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@cmconseils I've seen research and convincing commentary/analysis that says this is what drives many rich people's most antisocial richperson behavior.

When do you stop worrying? When you have a middle-class income and some hope of retirement? When your retirement is enough for you to stay middle-class? When your children, if any, have ample college funds? When you have enough to deal with a tree falling on your house? A full-house robbery? The death of a loved one? A long-term disability that takes you or other loved ones out of the workforce for years? A kidnapping and ransom situation (increasingly likely the more money you have)? A cancer diagnosis? Multiple loved ones with cancer diagnoses? The collapse of the real estate market? A stock market crash taking your 401(k) with it? The collapse of the US or global economy?

The terms "enough" and "secure" aren't binary; there's no clear point at which they happen. I suspect even Bezos partly wants more money to hedge against certain low-probability but awful catastrophes. Rich people are driven by their situations just like everyone else.

This isn't to say we should stop holding people accountable for behavior--we don't have a legal/moral framework for anything else. Maybe the answer is what people have been saying for generations: stronger socialized, collective protections against the things we worry about, so there's less temptation to follow the "I need more money because I'm still not protected against some dangers" path.

And aggressively tax high wealth at the same time.

@CactuarJoe If it's anything like a regular bike, that should be fixable. I'm not a Bike Mechanic(TM) but three things come to mind:

1. Misalignment between the front an rear cogs. This seems unlikely (but not impossible) because those are probably manufactured to be fixed in place and aligned, but maybe something got bent or knocked to the side.
2. Chain stretch. A new chain could fix your problems, but don't dive in until you measure it to make sure you aren't wasting money on a new chain.
3. Worn down cogs. When the front and/or rear cogs get worn down (I think the front is often the culprit), then the chain doesn't mesh as well with the teeth and will jump, sometimes knocking it off the cog. This goes hand in hand with #2 (above), because they grind each other down. IIRC advice back in the day was, if you replace your cog you should replace the chain, too, so the worn/stretched chain doesn't prematurely wear the (more expensive) cog.

Edit: Realizing you could probably spend $40 on a really good chain. You should also make sure to get the right kind of chain if you don't know about that kind of thing. I've had a couple of exercise bikes, and they use different chains from road and mountain bikes: some use a BMX style chain--beefier and also with a different pitch (distance between links). There might be other options, too.

What's the most entertaining/ridiculous typo you've ever made that was seen by, you know, people?

I once wrote in a manuscript intended for publication, sent to half a dozen coauthors, some at other institutions, "...men who have sex with men (MSM)..." except I missed ONE GODDAMN LETTER.

My colleagues all informed me, with varying levels of amusement, that I had actually written "...men who have sex with me (MSM)..."

Pretty big bang for that tiny buck.

#shitpost #question #writing #mistakes #funny

Mary's take. I hadn't thought of it like that, but from that angle this is pretty interesting.

#Pharma #cryptids #drugs #memes #TheHatMan

The Hat Man. I saw the tumblr meme a few years ago (already a few years after it was made). It's funny. Telling Mary about it, I did a quick online search.

Our #culture apparently can't leave anything alone. Maybe, with the death of the monoculture, we're all desperate for some shared references. Maybe some Very Online People have made little micro-cultural groups that spread through larger cultures like mycelia.

There is now a little subgenre of Hat Man merch (t-shirts, etc.) and at least one low-budget horror movie titled The Hat Man, so #capitalism had to get its hand in, too.

This makes me simultaneously more and less interested in The Hat Man as a phenomenon.

#cryptids #memes #TheHatMan

@juergen_hubert You sound like a very good friend