The average mature adult can't seem to make sound financial decisions past about 3 to 6 months out, and forget about contingency planning of any sort. Dumb-ass ethos like: "Bad stuff doesn't happen to good people.", "It never happened to me before; so, it's too unlikely to bother with.", "Someone else will fix it if it's a problem.", "It's only a problem if you don't ignore it.", "If you didn't succeed, it's because you didn't work hard enough for it.", etc... pretty much rule that out.
"Big" shit like that gets spoon fed to the masses by various talking heads. Usually via base emotions and pseudo-authoritative posturing.... *looks to see if the captcha is "hypocrite" or something.
Not to mention they need to have good relationships with the right people while staying under the radar of the wrong people....at least until the business is big enough to not get litigated and hamstrung into a mountainside easily.
No, but when your phone suddenly drops from the view of 3 cell towers at the same time. Well, either you went into a bank vault and closed the door, or... Which phones are in the view of which towers is logged from what I have seen.
I don't expect anything of the baiter. But, if anyone is genuinely wondering what I am referring too: PTSD - It is not just about firecrackers, slammed doors, and watching your friends being blown apart in front of you.
And, you know, children grow up. A lot of adults where sexually abused, raped, or molested at some point of their life. They now get to relive those events with full tactile sensation by yet another using their societally reinforced dominance as a means to isolate and control them....for their own good, of course. Hey, they asked for it, right?
Aww, how cute. The mosquito thinks he's important because he can make people smack themselves in annoyance.
1. Posit accusation against target as absolute fact to the audience.
We are here: 2. Target denies accusation, inadvertently reinforcing the accusation in the audience.
The next steps are: 3. Embellish the accusation to provide a false sense of tangible evidence. Come off as confident, making self appear charismatic. 4. Target attempts to prove innocence, reinforces accusation more. Comes off as desperate, making them appear to be a loser.... n. Hurray for availability cascade!
Assuming the need for a temporary setup, the park is only about 2 blocks away from the Nile River. It should be possible to use a pump truck or something to pump the water in. There are some things to look out for, though. For instance, the smell of raw river water, blocking city streets with the temporary line, and the political football it gives to any opposition if (even decommissioned) fire-fighting equipment is used for a political event. E.G. politicians in the US will take emergency equipment out of service during a disaster to use as a photo opportunity instead to generate publicity and fake "leadership" imagery.
...and that gets selected as the best answer. Although, my personal favorite are the compulsive internet nannys that post woo and appeals to authority for responses in loo of an actual answer.
It sucks that I need to say this explicitly nowadays, since in the past it would have been implied. But, no, I do not support terrorists, nor their acts. I find the entire issue of controlling people through irrational impulses an anathema.
Well, I started to write something along the lines of engineers do not see eye to eye with their customers sort of deal. But, then I thought, just because you have logical people running the show does not mean there will be no marketing, sales, customer service, managers, or what not. Those do not disappear, they just would not dominate the internal corporate structure.
Much of their objectives would remain the same, albeit tweaked and re-prioritized, simply because the overwhelming majority of both coworkers and potential customers still utilize irrational forms of decision making. People do not magically lose the ability to communicate normally because someone somewhat rational is making decisions.
So, what's with the panicky "nerds are dumb at business" meme, anyway? (Checks glass for kool-aid.)
Not really advice, just an observation from multiple events: The most jealous ones are frequently the ones that fuck around on you. This is regardless of your gender or theirs, right or wrong, morals or ethics.
It seems to be based on a broader general assumption amongst individuals that people act the same way for the same reasons as themselves. Scoping out people based on sexual preferences equals going to cheat for people that have a hard time controlling their urge to be promiscuous. And, if anything, the negative feelings the jealousy engenders tends to justify on a purely irrational level cheating even if the partner is faithful to the relationship. (For instance: I feel bad about you and this sexual relationship. Therefore, I feel bad because of you and this relationship. Therefore, I am justified in looking for a different sexual relationship to make me feel better.)
Teach me to make a populist appeal... I am referring to politicians, pundits, lobbyists, and other political power players at large. Most people seem to think when a politician does something those people do not think is a good idea, the politician must be dumb. When they see them make a political move to energize their target audience at the expense of their "opponents" it is frequently perceived as irrational and offensive behavior by sympathizers of those opponents.
