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The good years are past, and the hard ones are just beginning.

[Richard “Beebo” Russell @proverbs_14_23]

My grandfather stormed the beaches of Normandy. I once asked him what kept them pushing uphill and into the meat grinder, what kept them fighting? His answer absolutely floored me.

“We wanted Hatians to sell fake Gucci at the train station.”

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@Alt_Azn Seems like impulsiveness and lack of planning runs in the family.

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@pdubby413 @heterodoxan Compared to what level of grocery here? Just curious because when I lived in the UK (granted, years ago) groceries were definitely not cheaper though alcohol was.

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@shoshido Interesting theory but most wordcels have the cognitive ability to grasp basically all practically math...I think there is a lot of deliberate ignorance out there.

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@Gimblin Yep. In general, the value of your hope is highly correlated with the ability of this group to access your neighborhood.

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@LouPerez Total mystery why his employers viewed him as an extremely limited character.

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@shoshido Yeah, I think it's more useful to most people.

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@MattDooley42 It's a very easy place to afford a good life.

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I don't recall...all I know is that I understood what this type of mathematical anomaly meant before I graduated HS (obviously in the context of science not politics) and took statistics at my decent but not highly selective university to further cement a moderate ability to understand what numbers are telling us.

That said, I do have friends who are in wordy type jobs who went to elite schools that clearly are substantially weaker at mathematical concepts than I am.

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@shoshido From reading the NYT and other major outlets over the years, it's obviously many elites are in fact innumerate.

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@daveweigel I think a lot of people that were fine with gay advocacy 20 years ago are turned off by its subsequent ubiquity plus revolting embrace of the trans fiction.

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@Indy_reporter_ @IndyGoBus Are any of the would be mayors promising to sweep downtown of the drug addicts, homeless, mentally ill and "youth" so ordinary people can enjoy it again?

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@avidseries No one on the left wants to grapple with the fact that for the most part the poor are that way because of their own behavior and lack of ability.

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@HicksCBER Agree there is no upside to Indiana other than additional EC votes.

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@Designsage @Target Yep, the low quality staff at our local Target, Taco Bell, Chipotle, etc is notable for the total lack of white kids even though they are probably 85% of the teens that live with a mile.

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@ThomasSowell This would be more effective if it weren't for the fact that as a matter of policy Dems promise to make my life worse.

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@varadmehta The only leverage is withholding donations. Will they do it?

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@heterodoxan Taxes and over regulation sucks the vitality out of societies.

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@OwenGregorian Of course they are. There is literally nothing too revolting for them in the pursuit of power.