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The answer is…honestly… most of them.

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How is it a profound question? Why don’t you like your wife?

Careers provide our ability to experience a high quality of life and they are the primary way we contribute to society.

Here’s my hot take: being miserable in both marriage and a job says more about the man than it does the marriage and the job.

As an Auburn fan of many decades, I was by no means shocked.

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Over 280 Cal STEM faculty say

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When are we going to address Indians and their hiring biases?

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There is a massive elephant in the room that isn’t being formally discussed or acknowledged enough. I also want to preface this with saying that I state this in good faith. I respect Indians and they do bring a large benefit to our country, but I think that the community has an equality and diversity issue.

I mention Indians specifically here as they are a large group and work via the caste system which is more problematic.

The jobs that I was able to easily obtain as a teenager have been pushed out and many now struggle in this age range to get hired.

This includes both 16-18, and 18-24 year olds. Despite me being young, I still remember when businesses such as KFC, Mcdonald’s, Greggs, etc, were majority student employed and British (regardless of colour). Nowadays, most of these businesses are fully staffed by Indian immigrants. Note that this also happens in more skilled roles such as in the computing and IT sector.

This happens as when one gets hired to a managerial position and then begins to blatantly exclude other groups from their hiring process. It is disguised and covered to avoid legal implications but happens frequently. People getting invited to group interviews with a diverse mixture of races, Arabs, Black people, other South Asians, White people. When the shop finally opens, all of the employees remain Indian.

I’d also like to add in one small personal anecdote. I’m aware that all Nisa’s in a city that I used to frequent are owned by one family. I used to speak with the manager who told me that his cousins are trained over in India to inherit the businesses and switch out managerial positions. Note that I am not stating that all Nisa shops in the country are subject to this.

As these shops are typically franchises, i’m not sure if there is anything that can even be actioned to tackle this. This goes beyond hiring only Indians, some will literally only hire Indians from specific castes or areas. A similar issue occurs in rentals. They advertise on informal platforms such as NextDoor to avoid an influx of general demographic interest. Then, to avoid blatant discrimination they label the rentals as e.g. “1 box room pure veg only.” This doesn’t just filter out non-Hindus/Indians, it filters out specific castes that eat meat and people from certain areas. Vegetarianism is predominantly a Vaishnav/Jain tradition.

Diversity isn’t truly diversity if it only includes one minority group.

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From /r/askbrits

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Then you have Auburn! Why is Auburn not an equal foe to Bama in terms of accomplishments?

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Alabama is the all time college football program. No one has the measurables to compete with them. That’s fine.

They just ended a historic dynasty run with Nick Saban. At the same time, Auburn has experienced the worst stretch of seasons in (maybe) its entire history. Other than 2010 and 2013, Auburn has had a shite run going back to 2008. 2009, 2017, and 2019 were the only halfway decent seasons compared to 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

So the percentages are skewing in one direction.

Auburn was never going to be equal to Alabama. But the argument once was that starting with Pat Dye, the programs shifted closer to each other than further away. Auburn once had two Heisman winners to Alabama’s zero. Auburn had more SEC championships between 1982 and 2007 than Alabama. Auburn had two undefeated seasons. Auburn was 16-10 against Alabama in the Iron Bowl.

Even after Saban started kicking arse, Auburn seemingly held their own. They added another Heisman winner immediately after Bama’s first. They won the NC immediately after Saban’s first with Alabama. After Chizik, Malzahn came in and nearly won another NC in 2013.

The point is - it seems like a wider gap than history portrays. We absolutely suck right now. And Alabama went on a historic run to add onto their already historically dominant pedigree.

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Am i the only one that thinks hes an ego maniac

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Of course he’s an ego maniac. He’s SHAQ. Who wouldn’t be if they were born as a living myth-worthy legend?

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and kind of unlikable?

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The current hacky sack phenomenon gives me hope. An all inclusive circle of humans kicking a little ball to each other. It’s the solution for all of mankind’s problems.

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Eta: compounding interest at ~6.75% (variable by the way) is almost certainly going to be more costly than inflation that's just an excuse to justify spending $ you dont have.

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Are you sure about that?

Our cabinets quote was $18k in 2023. It's $25k in 2026.

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What makes a HELOC better is you don't pay on it unless you have a balance while a loan you are pre-committing to an amount up front.

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Very true.

I've just never had any debt besides a mortgage and car payments. If it were up to me, we'd wait a few more years and pay for the kitchen upgrade in cash. But inflation keeps going up and my wife has grown impatient.

There was a local pharmacist here in Birmingham (Helena area) that died back around 2010 or so. He was late 30s, healthy, with a family. Caught a sinus infection that killed him quickly. I think it was about a week from start to finish.

Terrifying how that can happen.