This. Skull & Bones, Bildabergers, Rothchilds, conspiracy about the world's corporate rulers and their secret societies -- none of that is needed to explain why the world's wealthiest people act tribal. Turns out tribalism isn't relegated to the under-developed. And people tend simply to look out for themselves and who they care about first.

Hire a lawyer, great advise!

We hired a truck driver who had a teamsters pension but before working for us didn't check his contract which clearly spells out transportation jobs would be subject to time restrictions, for him like 14 hours/week allowed after which point his pension is reduced. He didn't read his contract, but instead just asked a couple of his buddies. He lucked out, and didn't lose the $15k they were going to dock him. But he did have to quit.

$50k is not twice the Average American income, you're wrong. And that's the highest income I've ever made, it's always less than that.

Again, you're whacked if you think my situation puts me into the "upper class".

I own a second home that I bought and fixed up to rent. That was the fruit from a year when I bought three properties with the aim of either flipping them or fixing then up and keeping then as rentals -- flipped the second and the third burned down during construction. I made less than $50K last year. Your definition of upper class would include me, and that's ridiculous.

The serious part is NannyStaters focusing on the issue resulting in absurdly high fines.

The Common Man Corollary says be sad, because Spotify is just trying to make a buck, and the Man (Apple) is keeping them down.

Having experienced a totally out of balance state, he seems very qualified. Now.

So...you don't like actors.

You haven't seen the grief counselor...

Ya, no accounts yet. I want my playlists. $9/month and no playlists. This has been a bad week.

At least something makes you glad. Start buying wrinkle cream now.

Did you hear that Alanis?

Observe the little documentary casting a shadow over big China.

Your censorship apologia would sweep away all things gloomy: fellow citizens, think positive! (or else)

I figured out an endless pattern to Atari 2600 Space Invaders and PacMan, high score stuff. Was thrilled and disappointed to read about my solution in some Atari mag several years after my discovery.

I figured I had beat the computer and was disappointed when War Games came out.

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Because I have only had one problem to date. I went nuts one month and downloaded probably over 350gb. Not including streaming. TimeWarner throttled me. I paid $6/month for a vpn for 3 months and then after that no throttling, so I stopped vpn. That was 6 years ago. I still have TW. When I get throttled again or receive some c&c letter, then I get the vpn again. Why pay when I don't need it?

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