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    Quote Originally Posted by jp1 View Post
    I can't speak for Rob but I know guys who enjoy that role.
    I charge extra for that in one of my moonlighting professions...

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    Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
    I charge extra for that in one of my moonlighting professions...
    Do tell, Bae. Rob

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    You know, I had no idea this thread would generate so many views and replies. I think I will try for 30,000 views and 1,000 replies. After all, it's just for entertainment anyway. Not bad for a thread about an imbecile billionaire.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Williamsmith View Post
    You know, I had no idea this thread would generate so many views and replies. I think I will try for 30,000 views and 1,000 replies. After all, it's just for entertainment anyway. Not bad for a thread about an imbecile billionaire.
    The cultural insights of the OP were profound and incredibly thought-provoking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler View Post
    The cultural insights of the OP were profound and incredibly thought-provoking.
    I must have been high on opiods at the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler View Post
    The conservatives on here treat Rob like the whipping boy.
    I wouldn't call it "like a whipping boy", it's more that Rob has spent a lot of time and effort here asserting his right to other peoples expertise and effort at a cost he deems appropriate. Sometimes those assertions beg another viewpoint, one that liberals don't seem interested in providing.
    "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    I wouldn't call it "like a whipping boy", it's more that Rob has spent a lot of time and effort here asserting his right to other peoples expertise and effort at a cost he deems appropriate. Sometimes those assertions beg another viewpoint, one that liberals don't seem interested in providing.
    From each according to his abilities. To each according to his needs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler View Post
    From each according to his abilities. To each according to his needs.
    So, if someone is operating below their abilities, should they be forced, or have a duty to change?
    "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    So, if someone is operating below their abilities, should they be forced, or have a duty to change?
    Does Alan decide if they are operating at, below, or above their abilities?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    So, if someone is operating below their abilities, should they be forced, or have a duty to change?
    I have heard that argument made in a slightly different context.

    The case given was for an investment banker earning $600K annually. Disgusted with her life of greed, she considers chucking it all and working as a relief volunteer in South Sudan.

    But not so fast, says a concerned utilitarian. Local workers can be hired for a sack of rice per week. She is ethically obligated to stay in investment banking and donate her salary to hire squadrons of local relief workers in order to serve the greater good.

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