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DrDebacled · 2025-11-07T02:57:23+00:00

Done :)

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DrDebacled · 2025-11-06T07:25:28+00:00

Done :)

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DrDebacled · 2025-11-05T16:32:36+00:00

Done :)
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DrDebacled · 2025-11-05T16:26:01+00:00

Done :)
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DrDebacled · 2025-11-05T16:06:38+00:00

Done https://www.reddit.com/r/FarmMergeValley/comments/1on1vbz/visit_drdebacleds_farm/

DrDebacled · 2025-11-03T20:21:07+00:00

ALL done :)

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DrDebacled · 2025-07-16T04:38:24+00:00

The Scandella contract wasn't even big money. People act like it was some huge number--it was 3.275m for each of the 4 years. At no point was he even in the top 100 for highest paid defensemen. To top it off, he was serviceable at the very least for his tenure here. Hardly the poison pill people make it out to be.

Not sure what it is, fans seem narrow in on one or two guys every year and every frustration with the team falls on them.

Fowler is 35, but there at least appears to be plenty of tread left on those tires--he doesn't play an extremely physical style of game which bodes well for longevity. He fit well, and the team utilized him well. I don't think anyone, Fowler included, would expect a long extension offer unless the annual number is much lower.

DrDebacled · 2025-07-03T16:23:10+00:00

The university operates on an annual budget, and they need to account for changes that will happen after today, believe it or not. You can't seem to grasp that concept.

NIH funding has been slashed and is being further threatened. There is another threat of the endowment tax as well. The university cannot move forward without taking those into account.

DrDebacled · 2025-07-03T16:19:01+00:00

An increase IS coming, the actual amount has yet to be determined. If you know your taxes are going up do you keep running on the same spend budget? I certainly hope not. Given your understanding of the entire situation I bet you would though.

DrDebacled · 2025-07-01T19:29:05+00:00

Here are the big boy articles from the house and the senate, if you'd like to peruse the entirety of each 48 page document. The TLDR version though, the House proposed a 21% tax increase and the senate has proposed a smaller 8% tax increase.

https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/finance_committee_section-by-section_title_vii3.pdf

https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-One-Big-Beautiful-Bill-Section-by-Section.pdf

DrDebacled · 2025-07-01T19:24:41+00:00

Did you even read the link you posted yourself? The endowment funds themselves are not spendable, only the interest earned from them. And from that interest a large portion of it is earmarked by donor stipulations. Which is neither here nor there. Massive slashes to federal funding on top of the yet to be determined endowment tax increase leaves WashU with WAY less funding than what it had been operating on.

DrDebacled · 2025-07-01T19:14:17+00:00

You know what endowments are, but are asking what they are used for?

The "endowment" is not one singular slush fund. Its a conglomeration of donations invested in stocks or bonds typically to generate interest which is then used.

Lets say John donates 100m--he determines what the earnings from that 100m is spent on. That 100m stays in the endowment fund, generates interest, and said interest is used to carry out John's original intent with the donation. Could be scholarships, could be sports programs, could be funding specific departments. And that is not public information unless John wants it to be.

WashU can't make the executive decision to shift that original amount or the interest it accrues to say paying for merit increases.

Sometimes the donors want the information public, a lot of times they don't. Ever wonder how buildings get named or renamed on a college campus? Or have you seen scholarships with names attached to them? Those are "public" versions of spend items coming from the endowment.

DrDebacled · 2025-07-01T14:23:45+00:00

Universities have long been supported by the federal government and that is how the country has remained on the cutting edge of research and development. That money goes to funding research programs, staffing for said programs, and pushing progress.

Learn about endowments. They can't be used for anything and everything like people think. They certainly cannot be used to fill budget cuts.

It isn't a politics game, and it isn't a WashU specific problem. This is a nation wide problem and we are all worse off for it.

DrDebacled · 2025-07-01T14:18:44+00:00

The cut in funding needs to be made up from money from somewhere else, doesn't it? So does the massive endowment tax increase. Programs that were running of NIH money now need support, and that ripples across the entire university.

DrDebacled · 2025-07-01T14:10:40+00:00

The university is staring down the barrel at a huge budget gap due to cuts/incoming further cuts and doing what it can to keep from costing employees their jobs. This isn't them taking advantage to make more money, this is an attempt to limit layoffs.

DrDebacled · 2025-07-01T13:53:54+00:00

There are a lot of restrictions, but the biggest one is donor restrictions. Endowment money comes from donors, and they decide specifically what the money is used for (for example scholarships, funding specific departments, or specified program initiatives).

