If your card game ends after 3 turns or less, you're doing it wrong. The
fun is from the playing. Broken quick kill decks are the antithesis of a
good game. It's on the designer to make sure that doesn't happen.
We see light from millions of years ago in the cosmos.
There could be a devastating extra-universal invasion going on right
now and we wouldn't know until it was on our doorstep.
Re-reading my copy of Mao's Little Red Book ("Quotations from Chairman
Mao") as research. Went to put a bookmark in it: Ayn Rand Essay contest
promo. Huh. That works.
Manager: I think we all have a good working relationship here.
Me: [thinking] Actually, most of us hate you and are hoping you die in a freak gym accident, you verbally abusive scumbag.
Not the worst boss I had. In the top 5, though. she was fired later for incompetence - turns out she annoyed the distract manager as much as the employees.
Fund raising idea for animal shelters: eco paper shredding. You bring
papers to the shelter and they let you watch their animals (cats and
dogs) tear them apart in exchange for a donation.
I
enjoy pumpkin spice latte unironically. I think it's because I first
tried it before it was a meme and decided I liked it. And since I like
it, I'm not going to stop liking it just because it's popular.
(It is, interestingly, the only Starbucks item I do enjoy. I don't like their coffee in general.)
A powerful motivator is the acceptance and recognition of peers and
superiors. Yet too often said recognition is withheld, sometimes out of
lack of understanding of good management techniques or, worse, on
purpose. The latter can be classified as a form of emotional abuse.
I love guys who just reply, "No, you're wrong" without stating why. I
just laugh in their face, post something snarky, and move on. Not worth
the time to refute someone who just wants to embarrass themselves.
Per the law of pendulums, our current emphasis on gender neutral
labeling will swing back into a resurgence of tightly defined gender
roles that follow western stereotypes in about a decade or so.
I find I prefer triple digits to the 80's. In the 80's, I just feel
sweaty and gross. When the heat gets really high, it feels like my body
is actually cooling itself better.