Visual Inflation

[Army of GOD]

some people consider success smoking 6 blunts in one day....

i guess everything can be argued and one persons success is anothers failure.

true story

i was working in San Antonio tearing up a beautiful piece of land in order to put a Toyota test facility.
this was union of course, and union does not hold much weight down south. but there are unions if that makes sense.
so our company was required to hire something like 7 union workers for every 1 non-union worker.
well, i met a guy there named clay he was probably 40 years old or so. he was a bit of an alco, (alcoholic) and didn't have much drive. we were working 6 "11 hour" days, and after about 2 months i was talking to him and he said

"damn... i'm going to have to quit working already...
right now i'm at $11,800 this year. if i make over 13,000 they cut my benefits."

what a go-getter. but in his own mind he was successful. ... i guess.

you worked 66 hour weeks and he was only making 11800 a year?

[rdsrds2120]

some people consider success smoking 6 blunts in one day....

i guess everything can be argued and one persons success is anothers failure.

true story

i was working in San Antonio tearing up a beautiful piece of land in order to put a Toyota test facility.
this was union of course, and union does not hold much weight down south. but there are unions if that makes sense.
so our company was required to hire something like 7 union workers for every 1 non-union worker.
well, i met a guy there named clay he was probably 40 years old or so. he was a bit of an alco, (alcoholic) and didn't have much drive. we were working 6 "11 hour" days, and after about 2 months i was talking to him and he said

"damn... i'm going to have to quit working already...
right now i'm at $11,800 this year. if i make over 13,000 they cut my benefits."

what a go-getter. but in his own mind he was successful. ... i guess.

you worked 66 hour weeks and he was only making 11800 a year?

It was probably a seasonal job (construction).

-rd

[Army of GOD]

some people consider success smoking 6 blunts in one day....

i guess everything can be argued and one persons success is anothers failure.

true story

i was working in San Antonio tearing up a beautiful piece of land in order to put a Toyota test facility.
this was union of course, and union does not hold much weight down south. but there are unions if that makes sense.
so our company was required to hire something like 7 union workers for every 1 non-union worker.
well, i met a guy there named clay he was probably 40 years old or so. he was a bit of an alco, (alcoholic) and didn't have much drive. we were working 6 "11 hour" days, and after about 2 months i was talking to him and he said

"damn... i'm going to have to quit working already...
right now i'm at $11,800 this year. if i make over 13,000 they cut my benefits."

what a go-getter. but in his own mind he was successful. ... i guess.

It was probably a seasonal job (construction).

-rd
you worked 66 hour weeks and he was only making 11800 a year?

stop taking classes on how to quote from PLAYER

[rdsrds2120]

You got me. I done did messed that one up.

-rd

[Army of GOD]

game set match

[WILLIAMS5232]

some people consider success smoking 6 blunts in one day....

i guess everything can be argued and one persons success is anothers failure.

true story

i was working in San Antonio tearing up a beautiful piece of land in order to put a Toyota test facility.
this was union of course, and union does not hold much weight down south. but there are unions if that makes sense.
so our company was required to hire something like 7 union workers for every 1 non-union worker.
well, i met a guy there named clay he was probably 40 years old or so. he was a bit of an alco, (alcoholic) and didn't have much drive. we were working 6 "11 hour" days, and after about 2 months i was talking to him and he said

"damn... i'm going to have to quit working already...
right now i'm at $11,800 this year. if i make over 13,000 they cut my benefits."

what a go-getter. but in his own mind he was successful. ... i guess.

you worked 66 hour weeks and he was only making 11800 a year?

from what i gather, that's all he made so far that year. he was not with us the whole time.

... i don't know how much he worked or didn't. at the time, according to him, he was at 11,800. and i'm positive he was telling the truth. a guy like that don't lie. i only knew him for about 2 months at the time.

i don't know.... i for one, believe him.

[PLAYER57832]

Oh, I see. If I had the level of statistical knowledge sufficient to avoid being patronized by you then I would suddenly consider the avoidance of drug addiction to be a signifier of success in an individual?

'Congratulations, Milo - you haven't become fat, taken drugs or been suspended from school all year! You are sure to be a successful adult!'

I get what you're saying, but I get PLAYER, too. She's saying that the kids that waited ended up being more successful THAN the ones that hadn't, but didn't assert that the other kids were objectively successful. Other than maybe the SAT scores, but 9% is just above marginal.

