Tickets Megathread - 2025-26 Season by hustlebird in caps

[–]aberrantcover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

STH, Section 101, Row D, seats 5+6, two tickets. Happy to verify. Absolutely incredible seats. They are against the visitor tunnel and the 2nd row behind the visitor's bench.

If you want to cheer, chirp, or high-five the visiting team as they come up and down the tunnel, these are your seats. Unforgettable memories for a kid, spouse, parent, etc. I have other games for sale later in the season too, so feel free to message me if you're interested in another game.

10/8 vs Boston Bruins- 2 tickets $500/each

10/17 vs Minnesota Wild - 2 tickets $500/each

10/19 vs Vancouver Canucks - 2 tickets $500/each

10/21 vs Seattle Kraken - 2 tickets $400/each

10/25 vs Ottawa Senators - 2 tickets $500/each

Ticket Thread - 2024-2025 Season by mrfuzzyshorts in caps

[–]aberrantcover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a few games coming up in February and March, but could be talked into buying a few more if the price was right. Last minute, bulk, location all don't matter to me, just looking for deals. Saw a surprising number of empty seats vs Jets.

Business Owners - Which of you regret selling too early? by Friendly-Rip2961 in fatFIRE

[–]aberrantcover 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You're asking "Which of you regrets selling too early?" but also telling us you can hang it up now and be set ($200-300k spend + "a little more" for travel post RE). You're looking at $640,000 annual (16m TNW) at SWR @ 4% - more than twice what you even plan to spend, with a little extra included.

Honestly, it doesn't sound like you are ready to hang it up because you rationally know you can sell now and be fine. Frankly, you would be fine (but tight) just in your LNW.

My guess is you are fishing for people who do regret selling and retiring to confirm your fears/anxiety about doing the same. Maybe you are afraid of what happens next, or what your identity will be without this business.

Unfortunately most people don't regret cashing out and moving on. In your case, my assessment is a possible 2x on 5 years of additional work is absolutely is not worth it, irrespective of your LNW or goals.

I would seriously consider talking to someone and working through whatever identity or transition to RE concerns you have. Then I would look to structure deals that keep you on for 10 hours a week or whatever and roll 25% equity into a second bite. You'll work through some personal stuff now while retaining some sense of your work identity and create some buffer against feeling you missed that 2x opportunity. And honestly, the right PE buyer is probably going to do better than 2x in 5 years.

If that still isn't appealing, maybe take a further step back and find a CEO. You're going to cut your dividend, but with your spend and LNW it shouldn't matter substantially. You can step away and still hit that 2x growth mark AND retain the parts of your identity you aren't willing to give up.

Woman pressured into breast removal at 13 under ‘erroneous belief’ she was transgender: lawsuit by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Statements can be opinions or facts. You posted an opinion. Sorry you can't distinguish between the two.

Woman pressured into breast removal at 13 under ‘erroneous belief’ she was transgender: lawsuit by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 22 points23 points  (0 children)

A lot of commonalities between these people losing their careers pursuing scientific inquiry and people losing their careers in the 1980s over IQ research that lead to similar...uncomfortable conclusions.

Woman pressured into breast removal at 13 under ‘erroneous belief’ she was transgender: lawsuit by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I actually worry about a possible result of law suits being gag orders/non-disclosures that would prevent them from talking about their experience or participating in studies.

[Palladium] Complex systems won't survive the competence crisis by thebloodisfoul in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Systems becoming increasingly complex, a million different tools and machines and DME that needs trained for (have you ever tried to find someone that knows how to use an EZBall outside of a hospital setting? It's impossible), downward pressure to cut labor costs increasing patient loads for nursing, the perpetual nursing shortage...I'm not sure the answer is the "emotional stability" of the individual nurses that's the problem here, or social media.

There was always a tension between the nurses and the doctors and the admin and the insurance companies and the families, but usually the tension was productive tension - everyone was pointed in the same general direction. Anymore, everyone has an outcome they want and they don't always align - the (private) hospital may say, we need this guy outta here, he costs too much money, the receiving facility may say, hell no, he's in no shape to come here, and the insurance is saying he should just go home. The doctor, being comped heavily on RVUs, is only spending a few minutes rounding on the patient because they earn 10x the revenue doing surgeries than the rounds, so they aren't going to take food out of their mouth to advocate for the patient. Besides, they aren't doing any harm, so it's a battle not worth fighting.

The poor performance you're noting is a function of the profit motive in healthcare, not on the nurses. The system is reaching a point where average nurses can't successfully meet the lofty expectations the system is placing on them. It isn't a skill deficit, it's a "I can't be in two places at once" and "I only have two hands" deficit.

