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Nonlinearity of Progress and the S curve.
I once had to choose for a post-conference dinner between a lively Greek Taverna and a high-high class restaurant with Michelin Star etc. I was voted down in favor of the high class restaurant, where I had to suffer through the "experience" of eating complicated tiny stuff (very very complicated) with paired wine, etc., while listening to some bullshit by the sommelier and faking that I was not bored. Other customers in the room seemed, as we say in Lebanese, to have a cork stuck in their behind (all men wore ties). The meal cost the organizers ~$200 per person.
After the meal (I was still starving), I drove to my favorite pizza place and got 2 slices of Nick's Pizza for $6.95. I was furious, feeling hoodwinked by some constructed story that everyone was buying.
Now let us discuss constructed preferences vs natural ones: if I had a choice: between paying $200 for a pizza or $6.95 for the French complicated experience, I would pay $200 for the pizza, plus $9.95 for a bottle of Malbec wine. Actually I would pay to not have the Michelin experience.
There exists a sophistication that has negative utility. This tells us something about wealth & GDP growth in society: the presence an "S" curve beyond which you get incremental harm. It is detectable only if you get rid of constructed preferences.
Now societies have been getting wealthier and wealthier, many beyond the positive part of the "S" curve. And I am certain that if pizza were priced at $200, the people with a cork in their behind would be lining up for it. But it is too easy to produce so they opt for the costly, and pizza will be always cheaper than the complicated crap.
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by coillcam View PostIs Airbnb any use?"I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Originally posted by coillcam View PostIs Airbnb any use?
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostWell done Pope Francis. The man knows the true meaning of beautiful.
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In hestons perfectionist cafe in Heathrow atm, damn good Reuben sambo must sayLow fee Euro/UK money transfer, 1st transfer free through my referral
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Fuckin airports
Ehonda... Are you messing with me? Got bumped from my flightSPOILERmissed it by five fuckin minsand next flight out (which I got on) has been delayed by an hour. What evil powers do you have to affect my flights in LAX
WP son, WP!
Kinda remind me of that esipode from Only Fools and Horses with del boy stealing the satellite dish from the airport.No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostI just can't believe how spectacularly I've just messed up.
Rang by a researcher for a Monday night RTE show. He goes 'Eamonn Dunphy is coming on saying that he lives half in France and half in Ireland; and what you get for your tax in France is vastly better than Ireland'
He asks; as an economist would you have a comment on that?
I of course start chuckling and go 'you know its mad you say that, because...[moving to France story]
So now I'm on the show talking about this, apparently. An economist and my own perspective on why I chose France.
The big fucking fucking fuck up here - I haven't told work yet I'm leaving and wasn't planning to for ages, but now I'm going announcing it instead on national tv in front of a few hundred thousand people.
What's the play here?
Also, stop saying yes to go on TV totally unprepared!
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostI just can't believe how spectacularly I've just messed up.
Rang by a researcher for a Monday night RTE show. He goes 'Eamonn Dunphy is coming on saying that he lives half in France and half in Ireland; and what you get for your tax in France is vastly better than Ireland'
He asks; as an economist would you have a comment on that?
I of course start chuckling and go 'you know its mad you say that, because...[moving to France story]
So now I'm on the show talking about this, apparently. An economist and my own perspective on why I chose France.
The big fucking fucking fuck up here - I haven't told work yet I'm leaving and wasn't planning to for ages, but now I'm going announcing it instead on national tv in front of a few hundred thousand people.
What's the play here?No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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Originally posted by pokerhand View PostSay nothing for the lols... Just go to work the next day and say it was all bullshit and you made it up to get on the show with Dumphy as you got a man crush on him. Spin it out for a few months and then casually say I'm off to France fuckers...No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by Lord Sir Business View PostGet home, make a cup of tea, no fucking milk. Not happy. Was looking forward all day to a nice cup of tea, twirl and a sit down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYS6xeoBnc
Townies...This too shall pass.
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Originally posted by oleras View PostHow many hours would it take to resaddle the horse to get back to the big city ?
Townies...X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by Lord Sir Business View PostGet home, make a cup of tea, no fucking milk. Not happy. Was looking forward all day to a nice cup of tea, twirl and a sit down.
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Originally posted by oleras View PostOver 5km to the nearest shop, wheres your nearest cow juice outlet ?X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Is 40€ per hour a bit steep for werewolf coaching considering I'll be using Skype and it will be a group, minimum 3 at the moment but likely more
I'm estimating 2/3 hours for basic stuff and 8/10 hours for all my secretsLast edited by Wesley Harms; 06-02-15, 18:18.
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Originally posted by oleras View PostThe walk will do you good, some night air. The tea will be more worthwhile after it, and maybe grab a bag of cans for the LLS too ?
So there you have it, I'm laying on the couch now, staring into the abyss that is my cup of black cold tea. And I'm <not> arsed with anything anymore.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by Kim Huybrechts View PostIs 40€ per hour a bit steep for werewolf coaching considering I'll be using Skype and it will be a group, minimum 3 at the moment but likely more
I'm estimating 2/3 hours for basic stuff and 8/10 hours for all my secretsNo beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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I used way too many fucking commas in that post. In fairness though, I'm upset and rightly so.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by eamonhonda View PostArsehole clientele in opium rooms alright. And not a cheap drink to be hadX can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by pokerhand View PostHmm... Another hour delay. Ehonda... You just made an unpowerful enemy
Edit: just changed my flight. Leave in two hours instead of 4... Take that Ehonda!!!No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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Anyone here have any experience with Kolbe Analysis?
Hotspur? Or any of the finance heads?
Thoughts on it?This may or may not be an original thought of my own.
All efforts were made to make this thought original but with the abundance of thoughts in the world the originality of this thought cannot be guaranteed.
The author is not liable for any issue arising from the platitudinous nature of this post.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostRandom thing.
Saved By the Bell was mentioned yesterday and don't think anyone mentioned the clusterfark that is the life of Lark Voorhies aka Screech's one true love:
She's apparently obsessed with commas and insists on adding them to everything for spiritual reasons. The below being an opener to one of her books:
So, you're, in, good, company...
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Originally posted by eamonhonda View PostArsehole clientele in opium rooms alright. And not a cheap drink to be hadOriginally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostRandom thing.
Saved By the Bell was mentioned yesterday and don't think anyone mentioned the clusterfark that is the life of Lark Voorhies aka Screech's one true love:
She's apparently obsessed with commas and insists on adding them to everything for spiritual reasons. The below being an opener to one of her books:
So, you're, in, good, company...
Should hook her up with luckforsome edit: Fuck ya Flushdraw
When are you coming for a pint luckforsome?Last edited by Lord Sir Banter; 06-02-15, 20:20.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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