Why do I not see a notification or at least double coins if no notification went out? Do I need to be a paystrag to actually not be jewed?

We all know that all shipping companies are not equal.

S tier

FedEx

Packages delivered on time, rarely lost, rarely damaged. They deliver before my business is closed. Cost to ship is competitive

A tier

USPS

Cheap, usually good times, packages lost more often but usually arrive undamaged. They deliver late, but before my business closes. Shipping costs are cheaper for small packages but they don't ship everything.

D tier

DHL

Idk if they are cheap or not but they take forever to get to me. I try to avoid people who ship DHL. Hate when I get a DHL package. It's going to take days extra to deliver and who knows when they will be here.

Amazon

Essentially DHL but the packages are a little extra beat up when I get them

F tier

UPS

UPS are a bunch of r-slurred apes posing as delivery people. I'm assuming everything is brown from them throwing their shit against the side. You are lucky if you get your UPS package within a couple of days of the expected day. When you receive it, it will be best up and parts you ordered may be stuck through the sides. There may be missing items due to holes created by aforementioned parts. They have no concept of office hours, if they even come with my package I can only assume it will be at 7, two hours after we close when I'm finishing my workout. The proud pavement ape will then spend 12 minutes playing soccer inside the ups vehicle while blocking the entire parking lot and entrance and making me wait. Then he will say, "sorry bruh, long day," forgetting I can see he didn't even leave to start his route until 2pm I HATE UPS. How are they so bad at this

Thank you for attending my ted talk

Measurements include managing diverse teams, scouting of diverse talent, and encouraging collaboration of varied backgrounds and experiences.

Transcript:

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/the-critical-drinker.87758/page-21#post-20154346

From the guy who made such hits as "the politics of paddington" or "the unsung perfection of the muppets christmas carol"

A lot of you have probably heard of it. Most of you probably didn't read it or just skimmed/read Sparksnotes for a literature class. James Franco tried and failed to make a movie out of it. It's regarded as such a classic that a many people automatically that it's hard to understand or relate to. Well, the hard to understand part might sort of be true, but it's more due to a genuinely experimental perspective than big words or needing specific historical context.

The Sound and the Fury takes place in the American South, around a declining white family that used to have wealth and plantations but now has only their former glory and an estate to their name. The family is headed by Jason and Caroline, whose children are Quentin, Benjamin, Candace, and Jason Jr. The novel is split into 4 sections: the Benjy section, the Quentin section, the Jason section, and finally what sometimes is referred to as the Dilsey section which is in 3rd person. Jason Sr is the patriach of the family, although he's very much a nihilist that's checked out. Caroline, the mother, is a neurotic recluse who basically dotes on her worst child in Jason Jr. Quentin is the sensitive soft-boi who still believes in the Southern code of honor that men and women must hold on to, despite himself being a fairly unmasculine incel. Caddy (Candace) is arguably the most important person in the novel, despite not having her own section. The only daughter, she's a tomboy who keeps the family together by taking charge of her brothers while having dreams that are bigger than what the town offers her. Unfortunately for her, she acts out through promiscuity which is a big source of tension in the novel, especially for Quentin who seethes about Caddy's slutting around that results in her out-of-wedlock pregnancy. Jason Jr is an butthole, and Benjy is... well he's r-slurred.

I'm only going to talk about the 1st section of the novel at length cause it stands out the most and also cause it doesn't give too much of the rest of the book away. The section starts with the r-slurred mentally handicapped oldest son of the Compsons, Benjamin aka Benjy. It's the strongest section of the novel and is what makes this book the most impressive American novel in my personal opinion. Somehow, in the 1920s, William Faulkner managed to create one of the most incredible portrayals of a nonverbal mentally handicapped man (alright I'm just gonna call him r-slurred now since the words mean the same thing and r-slurred is easier to type) ever, using first-person.

Benjamin Compson's POV gives the reader a kind of bystander's view of the happenings of the Compson family through his eyes, with certain things like sounds and smells in the present triggering memories that he re-experiences as if they were presently happening. While the link between smell and memory wasn't a new idea when Faulker was around, it's still incredible that an author from the 1920s would manage to create such a compelling portrayal of a profoundly r-slurred man that couldn't even speak by depicting his inner emotional sensitivity and capacity for love through a nonlinear stream-of-consciousness narrative. Benjy doesn't get much in terms of heroic moments, very few people understand him apart from Candace and his black caretakers.

