My point here, and I realize I’m making it on Jezebel, is that while certain interactions are technically harmful to both sides of the fence, it would be good to get recognition of the negative connotation and not the positive one. To take it to an extreme, it feels sometimes like complaining that as a white person…

Words per minute and short cuts are not. But when talking about typing and document editing (such as is usually useful in taking notes) they are related. But note that I started by saying that some of them are crazy fast typers, they just happen to also be really quick with keyboard navigation that others would use a…

To play devil’s advocate here, can’t this be flipped around? Say you have a guy that really enjoys doing stuff like this, but he’s never asked because everyone assumes he’s just another male that couldn’t give a rats ass about anyone else. How sexist.

Yeah, it seems silly if you aren’t even part of the meeting to get asked to do it unless there’s a strange reason for it. I suppose in my case the recorder would be part of the meeting, and likely a male.

I wish I could do that. Pretty sure I’d just get a lecture about how it needs doing, the company must do it, and I work for the company. Me not being the boss means I get to do it.

Shaking hands... I’ll shake hands with everyone in a work environment, but I’ve had to learn. I didn’t come from a “Shake everyone’s hand” background. Even now, if I meet a husband and wife the husband will always reach for my hand, sometimes at the inconvenience of whoever is in the way, while the wife will simply…

Wow. I wouldn’t have actually guest at that level that that would happen :-/

I’m curious, since in both examples you called you client a male. Does it change if your client is female? Does it change if you’re an asshole? :)

I would ask a man to do it if he were a fast typer... Are you, in fact, a slower typer than those around you?

Someone always has to make that post, and this time I’ll do it.

The original argument was that it would be a drain on society. My point was only that, on a hole, the best workers are working right now. Disease, both physical and mental, remove from the work force those that are not only best suited for the job, but are also currently trained for it.

I’d beg to differ. The population growth you state would not be a bunch of babies being born that put a drain on society without providing an immediate benefit. Instead, these are likely working productive adults that would be MORE productive. Sure, fewer people would die in old age, but fewer people in mid life would…

Please point me to where in this article the theory is discredited? Because I don’t see it. I see a lot of “The issue is more complicated than simple chemical imbalance”, but I see nothing but evidence for chemical imbalance being a part of the problem in some people.

What wide spread financial incentive do doctors have to prescribe medication? As far as I know, the only incentive they have is to help their patient. But I’m open to hear from someone that has been “working in the health care industry”. And when you answer the question, perhaps you could take a moment to qualify that…

That’s honestly sad. I’ve had run ins with many medical professionals over the years. Known ones that recently retired, and had class mates that went into the field. Every last one of them does it because they love helping people. I had one tell me that if he didn’t enjoy helping people, he’d quit immediately because…

Surely a track someplace in the US can be picked up for a couple dimes. The use of tracks by the general public isn't exactly a booming business, and while I'm blessed to have many a good one within a days trip here in the NW, it's not like any of them are overflowing with cash or paying events.

If you haven't watched the commentary one, you should. I would actually put the commentary version as the "must see", where all subsequent watches can be the pure engine. I particularly love when he's warming up the breaks and tires, and he's still driving harder than I ever have.

I can definitely see same-day deliveries, but until Amazon puts a distribution hub in every county, 30 minute deliveries are a little out of the realm of possibilities.

I wouldn't be offered everywhere, of course. Right now Amazon has "Same Day" deliver, but you have to be in/near a metropolitan area to have the option. If Amazon managed a 15 mile radius around their distribution centers, they would cover a LOT of people. I mocked up my home area of Seattle real quick (after looking…

Welcome to the club, Amazon. Glad to see they want to play by the rules. The first of such certifications was handed out to a different company in their same state over 2 years ago.