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always ask - why. unfiltered opinions. not being rude.

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@trivedidivya @dukhi_tsunoda If that’s your experience (and I’m sad you feel that way) it’s incredibly tragic. Finding a partner should be a deeply meaningful and fun way to get to know yourself better. If it has been humiliating in some ways, time for some introspection.

[Ian McKelvey @ian_mckelvey]

Certain physical and mental traits are incompatible with military service. This has been the case since the country was founded, and it’s not racist, bigoted, homophobic, transphobic, or any other retarded term invented by leftists. We are talking about military readiness. This not only includes defending the nation, but it also includes defending the person right next to you when the SHTF. Again, a military unit is only as strong as its weakest link, and it is immoral to put people in grave danger for the sake of “altruism” or “progressivism.”

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@0xFieldsy @aviralbhat This is 🫵

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Detach from your work identity.

[Aviral Bhatnagar @aviralbhat]

Reminder that this is all you will get once you leave the company you built from scratch, saved from bankruptcy, created $5T of value and helmed for 33 years

2 lines of thanks

[cuban 🍂 @cubantobacco]

the pH of the vagina is so acidic it can completely dissolve $1.25T in market capitalization

[𝙶𝚊𝚠𝚞𝚔𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝙼𝚐𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚊 @Somlimokazi]

Some of you drain every last bit of goodness and kindness out of a person; then you’re surprised when they no longer act as sweet and understanding as they used to. People get tired of being worn down, disrespected, and having their boundaries pushed. Eventually, you have to face the person you’ve created through your own behavior.

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Yes I’m now stuck to X.

[dish @dishinterestedd]

people who’ve left instagram permanently (or for a long duration), how did you do it? do you notice any changes in your life (mental health/lifestyle/miscellaneous)?

[atique kudchi (aka soja cat) @anteeqboiii]

PTSD - Post Travel Stress Disorder

[Dear Self. @Dearme2_]

It took me 13 years to realize, no matter how much you trust your close friends and family, don't tell them everything.

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It’s called karma.

[Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj @DeepikaBhardwaj]

Can someone tell me what cough gets triggered exactly between 12 at night and till 6-7am in the morning having a special enmity with sleep 😭😭😭😭

Antibiotics, kaadha, syrup, anti allergy sab le liya doctor ko bhi dikha liya 😭😭😭😭

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@SreeramRamdas Insanity. This malaise of babudom persists across ranks and organisations.

[Sreeram Ramdas, CFA @SreeramRamdas]

We quit.

We quit "corporate gifting" in India about 3 months ago. None of the below is my opinion; just data and facts.

7 months ago, someone had asked, which are the brands you supply to? I was vague about it back then, but here it is:

1. Trump Hotels.
2. McLaren Formula 1
3. Tottenham Hotspur FC
4. Emirates
5. 70-80% of all 5-star hotels in London City and Dubai.

These are the names of some of our old/existing customers with whom we don't have an NDA signed.

When we first took our office space in Indiranagar, we were hopeful we'd secure orders for "corporate gifting" because India is such a flourishing market, and there would be a plethora of companies that put thought into gifting/customer experience.

Sooner we realised: yes, there are a minority of brands that see quality as it is, but even if they do, their palms need to be greased. And we weren't ok with this. Straight up, procurement managers of listed IT firms have asked us for a kickback.

There were times when marketing managers/procurement guys refused to return the samples.

It wasn't always the price factor, no, but managers always preferred to award the order to a firm they knew (mostly because it was a related party, like a cousin/wife's company/etc.).

We had 2 corporate orders in the first 5 months. And this was not to be gifted in India. The first order was from a Pharma company for an event they were doing in Russia, and the 2nd order was by a mid-size Indian IT firm for their November US exhibition. None of the products they bought from us was used for local gifting.

This had been on my mind for a while. Just that now I've gathered the confidence to write about it.

[Prakash Dadlani @prakdadlani]

Whenever I meet elder bosses, I ask them: how did you start, and what was that big turning moment?

Met with the boss of a tooling factory here in China today. What was meant to be a 10 minute intro turned into > an hour.

His father was a barber who thought his scissors weren’t good enough, so he designed better blades himself.

At 14, Boss Huang dropped out of school to help make and sell them. No credentials, just grit.

He later apprenticed under a master who carved shoe-sole moulds by hand, years before CNC existed. His first overseas order was RMB 8,000 when China’s market was barely opening.

That became everything.

Today, that workshop is a massive mould factory supplying to the likes of Mitsubishi and Audi.

He’s 75 now and his brilliant son has taken the reins, though Boss Huang is proud to say, “I can still make moulds with my hands.”

His two younger brothers became respected professors.
He chose the workshop and quietly used his success to fund schools, roads, and families back in his home village.

Now he spends his days raising bonsai and playing music.

Huge respect for a man who built from nothing and gave back more than he took.

[Backpacking Daku @outofofficedaku]

There’s a special place in heaven for travelers who upload photos of restaurant menus to Google Maps while exploring new places.

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Final destination country final boss.

[Karthik 🇮🇳 @beastoftraal]

The kinds of death in India is truly bewildering.

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Same product. Different brands and pricing. This is how Ecom marketplaces scam you with food too!

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This is how shrinkflation shows up. @myfreshtohome used to sell 480 packets of chicken. Over the last 3 years that weight has shrunk to 400g. This is boneless chicken thigh. For those saying mutton is more expensive, it’s working out to be roughly the same as boneless chicken.

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@karthik2k2 The real lesson is not that doctors need exposure to wealthy, assertive patients. It’s that every patient deserves the same respect, explanation, and agency; regardless of wealth, education, or status. Can’t believe how tone deaf this post is.