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https://twitter.com/JWMason1/status/1230878508127326211

Meritocracy though

Fuck Harvard. Go Bears.

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Harvard is nice, but Berkeley pays ok:

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(Zucman’s salary isn’t listed)

How many podcasts can you listen to before you hear an ad for a mattress company?

Thanks!

Harvard has some great free online classes. I get a ton of value out of that.

I slept on a cheapass cot for a long time. Currently sleeping on either a mattress that was gifted to me, a friend’s guest room bed, or hospital chairs. I’m old and have had back issues but I don’t get why mattresses are such a big deal these days.

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Yikes. Best wishes to whoever you’re sitting next to.

I slept on a hospital chair last night. Like 4 seconds at a time. Added up to maybe a minute.

As far as mattresses go, I’m very easy. Mine is 19 years old and totally fine, but I’m good on a couch or a futon or whatever.

It gets easier… after a few months. Is your mom doing ok?

Two trips to the ER last night. Rewrap and x-rays. Surgery Tuesday. She’s ok, but can’t get from chair to wheelchair or wheelchair to toilet and at the moment I’m the only one around who can lift her. She’ll be better soon though, thanks. In the mean time she has good insurance and in-home care should start after surgery.

Thankfully, it won’t be months. I feel you though, it was months with my dad like 11 years ago.

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Actually, ā€˜It made you nauseous’ and ā€˜It made you nauseated’ are both correct. However, the latter is more technically correct. That said, I would never deduct points if a student used the formerr.

Also, ā€˜That food made me nauseous’ and ā€˜The food was nauseous’ are both correct. Nauseous is an adjective. In the first sentence, nauseous describes how the person feels whereas in the second sentence it describes the food.

@microbet @Devil wishing you guys the best… :crossed_fingers:

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I’ve had the regular Casper mattress for years and would buy it again if they had ones that worked with those sittable platform thingies.

Ha ha the olds farts on the Bogleheads forum are getting salty with the whole ā€œok boomerā€ thing.

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Goddamn lol

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending/inmate-confesses-beating-two-convicted-child-molesters-death-after-warning-prison-officials-he-would/3QE2VYDRHRE5PGSMRMKO3OENTM/

Two hours before the beatings, Watson told a counselor that he needed to be transferred to the higher security area, in a single-person cell, because was going to attack one of the other inmates. Watson wrote that the counselor ā€œscoffed and dismissed me.ā€

Watson first beat one of the inmates, and when prison guards didn’t respond to the attack, he said he found a second ā€œchild traffickerā€ and beat him.

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https://amp.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article240479661.html?__twitter_impression=true

https://mobile.twitter.com/ImIncorrigible/status/1230972625301725185

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Time is running out to see these legends one last time in concert.