being trans is fun because nothing a cis person can do is funnier than dunking on the people you went to high school with by completely disappearing from existence and being replaced with a hotter, cooler, more confident version of yourself who is a different gender and not saying anything
There’s a lot to unpack here.
+the flexibility to get in that pose
+the balance to stay on the skateboard
+the strength to pull back a bowstring with your toes
+the dexterity to hit a target while moving
+the coordination… not hand-eye, but foot-eye
…I don’t know what to do with these things now that I’ve unpacked them…
How is this even something you find out you can do
when you roll a nat 20 on acrobatics and ranged attack
I wanna be that CEO that pays their employees 70K a year like that white guy I be seeing all over the Internet. I can’t remember his name.
I’m not gonna be like Jeff Bezos but I do wanna be a multimillionaire 😂😂😂
He took a pay cut. I’m not doing all of that. Ima just pay my people well and give top notch benefits.
It gets better.
We are definitely going to talk about this guy on Buisness Desserts
Employees are not costs to be reduced, they are investments, they are assets that appreciate in value
Absolutely
For the person commenting on not taking a pay cut, he HAD to change his lifestyle to be able to afford to pay his employees a living wage. He talked to accountants and they helped him break the numbers down based on data about the cost of living and various factors about the commute, housing issues, etc. All inspired by his best friend going nearly into debt over medical costs meanwhile he had several houses, a jet, and drank champagne daily.
He sold stock, houses, and changed his spending and as a result, his employees were overall happier and the way they worked improved. They all bought more shit and had more kids and did all the consumption people want for us while also enjoying their work and their boss enough to band together and buy him a fucking Tesla as a thank you.
And you know what he realized after taking his pay cut? He didn’t need the champagne or the girls or the “lifestyle” of being a billionaire. He feels fulfilled in his work and with the people he’s surrounded himself with and he feels that he’s made a step in the right direction that other businessmen and billionaires should follow.
Please read the article and his statements on twitter because it’s eye-opening to see that you CAN be successful doing things ethically.
Update: during the pandemic, Dan Price cut his salary to $0 so that he could keep paying his employees.
underappreciated Edward Elric detail; as his character progresses, he actually avoids speaking in jargon too much when he’s talking to people who don’t understand alchemy, such as Ling. When they ask, he deliberately simplifies it without so much as batting an eye or complaining; he’s calm, patient and explains things in a straightforward way that also conveys information accurately.
this is especially noteworthy given the prevalence of secrecy among alchemists (the emphasis on hiding all information in code, and refusing to reveal any research if possible); Ed has no problem telling trade secrets to a layman when that seems to be a huge deal among non-military alchemists.
Considering that Ed’s biggest issue is his own pride and arrogance, this is a huge character detail for him. Compare him rattling off the chemical composition of the human body in chapter one, seemingly just to make a point to Rose, to how he carefully explains complex technical details as simply as possible to his friends and allies.
it stands as a big contrast to, say, Pride, who simply goes with a ‘a mere insect like you could NEVER understand’, which makes sense. Pride is, after all, Edward’s greatest failing.
i love that after 17 years, we’re still analyzing the little details of FMA. It really says a lot about the merits of the series.
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