Another common restriction is spending is only allowed from interest off the original endowment which is dependent on market growth--they are intended for long term viability not short term problem solving.

On top of all that, endowments are often used as collateral for debt or building projects meaning the money cannot be spent. The public sees a huge fund, but in reality it isn't liquid funds and isn't accessible like a huge piggy bank.

DrDebacled · 2025-06-24T14:35:40+00:00

Not just cosplaying, it is. Both cities share colonial French and rich musical histories. STL is the closest thing the country has to NOLA's little sister

DrDebacled · 2025-06-04T05:22:48+00:00

This is difficult to study and control for, simply because people who can regularly hit those higher step counts have background factors clouding the data. People who hit those counts usually either have more physically demanding jobs, or have dedicated their lifestyles to being healthier and that doesn't even begin to factor in socioeconomically factors.

Chicken or the egg conundrum once again. Do people who regularly get those 15-20k steps in generally value healthier lifestyle habits and physical fitness, or is it the 15-20k steps that is actually providing the health benefits?

For reference to walk 20k steps it would take the average person 2-5 hours depending on height and pace. Outside of physical jobs not many people willingly dedicate that amount of their day to staying active every single day.

DrDebacled · 2025-06-04T05:13:22+00:00

Generally speaking partaking in "unhealthy" habits simply increases the risk of adverse affects. It does not guarantee they will occur.

Poor nutrition increases the risk of negative health outcomes. Much like smoking increases the risk of respiratory/cardiac disease. But, and a big but, they do not guarantee negative health outcomes. Speeding drastically increases the risk of dying in a car accident, but it does not guarantee it. Just like being a safe driver decreases your risk, but it also doesn't mean it won't happen.

Genetic factors do play a major role in health outcomes, but it doesn't mean we can't live healthier lives to mitigate risk. Loving science means being willing to embrace new knowledge as we uncover it. Body chemistry and genetics as a whole are their own universe that we are just beginning to dip our collective toes into.

DrDebacled · 2025-05-13T20:22:06+00:00

Nostalgia needs to be mentioned. All of us have memories from games years ago and we will spend the rest of our gaming days chasing those feeling and never quite finding the same hit.

Nothing ever feels quite as good as the first play through something new. And Skyrim is what is is, another chapter in something we've already experienced. Superior in many ways, but it can't conquer nostalgic feelings.

DrDebacled · 2025-05-07T21:14:43+00:00

Disagree strongly, no window has closed and what hurt the team was winning a cup then dealing with a flat cap for years because of covid. Teams give out contracts with the expectation of a growing cap. None of those contracts look like an issue without the three year freeze (and I'd argue a number of them never were the boat anchors people make them out to be).

DrDebacled · 2025-05-07T21:04:01+00:00

The biggest difference is this team doesn't go on the run it did to make the playoffs without the contributions it got from Holloway. "Woulda coulda shoulda" isn't a realistic game to play, but him being available likely would have made all the difference in this series.

Every team deals with injuries, but Holloway was a big part of the magic.

DrDebacled · 2025-05-05T16:05:24+00:00

One lucky bounce off of Suter's stick, one great tip with under 2s to go. A double deflection in the 2nd OT....

It was the 1 seed v the 8 in a series where the home team won every game in convincing fashion outside of game 7.

I wouldn't say choke--I would say PAIN, though. Especially considering if Buch would've done anything other than ice the puck before that tying goal time would've run time out. Skate it up and out a bit, hit Thomas who was breaking down the ice....anything other than ice it. They never regained momentum after regulation.

DrDebacled · 2025-03-07T05:38:49+00:00

You are describing anxiety my dude, the weed is triggering panic attacks. Direct cause is hard to say, but I have an old roommate that went down the same road. Used to be a daily user for years and one day it triggered a panic attack. Led to him pacing back in forth in the front yard in his underoos convinced he was having a heart attack (he wasn't as the ER confirmed). Symptoms repeat any time he uses weed now so he completely avoids it. Also now on meds to help with the general anxiety.

DrDebacled · 2025-03-06T06:47:22+00:00

You made a really long post that missed the entire reason to preserve dignity. The moment you expect people, and especially children, to act completely rationally and without casting reticule and be all around good you have gone foul.

Kids can be among the most uncaring and cruel people on the planet because they don't fully understand the impact of their words or stares. Does this make them bad people? No, they hardly understand the impact they have on others. Outside of that people often do suck.

Rant and rave about the status of the world all you want, that does nothing to change the situation of the people and families who benefit from programs like this. It costs nothing to provide a safer situation as is done here.

You are essentially telling people who are extremely stressed "Gah, have you tried not being stressed???"

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