MonkeyCigarette

1) I’ve been in many situations where BDRs are useless and it’s awkward because you want to be nice but there is also a job to be done. At the end of the day a BDR who you get along with and can mentor and coach is a BDR who will work hard for you. That’s what I meant when I said it’s weird managing peers or across the ecosystem where there is no dotted line. 2) At most organizations they want you to be a team player. That means trying to work out a solution instead of throwing people under the bus (even if they deserve it). Probably should talk to the BDR manager if you aren’t getting improvement from your 1x1 feedback with the BDR 3) BDR’s are going to only care about what pays them and how easy a path they can do it in, in that order. Likely she’s paid on setting up demos which is why she uses that hammer.

Managing peers isn’t easy.

The Mavs are snake bit.

Geez

And we are all here for it. I think this all started in earnest (from what I can tell) with his take on the multiverse Spiderman back in 2018 which was a sleeper hit for a comic book movie not done by Marvel and animation movie not done by Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks.

Nic Cage is having a very, very amazing Third Act. You can't manufacture this sort of organic rising which makes me think that there is some good will and love for the guy in the business and by fans (a la Keanu Reeves and his grass roots PR machine that went haywire the last few years).

Do it.

Yep, and with everyone being vaccinated, the results are way milder than when I had Covid before vaccination was available. I’ve been a little sleepy and that’s all, compared to a full week on my back, without taste and smell, and with a foggy brain, etc.

Speaking of 2nd wave, I have now gotten Covid-19 twice (fully vaxxed). A guy in the office has had it 3x. We are just going to have to normalize and live with the idea this isn't going away ever; it will forever mutate and live amongst us as the common cold. Gen Z gets it: Gen Z Is Done With the Pandemic Though the specter of a new variant hangs over the holidays, young people have no plans to lock themselves down again. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/12/omicron-pandemic-fatigue-gen-z/620960/

Haha thank you. It’s a bad Reddit shower thought post that went way too long.

Since we are trading anecdotes; I know a guy who we would all consider a moron, just not very smart and socially able, did a lot of drugs after Vietnam and just was never going to be middle management, if you get my drift. He’s retired on pension after 25 years of delivering pizzas for Domino’s. Those things still exists in pockets and unions and union jobs are making a comeback, not only for tradesman but for Amazon hourlies and Starbucks baristas. Maybe that’s a path for some of these folks.

Just as easy and just as hard as it’s always been. What we got ain’t nothing new. This country’s always been hard on people. It ain’t all waiting on you. That’s vanity

When I first watched it I remember being pleasantly surprised with the emotion of the movie. Someone at the time said it best when they said the movie was a story of grief, the crippling effects and grappling with the not so crippling effects (new friendships/relationships, accomplishing new goals, etc.) and then some healing and acceptance where the grief never really ever goes away. I felt like it toed the line of some really interesting world building and only really toppled into the realm of the absurd (in a negative way) in the underground fight club scene, otherwise it was great. I went into this movie with a beginner's mindset because I had no idea what this movie was about or had heard anything about (saw it on a plane) so that probably helped as well.

Man, opposite take for me.

Thanks for clarifying, I was wondering if I was missing the rough draft of a solution or not. Vilifying people seems to me to be a horrible idea. It's a bad idea to "other" people generally, but an equally bad idea to vilify the poor (and the rich). To the point of this thread, though, I almost wonder if we have crossed the threshold into a world where a working class revolt and impactful pushback is not possible. The disparity and the degree of separation from the, let's say top 5-10% and the bottom 90-95% seems to be too big a chasm to span-- the disparity in warfare resources, weaponry, food, geopolitical relationships, policies, etc. The biggest thing that would make the U.S. crumble in our lifetimes is if the 90% of our poor were suckered into selling their souls to China or Russia and we take their weapons and help and support and provide them the boots on the streets to wage their war under the guise of sharing in the spoils (only to create a worse problem, IMO). That is borderline fan-fic alt-history livejournaling there, but it's the only route I can see from my vantage point. That's the problem with vantage points and perspectives though, right? We only can really own our own.

But what is your point? I thought we were talking within the framework and limitations of reality, but you seem to be pontificating in a "man, sure wish it worked like this and it oughta be and should be this" without offering any tangible thoughts of a solution. My solution to the problem statement(s) you make, and which I agree, is UBI. Pay these people. Point #2 specifically states I don't believe poverty is an endless cycle. It's a dynamic and fluid situation, I said.

Most of what you outlined is, in my mind, a compelling argument for UBI. When we live in a society that matches peoples ability to live (and thrive) based on their value (in-demand skills and abilities), then you are necessarily going to have a situation where a % of the population cannot participate in meaningful ways. To me, that means we need to pay everyone a pre-determined amount to meet basic needs. Any other benefits (money, barter, goods, whatever) they can legally manifest, they can supplement their lifestyle with. This keeps people from dying in gutters and (hopefully) rising against knowledge workers. Couple of points to the above: 1) Keeping poor people content will take on even more importance as the %'s skew with the "exponential problem" (if you don't know what that is, I can expound, but I assume most people have heard of this issue for modern societies), and 2) the good news is the "product/market fit" of in-demand skills to value is fluid. Luck, forward-thinking bets, ganas--whatever you want to call it-- can change your lifestyle and income bracket, sometimes instantly (with a covid-19 like incident) or sometimes over a lifetime (generational benefits, albeit slower).

This thread is maniacal. I think UBI will be understood and accepted in our lifetime.

Dave Chappelle condemned this man's fate before the trial even started. In fact, as part of Voir Dire, I hope they struck anyone who has watched the Dave Chappelle bit because a) that's a hilarious way to get struck from the jury that you can tell at parties for the rest of your life and b) you already knew what time it was.

If you have sizable net worth, probably a good idea to park some cash in bonds or get liquid in savings for a while but still contribute and DCA if the market tanks. Maybe I've been reading too much Ray Dalio this week. Or maybe others haven't read enough. I really like his old saw, “If you worry, you don’t have to worry. And if you don’t worry, you have to worry.”

No doubt; just a very bad outcome for all involved which is why I think it won't come to a complete head. Nobody wants the financial markets to lose 50% of their value, not billionaire Americans, billionaire oligarchs or billionaire (and trillionaire in Russia's case) totalitarians.

Tell me you aren't up to speed on the history and trends and current state of the semiconductor industry along with how the shortage, demand and forecast for chips is driving all the wealth-building innovation (DX initiatives, web3, industrial4.0, etc.) since about 2016 to the unforeseeable future, without telling me because you wanted to dunk on someone.

My first thought as well.

Carolina game.

Maybe it was explained but why didn’t we challenge the fumble where Kaze made the heads up play to keep it in bounds and thus a Dallas recovery?