Sorry, could you repeat that? I got distracted by the associations brought up by visualization of what the two bananas might stand for.

Bamboo isn’t a magic plant. It requires specific combinations of conditions to grow: the right soils, the right level of water and sunlight, temperatures within their preferred range.

Yes it’s a pain to eradicate when improperly planted and then ignored for long enough. But it’s just a plant that has specific needs like all plants do.

Limiting factors are the reason. If you put a person in a hole and gave them everything they needed to live, except water, they wouldn’t survive long, as an example.

Being apolitical is a luxury many cannot afford

I make a ham and brie sandwich on a toasted bagel. The just-melting brie holds into the hemp hearts as does the fig jam I out on the other half of the bagel. Yummers.

That which is dead can never die.

Duh, it’s British Broadcasting Chicken.

I like this one. White folks of good intentions in general have learned they have to distinguish themselves socially from the white supremacists.

There are many Jewish people who try to do the same and separate themselves from the genocidal members of that grouping. The term “Jewish supremacist” is a lot cleaner and easier to sell than “Zionist”.

“Zionist” just invites sealioning because then you get into whether Israel should exist at all and that’s just a damn mess.

All of these comments are thoughtful and substantive.

But none of them consider the fact that some people are just plain oblivious.

You know, morons.

Ok so it’s just a math problem, then. Inheritance is taxed and incurs other costs, so there’s some re-distribution. Plus with multiple heirs, the estate may be divided.

So keep shooting for another couple of months. I’m just saying, it’s totally doable, it will just take a bit more effort.

She has one job on that ship. It’s stupid but she’s gonna do it!

I would like to hear the author’s take on pornography porn.

This is a major life lesson many never learn.

Suck up to the CEO for appearances sake, but be genuinely kind and grateful to the admins. It’s amazing how good relationships with the people who do the actual work make things easier.

Real professionals care about the public perception of their field. Every major professional gathering in the sciences has a session focused solely on discussion of their jargon and how to communicate effectively with the public.

Why don’t economists care about the public perception of their field?

It would be flabbergasting to think they don’t care, until you realize they are a priesthood, not a profession. They serve the narrow interests of a small group. That group is well-served by denigrating working people.

While there are scientific approaches to the study of economics, the version of economics that makes it into the news is decidedly unscientific.

Because it is inaccurate, simple as that.

Then use the term fungible labor.

Words matter.

“Jobs”. Just that.

The entire reason to classify any labor as unskilled is to denigrate it and justify underpaying.

Work is work.

‘They’ didn’t decide they weren’t ready. It was used to fleece the pathetic true believers for a short period until the inner circle felt sufficiently capitalized.

Pie in the sky By and by

Lost, confused, mixed up, fucked up, that’s how Jodi do!

Since Idaho is a racist hellhole that can’t even admit the existence of the Spanish language, a friend was able to get a license plate reading:

JODIDO

by making up a story about Jodi and how she ‘do’.