They consider they're losing money because the flight to the midpoint, booked by itself, would cost more than the longer flight. They're out the difference. Of course, they're full of crap, but that's their logic.
I had a girlfriend once visiting, who had an outbound flight from LA to Japan with a layover in San Francisco. We had decided to drive up to San Francisco, so we called and asked what would happen if she missed the LA flight and simply got on in San Francisco. They told us it was illegal, and she wouldn't be booked. According to them, we HAD to drag her back to LA. So we did the only logical thing. We took her to the airport in San Francisco and got her boarding pass for the flght to Japan before the flight for LA had left, so the system wouldn't show her missing her flight.
I dunno.l have a few relatives who talk about this, but when push comes to shove I'm actually doing more volunteer work than they are, and I have a full time job. They like the idea of helping the destitute, they just can't motivate themselves to do it. And when they eventually do, it's a never ending litany of how much of a difference they made- meanwhile I'm buying the sandwich they're eating while telling me what a capitalist I am.
I also believe that work can beneficial on it's own.
When I was younger, I thought I'd make a pretty good benevolent dictator. Time and wisdom have taught me that almost nobody would make a good benevolent dictator
I would agree, there seem to be so many people who are motivated by despising a particular poster than actually contributing. Additionally, many seem to feel posting AC makes being a jerk a viable thing.
Having a RFC to standardize length, characters and expiry dates would be a good first step
Oh my god a million times this. I was just talking with someone this morning about how they create a password that can be variable for various sites, etc but still complicated. But then you hit that site/authentication that won't take caps, or only takes some special characters, and it completely breaks down.
I see this a lot "Society sucks, you all need to educate yourself". Provide solutions other than "stop falling for oligarch ass kissing free market fund ideology". Because simply saying things suck is like a college stoners debating society: no solution suggested.
Or, he can do what everyone else who holds a job knows to do and shut up about things publicly unless officially sanctioned to speak. I wouldn't do a TV interview criticizing some aspect of my current employment without expecting repercussions.
That's pretty much it. I considered getting a new car last year when I thought mine was failing. Shopped around , did the math, figured which one would provide the cheapest amount of mileage per $. Then my car DIDN'T fail. So I didn't get a new one. Many people are incapable of making that decision.
That must be a pretty nice black and white universe you live in. The lack of moral ambiguity must be refreshing. You're either the Rebels or the Empire. I'd love to be around when you begin learning about grey. I'm sure it won't be pretty.
There are a lot of people, liberal and conservative, who consider themselves part of a "team", and support everything that team does regardless of logic. We'd all be better off it everyone just started looking at issues and deciding for themselves what they support.
It's OK to agree with an issue Trump supports if you're liberal. It's also OK to disagree with an issue Trump supports if you're conservative. Quite frankly, it sort of creeps me out when people simply agree based on who is agreeing or disagreeing with an issue.
there's a distinct difference between he generic work "liberal" and the political ideology of a "Liberal". I"m not sure why you're getting an insightful mod for this, it's common for political terms to take on a life of their own beyond the original term.
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we live in a world where a thirty year old can be "smart" enough to amass $420K in saving, but dense enough to invest it all in crypto.
Yeah, Nope. Altria bought a 35% interest in Juul.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19...
They consider they're losing money because the flight to the midpoint, booked by itself, would cost more than the longer flight. They're out the difference.
Of course, they're full of crap, but that's their logic.
I had a girlfriend once visiting, who had an outbound flight from LA to Japan with a layover in San Francisco. We had decided to drive up to San Francisco, so we called and asked what would happen if she missed the LA flight and simply got on in San Francisco. They told us it was illegal, and she wouldn't be booked. According to them, we HAD to drag her back to LA.
So we did the only logical thing.
We took her to the airport in San Francisco and got her boarding pass for the flght to Japan before the flight for LA had left, so the system wouldn't show her missing her flight.
Stupidity.
I dunno.l have a few relatives who talk about this, but when push comes to shove I'm actually doing more volunteer work than they are, and I have a full time job.
They like the idea of helping the destitute, they just can't motivate themselves to do it. And when they eventually do, it's a never ending litany of how much of a difference they made- meanwhile I'm buying the sandwich they're eating while telling me what a capitalist I am.
I also believe that work can beneficial on it's own.
When I was younger, I thought I'd make a pretty good benevolent dictator. Time and wisdom have taught me that almost nobody would make a good benevolent dictator
I would agree, there seem to be so many people who are motivated by despising a particular poster than actually contributing.
Additionally, many seem to feel posting AC makes being a jerk a viable thing.
The AC trolls on this thread are strong...
Out of his entire explanation, you point at THAT, and still don't quite get what bob4u2c is saying?
Being weirdly self critical is a popular pastime among many Americans.
Having a RFC to standardize length, characters and expiry dates would be a good first step
Oh my god a million times this. I was just talking with someone this morning about how they create a password that can be variable for various sites, etc but still complicated. But then you hit that site/authentication that won't take caps, or only takes some special characters, and it completely breaks down.
All of you just made my day.
I see this a lot "Society sucks, you all need to educate yourself". Provide solutions other than "stop falling for oligarch ass kissing free market fund ideology". Because simply saying things suck is like a college stoners debating society: no solution suggested.
Or, he can do what everyone else who holds a job knows to do and shut up about things publicly unless officially sanctioned to speak. I wouldn't do a TV interview criticizing some aspect of my current employment without expecting repercussions.
That's pretty much it.
I considered getting a new car last year when I thought mine was failing.
Shopped around , did the math, figured which one would provide the cheapest amount of mileage per $.
Then my car DIDN'T fail. So I didn't get a new one.
Many people are incapable of making that decision.
Because at some point France might figure out a better use for that dumped power, and you need a backup plan?
wait, you're saying if German went back to Nuclear power, people would literally begin shooting at each other in the streets?
Those don't sound expensive to achieve at all. they sound like common sense, actually--and less expensive in the long run.
but if all goes to plan with their power generation switch Germany can claim to be 100% green by 2038 and feel good about it,.
That's kind of the problem: The coal is just being used somewhere else, but they can "feel good" about it. Sigh.
Yeah, um, that was almost 80 years ago. Let it go.
Watching you two debate US and German Government is like watching every dysfunctional government.
That must be a pretty nice black and white universe you live in. The lack of moral ambiguity must be refreshing. You're either the Rebels or the Empire.
I'd love to be around when you begin learning about grey. I'm sure it won't be pretty.
That doesn't even makes sense. You may as well say "libertarians are the kumquats of fruits"
There are a lot of people, liberal and conservative, who consider themselves part of a "team", and support everything that team does regardless of logic.
We'd all be better off it everyone just started looking at issues and deciding for themselves what they support.
It's OK to agree with an issue Trump supports if you're liberal.
It's also OK to disagree with an issue Trump supports if you're conservative.
Quite frankly, it sort of creeps me out when people simply agree based on who is agreeing or disagreeing with an issue.
there's a distinct difference between he generic work "liberal" and the political ideology of a "Liberal". I"m not sure why you're getting an insightful mod for this, it's common for political terms to take on a life of their own beyond the original term.