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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I don't know much about advertising, but paying nearly $900 for just under 700 clicks seems like a bad return on investment to me. But I guess that depends on what you're advertising, how much it costs, and how many of those clicks actually resulted in purchases.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I think the problem is inflation and stagnant wages. When you get paid a living wage, but a teacher is making peanuts, it feels wrong.

It's not that you are getting paid too much. It's that most people are being paid too little.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Prediction: Starbucks resolves the issue by raising all "milk" product prices to match the most expensive option.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Service guarantees citizenship."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's pretty true.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That is the problem with representative democracy when each rep accounts for nearly a million citizens. You're at the whims of such a massive voting base. Name recognition is pretty much the only thing that matters at that scale.

It's like modern marketing and advertising. Half the time, they don't even say anything about their service. They just want you to remember the name and recognize the logo if you see it in a store.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For that very reason, I sometimes imagine a world where public office is handled like jury duty, picked semi-randomly.

[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Should Jon Stewart run for POTUS? No.

Would I vote for Jon Stewart if he ran for POTUS? Probably.

This says less about my faith in Jon's ability to govern, and more about my lack of faith in current politicians to lead ethically.

I'd rather see Jon make the right decisions but make mistakes, than to see a seasoned politician make the wrong decisions and execute them competently.

I at least have faith Jon is smart enough and with a true compassion in his heart, that he'd be able to surround himself with real experts, listen open mindedly to their advice, and regularly make decisions with empathy.

All that said, he's said repeatedly he doesn't want that job, and I do not blame him.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I don't know the music video, but this might help: Wikipedia - Recursive islands and lakes.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

But second girl only ever sees how first girl acts when she is around (regardless of who else is there). That's how perception works. She can't see how first girl acts when she's not there, because she wouldn't be there to see it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, cool. I never knew about that. Thanks.

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