For instance, rather than talk about how just because leadership does something in its own self interest at the expense of some substantial portion of society does not necessarily make it smart nor dumb and have people look at me funny, I sometimes just try to refer to something in terms they can comprehend without confusion and frustration instead. It usually saves time by stymieing arguments over trivial aspects of what I am trying to say. Fail.
I still believe their motivations are frequently more simian than human. So, the allusion still fits. Although, that is just my personal opinion.
Even if you can amass a large enough of a consumer revolt against a large economic entity behaving badly, it will just rig the system so it gets your money regardless of whether or not you actually do business with them. It is not just the officially labeled government you have to be concerned with regulating the market to death for it's own advantage. Any entity with enough power and influence to significantly manipulate the "free" market is a threat to it, not just the turd flinging buffoons in the capital. Hell, some of you understand this on some level, referring to it as a (Corporate Entity's Name) Tax. It might as well be that or some kind of fine. You have to pay it even though you do not necessarily get something you value in exchange from the entity that it goes to. And, it's is not limited to any one company, bank, trust, or nation by any stretch.
"It’s a big club, and you aint in it. You, and I are not in The Big Club."... "The table has tilted folks. The game is rigged, and nobody seems to notice." - George Carlin
"I implied that forcing your beliefs upon others is something that happens on a daily basis. It is something that is difficult to avoid doing..."
Yes it is. In fact, I have found that when I refuse to and it is expected, people tend to view it as a breach of social protocol. I am not claiming a "holier than thou" position, just saying. I would prefer people make up their own minds more often rather than depending heavily on others for making decisions and adopting beliefs. Naive, I know.
I was using "scars" as an allusion to indicate chronic malformed psychological functioning without having to explicitly define the boundaries of the set. They can be maladaptive emotional states, but are not limited to them to say the least.
You said: "Whether or not it's a "problem" and whether or not it justifies their actions is up to the individual person to decide."
Understood as: It's not OK for someone to butt into your relationships and decide what is or is not acceptable for you.
I said: "the larger group's reaction is to try to coerce the victim into shutting up and taking it indefinitely"
You said: "And I'm the same way (unless the 'abuse' is physical) because I'm someone who just doesn't care about the 'offensive' words or beliefs of others. Though I don't know if the same applies to these 'larger groups.'"
Understood as: It's OK for you to butt in and decide for someone else what relationships are or are not acceptable.
Is my comprehension of this portion of this interaction flawed?
To explain: "Larger groups" refers to social groups that are large enough to where the members are not particularly interested in the health and welfare of other individual members.
"In the end, it appears that you're working towards your own goals."
Of course I am. Are you implying that my goals or the means to them are strictly for my own benefit or a detriment to the rest of society? Do you think I should be towing someone else's line? There is a reason I float ideas instead of trying to force them.
"What scars?" (And, playing dumb AKA pretending not to understand)...for instance
Regardless of how much I would prefer a stronger rational streak in society at large, we as humans are still strongly driven by largely irrational mechanisms. Rational self reflection and overriding irrational behavior is clumsy and prone to being overlooked in moments of high stress.
No, the scars may heal, but they are still there. How well they heal will depend. Or, to put it into a meme: What has been seen cannot be unseen.
I agree. But, experience tells me that when I and people I have known get cornered and abused by an antisocial individual, the larger group's reaction is to try to coerce the victim into shutting up and taking it indefinitely, not to jump into the middle of a dom-sub relationship. If taking it floats your boat; so be it. I am well aware a large portion of the population likes to use abusive parental substitutes for their own ego issues. Just don't attempt to coerce the unwilling into your, eh, relationship.
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The average mature adult can't seem to make sound financial decisions past about 3 to 6 months out, and forget about contingency planning of any sort. Dumb-ass ethos like: "Bad stuff doesn't happen to good people.", "It never happened to me before; so, it's too unlikely to bother with.", "Someone else will fix it if it's a problem.", "It's only a problem if you don't ignore it.", "If you didn't succeed, it's because you didn't work hard enough for it.", etc... pretty much rule that out.
"Big" shit like that gets spoon fed to the masses by various talking heads. Usually via base emotions and pseudo-authoritative posturing. ... *looks to see if the captcha is "hypocrite" or something.
Oh, well, when in Rome, I suppose.
