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i.e that white people invented absolutely everything and Europe is the only old world with history worth studying? Then again maybe it's changed in the past 15 years?

The other several billion do not give a shit, even under the most promising of conditions, because they have real, actual, human problems in their modest, meager, live-a-day lives.

Are you fucking stupid, sir? Or are you simply ignorant? Do you not understand this is the very meta-issue that finds itself under debate? Are you incapable of abstract thought?

In America, bikers simply do not follow the laws they are supposed to - and neither do cars. It's not really a "bike is victim" paradigm - it's more like nobody pays any attention to the god damn laws, at all. Because the fucking cops don't enforce the rules!

They give tickets to speeders and red light runners but NOT - NEVER, in fact, to people who don't signal when turning or changing lanes, people who drive too slowly in the fast lane, people who pass on the right, people who stop in the middle of the street to wait for a parking spot, people who do not use turn lanes appropriately, people who stop at yellow lights, people who drive too slowly, people who do not yield to pedestrians, people who block driveways, people who turn left or U-turn illegally, people who ... the list goes on for miles.

Bicycle riders make all these same mistakes as well.

There's also a very poor underclass and a shrinking middle class - just like everywhere else. It's suburban America with boring office parks and shitty chain restaurants and Target stores and burrito stands just like the other 95% of the state/region. Everything is just way more expensive because there's so much money floating around here.

For some reason it's not as popular as it used to be, which is a shame :( I think it's tough for them to compete against the heavily saturated advertising of Chili's, TGIF, Outback that sort of thing. They're kind of in a weird spot with tough competitors, even though they're way better in terms of the actual food they make.

They're probably resisting the pressure to serve food out of microwaves and bags, and paying the price :(

If you feel you were wronged, sue them for what you feel is right and move on as quickly as possible. This entire situation sounds insane. Either you or they are completely off the rocker.

Before joining Oracle, Benioff worked as an assembly language programmer at the Macintosh Division of Apple Computer, where he was inspired by the company and its co-founder, Steve Jobs.

High school entrepreneur, Apple Macintosh assembly hacker, standout Oracle executive... this guy is the real deal, the true exceptional case that you take a risk on, not the money-less 'business' (and I do put that in quotes) guy most people run across day to day.

Nitpick: by definition, great businesspeople have lots of money (value).

You should say that business people with an unknown track record are possibly undervalued.

Which is really not saying anything at all, other than it's hard to tell the future.

The most important thing to realize is that this is a test; he is testing whether or not you know how to play this game; whether or not you can be relied upon in the future to work together at this game against common opponents (not necessarily enemies, but roadblocks). In this case, author failed the test, and boss's-boss now knows that he will never be able to count on author to advance a common goal without fear of putting his foot in his mouth.

I'm a straight male so from my personal experience, women also do this in relationships. They will test you relentlessly, just like your backslapping male buddies will give you shit. It's the same exact game, with inverted strategies. In a sexual relationship or good friendship, you're expected to be dominant and talk back to these tests, in a professional relationship, you're supposed to subordinate yourself to organizational superiors.

It's really not that complicated, you just have to use your brains and your balls at the right times. You don't even really need to be a smooth talker or a great politician, it's really just about context.

This kind of thing is inherent in an elite education, and inherent in some peoples' personalities. Most people without an elite education, elite parents, or natural ability are never taught this, and they basically fuck it up at every opportunity possible until they catch on or are explicitly taught this.

I personally also got a kick out of this one because I had an extremely similar 'start' - Doom levels and script kiddie maliciousness - amazing. Unfortunately it starts to diverge when he got accepted into Stanford and started kickin' it with internet billionaires and instead I went to UCSD and spent most of my free time drinking microbrews by the beach LOL.

Guess that's why I'm not the guy who made Instagram! Now I know. :)

Well, did you ask? And by ask, I mean have a lawyer ask for you.

The majority of crooks - the 'ex-cons' you're talking about - are just shitty petty criminals or violent idiots, and get caught and punished. Why would anyone hire a shitty crook to do counter-intel against a job they failed at previously?

In other words be a rugged, outdoorsy, all-american white guy.

Pretty sure this is only confirming what was already common knowledge.