wizerdrobe

Never a popular topic on HN, but I’ve been through some appalling diversity training as a white man that seems a-ok in the broader culture. I’ve left one high paying prominent fintech job over such nonsense.

Sadly, I feel this is the result - if we’re not going to be colorblind as a rule everyone is going to “wise up” (and I use the phrase loosely) and start attacking everyone else.

The entire article presses the social angle and buries the ask from Lena, in all fairness to ‘ecmascript

They have not increased the tax but still collect it.

We’ve definitely paid for the road. We pay every time we fill our tank.

They’re not bleeding or have obvious trauma?

I’m not defending the hospital in TFA, per se, but my wife recently had an ER visit on a miscarriage. She was immediately admitted and tended to be a doctor for the fact that she was hemorrhaging.

During the course of our 12 hours I came and went from her room through the waiting room and to my vehicle. Saw folks waiting hours and hours. For all I know they had a faulty pump.

When it came time for dismissal, we waited hours and hours. The attending staff were handing a GSW and a head trauma on a child. While I didn’t go full-Karen I had to drop the “my wife suffered a miscarriage and is having a mental breakdown, are we going to be banned from your hostile system if we just leave?” to receive final clearance to leave.

Triage is just… complicated. You can’t plan and staff accurately for random tragedy.

Reminds of my recent favorite fun fact: when they outlawed asbestos in home building in the Us, they allowed firms with stock on-has to keep using it if they so chose.

So dangerous we need to outlaw its sale… but hey we don’t wanna waste a few dollars here…

I used to roll BJJ with a 50-ish year old man. As a teenager he suffered a debilitating car crash and hip replacement at the time, resulting in his having a cane until his second replacement circa 2020. This allowed him to walk cane free and practice marital arts.

The technology is there for hip replacements, it would seem.

It’s called being human.

I worked next door to the church that was shot up in Charleston and felt similarly moved despite not knowing them, never having been inside the building, and not having even been a Christian at the time.

It is a bit strange at some level - not having any true connection beyond proximity but you should probably worry if you _don’t_ at least feel a little something.

I’m not at all in favor of the assert confiscation I witnessed - but - why should we care about investors from shady countries of all places?

In what jurisdiction would I be liable for verbally harassing a scammer?

I ask because worked for a cybersecurity firm and we would, on occasion, and mostly the “teh lulz” screw with phone scams. Our legal had nothing to say on that front.

What are you imagining the typical rate is in much of America. When we lived in the city we had a range of about 225 to 300 per week as of last year. Outside of the city we pay 160 per week.

The real issue was the waiting list…

I’ve never personally been bothered by the ask-to-ask, the reality is I have a 100 WPM typing speed and “Sure, Whaddya got” is muscle memory at this point in life. Pleasantries and social oddities are just part of being a human after all.

What bothers me is the folks that ask-to-ask then go ghost for 15 minutes or more. You’ve captured my attention, please capitalize on it! If you’ve broken my concentration and walked away, _that_ is rude.

Meanwhile in America I am allowed to self-remove asbestos as a homeowner no verifications required. Whereas a commercial builder is required to have certifications.

Another “fun fact,” when the asbestos ban went into place builders were still allowed to use any remaining stock they held in their warehouses. No new product could be purchased. So homes could still be built years later with a now banned substance.

Fascinating bit of law there.

It’s simple comfort food consistently cooked by an often sassy staff. Sometimes that beats a Gucci plate with opaque aioli at absurd prices.

If Bourdain says my old Waffle House beats a French laundromat who am I to argue?

Cultural institutions are something to behold.

Were these OBs practitioners of abortion? I’m confused on why they would leave, was there a stated protest or is TFA drawing a false conclusion on an existing of providers leaving the state as others already are.