The people who aren’t vaxxed and don’t mask probably are also less likely to be testing themselves each and every time they get a sore throat or the sniffles.

Relevant: https://calmatters.org/commentary/my-turn/2020/05/whats-at-the-heart-of-californias-water-wars-delta-outflow-explained/

but that definition gets kind of gray very quickly. 2 very common examples off the top of my head

You might not, but your (or someone else’s) organization might use a background check company that does. I’ve absolutely had my basic-as-hell English degree flagged by a background check because I put the wrong graduation year in. And I’ve been a manager and seen similar things - the background check stuff was handled…

Crypto was touted as a hedge, right? One, against inflation and the decline of the dollar. That isn’t working. And two, it wasn’t supposed to highly correlate with other assets like stocks. In today’s “risk off” market, it’s dropping with everything.

Yes!  Prices for those have finally been dropping back toward MSRP (not there yet, but MUCH less extortionate than they were), and availability has gone back up since the crypto boom halted and reversed.  My local Microcenter’s shelves have been fully stocked for the first time in two years every time I’ve stopped by…

At least for me, money I put in to my 401(k) 6 months ago looks to be down about 12%?  I think, if i’m reading the numbers correctly.

I’ll bite. The S&P 500 the market is down 10.8% from 6 months ago. Nasdaq down around 23.5%. So nowhere near your 60% drop. Yeah, you can cherry pick individual stocks to find big losses... you have been able to do that for as long as stock markets have existed. A well balanced portfolio is not down 60%.

I think you may be overestimating the McMurdo Station bar decorating budget.

i’ve never scene anything structured or formal, unfortunately. being in a studio environment and working directly with other disciplines was the most important part for me. that lets you build relationships and find mentors in the discipline you want to move into. ultimately the people who move on are the ones who…

never thought I’d see the day when *more* mental illness is used as a selling point for anything LOL.  I know they’re just trying to fill slots and hopefully people in prisons who need mental health help are more likely to get it, but maybe they should tweak this a little.

No. Disaster is happening now. We need to take action to mitigate it. There is no “or never”. The longer we take to get our shit together the worse it is going to get. There’s no avoiding the crisis we are experiencing right now, and there is no line to cross where we can no longer do anything to stop it.

Not really, a lot of people saw the West’s eventual fate as the continent’s tinderbox coming quite a while ago, and specifically forecast that the Colorado River would be unable to meet the demands of the growing population (oftentimes it doesn’t even reach the Sea of Cortez anymore, the water simply peters out before…

Gender affirming healthcare doesn’t just include hrt and surgery. Puberty blockers only delay the onset of puberty changes, which can give teenagers the time to explore their identity without the onset of physical changes that cannot be reversed.

Unless he’s not going to be a bounty hunter any more and he’s instead going to be going to Mandalore and the mines there, to find this mythical river and maybe unite the Mandalorian peoples once more.

In that case, his Space Ferrari makes plenty of sense.

Afterwards, she still sees that Anakin is a good guy at heart.

But like horse armor, most will likely not change what they buy over it. So it will quite possibly end up the same way, regardless of how loud you or the majority of us here bitch about it.

The reason behind that is that you can push people to do far more than they’d normally do if they are expecting a job offering once the contract is over. The whole carrot+stick thing is extremely effective in that scenario. Lie to people and tell them that if they perform now, they can expect a pay raise and a…

The signature thing makes me do some serious self reflection. It’s sad to think about. Like, that’s the kind of thing I (a guy) might joke about with some of my close friends (who are guys). It’s something crude but ultimately harmless with a certain group.