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[meme] How would you rather see this land developed?

This is a pretty terrible way to make this point. The pic on the left is neater and the one on the right leaves almost no space for the people living there to do anything. You probably want a little bit of cleared land for literally anything to do on the island.

Then again, there isn't a dock. So I figure the island on the right has a better way of building boats to leave.

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This is why you need anonymous surveys and not anecdotes. But when someone asks "what do you think" extroverts are going to answer. If you don't agree then you have to speak up either there or in private afterwards otherwise no one will know.

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Help me find the words to explain my husband’s ignorant behaviour

Did you specify a time when the dishes had to be washed and put away? It's obvious to you that it needs to be done before the next meal is prepared, but is it obvious to your partner? Do they typically help you with washing, cooking or putting away if dishes? Did they learn how cooking works as a child? I find it pretty likely that your partner would find it obvious if they thought about it, but most tasks don't require deep thought.

Now naturally you shouldn't really have to put a time limit on chores, but it is a lot harder to separate ignorance from malice if you don't have clear (and potentially documented) expectations.

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Broadcom CEO tells VMWare workers to 'get butt back to office' after completing a $69 billion merger of the two companies

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Is this company public? The company I work for was like that pre IPO. And then it got a bit worse afterwards but we still got good answers to hard questions at all hands. That lasted for idk 3 years? But now 6-7 years later our all hands have been reorganized to split them up, people who used to ask the hard questions were let go or encountered to leave etc.

But hey, are you hiring?

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"...And MTG threw a tantrum on the way out. Win-win"

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This isn't a great take. If Congress paid poorly only rich people (or their minions) would be able to afford the job. If Congress paid really well, like as well as engineering or banking, then people would be more heavily incentived to compete for the slot by getting better education, or by desiring the role in the first place. Since a lot of well educated highly qualified people are working elsewhere bc it is better pay and conditions, you can tell which reality we are already in.