Day: January 11, 2025, 7:27 PM
Impcel
And knocked out another “impossible” celebrity workout. Just like I do about six times a week.
Off Loss
People like to talk about how it’s impossible to lose weight and always reach for some made-up number like only 1% who try to do so keep it off. The real number is between 20%-30% are successful. (Though that is still not great, admittedly.)
However, I lost a lot of weight and kept it off now for 15 years1. Seemed pretty easy, really. What’s so different about me?
Fat Acceptance bullshit is so clownish and harmful. And greatly contributes to the problem by accepting defeat preemptively.
Bikeause I Don’t Like It
I have no interest in riding a bike anywhere for any purpose at all.
It’s either too cold or too hot, it’s uncomfortable and I didn’t like it even when I was a kid but it was my only way to get around often.
The left’s bike fetish is cute but it’s not for me.
Absolutely Nothing
I now put the chance of an extended war in Europe (outside of Ukraine) with Russia at 65%.
And the probability of war with China that starts over Taiwan at 90%.
100 Mil
About this, I would work an in-office job for $100 million for a year. A year only, though.
So I do have a price here. But no matter the payment, I wouldn’t work one of those abominations for longer than a year again. Not for a billion dollars. It just is too much of a toll on mental health. But I could do it for a year for $100 million. That’s enough that it would substantially change my life versus the torture involved.
Anyone want to pay up? I’ll go to your damn office and waste time (which is all you really can do in an office) while I do my actual work at home as normal.
Scholzing
I guess that clown is fine with fighting Russia in Germany in 3-5 years. Well, he’s gonna get his wish. It’s interesting how when given a clear and obvious choice, Germany and much of the rest of Europe of their own free will just shoots themselves in the foot repeatedly. I guess they are really into self-harm.
Selfsame
I don’t trust people who cannot work from home productively.
Just in general, I do not trust people who lack self control.
Homer
This is bullshit, because the actual truth is that the people who can’t work from home effectively are the very same people who didn’t do any work in the office. Invariably, they are the ones who spent hours wandering around the building, chitchatting, gladhanding, disturbing everyone else and pretending they were busy while doing absolutely nothing.
All the MBA types who hate WFH secretly know that is true, but don’t care — because they want work to be both a social club and a panopticon where they can keep an eye on their slaves. And a lot of them are just morons who think that butts in seats == productivity. Certainly cannot discount that many of them are just really, really dumb.
If your people are not productive working from home, you have a management problem. It’s not a WFH problem.
On average, I produce about 2-3x as much working from home as I do in an office — both because I work longer hours and I can do my actual work.
I will never work an office job again. Not for any money.
People Say Addiction Is a Disease. Mine Wasn’t.
Breaking Down the Average Household Budget in America.
The Hidden Middlemen Who Cost Homebuyers $12 Billion — And Counting.
UnitedHealth units ordered to collectively pay $165 million for misleading Massachusetts consumers.
China’s air bases will outlast those of U.S. in Taiwan war: report.