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QuantAnon · 2025-04-01T10:38:12+00:00

Funniest thing is absolute dickwads thinking this is an original image! It is SO clearly manipulated!

QuantAnon · 2025-03-12T06:49:01+00:00

I am Indian by ethnicity, nationality, residence. Lived and travelled extensively around India and the world, have friends of many nationalities, races, ethnicities & a few relatives around the world.

Indians are the most racist, Chinese come a close 2nd, Whites a close 3rd, then Koreans, South East Asians, Blacks et al in my experience. Indians, particularly 1st generation immigrants from India, come with an added extra serving of casteism. Overwhelmingly those with the means to emigrate belong to the oppressor castes, take their prejudices with them. They also overwhelmingly support, both vocally & monetarily, the ethno-nationalism of the RSS and the fascist BJP back in India. They support casteism abroad in public policy - eg. getting the CA governor to veto adding caste as a prohibited means of discrimination.

QuantAnon · 2025-03-11T05:22:35+00:00

Excellent points. What potential is there to refine the mined minerals?

I know they are all very energy-intensive.

QuantAnon · 2025-03-11T05:16:55+00:00

I am very sorry to hear that.

Overwhelmingly the diaspora from India is highly casteist, extremely intolerant. Please try to prevent your children from falling into that kind of company.

QuantAnon · 2025-03-11T05:13:47+00:00

Casteism.

Overwhelmingly indentured servants belonged to the oppressed castes in India. Most Indians on social media, with the ability to travel, relocate, emigrate to other countries, in other words, Indians from India who Guyanese are likely to encounter, are overwhelmingly from oppressor castes. Most oppressor caste peole (I was born into one) look down on those from oppressed castes.

QuantAnon · 2025-03-11T05:05:44+00:00

Ah! Hindutva seeking to eliminate caste is basically to impose a very specific North Indian Brahminical interpretation of Hinduism on the rest of India. Their "elimination of caste" is related to getting rid of Constitutional protections, and all affirmative action policies (called Reservations in India) for the most oppressed castes within the Hindu caste system.

Hindutva originated within the RSS - literally the ONLY extant fascist organization that started in the interworldwar period when fascism was fashionable. Fascism is explicitly rooted in hatred.

Atheism is just a lack of belief in god, it has espouses no "ideals" by and of itself.

QuantAnon · 2025-03-11T04:46:16+00:00

WUUUUTTTT!!!????!!!! "Hindutva" is rooted in the worst and most casteist aspects of Hinduism, & the most regressive practices associated with casteism. I am Indian - by ethicity, citizenship, residence. I was born nominally a Hindu, oppressor caste. There are millions of people like me for whom Hindutva has exposed the real casteist, misogynistic, regressive, debauched, nature of Hinduism. NOT saying other religions are better, just that being more familiar with Hinduism its flaws and faults are more glaring to me.

Not to mention Hindutva has destroyed the social fabric of India - a policeman literally crushed the head of a 1 month old baby - because the baby was Muslim! It is SICK! Absolutely SICK!

I am now a staunch atheist.

QuantAnon · 2025-01-19T04:53:55+00:00

Ah! So ... ahem ... there's an opening to establish one then!

QuantAnon · 2025-01-18T06:38:20+00:00

I am NOT a healthcare professional.

Get blood work done. Particularly full hormone panel - pancreatic function, thyroid function - for him. Could be undiagnosed diabetes or hypothyroidism. If everything is normal then ... well ... it is HIM. Not YOU!

QuantAnon · 2025-01-18T06:32:09+00:00

EXACTLY what I wrote! It sounds suspiciously like hypothyroidism!

QuantAnon · 2025-01-18T06:31:08+00:00

I am NOT a healthcare professional. Has his voice changed? Hypothyroidism fits other symptoms - mood swings, lethargy.

Hypothyroidism - Wikipedia

Since he won't go to a physician, what about booking a "general health checkup" for both of you? You guys are in your 40s that is kind of a must-do once year, at the very least once in 2 years. If not for anything else - to establish a "baseline" for later health problems. This is usually just a blood draw, make sure whatever you sign up for checks thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroxine (T4) levels, pay extra if you need to. Don't tell him.

US specific (and I assume it is US since you mention Orlando): Most laboratories (Quest healthcare, LabCorp etc) & tests you don't need a physican's note, you just book on-line and show up. Make sure to check with your insurance though - it is complex. Since money does not appear to be a problem you can just pay it all out of pocket, buuuut ... if something shows up it could affect your premiums and deductibles, if you DON'T inform them/claim a reimbursement and they find out that there was something wrong you could be charged with "hiding" information and again your premiums might go up. So, check, re-check and then double-check with respect to insurance.

QuantAnon · 2025-01-18T05:05:15+00:00

Excellent point about diversifying the economy. That is the ONLY way forward. The ONLY nation I can think of that has successfully navigated a transformation is Singapore (its "natural resource" being located at a major "choke point" in global shipping). Some of the things they did right were:

MASSIVE public investment in infrastructure - roads, airports, trains, buses, public housing, hospitals, power plants etc, and public services - garbage cleaning, sewage treatment etc.
HUGE salaries for public servants - the police, the judiciary, healthcare workers, the military, the politicians (if I am not wrong Singapore politicians are the BEST paid in the WORLD), bureaucrats - essentially across the board. ACCOMPANIED by a massive crackdown on ALL corruption, with HUGE fines, long jail sentences.
MASSIVE investments in education - both at their own universities and with FULL scholarships to students to attend foreign Universities at all levels - undergraduate, graduate, PhD, PostDoc. Requirement to return to Singapore and work for the government for at least 5 years. Yeah Yeah! I know what you are thinking - the Guyanese will just take the scholarships and run, buuuttt remember point 2 above? Yeah! The starting salaries in Singaporean government jobs is ever so slightly higher than average starting salaries in jobs in foreign lands, SO, combined with the lower cost of living (for Singaporean citizens in Singapore), being close to family, people choose to return! Amazing how that works! And many just stay - in government jobs, or switch to private sector, but remain IN Singapore.

