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It's crazy how some people get so tore up from the floor up at an early age. 

And then you have Paul Rudd at 54:

Or Ernie Hudson at 78

I thought he was way older than that.  

4 minutes ago, Brian said:

Less since you need to pay short term capital gain taxes. I would have said treat yourself to McDs but that shit is expensive. Maybe get a Tapatio Ramen

In N Out is back on the menu boys

1 minute ago, finaljedi said:

 

He should now post his thoughts on China's system of government.

He'll let us know his thoughts on China after BYD convinces the Chinese government to seize Tesla's assets in that country. 

15 minutes ago, ort said:

I think the boat is owned by a company in Hong Kong but operated and maintained by a different company based out of Singapore which is a shell company (actually it's multiple shell companies, like a shell company inception) that's been setup specifically to shield the parent companies involved from things just like this.

 

I'm no expert on international law, but I think it's going to be complicated.

You are probably right.  Which is why it's a good thing that the federal government is pledging that they will front the cost of cleaning up the wreckage and rebuilding the bridge.  Clawing the money from these companies could take years. 

1 minute ago, ort said:

 

I saw an interesting take from a guy who works on ships like these. This is some sort of modern super ship that's designed to be as big as possible while still fitting through the Panama Canal. There aren't actually many of these ships in service. Margins are so tight in the international shipping industry that most of them are run by overworked skeleton crews and are poorly maintained. Stopping to properly service things costs time and money so they do the bare minimum.

 

It possible the crew didn't do anything egregiously wrong, but were victims of circumstance, tight budget and poor training.

If a lack of maintenance is the cause for this incident, then I would hope the state and federal government sue the shit out of the company who operates this vessel to cover the cost of replacing the bridge as well as payouts to all of the families who lost their loved ones.  

I made 45 bucks on RDDT.  I bought 15 shares on Friday (because I'm an idiot and didn't do the pre-IPO thing) and sold a few minutes ago.  What should I do with my new found wealth?

4 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

Imagine being this fucking stupid.

 

Maybe you can help out, but how debatable is it that the quality of life, economic output, and personal freedoms in West Germany far outpaced East Germany? And the same is true to this day on the Korean peninsula.  

Only thing I would add is that South Korea was absolutely a dictatorship for the first few decades of its existence.  Since liberalization and democratization, South Korea has leapfrogged its communist brother in every measurable way. 

There are some nice little towns in Idaho.  But yeah, it's a very socially conservative state, which means racism is pretty persistent. 

Are there any comparatively sized social media companies that are publicly traded? 

Russia would have to build more Navy ships in their black sea bases, because Turkey won't allow them to bring in warships from their other bases outside of the black sea, from what I understand. 

Boooooooo

38 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

I don't see how someone can campaign successfully and have all these hearings/trials/etc at the same time. There's only so much time in a day/mental capacity for a person.

The level of stress ought to be really hard on his heart and arteries.

I kind of want X to fail and close up shop, so I can watch SpaceX launches on Youtube again.  I don't like watching rocket launches in potato resolution. 

If the perpetrators are never actually caught or killed, I wouldn't doubt that it is a false flag attack and that they'll blame it on Ukraine. 

It's so sad.  I don't think there is a single country or organization that could turn things around there.

I have a bottle of Jefferson's Ocean sitting in my cabinet.  I bought it about 6 months ago, but I haven't had any of it yet.  Well, I've had some from a different bottle at work, but this one is mine.

4 minutes ago, TUFKAK said:

Cash sure, but liquidity, come now. At least half my net worth is liquid.

I made a bunch of meme money when AMC went crazy a few years ago.  Will lightning strike twice?  BUY???

This may be too much of an inside joke unless you are a Vegas local:

Wouldn't Trump's own USMCA treaty prevent a tarrif from happening?

1 hour ago, Spork3245 said:

What states are we considering middle America that Biden won but Newsom wouldn’t appeal to? Illinois, Wisconsin? 

Not middle America, but I don't think Newsome would do well in Nevada and Arizona because of the general dislike of Californians in those states.

Judge McCaffee has made a ruling on the whole DA Willis sex scandal thing:

Willis must decide whether to withdraw her entire team (which would mean a different county/prosecutor would have to take up the case) OR Nathan Wade has to be removed from the prosecution's team.  

Also, the judge didn't throw out any of the charges against Trump and his chuds. 

24 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

It's like if two clones need to run a 100m race to get a job, but one clone got spit out of the vat as Chris Christie, and the other is Usain Bolt. 

 

Also, most examples I see of "unfair" hiring (usually women or POC over a cis white man) are cases where:

- Both candidates meet the requirements

- The cis, white man scored 99.9% and the other scored 99.8%

 

I hire people all the time, and I can tell you with 100% certainty that the people "most qualified" for a job are often the biggest assholes and you don't want them on your team. You want someone that meets certain base requirements, and then you want other non-tangible things that will help the team succeed. That includes diversity of experience and background to bring different insights to a group.

I agree.  It's not just the "what" a person does or has done, it's "how" they accomplish those things.  I have passed up hiring applicants in the past because it was clear that even if they were highly talented and skilled, they'd burn every bridge along their path. 

4 minutes ago, Ricofoley said:

Does the Biden admin think that because the vote was bipartisan that Gen Z is not gonna hold it against Biden? Because I definitely wouldn't count on that.

Gen Z has the attention span that rivals the length of a TikTok video, so I'm assuming Biden will be fine come November.