Ship it anyway: We'll just buy some good buzz so it sells. You can fix it when the support calls come in.
Hugs and Kisses;
The Marketing Department
P.S. Your supervisor will be calling you shortly.
"You can't fire federal judges without cause, it's unconstitutional."
For some reason, this reminded me of a line that went something like, "... But, some animals are more equal than others."
So, what happened to this bastion on libertarianism I heard so much about? Oh, well, at least I won't need to look for work up there anymore.
Not to mention they need to have good relationships with the right people while staying under the radar of the wrong people. ...at least until the business is big enough to not get litigated and hamstrung into a mountainside easily.
Seriously: Oh, hai! You have won a free TV! Please go to 5245 Public Safety Circle to claim your prize!
No, but when your phone suddenly drops from the view of 3 cell towers at the same time. Well, either you went into a bank vault and closed the door, or... Which phones are in the view of which towers is logged from what I have seen.
I don't expect anything of the baiter. But, if anyone is genuinely wondering what I am referring too:
PTSD - It is not just about firecrackers, slammed doors, and watching your friends being blown apart in front of you.
And, you know, children grow up. A lot of adults where sexually abused, raped, or molested at some point of their life. They now get to relive those events with full tactile sensation by yet another using their societally reinforced dominance as a means to isolate and control them. ...for their own good, of course. Hey, they asked for it, right?
Aww, how cute. The mosquito thinks he's important because he can make people smack themselves in annoyance.
1. Posit accusation against target as absolute fact to the audience.
We are here:
2. Target denies accusation, inadvertently reinforcing the accusation in the audience.
The next steps are: ...
3. Embellish the accusation to provide a false sense of tangible evidence. Come off as confident, making self appear charismatic.
4. Target attempts to prove innocence, reinforces accusation more. Comes off as desperate, making them appear to be a loser.
n. Hurray for availability cascade!
Assuming the need for a temporary setup, the park is only about 2 blocks away from the Nile River. It should be possible to use a pump truck or something to pump the water in. There are some things to look out for, though. For instance, the smell of raw river water, blocking city streets with the temporary line, and the political football it gives to any opposition if (even decommissioned) fire-fighting equipment is used for a political event. E.G. politicians in the US will take emergency equipment out of service during a disaster to use as a photo opportunity instead to generate publicity and fake "leadership" imagery.
Thank you. I was looking for that.
...and that gets selected as the best answer. Although, my personal favorite are the compulsive internet nannys that post woo and appeals to authority for responses in loo of an actual answer.
It sucks that I need to say this explicitly nowadays, since in the past it would have been implied. But, no, I do not support terrorists, nor their acts. I find the entire issue of controlling people through irrational impulses an anathema.
I support my favorite football team. I guess that means I'm on the football team.
I support women's rights. I guess that makes me a woman.
I support Canada's independence. I guess that makes me Canadian.
I support the troops. I guess that makes me a soldier.
Do I need to go on?
Well, I started to write something along the lines of engineers do not see eye to eye with their customers sort of deal. But, then I thought, just because you have logical people running the show does not mean there will be no marketing, sales, customer service, managers, or what not. Those do not disappear, they just would not dominate the internal corporate structure.
Much of their objectives would remain the same, albeit tweaked and re-prioritized, simply because the overwhelming majority of both coworkers and potential customers still utilize irrational forms of decision making. People do not magically lose the ability to communicate normally because someone somewhat rational is making decisions.
So, what's with the panicky "nerds are dumb at business" meme, anyway? (Checks glass for kool-aid.)
Not really advice, just an observation from multiple events: The most jealous ones are frequently the ones that fuck around on you. This is regardless of your gender or theirs, right or wrong, morals or ethics.
It seems to be based on a broader general assumption amongst individuals that people act the same way for the same reasons as themselves. Scoping out people based on sexual preferences equals going to cheat for people that have a hard time controlling their urge to be promiscuous. And, if anything, the negative feelings the jealousy engenders tends to justify on a purely irrational level cheating even if the partner is faithful to the relationship. (For instance: I feel bad about you and this sexual relationship. Therefore, I feel bad because of you and this relationship. Therefore, I am justified in looking for a different sexual relationship to make me feel better.)
"It's got electrolytes. It's what plants crave."
Idiocracy FTW.
