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@sickburnbro Tariffs will only hurt the American people.

@deprecated_ii To be fair, leeches are very commonly used in skin graft and digit reattachment procedures.

Key findings:
1) Lower confidence with 5th & 6th grade (Average 10-11 yrs old)
2) 79% of girls report large amounts of pressure and stress.
3) Median usage of social media by 5th graders is 4-6 hours per day.
4) Extreme sadness increased for all minor females.
5) 55% said they are afraid because the don't want to seem bossy.
6) School is the top stressor for minor females.

What are their recommendations: more money, more empowerment, more coddling

Here's some interesting information from the Non-profit, ROX (Ruling Our eXperiences), which collects survey information of young females' feelings (highly valuable information, I'm sure you'll agree /s).

If you examine their results for 2022-2023 of +17k, 5-12th grade minor females accompanied by an adult during the survey, you'll see an interesting pattern: they aren't happy with their lives.
(Source: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/62f55ec3c3784d0f3ec88011/t/652e82db5106ce74477b86b5/1697546987596/The+2023+Girls%27+Index+by+ROX+Full+Report.pdf)

@Invictus With a foreclosure notice, I know it's incorrect because I am up-to-date on my bills.

Even if it was legitimate, I'd still rather a foreclosure notice because the other three involve the government directly.

@deprecated_ii Yes, because that means part of your pay can be used to fund "benefits".

@deprecated_ii Centurii-Chan's artwork is always good. Dovahhatty used it well.

@deprecated_ii Across for show.

@Justicar Yes, I understand that you respect the office/the rank and not the person in such a situation. I perhaps should have been more clear that I was taking the information about specific roles and attempting to apply it broadly.

This leads me to conclusions:
1) Be direct with females generally and with males under my authority to achieve an objective.
2) Only in the rare circumstances when someone merits respect would I be able to ask "Would you mind doing...?" because it shows said respect I have for them.
3) Even if I wish that I could have "the milk of human kindness by the quart in every vein", I can't, because most people have a strict placement in their dominance hierarchy. To work with them, I must play the game.

At least that is the impression I have gained on further reflection. I ponder that kindness can be shown between those of strength and authority where respect is understood such as between two male business partners who know one anothers' strengths and rely upon one another, but in today's society, this is rare. There are so few "men" (those males worthy of respect by their virtues).

I have been contemplating a conversation I once again had with my mentor in an organization. He says that when I am in a role of authority, I should tell people to do things instead of asking them.

Thinking on this lead me to consider that I generally prefer asking politely because to me it has always showed respect between individuals. This also lead to the question of if I see those in subordinate roles as worthy of respect. The problem is: kindness is equated to deference and submission.

@Mondobizarrro If you only par-boil your pasta and then bake it in its sauce, it will absorb the flavor more effectively. Keep up the good cooking!

@Autumn Beautiful! I saw a Rose-breasted Grosbeak the other day myself.

@Justicar @Tfmonkey Yes to the above.

@Furgar "Money given value by your labour"
>>> Labor Theory of Value.

@Furgar #2 is partially correct in that the bank never "gives you" the money. The funds are transferred to the seller of the property for which you have acquired a mortgage. They don't pass on "an IOU or bad debt" (there is no definition of bad debt mentioned here) to you to someone else any more than when you pay via cheque for an electric bill. You don't repay the loan with "REAL money" any more than they pay the former owner of the property.

@Furgar That is incorrect. When you deposit cash into a bank, you are parting with a money substitute, and that claim is then classed as a deposit subject to cheque on the bank's books. While they loan funds out to entities, to say that banks "gamble on international markets" is disingenuous because you wouldn't say that you loaning a friend $20 is "gambling on the local market", especially considering the bank has more legal recourse to take you to court if you don't pay them than you do.

Beyond the fact that the plot of the Horus Heresy series requires a certain ending to facilitate the context for Warhammer 40K, I don't understand why it was so difficult to see the demons as merely xenos of the Warp. Was there not one person who counseled this idea instead of merely saying "Demons don't exist!" Again we have a problem with definition which would be solved if people just asked "What do you mean by ____?" In a world of psychers and the Warp, the Imperial Truth is valid.