts into their monopoly is the enemy, period.
It really depends. Are you picking stuff which is crap, and the general populace correctly realizes is crap? Or are you picking stuff which is too high-quality for the general market?
How the fuck should I know? I only know that whatever I think or like is not what everyone else does. Whatever I do is not what everyone else does. Whatever I say is not what everyone else says.
Happened again this weekend. Let me explain.
I liked Terminator Salvation and Terminator 3. T3 was a little redundant, but I liked the humor and its much darker, fatalistic take on the future. I thought Salvation was good when I first saw it. And I've come to like it more and more as I've watched it since. Christan Bale's performance is excellent (I knew it would be, since he had already done and excellent job playing basically the exact same role in Reign of Fire), as is Sam Worthington's. The series finally dispensed with that tired old time-travel cliche and moved into the very real war that had been hyped to death repeatedly by previous entries, with only teases that we might one day actually see it. The story was strong. The conclusion was powerful, and raised some interesting questions about what it really means to be a "human." And I really loved the closing shot of John Connor on the radio encouraging humans to keep fighting.
So this weekend, in wake of the new Terminator movie, I saw a whole series of videos of everyone and his brother talking about how awful T3 and Salvation were, and how T2 was so incredible. Now, I liked T2 mind you, but I wouldn't rate it nearly as good as the original. And frankly, I would rather sit down and watch Salvation again than T2. T2 has been shown so much it's become like that song on the radio that you really liked at one time, but you got sick of hearing the 1000th time it was played.
So here we are again. Everyone in the universe hates T3 and Salvation, and thinks T2's shit doesn't stink. Everyone except me, of course. And it's not like I set out to disagree, I just did--yet again.
Eu has been very cruel to Greece and the Greek people.
No, the EU and IMF are trying to be good parents to Greece, enforcing some much-needed "tough love." And Greece is acting like a petulant child, screaming "YOU'RE BEING MEAN!!" when daddy takes their toys away after they refuse to clean up their room.
Greece got itself into this mess. Cry all you want. Scapegoat whoever else you wish. But at the end of the day, you made a national sport of tax evasion, even as your government overspent ridiculous amounts on pensions and other giveaways. You want to know who has been cruelest of all to Greece? Look in the mirror, Greeks.
The Greeks will never accept an exit from the Euro.
It sure sounds like they pretty much just did.
Granted, it's insane. But if they want to drive off that cliff, that's their prerogative.
I feel so sorry for the poor SOB who has to try to censor the porn from the Japanese site. He'll be encountering shit that will shake his soul to the core.
I have anti-charisma and whenever I zig, everyone else in the universe zags. If I like something, that means that 99.99% of the rest of the world doesn't. If I hate something, it's probably going to be a big hit.
Mind you, this isn't just contrarianism. I usually don't even pay much attention to what the rest of the world thinks about something. I only find out after-the-fact that every other human being on planet earth else disagrees with me--on EVERYTHING.
Want to win a political campaign? Hire me to campaign for your opponent.
Has everything to do with:
1) Corporations' cozy relationship with politicians
2) Ex-staffers promising companies inside info and access
You have a pretty weak sense of morality if you can be tempted to screw over one of your best friends for a mere $2,200.
Just wait until I launch my "live streaming people entering usernames and passwords" site launches!
They used to make cars in Detroit?
I'm pretty sure that letting your own daughter grow up in poverty because you're too selfish to admit your paternity and pay child support goes way beyond "not being squeaky clean."
I mean, don't get me wrong, the drinks and resorts are great and all. But the drinks and resorts in Somalia are just as good, and much less ebola.
Agreed. I would much rather see a movie about Woz. Not only was his work much more interesting than anything Jobs did, but he's a character who I could actually root for. When I watch a Jobs bio, I spend most of the time hoping one of the other characters onscreen will just beat the shit out of him.
All of us may be dicks, but very few of us are so dickish as to fuck over even Woz.
I wonder if there is still someone out there running the world's last Meridian 59 server.
No, but it dig tag Lena Denham as a white manatee.
What's sad is that UOP really could have done it! If they offered actual counseling guidance, and curricula that didn't just suck, and made sure that their clients passed classes with rigor, they could have *easily* made a profitable college with good reviews and earned trust.
But....but....that would mean less profit!
Here's a lump of coal. You'll like it. We'll send you the bill later.
And the lump of coal will retail for $2,000, idiot Apple fans will line up around the block to buy it at launch, and Wired will feature 25 stories on how it's going to revolutionize the world.