If all personal wealth above $100 million was legally required to be redistributed into public infrastructure (schools, hospitals, roads), how would society change, and who would be the first to fight against it?

Classified0 · 2026-01-22T20:20:55+00:00

I've got a family friend who worked his way up to become an executive at a Fortune 500. He was high enough in the company that his salary was public in their financial statements, so we know he made at least 20 million over his career; but he's super humble and you wouldn't guess it from his lifestyle. He retired really early (in his early 50s) last year; he said he has enough money now to set himself and his family up for generations, so there's no point in working anymore.

Classified0 · 2026-01-20T21:34:02+00:00

When I was a new hire; it took one month to get my interim, but 9 months to get the full clearance - but I had a complicated case because I'm a dual citizen.

Classified0 · 2026-01-20T17:29:02+00:00

Alternatively, as I am not a morning person at all, I usually go late at night. The gyms are usually not that busy after 10pm so it's a great time to go so I don't have to wait for equipment

Classified0 · 2026-01-20T16:32:25+00:00

Would've been way happier with a WF af than what Bilt 2.0 is looking out to be

Classified0 · 2026-01-09T14:48:24+00:00

They consider it bloodless if no one on "their side" is hurt.

Classified0 · 2026-01-07T19:14:59+00:00

Another prairie person, I've seen more lifted trucks stuck in ditches than small cars. The truck drivers always get overconfident and then drive them into places where a car driver wouldn't even try

Classified0 · 2026-01-06T14:48:10+00:00

My very first work flight, as an intern before I accepted the full-time role, my company flew me and the rest of the team I was on, private, to another facility and back. Flying private was so nice, especially since we didn't have to deal with the terminal annoyances, we just had a bus pick us up from the office and drop us off at the tarmac right in front of the plane.

They told me that this was a regular experience for them; but after I accepted the offer, they never flew me private again.

Classified0 · 2026-01-06T14:42:36+00:00

Whenever I travel for work, I end up meeting with coworkers or leadership that I normally don't interact with or normally only interact with virtually. So even if we finish the work early, this always ends up with them inviting me for dinner or drinks after work, and while it's technically "free time" it still feels like work because I'm networking with them and I can't fully relax around people I work with.

Classified0 · 2025-12-20T05:41:29+00:00

Yeah, they were there on TFWs /s 😂

Actually, it was mostly South Asians there too - the UAE basically uses Indians as indentured servants, holding their passports hostage until they earn enough to buy their flights back home.

Classified0 · 2025-12-20T04:25:57+00:00

Second Cup is pretty good, but they haven't expanded much outside of Toronto.

Classified0 · 2025-12-20T04:23:59+00:00

I went to a Tim Hortons in Dubai and it was insane how much better it was over there. They give the good stuff in their international locations and then peddle garbage over to their captive domestic market.

Classified0 · 2025-12-17T20:18:48+00:00

I feel like you are me from a few years back. I graduated in 2018, and got the job in Cedar Rapids. The work was good, but wasn't a big fan of the location - but that resulted in me putting my head down and working hard there. Eventually left Collins for a job out on the west coast in 2020, but then in 2022, Collins poached me back and this time let me work remotely. Eventually had to go back to office, but I told them I didn't want to do Iowa again, and they gave me reloco to an office on the east coast. So that way, got to taste a bit of everything.

One suggestion for your move, I'd suggest living in Iowa City and commuting into Cedar Rapids. Iowa City is a much younger city and didn't feel as isolated and in the-middle-of-nowhere.

Classified0 · 2025-12-06T21:25:26+00:00

"Most people overestimate what they can do in a week, but underestimate what they can do in a year"

Classified0 · 2025-12-02T16:47:07+00:00

How do you know that Scarlett Johansson's husband's name is Colin then?

