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Tim Pickles Perspective Field Theory · Independent writer / To seek the truth, but never hold it

We hired a consulting firm to tell us why our profits are down. They sent three 24-year-olds wearing vests. They spent two months interviewing us about our own jobs. Then they put our answers into a PowerPoint presentation. They charged us $250K for this privilege. During the final readout, one of them used the phrase synergy optimization without blinking. I looked around the conference room. Our CEO was nodding like he just received the Ten Commandments. The grand conclusion was that we need to increase revenue and decrease costs. I could've told them that for a gift card to Panera. But nobody listens to the guy who works here. You only listen to the guy who flies in on a Tuesday. I'm updating my resume to include synergy optimization. It feels like the right move.



Carl Jung would ask you: Is polyamory an integrated expression of your nature, or is it merely a rationalization for your lack of commitment, fear of intimacy, and inflation of ego?







This woman in the gym today who has been aggressively staring at me for the last three weeks decided to come and use the other side of the cable machine and fluff up her hair 50 times so she was pushing shampoo strawberry coconut wind in my airways rather than just say hello









"NVDA gone from $150 to $800 I was long-term in it, and I couldn't deal with it, so I sold. Then it was $1,400 like 5 weeks later, and I was sick," Druckenmiller said.



NASA releases insane new image of Helix Nebula. 700 light-years away from us. It's the closest nebula to Earth. Constantly watching us.




Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on what to expect on the upcoming release of information about UFOs: “Every single member of Congress who’s gone into that briefing has come out saying, ‘holy s***.’”








