The idea of progressive tax brackets is fairness. Even ignoring, for a moment, the fair observation that the poor require more of their limited incomes to survive, it is a fair observation that capital has a multiplying effect. The rich benefit from that effect, the poor do not. Therefore it is fair to expect the rich…

When she was on the council, they correctly told Qui-Gon, the Jedi who found Anakin, that he shouldn’t train the young boy.

Make a left turn.

So, you think I got the double-entendre, but not the entendre? Um, OK? That may work in your brain, but again, I can’t claim credit for that cognitive dissonance.

I see. You think I implied a double-entendre to your statement without grasping the entendre. Once again, you credit me with amazing cognitive dissonance. My humility prevents claiming it, though clearly you are capable.

Not surprising you really believe I didn’t get it. I wanted to see if you could take ‘yes’ for an answer. Glad that’s sorted.

That’s the funniest thing either of us wrote, so Stead311 FTW.

I’ll own to overwritten. I did multiple times, in fact.

I’m always happy to amuse or fascinate or provide other pleasant diversions, though in this case I deserve no credit of it. It is most self-inflicted.

You are correct that I say my experience has been that intelligent people do not fear failure as well as statistics on the matter are groundless, undercutting the value of my own experience, as I myself noted. However, I’m not trying to prove a negative, merely that there is low if any reliability to this type of…

My instinct is go straight to Lord Beaconsfield and statistics (usually misattributed to D’Israeli or Twain), but I’ll hold off a bit.

Disagree with your assessment.

This is a conclusion based on cherry-picked ‘negative’ reasons for doing something, i.e. It didn’t work, so it was consequentially stupid to have attempted.

I’m not familiar with the Blackbeard pans specifically. They appear to be virtually identical to Hexclad pans which have been promoted at Costco for the last two months.

I’m not familiar with the Blackbeard pans specifically. They appear to be virtually identical to Hexclad pans which…

Oh, this is some fishy shit.

it is actually illegal to require your employees not disclose their wages. They cannot outright say you can’t tell people your wages. They can wink-nudge ask you to keep it secret, but they cannot require you not to speak.

YES. Even my closest friends (in unrelated fields!) are very secretive with disclosing their compensation packages. I think I almost have one colleague cracked but she’s taken almost a year to break down. It makes it impossible to determine what your work is worth which makes negotiating a raise a ridiculously…

I think most of those pointing out the telephone-game statistics here are all for wage equality, or equal opportunity and treatment. I know I am.

The absolute greatest movie to watch at Christmas is not a Christmas movie at all.

Yeah, it’s a tankless job but somebody’s got to do it.

Yeah, it’s a tankless job but somebody’s got to do it.