Teach me to make a populist appeal... I am referring to politicians, pundits, lobbyists, and other political power players at large. Most people seem to think when a politician does something those people do not think is a good idea, the politician must be dumb. When they see them make a political move to energize their target audience at the expense of their "opponents" it is frequently perceived as irrational and offensive behavior by sympathizers of those opponents.
For instance, rather than talk about how just because leadership does something in its own self interest at the expense of some substantial portion of society does not necessarily make it smart nor dumb and have people look at me funny, I sometimes just try to refer to something in terms they can comprehend without confusion and frustration instead. It usually saves time by stymieing arguments over trivial aspects of what I am trying to say. Fail.
I still believe their motivations are frequently more simian than human. So, the allusion still fits. Although, that is just my personal opinion.
My bad, I wasn't aware omniscience and consistent performance were required for one to get theirs and screw other people over.~ :)
Even if you can amass a large enough of a consumer revolt against a large economic entity behaving badly, it will just rig the system so it gets your money regardless of whether or not you actually do business with them. It is not just the officially labeled government you have to be concerned with regulating the market to death for it's own advantage. Any entity with enough power and influence to significantly manipulate the "free" market is a threat to it, not just the turd flinging buffoons in the capital. Hell, some of you understand this on some level, referring to it as a (Corporate Entity's Name) Tax. It might as well be that or some kind of fine. You have to pay it even though you do not necessarily get something you value in exchange from the entity that it goes to. And, it's is not limited to any one company, bank, trust, or nation by any stretch.
"It’s a big club, and you aint in it. You, and I are not in The Big Club." ... "The table has tilted folks. The game is rigged, and nobody seems to notice." - George Carlin
"Rent-seeking" comes to mind...
Fair enough.
"I implied that forcing your beliefs upon others is something that happens on a daily basis. It is something that is difficult to avoid doing..."
Yes it is. In fact, I have found that when I refuse to and it is expected, people tend to view it as a breach of social protocol. I am not claiming a "holier than thou" position, just saying. I would prefer people make up their own minds more often rather than depending heavily on others for making decisions and adopting beliefs. Naive, I know.
I was using "scars" as an allusion to indicate chronic malformed psychological functioning without having to explicitly define the boundaries of the set. They can be maladaptive emotional states, but are not limited to them to say the least.
"Where did my post imply that?"
You said: "Whether or not it's a "problem" and whether or not it justifies their actions is up to the individual person to decide."
Understood as: It's not OK for someone to butt into your relationships and decide what is or is not acceptable for you.
I said: "the larger group's reaction is to try to coerce the victim into shutting up and taking it indefinitely"
You said: "And I'm the same way (unless the 'abuse' is physical) because I'm someone who just doesn't care about the 'offensive' words or beliefs of others. Though I don't know if the same applies to these 'larger groups.'"
Understood as: It's OK for you to butt in and decide for someone else what relationships are or are not acceptable.
Is my comprehension of this portion of this interaction flawed?
To explain: "Larger groups" refers to social groups that are large enough to where the members are not particularly interested in the health and welfare of other individual members.
"In the end, it appears that you're working towards your own goals."
Of course I am. Are you implying that my goals or the means to them are strictly for my own benefit or a detriment to the rest of society? Do you think I should be towing someone else's line? There is a reason I float ideas instead of trying to force them.
"What scars?" (And, playing dumb AKA pretending not to understand) ...for instance
Regardless of how much I would prefer a stronger rational streak in society at large, we as humans are still strongly driven by largely irrational mechanisms. Rational self reflection and overriding irrational behavior is clumsy and prone to being overlooked in moments of high stress.
So, you don't want others to force their beliefs on you. But, you gladly force yours on others. How typical.
And, while we're playing dumb: So much for sexual abuse then, eh?
No, the scars may heal, but they are still there. How well they heal will depend. Or, to put it into a meme: What has been seen cannot be unseen.
I agree. But, experience tells me that when I and people I have known get cornered and abused by an antisocial individual, the larger group's reaction is to try to coerce the victim into shutting up and taking it indefinitely, not to jump into the middle of a dom-sub relationship. If taking it floats your boat; so be it. I am well aware a large portion of the population likes to use abusive parental substitutes for their own ego issues. Just don't attempt to coerce the unwilling into your, eh, relationship.