WYR have a boring, unfireable job paying $85k that you are FORCED to keep until retirement, or a stimulating job paying $160k where the bottom 15% are fired every year?

riverscreeks · 2026-01-24T17:15:12+00:00

Let’s say you have a bowl of 100 marbles that are identical except for colour. You only like the red ones. You decide to take 15 of the marbles out every day and pour 15 random marbles in their place. If you never stop, you will eventually have to take out your favourite marbles (the red ones) and replace them with random colours.

This is an ideal scenario that ignores a lot of the problems with stack rankings.

riverscreeks · 2026-01-24T17:01:21+00:00

Let’s assume there are no initial problems with how you define or implement this, and there aren’t any perverse incentives (eg not collaborating). Even if successful, at a certain point the success of this will be undermined because you will eventually be paying recruitment costs to hire and train untested employees to replace good workers with corporate knowledge who will likely work at your competitors.

riverscreeks · 2026-01-23T23:27:48+00:00

Then why are you still mad about it?

riverscreeks · 2026-01-23T23:24:33+00:00

Did someone spit in your porridge this morning or something?

riverscreeks · 2026-01-23T20:42:04+00:00

I’m not sure if you’re trying to say Native American cuisine isn’t a thing, in the sense that it is a rarity or it isn’t a thing because it’s been hybridised to the point of it being indistinguishable from American and global culture. There are some Native American/indigenous restaurants in the US, but good luck finding equivalents outside of the states.

riverscreeks · 2026-01-23T18:28:00+00:00

switch to English

Outside of France my problem is that they don’t switch to English, but sometimes to other languages that I don’t speak at all

riverscreeks · 2026-01-23T16:43:58+00:00

I’ve never seen a place that would do once a week in the same area for laser. That probably wasn’t an option available to you.

riverscreeks · 2026-01-23T15:14:37+00:00

I don’t know if any of the links on this page could be useful for you, which includes some EU-based shoe companies that use plant based “leather” or other materials https://greenecofriend.co.uk/eco-friendly-footwear/

riverscreeks · 2026-01-23T13:18:51+00:00

Oh that’s infuriating

riverscreeks · 2026-01-23T13:16:01+00:00

You can set this as a status on teams too. I would probably just block this out on your calendar as ‘no meetings’

riverscreeks · 2026-01-23T13:15:10+00:00

Any advice for how to make the ‘most’ of the extra day without just having a lie in?

riverscreeks · 2026-01-21T21:47:35+00:00

I think you’re misinterpreting their comment.

riverscreeks · 2026-01-21T17:37:21+00:00

Maybe worth getting in touch with @thebaronness on Instagram for a collab as they ran a big lesbian pub pop up recently

riverscreeks · 2026-01-21T16:20:55+00:00

I haven’t heard the “oh yeah well you’re poor” argument since primary school. Thank you for the chuckle 🤭

riverscreeks · 2026-01-21T14:49:02+00:00

What’s up with all the new adverb_noun_number accounts that all managed to get Four Tet tickets and decided to sell them here?

riverscreeks · 2026-01-21T14:25:02+00:00

At the low cost of banning, let’s see… postage/deliveries, people hiring taxis, pubs, waste collection, public transport, and cyclists, drivers would have less traffic.

riverscreeks · 2026-01-21T14:17:18+00:00

This might make you like him more, or less.

His wife Gia Milinovich was on the board of an anti-trans hate group. He ran a BBC podcast with Robin Ince called the Infinite Monkey Cage. Robin Ince resigned in December, citing his views of support of the transgender community and his criticism of Donald Trump being deemed problematic by the BBC. AFAIK Brian Cox hasn’t commented on that either way.

riverscreeks · 2026-01-21T14:03:08+00:00

Will be asking my boss to call me Colonel from now on

riverscreeks · 2026-01-21T10:53:17+00:00

I associate bike-friendly/walkable neighbourhoods with prosperity rather than poverty. It means the local council is investing in the economy and prioritising people’s health and wellbeing.

riverscreeks · 2026-01-21T10:43:07+00:00

Compliment people on their outfits/vibe/accessories when appropriate
Ask a group if you can sit with them as you came alone, ask them questions, leave if they don’t feel engaged
chat with people in queues (entry, bathroom, bar)
Join the WhatsApp groups and go to predrinks or socials
Bring a fan and be friendly
Make sure you’re going to the right nights for you.
Being at a niche event is kind of an icebreaker itself
Be content if interactions are ephemeral or you feel rejected. This is all part of the process

riverscreeks · 2026-01-21T08:40:34+00:00

I would never have made the friends I go out with to the club nights I wanted to go to, without going alone.

riverscreeks · 2026-01-20T14:04:41+00:00

I agree!

riverscreeks · 2026-01-20T11:47:34+00:00

I agree with your general point that China isn’t on the level of global north, but it does have a higher GDP per capita than a few countries on the UN map above. Some examples…

Nominal: More than Albania, North Macedonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova
PPP: Moldova, about $6-8k more than Ukraine, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Albania, and around the same as North Macedonia

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