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Previously, I’d only seen the first two panels and assumed it was the complete comic.
This version is much better.
Why product designs fail
by uaiHebert
Hahaha!
I'm Listening to "Lies" by Marina & The Diamonds (on Just Skin)
No fucking shit. (In case anyone cares, fucking Google keyboard won’t let me swipe that, instead comes out as “no ducking shut”, assholes. I mean seriously, I’ve been coding for 20+ years and Google wants to be my grandma! If that doesn’t make sense, fuck you it’s the Margarita!)
(via Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy)
Asking “[w]ho really rules?” researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page argue that over the past few decades America’s political system has slowly transformed from a democracy into an oligarchy, where wealthy elites wield most power.
My Coffee with a Trump Supporter
I finally found a Trump supporter – this morning when I went to buy coffee. (I noticed a Trump bumper sticker on his car.)
“Hi,” I said. “Noticed your Trump bumper sticker.”
“Yup,” he said, a bit defensively.
“I hope you don’t mind my asking, but I’m curious. Why are you supporting him?”
“I know he’s a little bit much,” said the Trump supporter. “But he’s a successful businessman. And we need a successful businessman as president.”
“How do you know he’s a successful businessman?” I asked.
“Because he’s made a fortune.”
“Has he really?” I asked.
“Of course. Forbes magazine says he’s worth four and a half billion.”
“That doesn’t mean he’s been a success,” I said.
“In my book it does,” said the Trump supporter.
“You know, in 1976, when Trump was just starting his career, he said he was worth about $200 million,” I said. “Most of that was from his father.”
“That just proves my point,” said the Trump supporter. “He turned that $200 million into four and a half billion. Brilliant man.“
“But if he had just put that $200 million into an index fund and reinvested the dividends, he’d be worth twelve billion today,” I said.
The Trump supporter went silent.
“And he got about $850 million in tax subsidies, just in New York alone,” I said.
More silence.
“He’s not a businessman,” I said. “He’s a con man. "Hope you enjoy your coffee.”
A warm heart!
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