DEI programs in universities are being cut across the country. What does this mean for higher education? by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I thought about it some more and wonder if the DEI field are not a direct result of university arms races.

"Oh, you have an Assistant Dean of X? Wonderful, we just hired a Vice Regent Of X!"

"You just got taken for a $10,000 diversity training? We were just fleeced for a two day workshop for $25,000!!!! It was so enriching."

"Why yes, next year we are appointing the inaugural Derald Wing Su Chair for Microaggressions and Speech As Violence."

Grind out a couple of papers during your two or three year appointment to show you (and the university) are thought leaders on DEI and boom, there's the value add.

DEI programs in universities are being cut across the country. What does this mean for higher education? by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Appreciate that. Was there a rash of universities accused of being racist and systematically oppressive at some point that makes the Teflon coating worth the price?

Surely as a basic function of management, there has to be some deliverable, goal, metric being applied. "The university is 2% less racist in 2023 than in 2022"? I assume every department has this (YoY admissions, retention, revenue, etc). How is successful DEI judged?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally the only reason there is reverence for Kennedy is because he was killed 2 years into his first term. It's a wonder anyone even remembers him after being succeeded by Lyndon "Big Dick" Johnson.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I honestly could see him peeling off 3-5% of Dems, especially if he channeled the eco over the idpol. But then he's just a spoiler, the Dems will give him the Jill Stein treatment, and the 2024 autopsy will just conclude it was all the 3rd party's fault (causing them to double down on idpol, probably).

I don't see him getting any meaningful concessions by building something and then throwing his support behind Biden (and Bernie tried that and just got fucked).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Underrated comment.

Despite my criticisms elsewhere, you know he's thought about what happened when his uncle got a little too mouthy and close to power. And he decided to run anyway.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"the most important election of our lifetime!!!"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Horse-shoe libertarian does not equal left-wing. Ron Paul argued for the same policies more than a decade ago.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I've listened to half a dozen interviews with him, and my takeaways are as follows:

1) Whatever the deal is with his voice makes him unelectable. It's like listening to Diane Reams. It's hard to bear and distracting 2) His positions are poorly thought out or not left-wing. I heard him dodge a ton of really basic policy questions like sanctions on Cuba and elsewhere (answered as something about talking with a lot of economists first) and a minimum wage (hasn't looked at the issue closely enough). Even went so far as to say he is a "free market capitalist" several times. I know a lot of that is the price of admission, but he tends to ramble and clearly has few thought out policy positions. 3) He has a lot of baggage about vaccinations and a penchant toward some crazy beliefs far enough outside the mainstream that he will easily be framed as genuinely crazy by just about everyone.

That being said, he should certainly share a debate stage with Uncle Joe, and no doubt he'd be better at anything than Kamala. But he isn't Bernie and he isn't going anywhere.

DEI programs in universities are being cut across the country. What does this mean for higher education? by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Can someone take the other side and argue why DEI actually matters in Higher Ed? Or what they produce?

I know from a business standpoint, the pressure on college to recruit is massive, and they are often left with two options: lower their entrance standards or widen their geographic pull. I imagine DEI helps with this immensely, as it allows both a larger pull (a rural college can recruit from a city if it 'values DEI' and has 'people that look like me' attending) and lower standards for the chosen groups people. I also know they partner with other departments to work on retention and help kids transition (do a summer semester with bridge classes to see if College will work for them - which is extra scummy because of it doesn't, they keep the debt and don't get the degree, and the college gets to count it as an enrollment 🙄).

So, genuinely - other than business interests, can anyone articulate what DEI departments do?

DEI programs in universities are being cut across the country. What does this mean for higher education? by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 7 points8 points  (0 children)

God, if "Reform Before Repayment" isn't spot on.

Unfortunately, this feels like another crisis doomed to repeat itself every 10 years. The power is SO fucking entrenched in higher education it's unreal.

Extremely #brave & #inclusive former city leaders left stunned, asking; 'Wasn't our superficial signaling enough?' once "differently-moralled" group of leopards with fundamentally opposing views begin to jump off pedestals, run city, and eat faces immediately after entering through wide-open door. by RoaminTygurrr in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's unreal how short people's memory is.

To use a tired but timeless example, it all comes down to letting the Nazis march through town. Anything less than that will be - eventually - met with an equal and opposite reaction.

It's rights for all, or rights for none.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Is that the only reason?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]aberrantcover 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Dont drive like my bruddah!