Mmm, there’s some excellent rigor down here. Hey Elvis, pass me another cigarette.

*whispers* …Be gentle.

You’re both right, but capitalism is an expression of human nature. That was the original argument for it, in fact; the “invisible hand” referred to self-interest, an aspect of human nature.

It is at once both the unique strength and tragic weakness of the economic system and humanity alike.

Packet headers.

A packet is like a sealed mailing envelope. Its headers are like things written on the face of an envelope, including an address. Chunks of data on the internet are so many letters in these envelopes, carried and delivered by a network of other computers.

OP do you work in a physical job? Warehouse, construction, military, something like that? These are the only types of environments where I remember this being weirdly normal.

Everywhere else it’s an easy way to lose your job and/or catch a charge.

TV, video games, and other sedentary activities are correlated as well (though the effect might be amplified by the use of computers for activities that might induce stress or anxiety). I think the key takeaway might be less “avoid computers” and more “don’t sit for too long.” But that’s none of my business.

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Hell yeah! If you’re in a hurry, you can do this as one fluid movement with a bed or similar surface. Other grown-ups might consider it undignified-looking to treat a mattress like a bouncy castle, but they can suck a lemon!

In case you haven’t tried this, here are the steps:

1. Hold the pants in front of you like usual and fall backwards into the bed
2. Use the momentum to rock backward with enough force to lift your hips briefly
3. While hips are raised, kick through the pant legs while pulling the waist up as far as possible before your hips return to the bed
4. As you roll forward, use the momentum to bring yourself back up off the bed
5. Once returned to standing position, pull waist the rest of the way if necessary and proceed as usual

Until one landlord defects to improve their occupancy rate.

Game theory

Formally, market efficiency makes this impossible without price fixing.

Practically, UBI does result in mild inflation of consumer prices in most models, but it’s because the market changes shape slightly to meet new consumer demand, as opposed to a blanket price increase of everything.

Places are symbolic, often institutions by which the perpetrator feels betrayed, excluded, or neglected: school, community, religion, government, society, etc.

As to why figureheads, authorities, owners/elites, and similarly logical representatives are less common targets, I suspect it’s the same reason why smaller acts of violence often target the innocent: primal dynamics behind the cycle of abuse. The hurt/abused are made to feel weak and associate abuse with strength. Unless the original abuser is perceived as newly vulnerable, a weaker target is then sought, and the abuse is perpetuated rather than reciprocated.

It’s helpful to bear in mind, because the most common forms of perpetuated abuse are subtle enough to go unnoticed by most, including various microaggressions, exclusive body language, backhanded compliments, contrarian and adversarial mannerisms, etc. More noticeable are things like verbal insults or threats, bullying, theft, vandalism, and the like, but these are often treated as isolated behavioral problems. Acts of physical violence are of course most noticeable, but are usually preceded by other signs. Anyway, if you notice someone is hurting, or you are hurt yourself, don’t ignore it. We must look out for each other.