#Wealth Impact

[familythings]

Can Money Buy Happiness? New Insights from Wharton Professor Matthew Killingsworth

The never-ending debate about whether money can actually buy happiness has been going on for ages. As society changes and the economy evolves, it’s important to take another look at this question from new angles and modern research. Meet Matthew Killingsworth, a renowned professor at the Wharton School, whose latest research provides fresh and groundbreaking insights into this age-old…

[hamletshoeratio]

"A strong queen is just what this country needs!"

The Irish who know the queen in question as the famine queen:

[mihai-florescu]

The act of achieving a goal brings with it grief of an idea you used to fantasize about; bringing it to reality means the loss of a dream. For an emotionally unstable person who used it as the very reason to stay alive, this loss can lead to the creation of far wilder and more deranged dreams to live on. I think this is Eichi's position in the second era, now hungering for more than just recognition and love as an idol. This search for an even greater dream to work towards resulted in the creation of idol colonies, a truly insane and worthy of criticism act. But imo it's not for nothing a big part of fine's stories have involved the unit trying to ground Eichi in the moment, to remind him of his original beliefs and dreams he has achieved, even those of his childhood. I'm critical of this arc as a whole as i dont know what's in store for it and how it'll play out and be framed, but i always do my reading of enstars with attention towards Eichi's mind as a catalyst of action, and see the whole story revolving around him. I am hoping the other characters' concerns and criticisms will manage to get through to him~ my emotionally stunted and unstable, struggling princess, turned cartoon villain...

[satans-codpiece]

sorry this is a garbage take from the Clock App but we have to stop pretending art made by terrible people is less meaningful, complicated, or beautiful simply because the artist is not morally unimpeachable.

[vgtrackbracket]

Video Game Track Bracket Round 2

MachineGun Kiss 【Police Spec Edition】 from Yakuza: Like a Dragon

vs.

Lyin (See You in the Next World) from Houkai Gakuen 2/Guns Girl Z/Honkai Impact 3rd

Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

MachineGun Kiss 【Police Spec Edition】:

This old man can get it

Adachi's version of Machine Gun Kiss is the best version of Machine Gun Kiss

[lilacerull0]

this is so poignant to me i can't even. + the fact that nino isn't wearing his glasses in the scene on the right as if to say that he is completely blind to the mechanisms of the world he will never be able to escape simply because he exists, but will be labelled equally incapable of ever truly comprehending its scale — in spite of endlessly discussing its impact. talking about the shop owners of naples suddenly proven to be entirely different from encountering them face to face, huh. something incredibly relevant about that.

[ifawnleaf]

ig it's not good for adaine's arc or whatever but i've been real annoyed that fabian didn't just pay for her school supplies??

[topnotchquark]

Behind F1's Velvet Curtain

This article by Kate Wagner on her INEOS sponsored trip to the Austin GP at COTA last year was commissioned by Road and Track magazine and then taken down. Presumably because Kate has was pretty staunch in her opinions about what was essentially a paid trip.

It is exactly the kind of thing I have wanted to read about the felt experience of the money business of F1. It doesn't get into technicalities and does not produce any spreadsheets for reference. It's just, her experience of the presence of wealth in the sport.

She starts off by talking about how she has been covering cycling and NASCAR for a while now and both of those, in comparison, are scrappier sports with smaller sponsors and cheaper tickets.

What I also especially loved was how fascinated she was with the cars themselves, and how they seem like a true marvel of human engineering. She almost described the cars like these alien beasts that came into this dimension out of nowhere and were being constantly monitored and dueled with to furnish wins and glory (and shareholder value for sponsors).

I think I always had an understanding of the weird myth making surrounding F1 and the kind of media attention it attracts, but someone like Kate (who I have loved reading for a while now) putting it into perspective really made it click for me. This sport thrives off of the kind of cocoon it has built around it and understands exactly the certain exclusiveness it needs to maintain to keep the story alive.

Anyway, give it a read, especially because Road and Track is trying to bury it to not piss off sponsors.

[1introvertedsage]

Sentitu

Let me just quiet my mind Incoming - a message from the Divine. Whispers - inspired this rhyme. Just when I thought I was out of time.

Our impact will be felt. Sacred Wisdom is real wealth. Healing our lands, improving our health. Learning to play the cards we were dealt.

~I.S.~

'Sentitu' means: to feel

[honeyandpumpkins]

i think it’s weird that displaying glee at random privileged people dying has become shorthand for how progressive you are, as if it demonstrates a level of enlightenment that is above having empathy for people who hold a level of privilege in the world and therefore are “the bad guys”

i also think it’s weird that freak accidents or instances of death are framed as “justice.” like how does a random billionaire dying lead to a more just and equitable society?

i ALSO think it’s weird that expressing any kind of horror at the circumstances of a privileged person’s death is framed as “simping for billionaires” or some shit. as if a personal emotional reaction to someone’s horrific death and the impact that death would have on loved ones precludes any level of class consciousness

[clonerightsagenda]

Maybe the NVP writers felt it wasn't their place to incorporate these elements into their horror podcast which I fully understand, but it would be interesting to see a take on American highway horror that acknowledges most highways going through cities blasted through low income and Black neighborhoods leaving devastated communities in their wake.

[lady-shadow-and-darkness]

The more I learn about Arlecchino, the more it solidifies the image of her just being a caring yet stern parent and a ruthless yet logical harbinger in my head.

[cruelsister-moved2]

it feels the same as how autistic people with the lowest support needs who move through the world the easiest naturally get to dominate conversations about autism and are so oblivious to the concerns of others that their conversations representlike a negative social experience as on par with - or more severe than - concerns like medical abuse and care provision etc or else when discussing these issues centre themselves and obfuscate the fact that the people overwhelmingly at risk of being restrained and forcibly institutionalised and being unable to feed themselves and literally being murdered by cops are not you. so you can just be like "autistic people are more likely to xyz" and claim that conversation for yourself without being open about the fact that it is never going to be YOU just because u belong to the broad community in which these things happen -_-

[rabbitindisguise]

I was like "am I wasting my money??" and then I remembered a friend that regularly goes to canada. I think spending a couple dollars on something on sale is probably fine actually

[beedreamscape]

Maybe it's just me but Nydas "fuck the gold, what matters is the people" moment didn't really shake me. I just felt he was that giving humane kind of person since the beginning.

Like he's doing favours to people all throughout the campaign - wands for patia, automata for Laerryn, negotiations with Loquatius, extremely concerned about Zerxus' struggle, the sorcerers' academy, the allowances, etc etc.

When that moment came I was like... ???? Are y'all surprised? He's always been about the people. I mean, definitely cheers because he (literally) slayed, but the way people talk sounds like it was so surprising.

Even the spell kite from his family, a greedy selfish guy wouldn't even care, especially not about a humble loaf of bread, his sister-in-law wouldn't be updating him on the kids in the first place if he hadn't shown care before.

[sedgewicke]

I really need to go to Roshar and introduce English swears. Because I just cannot frelling work with settings that don't have proper swears.