It took me a moment to get it. At first I thought this was a reference to captain Kirk saying Sora died like a red shirt. The I was like oh yeah there was that forgettable man named Kirk that die.
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Janeway is the best captain because Kate Mulgrew told Shatner off for making fun of fans.
I will argue that the glass being half empty can be an optimistic view. The empty space is an opportunity to fill the glass with something of my choice. For example I could fill the remaining half with orange juice concentrate to now have a full glass of orange juice.
Yet I only need an integer when using the imperial system, and I don't have to repeat 3 into infinity.
There is a third problem. It assumes talented people are will return to jobs where they can be fired at the whim of a presidents.
I find people who try to stand out and play up their work insufferable. What I find more insufferable is that this works for getting ahead
These are my grandfather's words not mine: no matter how much of an idiot your boss is, he is still your boss
I watched a Director level employee get let go during a round of layoffs because he caused to much trouble by fighting for his employees.
A corollary to your first one: if you take on extra work people will forget it is extra work when it's not delivered on time or has issues. It does not matter how much the first three people fucked it up, you touched it last.
I think the low budget was part of its magic.
I am pretty sure the guy had some ment illness going on. I watched some videos after he died and he sounded like the guys at the group home I used to work at.