-rd

Apparently, for this type of study a 9% increase is signficant. Though I get the statistics, I am not a sociologist. I do know that on many large scale biological studies, differences of even 1% or far less can sometimes be significant. It depends on a lot of factors, but most important is the variation within the entire population of the tested group. When there is huge variation within a population, then it gets very hard to show any kind of overall change, because changes are overshadowed so heavily by the "within group" variation. A definite, across-the board change, then, even one that might superficially seem small, can be very significant indeed. To get the exact parameters, you have to look into some specific statistical tests. I don't have access to all the data to do that, even if I did remember all the tests off the top of my head. However, this study has been so widely analyzed and reported, its pretty safe to say that the increase they call significant is significant.

[PLAYER57832]

Oh, I see. If I had the level of statistical knowledge sufficient to avoid being patronized by you then I would suddenly consider the avoidance of drug addiction to be a signifier of success in an individual?

'Congratulations, Milo - you haven't become fat, taken drugs or been suspended from school all year! You are sure to be a successful adult!'

The problem with such studies is that Its pretty hard to control what happens to 4 year olds 20 years later. You are trying to criticize me, but this is a very well respected, widely reported and highly analyzed study. If you really care to delve into it, you might learn something.... as have about 2 decades of sociologists.

And yeah.. for you to say basically "player told me about this, so its stupid" ignoring the source, how the data was achieved and so forth does pretty well show a lack of education on your part.

[Juan_Bottom]

[Army of GOD]

Juan Bottom = Phatscotty

[Woodruff]

Your pictures suck.

[Juan_Bottom]

[Juan_Bottom]

Your pictures suck.

Don't be sexist.

[Phatscotty]

Juan Bottom = Phatscotty

Juan Bottom = Juan Bottom

Phatscotty = legend

[Lootifer]

Juan Bottom = Phatscotty

Juan Bottom = Juan Bottom

Phatscotty = legend

Thursday night cheap drinks at the local eh?

[PLAYER57832]

How did a thread on inflation become a thread on healthcare and birth control????

[WILLIAMS5232]

spaceship-santa

• space ship
  moon rock
  dust
  breathing problems
  asthma
  inhalers
  people that breath out of their nose
  sperm whales
  plankton
  shrimp
  steak
  cow
  grass
  sod farms
  rice farms
  ant farms
  childrens toys
  santa

space ship ---> santa ????

[rdsrds2120]

How did a thread on inflation become a thread on healthcare and birth control????

I don't know what's going on anymore.

-rd

[Gillipig]

You americans and your democrats and republicans. You almost think there's a difference between them.

[Woodruff]

You americans and your democrats and republicans. You almost think there's a difference between them.

SOCIALISM!!!!! CORPORATISM!!!!!

[Gillipig]

You americans and your democrats and republicans. You almost think there's a difference between them.

SOCIALISM!!!!! CORPORATISM!!!!!

Failed democracy and failed democracy.

[Woodruff]

You americans and your democrats and republicans. You almost think there's a difference between them.

SOCIALISM!!!!! CORPORATISM!!!!!

Failed democracy and failed democracy.

I do hope you're not looking for a disagreement from me.

[PLAYER57832]

You americans and your democrats and republicans. You almost think there's a difference between them.

SOCIALISM!!!!! CORPORATISM!!!!!

Failed democracy and failed democracy.

I do hope you're not looking for a disagreement from me.

So what do you think the system should be?

[Woodruff]

You americans and your democrats and republicans. You almost think there's a difference between them.

SOCIALISM!!!!! CORPORATISM!!!!!

Failed democracy and failed democracy.

I do hope you're not looking for a disagreement from me.

So what do you think the system should be?

I personally favor public funding of politicians and a parliamentary system. I think the two-party system sucks more than even the corporate funding of politicians.

[WILLIAMS5232]

yeah,

instead of 2 people on the ballot, there should be like 10-15. everyone likes choices.

it could be like a battle royale amongst the politicians.

just think of all the pandering and cheapshots that would take place.

then let there be 6-8 year terms. that way theres less campaigning and more of doing the job that you promised you'd do. and less a chance of pulling the wool over the sheeps eyes for the second term.


p.s.
this is not sarcasm, i'd really be for that.