The other sections are great too, although to me they get progressively less compelling. Maybe Faulkner was trying to mirror the disintegration of the Compson family over time within the structure of the book itself, I'm not sure. And while I've mostly praised Faulkner's writing techniques here, his characters are also absolutely incredible and their individual perspectives read very differently. It really feels like Faulkner was one of those standout writers like Flaubert and Dostoevsky who had an excellent grasp on human psychology decades before the psychology we know of today even became accepted in the mainstream. I see a lot of more modern writers try to incorporate psychology but they do so in a way that's overly reductive, usually boiling down entire motivations and personalities to a single event in their characters' pasts. But Faulker writes characters whose motivations are complex to the point where they themselves aren't even aware of what is driving them. In fact a recurring theme of the book is how there's usually no single one point in the past they could have changed to solve their problems. Their actions and inner selves are complex without coming off as wildly out of character, which is very difficult for even good writers to pull off.

In short, you should read it, and then read it again a few more times because it's such an impressive example of a writer having mastery over his craft. The way Faulkner used stream-of-consciousness to depict emotions and memories in a non-linear way that's closer to how we actually experience them broke new ground and IMO is still unmatched even to this day. It's not a long book, nor does it use many difficult words or super archaic dialogues. But the style can be challenging, especially in the first section. My advice would be to just read it all the way through once, and then go back to piece together the stuff in between the lines. In my experience the style is a bit weird but feels much more natural than the standard he said she said style most authors write in.

Anyways, feel free to ask questions and make suggestions. I'm not sure if I should do more of these. I was considering adding pictures like the popular reviewers on GoodReads but I despite those cretins with a passion. Maybe some relevant pictures and captions wouldn't be so bad but I'm not sure.

Choice Quote: "It was Grandfather's watch and when Father gave it to me he said I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire; it's rather excruciating-ly apt that you will use it to gain the reducto absurdum of all human experience which can fit your individual needs no better than it fitted his or his father's. I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools"

That the most pro multiculturalism city had 9-11 happen to it (100 billion dollar damage) and the most pro environmental protection state had the LA fires happen (200 billion dollar damage)? Feel like theses some bait somewhere.

YouTube star and Beast Games creator Jimmy "MrBeast" recently took to X to announce the release of his new YouTube video where he helps 2,000 amputees get access to prosthetics. In the same post on X, MrBeast condemns the healthcare system of the United States for not providing these facilities effectively, with a YouTuber having to step in to fill the gap.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/streamers/news-mrbeast-criticizes-us-healthcare-helping-2-000-amputees-get-prosthetics-youtube-video

Just uploaded a video where we helped 2,000 amputees walk again. Many lived in America and it feels so disgusting that in a country with this much wealth, a fricken YouTuber is their only option to get a prosthetic leg. We need to fix this.

— MrBeast (@MrBeast) January 11, 2025

I think my meds gave me Bipolar.

(SSRI, mood stabilizer, previous use of Beta blockers, occasional Benzo (all for anxiety))

!boozers !nicotine !newport !bharatiya

https://ukranews.com/ua/news/1058477-na-zakarpatti-hotily-mobilizuvaty-retsydyvista-ale-vin-pograbuvav-ttsk-ta-vtik

!jannies

!cars

Lucianna was one of the last of 35 survivors to be rescued from the wreck of the Sea Story, an Egyptian dive vessel that sank in the Red Sea on 25 November last year. Up to 11 people died or are still missing, including two Britons, Jenny Cawson and Tarig Sinada from Devon.

At the time, Egyptian authorities attributed the disaster to a huge wave of up to 4m (13ft), but the BBC has spoken to 11 survivors of the Sea Story who have cast doubt on the claim. That has been supported by a leading oceanographer, who told us weather data from the time suggests a wave could not have been responsible, and that a combination of crew error and failings in the boat were the likely cause.

As well as describing the terror of being trapped in a rapidly sinking boat, the survivors accuse the company which ran it, Dive Pro Liveaboard, of several safety failings. They also say the Egyptian authorities were slow to react, something which may have cost lives. We have put questions to Dive Pro Liveaboard - based in Hurghada - and the Egyptian government, but not received any reply.

This, for the first time, is the inside story of how the Sea Story sank, as told by those who made it out alive.

‘Non-Vegetarians Are Traitors to the Country’, Maneka Gandhi’s Shocking Statement in Pune https://t.co/XT5geuiS0V

— Punekar News (@punekarnews) January 13, 2025

There's a substance in women's tears that literally lowers men's testostereone. pic.twitter.com/SLNeIr0LkK

— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) January 13, 2025