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If self-determination means an enthnostate then no people has that right. If every ethnic group had its own state in which it was guaranteed supremacy, the world would be a complete mess. It doesn't work. We are seeing in Israel/Palestine a thoroughly worked out example of why it doesn't work, and what the consequences are when you try to make it work.

It isn't victim culture to not like an advert.

Apple's customers don't like the advert. There's not point in Apple arguing with them. Its like trying to argue with someone about whether a joke is funny. If they didn't laugh the first time, having a debate about it just makes it worse.

Naively I wonder if the tendency towards "plausible bullsh*t" could be problem here? Making very convincing legal arguments that rest of precedents that don't exist etc.

I wish I lived in a society where I could have a kid at 25 rather than 35 without messing up my life. I feel like we ignore how nice it must be to have another 10 years with your parents in your life.

Peter principle 2 years ago

But you can't e.g. prove your ability to manage without being given a team to manage...

Peter principle 2 years ago

Even better, have time-limited temporary promotions, which automatically revert after 6 months or a year. Permanent promotions are generally only available to those who have done a temporary promotion in the past.

That gives the organisation a way to tell if you are ready for permanent promotion, but removes the humiliating experience of "not passing your probation".

Life After Ozempic 2 years ago

The evidence would suggest that it is that hard for an majority of the human population, within the current western social context, food environment etc.

I say that as someone who has lost significant weight and kept it off for a number of years. But it was not as simple as "put down the fork". I basically have to calorie count every morsel. If I left it to my own mind or just told myself to "put down the fork" I'd be fat again in no time. My mind fundamentally doesn't seem to know when I have eaten enough food.