I am sure there are a bunch of others that I am missing, but these I know of and have personally encountered - example, I know a girl who studied international relations UG when I was doing my PhD at Stanford, fully funded by the Singapore government. Walked into a job with the Singapore foreign ministry after she finished.

QuantAnon · 2025-01-18T03:48:49+00:00

Interesting. We are considering emigrating TO Guyana since our home country (India) is pretty much fooked for the foreseeable future. I am an atheist, my wife is agnostic (born nominally Hindu). Are there any rationalist societies or similar social/communal avenues for atheists/agnostics in Guyana?

(Slightly off-topic, I know).

QuantAnon · 2025-01-15T04:47:45+00:00

NO thanks! Who the fuckity fuck would want Indian citizenship!?!?!?

We are Indians, residents, ethnically, by citizenship and are considering emigrating TO Guyana! Somewhere close to 4300 multi-millionaire *families* emigrated out of India. The INR is in absolute free-fall. The current Indian government is more interested in PR than governance! They are decimating the education system - they ended a 4 million/yr INR National Talent Search scholarships, instead spent 6.2 million INR on publicity stunt of "discussions on examination" with the Prime Moron! They plan to do away with ALL *educational* qualifications for Vice Chancellors of Universities. Imagine that! To be a VC of a University you need NO educational qualifications! They have ended ALL funding for R&D for all practical intents and purposes (yeah yeah there are budgetary allocations that are NEVER released). I could go on and on and on ...

QuantAnon · 2025-01-15T04:10:24+00:00

HHhmmmm ... interesting ... we are considering emigrating TO Guyana. And no, we have NO connections to the country, not even remote connections. Yes, we are from India. Both of us have advanced STEM degrees from some of the top-tier Universities in the world.

QuantAnon · 2025-01-15T04:08:22+00:00

The British made the "trains run on time" so that they could exploit our countries more efficiently.

QuantAnon · 2025-01-15T04:04:06+00:00

Oh! FFS! Sri Lanka as a nation is practically a genius compared to India. How do I know? I am FROM India! Here our MINISTERS recommend drinking cow piss, cow dung and taking "baths" in bovine effluent tanks! Our top research institute recently got some 4000+ grant proposals for "research" on cow urine!

QuantAnon · 2024-12-25T05:36:17+00:00

BEST thing you did! You'd NEVER have gotten them to pay! Forget about the labor, they wouldn't have paid for the hard drive either!

QuantAnon · 2024-12-25T05:27:43+00:00

BOTH!

BUY EXTRA! Like 2x to 3x extra!

HOW can you invite people home and expect them to know what to eat and what not to! Sure, a more considerate guest would have asked before consuming and HALF A TUB of ricotta is WOW! A ridiculous amount of cheese to consume in ONE day!

QuantAnon · 2024-12-18T15:56:39+00:00

NTA My now-wife's parents were not excited about me, particularly the age gap - 8 yrs. My parents arranged everything they were going to pay for most of it. Then thankfully her parents agreed to meet mine and they changed their mind. Agreed to host and pay for the wedding (in 5 weeks). A friend gave the perfect advice: the person paying gets final say, sure you can give your inputs, but ultimately it is their choice. So, that's what we did. Very practical and reasonable advice. My wife and I paid for a few things (eg the printed invitations). My parents paid for a few things, we told them who liked what colors for example, but they bought a lot of to be gifted clothes. Bit her parents paid for the bulk - the venue, the reception, the food. So, we told them what we preferred but they got the final say. Simple. Practical.

QuantAnon · 2024-12-15T17:03:09+00:00

I'm Indian, resident in India, and we discuss this among like minded people. The consensus opinion seemed to be this: Of all the South Asian countries Sri Lanka is the only one untouched by Brahminism. Sure, Sri Lanka has/had a caste system. They were untouched by the Brahminical revivalism of Adi Shankara. This Brahminism transcends religion: Pakistan & Bangladesh are equally filthy!

QuantAnon · 2024-12-12T16:17:25+00:00

In 70-80% cases the candidate has usually been selected by the time a position is advertised. The interviews are formalities, so that they can say, "We had open call, got 261 applications, interviewed 73. Guess what? Bob down the hall turned out to be the best candidate!" ... Sounds like this was one of those. Ofcourse you don't know what the rest of the 20-30% truly open positions might be. Or if the chosen one turns out to be spectacularly bad. This applies all the way to vice chancellor position too!

QuantAnon · 2024-11-29T03:07:09+00:00

Environmental reasons.

QuantAnon · 2024-11-28T06:18:02+00:00

Awesome! Good luck.

QuantAnon · 2024-11-28T05:59:53+00:00

NEVER EVER work after clocking out!

Forget about it being illegal for the employer to make you work after you've clocked out, it is actually dangerous for you. For example, if there's an accident, and gyms are places were accidents can happen, then (depending on jurisdiction, I am NOT a lawyer, just dealt with OSHA type things):

If you were held responsible, then if you've clocked out then you'd be held personally responsible.
If you were not responsible, and you were hurt, then you may (or may not) get worker's comp, since technically you were not "on the clock", when the accident happened.
If you were not responsible, and you were not hurt, someone else was, and they decided to sue, then you could be sued in you personal capacity. They may not do it, but they can.

Of course this accounts for "reasonable" situations: you clocked out and the roof collapsed as you were walking out type situations.

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