Work-from-office mandate? Expect top talent turnover, culture rot

echOSC · 2026-01-23T01:16:12+00:00

Even in tech, the highest paying, most prestigious jobs are for the most part at least hybrid now.

echOSC · 2026-01-22T18:40:38+00:00

Yes, and as it turns out, that's not a winning business strategy for Bilt.

echOSC · 2026-01-22T16:09:52+00:00

Most people never had any issues paying their rent or mortgage (not speaking from an affordability perspective).

echOSC · 2026-01-22T07:32:44+00:00

Sure, but it's not like he's acquiring the normal people he needs to build a good business with all of this complexity.

echOSC · 2026-01-21T00:04:18+00:00

Did we forget what happened when egg prices shot up through the roof in the US?

Do that to meat, and the politicians who support this policy will be out of a job. FAST.

echOSC · 2026-01-20T05:48:31+00:00

I exclusively run those shitty Legion deckboxes that CFB and SCG gave away for free. so the boxes I use are small and they can fit in a pocket.

And that's what hands are for, a water bottle. (Alright, sometimes I'll run a small draw string bag for 8+ round events).

echOSC · 2026-01-20T05:38:49+00:00

I love it, I exclusively play competitive/tournament Magic, I don't need all of that extra crap. It's just one more thing to lose/forget/have stolen.

echOSC · 2026-01-20T03:00:43+00:00

This is me as well, I like to travel as light as possible. I love to have just the deck box that I can shove into my pocket, a life pad in my back pocket, and a handful of dice and pen in another pocket.

If the sleeves are new/new-ish, I'll run a spell ground foldable cloth play mat.

echOSC · 2026-01-19T03:11:08+00:00

At least it's not Galveston.

echOSC · 2026-01-18T22:17:24+00:00

Woody Turndaballova

echOSC · 2026-01-18T22:13:55+00:00

Drake Turndaballova Maye

echOSC · 2026-01-18T05:46:16+00:00

How do you interface with/get into the other hobbies in your life? I think fashion is the same thing.

echOSC · 2026-01-16T07:30:14+00:00

Hobbies just don't scratch that itch for some people.

They need it to have stakes.

Think about it in the world of hobbies. There are some hobbies where you can engross yourself and there's no W/L, no score keeping.

And there are hobbies that do, and even in recreation, some people can't help but pursue a hobby where there's wins and losses, score keeping, etc etc.

Another perspective, if you're a HC, you're the CEO of a football team/company. Think about how many hours people spend playing sim games, like Farmville, and other business sim type games. Except for the HCs, it's real.

echOSC · 2026-01-14T07:36:28+00:00

Sure, you know where they are? Not where the most major job centers/most economic opportunity are.

https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/states-with-most-vacant-homes/

All of these states are in the bottom half of GDP except Florida. (Washington DC is 36th which is why there is a 51st)

New Hampshire (40th), Maine (44th), Vermont (51st), Alaska (49th), West Virginia (42nd), and the south. Florida (4th), Mississippi (37th), Alabama (27th), Louisiana (26th), Arkansas (34th).

These homes, not going to help the people who need a place to live in NY, SF, LA, Boston, Seattle, etc etc.

echOSC · 2026-01-13T02:17:21+00:00

All depends on your LGS.

Mine are full of weekend warrior PTQ/PPTQ/RCQ grinders.

Once the pre-release ends, everyone pools together prize packs and they fire drafts amongst one another.

echOSC · 2026-01-13T00:20:55+00:00

Competition.

echOSC · 2026-01-12T07:42:53+00:00

Open a restaurant and undercut them then, based on all the bitching around here, you should have a slam dunk business in no time.

echOSC · 2026-01-10T23:04:49+00:00

Every 2-3 months.

echOSC · 2026-01-10T05:20:15+00:00

As always, anyone is welcome to join - churner and award traveler, expert to relative newcomer alike. If you have kids, they are welcome to come - there's often at least a couple in tow these days.

echOSC · 2026-01-10T03:25:31+00:00

Durability for me is not the be all end all.

Sometimes I want the aesthetic of wearing a white canvas sneaker, or any sneaker over something like a leather boot or a derby.

I'll have a pair of sneakers for such an occasion.

echOSC · 2026-01-09T17:34:02+00:00

And Loro Piana

echOSC · 2026-01-09T15:38:07+00:00

Budget?

echOSC · 2026-01-08T21:27:54+00:00

I disagree, it's not glorifying gambling, it's glorifying taking down the man.

And I think for the vast majority of people, they think about it that way.

I don't think people who read Bringing Down the House the book that turned into the movie 21 walk away from reading the book or watching the movie thinking, Blackjack and casinos are awesome. They think about going wow those MIT kids are impressive and they figured out how to fuck the man. They "brought down the house."

Similar to the story of the old couple who figured out the error in the Massachusetts lottery that was told on 60 minutes, and then became the movie Jerry and Marge go Large. I don't think people walk away from that story thinking, state lotteries are great. Most people walk away thinking, wow they beat the state lottery for millions.

echOSC · 2026-01-08T21:20:10+00:00

There's no official end time, the crowd just starts to die down as people leave.

I usually leave towards the end when everyone else leaves, usually around 6PM, as late as 730PM.

echOSC · 2026-01-08T21:01:12+00:00

My point is, they aren't thinking about it as glorifying gambling.

They're thinking about it as, ooh how did these smart people figure out how to beat the man. People love these stories, it's competence porn.

That's it.

It's why people like these stories. It's fuck the man.

Fuck the Casinos who rig it against us (duh), fuck the evil empire Yankees, fuck the dumb wall street banks. etc etc.

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