I worked as an associate for a public accounting firm that does not ever advertise itself, because we specialized serving ultra wealthy individuals and you could only engage us if you knew of us through such circles.

One day, our office got a call from the personal assistant to someone very wealthy who is known for abusing ketamine, asking for an engagement on a very unusual and complex tax situation. A call was set up to discuss the scope of the engagement, because the partners have always been very particular about what clients they will take on, because really wealthy individuals are often very unpleasant, stressful, & frustrating to work with.

Apparently during the call the assistant was patronizing, like we should feel flattered that we were chosen by m’lord, and demanded non-negotiable terms that we would conduct our work exactly as told with no questions asked. They had even sent their own engagement letter for us to sign with them ahead of the call, and it was completely absurd.

The partners patiently explained that is not possible, as that is not how this type of professional relationship works, and declined the engagement.

The assistant was losing their mind, shocked we would turn such an opportunity down. They offered even more money and even some compromise, but the way they initiated the interaction set the tone to expect throughout the professional relationship.

I was very impressed by the partners in the sense that I knew they were incredibly greedy people, but they are so fucking intelligent and had such a great instinct to avoid clients that were going to end up costing way more money than they brought in, because us associates would absolutely refuse to deal with bullshit because it was already a super stressful job, and we were way too talented and incredibly expensive to replace if we walked off.

The self restraint must have been legendary, and exactly the right call, because all the professionals that do end up accepting end up getting embroiled in costly lawsuits and getting thrown under the bus.

Anyway, I hated that job and I wish I that quit sooner than I did. I got such bad burnout, I developed PTSD and now I prefer just living like a hobo rather than go back out there.

PS: Fuck capitalism and fuck Amazon. I refuse to buy anything from them ever again. Cancelled my credit card and told them to go fuck themselves. Fascists.

Please don’t make the mistakes we did.

Do not believe the promises of your employers-- slack off and claw back your time and energy as much as you possibly can.

I hold nothing but compassion and solidarity for those who follow.

I want things to be easier for them, not as hard or harder than they were for us.

Story:

Just had a really painful conversation with my Boomer in-laws. They refuse to see acknowledge how bad things are for us and blame us for our failure to thrive like they got to, after receiving a six-figure cash injection back in the 80s from their parents, which is all gone now with their frivolous spending.

Ironic how you lack empathy and compassion for others, while demanding it from others when it comes to you and your problems.

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I think the reason why Luigi is considered a saint is because he took one for the team, sparing the masses from police violence.

It’s not 4/10.

Most Americans simply did not bother to vote. Trumpers are a minority, it’s just that their hatefulness is artificially amplified by Russian bots.

I am proletariat for sure.

Not bitter and unhappy enough to be part of the 1%.

Badly.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_farm_crisis

I did write an entire college textbook about statistics, so yes! I know what an outlier is.

From a very kind place in my heart, I am going to encourage you to seek therapy because the points you are making are deeply rooted in emotions, and are highly subjective based on your thoughts-- that is, your points are not facts, but merely your own opinions.

No shame in therapy! I enjoy my own time in therapy and I found it very helpful in helping me challenge my own perspectives to a healthier place.

Native Americans and other indigenous groups do not subscribe to exploiting the masses and ruining the environment.

Discounting these groups, and people working hard to protect the planet as simply “outliers” is disingenuous.

Saying that all humans are cancer or corrupted is basically emotional immaturity-- it’s a very childlike world view that chooses to ignore reality.

Humans are animals, neither good or bad. Their actions may be helpful or harmful, but that is a choice each every single person makes.

And if you actually bothered to look, you’d find that most people just want to live a peaceful and quiet life.

The world’s richest 10% are responsible for two thirds of global heating:

https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-richest-10-caused-two-thirds-of-global-heating-study-finds

Guess how they got so filthy rich? Capitalism.

Millions and millions of people work hard every single day, for low pay and zero recognition, protecting, researching, and restoring wilderness around the world.

Millions and millions of people are concerned about climate change, and have changed their lifestyles in order to try to help and reduce the strain on our planet.

Correction:

Humans are not cancer. Capitalism is.

A complex problem is scary for intellectually lazy or emotionally immature people.

It’s easier for them to believe there is a simple solution but the “deep state” is preventing the solution from happening, or that a “savior” will come and fix it all for us while we sit back and watch Netflix.

Good news is that our country is so anti-immigrant, they will likely be miserable over here. Even better, they will probably need to live near other miserable pieces of shit like themselves, and by God are they miserable-- most unhappy people I’ve ever had the misfortune to cross paths with.

This take is so detached from reality.

AOC and Bernie are filling entire stadiums in red states.

Their grassroots support is so fucking strong, I’ll answer phones and knock on doors for these two mofos even though that’s the last thing I want to do on my free time.

We could be building high speed rails across America instead of this dumb bullshit.

Goddamn! Well, times have sure changed. 😂

I can think of a million completely valid reasons that may prevent someone from helping improve their community.

But still something that we need to find the time to help improve our community and that time needs to come from our jobs, not our family, so steal as much time from your employer as you can.

It was like three inches in diameter, the length of a forearm, & covered in algae.

At first I thought it was a wolf eel or something, but then I saw the balls.