Bamboo isn’t a magic plant. It requires specific combinations of conditions to grow: the right soils, the right level of water and sunlight, temperatures within their preferred range.

Yes it’s a pain to eradicate when improperly planted and then ignored for long enough. But it’s just a plant that has specific needs like all plants do.

Limiting factors are the reason. If you put a person in a hole and gave them everything they needed to live, except water, they wouldn’t survive long, as an example.

Being apolitical is a luxury many cannot afford

I can’t speak for the original questioner, but your account is very new. Lemmy is a bit clannish and rightly suspicious of these types of account.

You’ve already done it. You noticed the behavior in others. Just keep an eye on yourself and find better ways to respond to changing situations.

I make a ham and brie sandwich on a toasted bagel. The just-melting brie holds into the hemp hearts as does the fig jam I out on the other half of the bagel. Yummers.

That which is dead can never die.

Duh, it’s British Broadcasting Chicken.

Yes. It’s that simple.

It serves the university two ways: they get a consistent source of extra money and degree completion rates seem to increase.

I like this one. White folks of good intentions in general have learned they have to distinguish themselves socially from the white supremacists.

There are many Jewish people who try to do the same and separate themselves from the genocidal members of that grouping. The term “Jewish supremacist” is a lot cleaner and easier to sell than “Zionist”.

“Zionist” just invites sealioning because then you get into whether Israel should exist at all and that’s just a damn mess.

The Krylon brand makes a thing called Easy-Tack repositionable spray adhesive. It’s a bit like the sticky on a post-it note, and is used for scrapbooking and fabric art that you might need to move around.

Worth a look, I think.

All of these comments are thoughtful and substantive.

But none of them consider the fact that some people are just plain oblivious.

You know, morons.

Ok so it’s just a math problem, then. Inheritance is taxed and incurs other costs, so there’s some re-distribution. Plus with multiple heirs, the estate may be divided.

So keep shooting for another couple of months. I’m just saying, it’s totally doable, it will just take a bit more effort.

I give this post 3.5 buttholes.

She has one job on that ship. It’s stupid but she’s gonna do it!

Your own report suggests there is a difference. People aren’t answering your questions. You do not have their attention apparently.

The burden is on you to get your questions answered. Other people have other concerns. Like it or not, you have to do the work of getting these answers. You may need to have a conversation instead of a list of demands.

Perhaps try an email thread instead of a single monolithic email?

Open the thread with a single key question. Listen to their reply. Does your next question still pertain? Then ask it in your reply.

People are not vending machines that contain answers you must shake out of them. A proper relationship, even if just email, is still the best way to achieve your goals.

My two cents as a person who experienced such frustrations early in my career.

This is a major life lesson many never learn.

Suck up to the CEO for appearances sake, but be genuinely kind and grateful to the admins. It’s amazing how good relationships with the people who do the actual work make things easier.

Real professionals care about the public perception of their field. Every major professional gathering in the sciences has a session focused solely on discussion of their jargon and how to communicate effectively with the public.

Why don’t economists care about the public perception of their field?

It would be flabbergasting to think they don’t care, until you realize they are a priesthood, not a profession. They serve the narrow interests of a small group. That group is well-served by denigrating working people.

While there are scientific approaches to the study of economics, the version of economics that makes it into the news is decidedly unscientific.

Because it is inaccurate, simple as that.

Then use the term fungible labor.

Words matter.

“Jobs”. Just that.

The entire reason to classify any labor as unskilled is to denigrate it and justify underpaying.

Work is work.