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Batting .500 here. Cumulative 45 plus prev gf.

Until death do you part. That's what matters here. There are people who get divorced after fifty years, does that mean they were a success for forty nine of them? Marriage is a pass/fail proposition where you only really know if you passed...

"Editor’s note: this is a continuation of my series on meritocracy. The motivation for this series is to establish the logic which will be presented in my upcoming book ‘Leaving a Legacy’, in which I will attempt to convince wealthy individuals...

Peter wrote, Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. (1 Peter 2:18-19)...

We can look at Jacob. He was a slave to Laban to pay for Leah and Rachel for 14 years. He did it without even complaining too.

OT slavery was really just work for an advance payment. Today, if you fall into debt, you have to spend years gradually clawing your way out of it and paying interest all the time. In the OT, you could instead approach someone more wealthy and...

Right, because biblically it was a crime (capital I believe) to steal a man and sell him. So old testament slavery was more like work and education opportunities entered into voluntary inside Hebrew culture. Slaves as spoil of war were often...

"Editor’s note: this is a continuation of my series on meritocracy. The motivation for this series is to establish the logic which will be presented in my upcoming book ‘Leaving a Legacy’, in which I will attempt to convince wealthy individuals...

The Babylon Bee are often dangerously close to being prophetic!

Title says all: https://becomingnoble.substack.com/p/meritocracy-kills-fertility

When I miss someone a lot, I literally start having auditory and visual hallucinations. When I was a child, I saw my great-grandmother's "spirit" passing through my room. I have also seen images of my dog who has passed away.

The Babylon Bee are often dangerously close to being prophetic!

The Babylon Bee is just generally a bit early.

I think it's likely roughly accurate as to what is happening but with incorrect details, in the same way that the Babylon Bee is usually roughly accurate as to a trend but with exaggerated details. Satire has to have some truth to satirise.

I read it and saw the statement that it was satire. My opinion was that it is basically true, but written as satire to escape criticism and possible legal problems.