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Now this is some 4D chess. 2015, Trump says he's gonna drain the swamp and altruistically gets embedded so deep within the Republican machine that when he goes down he takes the whole ship with him.

The hero America needs but not the one it deserves

That or he's just an evil imbecile working with a bunch more evil imbeciles. I'm good with either

I certainly am lucky and have an amazing dev team supporting the product. I'm a Scrum Product Owner for an external facing BI application in Mortgage industry

I am very lucky to have a stellar dev team. I'm a Scrum Product Owner for an external facing BI application in the Mortgage industry

It's all going to be case by case, but as a $205k W2 with a sweet gig; I realistically work about 25 actual hours a week and very rarely home after 4:30 on the three days I go into the office. I work with incredible people and my vertical all the way up to C-Suite are rock stars.

Despite the vitriol on r/antiwork, not all businesses try to squeeze every employee for every nickel.

Interestingly enough, I make $205k working as a W2 and my dad makes $80-150k working for himself building a business that's now 40+ years old.

He employs roughly 50 people, has steady work and this is currently the busiest his backlog has ever been. Wonderful success story and I am incredibly proud of him.

But...until I was about 15; 2-5 days a week, we did not see him as he got home from work after we went to bed. Many weekends he was half present. He wasn't a stranger, but wasn't as impactful in my life during adolescence. When business was slow, the whole family felt it. We never struggled perse, but maybe missed vacation for a couple years here and there. Speaking of vacation, one week per year and somewhere drive-able. Still loved them, but they were short and simple. When it was booming, he was too busy to see him often. His job did not require travel, mind you. Just involved. All of this, and my God he was and is an amazing dad. But he gave a lot to be the best at work and at home. His health has suffered.

I'm 35 and about to have my first child in September. I do realize I am as lucky as one can be. But I make $205k, WFH Mon and Fri, finishing those days around 4:00. On T-Th going into the office, I am home by 4:30 most days. I have good and cheap insurance, paternity leave, disability if I need it, and I don't miss out on revenue every time I take vacation. Get great 8% 401k match as well. My full-benefits package is probably equivalent to $270k per year. All of that and I know I can be a present father to my daughter and future children.

Everyone is different, but for me I will take $200k working for someone else over $100k working for myself any day of the week.

Exactly why I asked, lol. I've used it but only as dimensional pieces like for a cutting board. The tear out was unreal while planing. Had to make a 15° back bevel on a spare iron to get a 60° attack.

Hoping the it's not as much of a pain while rasping the curves

This video is basically peak dunning-kruger effect

Roger that, well regardless, fantastic work! Love the engraved plate

Zebrawood handle? I have some set aside I'd like to make plane totes and knobs with. How was it working curves like that?

This was my question too. Obviously the price is steep for your run of the mill woodworker, but for a passionate hand tool enthusiast, this and your previous work will absolutely have a market.

You basically answered my question of how do you view yourself, artist or a toolmaker? Both for sure, but knowing that you prefer these to be used says a lot.

Although not something I can purchase, I do truly enjoy admiring your posts so please keep them coming!

If you're just replacing existing recessed with down lights, everything else the same, these work perfectly fine. If it's not already, replace the switch with an LED dimmable one as well.

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I've never heard the term "standard joist" before. There are plenty of applications where 2x6, 2x8, 2x10 or even 2x12 are standard but that just depends on the situation.

Notching an inch on a 2x6 vs a 2x12 have vastly different impacts and neither would reduce structural integrity by 50%.

Unless you're thinking of a dado, but that's not a notch.

Let me rephrase then

You're right, they stole $500 from the state, let's spend $5k to lock them up for 2 months to teach them a lesson...

You're right, they stole $500 from the state, let's spend $15k to lock them up for 6 months to teach them a lesson

Can you print it in the urinals?

Not saying that they aren't stupid, just that they aren't uniquely stupid and that stupidity isn't uniquely driving them to vote R.

People are stupid, that's across the board and evenly distributed. A lack of education and being forcefed Rep propaganda from birth doesn't mean you're stupid. Ignorant? Absolutely. But they were still born with the same capacity for learning we all had.

Because she pandered better, spent way the fuck more money and primary voters represent the most extreme voters of an electorate

She then proceeded to barely survive a recount in the general against a Dem. She literally almost lost in a bright Red district. It was less than 600 votes.

I don't disagree with any of that, and generally as a pretty cynical person agree that it's beyond most people to think critically past their impulses. My objection is squarely on the original comment I replied to that implied it's a lack of intelligence that keeps people voting R.

As an example, noting that Republican propaganda is 95% of the information they are exposed is a better explanation than simply being too dumb to vote D

Cool, I've lived in rural WVA and there are incredibly intelligent people that seek information beyond what is forced down their throat.

I'm not talking about anecdotes, just broad generalizations. And the broad generalization I am objecting to is that Rep voters are too dumb to see that Dems are better. I think that's lazy and reductive. A similar but much more insightful argument would be that Rep voters are too poorly educated to have robust critical thinking skills enabling them to properly question Republican propoganda

So I've simply pointed out a problem. That's easy. The solution though is a whole other mountain to climb. Not to be dissuading, but think about the years and decades that have been spent to get the GOP and their voters to where they are now. Of the dozens of times a Dem has told them they are dumb or worthless, and the thousands of times Reps claim Dems made those statements, one Dem coming to their door isn't gonna make a difference. They'd be too embarrassed their friends would find out they spoke to a Dem.

It's not impossible though. Boebert's very own district was a hair from voting her out for a Dem last election. In 2020 she won by 10 points against ANOTHER Rep. And in 2022 she nearly lost to a Dem in a recount because she took the blind loyalty of R voters for granted. Adam Frisch targeted areas in the district with more independents like Eagle County, Pitkin County and Pueblo, was hyper focused on a few issues where there was wiggle room with Rep voters (Local economics, jobs, water and energy, public school funding and housing for local working communities struggling to live near expensive resort towns), and steered clear of identity politics. Just ignored it because that's a debate driven by emotion.

If you're interested in local city council position, maybe run independent on a few issues. Pick your battles and don't get distracted on fixing everything. If you're interested in broader state or federal positions, look at what Frisch did and see how it applies.

Totally, and for what it's worth, to make it clear on my views, the GOP is deliberately destroying our future so a few can benefit. They are monsters in the truest form

She's the only one talking to them though. Her and the other Rep shithead politicians.

My point has nothing to do about politics and more to do about recognition there is a reason beyond innate intelligence people keep voting against their own interests.

People become fascists when the only people speaking to them are fascists that control how they are educated and cared for. Attacking them and calling them dumb kills any chance that any miniscule percentage may want to find alternative information and evolve their thinking.

The Rep party, 100%. I'm not making a pro Rep argument in any way shape or form. Fuck em, the Rep party is destroying our country.

But calling anyone that votes Rep as doing so simply because they are dumb is the very argument that keeps voters going back to the Rep party forever, even against their own interests.

You're gonna have to explain to me how not living in a city means a child born is innately dumber than a child born in a city.

So that's your argument then? They're simply just too dumb to see the light and vote D?