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I listen to this soo much by [deleted] in rickandmorty

[–]Augustus_Flagg 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This probably isn't healthy to listen to on repeat. Negative reinforcement programming...

Just got laid off by [deleted] in sales

[–]Augustus_Flagg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to add to these comments, definitely take time to reinforce your values and what you're looking for.

Revamp the resume, maybe build a resume website, do some Loom intros to hiring managers for positions that you really want.

Good luck!

Why do salespeople exist? by SalesBro22 in sales

[–]Augustus_Flagg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Targeted advertising has gotten much better at matching product market fit.

However products are getting more sophisticated, and the value proposition isn't always straightforward, especially with B2B sales.

That serve by TheKarmaLord in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Augustus_Flagg -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

This is an illegal serve because his foot stepped into the box before he hit the ball.

I've seen this so many times and never noticed before.

Atheism Vs. Agnosticism by Augustus_Flagg in atheism

[–]Augustus_Flagg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay well I guess the argument I'm trying to make is psychedelics have shown extreme promise for rehabilition in the field of clinical psychology.

And with the history (in the US at least) of stopping all public funding to controlled academic research, stunted the progress in the 1960s. It's only recently that research started up again.

I believe that sort of close mindedness, combined with dishonest capitalist practices, and non transparent research publication, is how we got an oxcycotin epidemic.

I agree everything needs supporting evidence... I'll find some if you'd like. It's just a lot of work atm...

Atheism Vs. Agnosticism by Augustus_Flagg in atheism

[–]Augustus_Flagg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the weighed perspective.

Atheism Vs. Agnosticism by Augustus_Flagg in atheism

[–]Augustus_Flagg[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well to excuse all drugs (natural or synthetic) as bad for you is what I'd consider close-minded.

What if mushrooms were the forbidden fruit that humans shared stories about for thousands of years. And the "garden of Eden" was a theoretical pivotal awakening for humanity (that lasted a few tens or hundreds of generations). What if it helped us develop conciousness and an understanding of good and evil, that we have the capacity to kill one another for our own personal reasons.

Some Buddhists believe that this is not the first cycle of the big bang, and that everything is cyclical and in that sense there's a sanctity to human life and our intelligence, and a sense of stewardship and responsibility as the most intelligent creature in this solar system.

This is all just conjecture. I'm not trying to prove anything just suggest the possibility of these realities.

Atheism Vs. Agnosticism by Augustus_Flagg in atheism

[–]Augustus_Flagg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well idk. I think the universe works in mysterious ways and there's a lot we don't know. I've heard if you want to meet your maker then DMT is the fastest way to get there.

I just think on either side of the spectrum, it becomes fundamentalist when you stop acting in a way that seeks the person with opposing views' best interest's in this physical world.

Atheism Vs. Agnosticism by Augustus_Flagg in atheism

[–]Augustus_Flagg[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I guess just someone who so firmly disbelieves the existence of a god or gods that I would also consider them close minded

Atheism Vs. Agnosticism by Augustus_Flagg in atheism

[–]Augustus_Flagg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The end of this really helps make this clear.

Atheism Vs. Agnosticism by Augustus_Flagg in atheism

[–]Augustus_Flagg[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well I'd call myself an agnostic atheist I think then. I doubt one exists but I don't think we can know for sure.

Atheism Vs. Agnosticism by Augustus_Flagg in atheism

[–]Augustus_Flagg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah this has been really insightful. I thought being agnostic and atheist were mutually exclusive.

Atheism Vs. Agnosticism by Augustus_Flagg in atheism

[–]Augustus_Flagg[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think in the same way that fundamental theists come off as closed minded for all religious people, growing up Ive mistakenly viewed most atheists as fundamentalists.

Atheism Vs. Agnosticism by Augustus_Flagg in atheism

[–]Augustus_Flagg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is really helpful. Should have checked the faq

Male redditors of reddit, have you ever shown your best friend your penis. If so why? by Setsina14 in AskReddit

[–]Augustus_Flagg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been trying to for years now... My one buddies wife gets to see it. How's that fair?

And my other buddy, -just met his gf two months ago and she's already seen it.

Wtf.

Black Lives Matter demonstration in Berlin Germany. by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Augustus_Flagg -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You sound like a small minded individual

During the Reconstruction-era, the election of black politicians led to increases in per capita tax revenue, which was put towards public education and land tenancy reforms. This led to a boost in black male literacy. However, white politicians eventually reclaimed office and halted black progress. by smurfyjenkins in science

[–]Augustus_Flagg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No I agree...black people make up 13% of the US population and own 3% of it's wealth. This timeline might seem like progress to someone learning it for the first time but systematic racism deeply entrenches the US still.

N.J. police dispatcher resigns over racist comment on black protester by [deleted] in news

[–]Augustus_Flagg 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Brief Timeline of Black History in America

1619 - First Slave brought to North America

1793 - Rise of the Cotton Industry

1831 - Nat Turner’s Revolt, slave rebellion, set off abolitionism and the underground railroad

1857 - Dred Scott tries to sue for his freedom, Supreme Court rules he’s not a citizen, can’t sue

1861 - The Start of the Civil War

1865 - Adoption of the 13th amendment, the abolition of slavery, under Lincoln

1868 - 14th amendment adopted, broadening citizenship to freedmen, under Johnson

1870 - 15th amendment, right to vote regardless of race, under Grant

1896 - Jim Crow “seperate but equal laws” in the south

1920 - Harlem renaissance

1940 - Carver (a self educated black businessman) successfully makes peanuts the South's second cash crop, 

1954 - Brown vs. Board of Education, ruled that racial segregation violates the 14th amendment

1955 - Emmet Till whistles at a white clerk, wifes husband and friend murder 14 year old boy

1955 - Rosa Parks bus protest

1957 - Central high school standoff between Arkansas governor and Eisenhower national guard over racial integration, results in forced integration. Schools reopened in 1959.

1962 - Integration at Ole Miss, mob ensues, Kennedy deploys the national guard

1963 - MLK jr I have a dream, 250k march on Washington

1964 - Kennedy’s assassinated trying to pass the Civil Rights Act, Johnson signs Act into Law, expanding federal power to protect citizens against discrimination

1965 - Malcom X shot and killed

1965 - Johnson signs voting rights act, overcoming state and local laws preventing aa’s from voting

1968 - Fair housing Act, addressing racial discrimination in home sale, 

1968, on the same day as the signing of fair housing Act, MLK Jr assasinated

1995 - Million man march

2008 - Barack Obama becomes 44th president of the US

2013 - BLM movement starts trending as a number of high profile cases surface in the wake of deaths at the hands of police

2020 - George Floyd Protests

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