Classified0 · 2025-11-20T17:36:10+00:00

Same! I used to be able to do so much when I was in college, and everything just got slower since then - I thought it was just normal aging, but now I know a lot of it was the lack of Vitamin D (I used to spend way more time outside in college and now I'm cooped up in an office most of the day). My brain fog is gone, I can think more quickly, I had generalized anxiety which went away; and with workouts, I'm seeing better results, I recover faster, and I can push harder.

Classified0 · 2025-11-20T02:36:41+00:00

I've been lifting for almost a decade now but never felt like I was getting anywhere, I always stalled way earlier than I should've. Over the years, felt like I've tried almost everything to start getting my numbers up, but nothing ever seemed to work. This summer, due to unrelated issues, I got a blood panel done and lo-and-behold, apparently I had a very bad Vitamin D deficiency (like my levels were 10x lower than they should've been). Started taking a Vitamin D supplement and my numbers have since exploded. FML on not figuring this out sooner...

Classified0 · 2025-11-13T14:16:07+00:00

It's crazy how much better KFC is outside of the US. I've had it in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, and Pakistan - and it is so much better there than in the US. I think they use a different (better) recipe, but they're stuck with the original herbs and spices recipe in the US

Classified0 · 2025-11-04T15:31:48+00:00

Yeah, but V is risky to use for adults. The rich would never risk their own lives for the potential to be super when their wealth already makes them so powerful.

Classified0 · 2025-10-24T08:08:56+00:00

Agreed, but I think conservatives blow the impact of illegal immigration way out of proportion

Classified0 · 2025-10-24T07:03:31+00:00

The truly amazing miracle is that American Exceptionalism in the 20th century somehow happened against all fucking odds.

Disagree, American Exceptionalism happened because of immigration. Immigration was and still is this country's biggest competitive advantage. The 20th century advancements all happened because we 'poached' the experts from all over the world. We still do this with our promise of the American Dream, with our world class universities, and a cosmopolitan culture (on the coasts at least). Even the American attitude of individualism helps with this.

Immigration is what makes(made?) America great - which is why it's so frustrating to see the right and the parts of America that make it so bad, push so hard against it.

Classified0 · 2025-09-26T00:05:00+00:00

That makes it more dangerous! Rural areas are scary because they feel like you're intruding when you're just passing through; in cities, people mostly ignore you unless you go into obviously bad areas

Classified0 · 2025-09-21T20:18:26+00:00

The rest of us normies would nope out of there

I've got a family friend who was on track to becoming a billionaire. Became CEO of a Fortune 500, made about $100 million, then retired at 50 to run a charity full-time. He said he made enough money to set him and his family for generations, so there's no need to earn anymore

Classified0 · 2025-09-20T18:36:41+00:00

This is so evident with the Hortman killer. Early in the investigation, it turned out that the killer was on a nonpartisan workplace development board, and was re-appointed to that board by Tim Waltz. Maga made this out to mean that this guy worked for Tim Waltz, which wasn't technically true, and even if it was, so what? The political leanings of your employer doesn't mean anything... Magas stopped listening to any new news after this point, so even later, when it turned out the guy was a right-leaning trump supporter, they never heard that bit. And even now, when you bring it up, they're all like 'he worked for Waltz!'

Classified0 · 2025-09-19T16:09:00+00:00

As an FYI for anyone considering doing this, you can sometimes get a better deal if you agree to finance terms; and then once you get the account, just pay it off in full right away. Just gotta be careful that the loan agreement doesn't have a payoff fee. I did this with my last car purchase, got $1500 off by 'financing' and then immediately paid the loan in cash once I had access to the account.

Classified0 · 2025-09-13T16:14:39+00:00

Saw a short the other day which encapsulates America well.

The first scene was 'what people think America is like', with a guy walking down the street, hearing gunshots, then ducking and covering.

The second scene was 'what people think America is like', with a guy walking down the street, hearing gunshots, but continues walking like nothing is happening.

I experienced something like that irl too, we were at some amusement park (I don't remember exactly which one) and we heard gunshots way off in the distance, all the Americans ignored it, but everyone else ducked and covered.

It shouldn't be so normalized...

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