OneMoreFarang

How old are you? 20? What are you planning for the rest of your life? ????

Yes Since I am about 25 my hobby is my job. I like to play with computers and get paid for it. So in a way I didn't work much in my whole life. And I experienced when I was young that money is nice but not everything. I had a bet with a friend and I ended up having a red Porsche cabriole for a weekend. It was nice and fun and lots of people looked at me and that car. But life didn't really change. My conclusion was that I don't want to work hard to make money to buy expensive things which don't really make my life much better. And a couple of years later I made holiday in Thailand and I liked it a lot. And then I decided why should I live 11 month in the cold with ugly women when instead I can live all the time in Thailand with many beautiful girls. Some time ago I read this story (there are many versions all over the internet). I really like this story. The Mexican Fisherman One day, a businessman on vacation was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village. He looked out and noticed a fisherman rowing his boat to shore in the afternoon sun. The fisherman docked his boat and hopped out, resting his fishing pole on the side. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The businessman complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied, “only a little while.” The businessman then asked why he didn’t stay out longer and catch more fish? The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs. The businessman then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?” The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a nice afternoon nap with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life, señor.” The businessman scoffed, “I am an American Investment Banker with a PhD in business management, and I could help you. You should spend more time fishing in deeper waters, and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the money you make from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats; eventually, you would have a fleet of fishing boats. “Instead of selling your catches of fish to a middleman, you would sell directly to the processor and eventually own your own production plant for canned food. You would control the product, processing, and distribution of fresh fish to thousands of people. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA, and eventually New York City where you would run your expanding enterprise.” The Mexican fisherman asked, “But señor, how long will this all take?” To which the businessman replied, “15-20 years.” “But what then, señor?” The businessman laughed and said, “That’s the best part! When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions.” “Millions, señor? Then what?” The businessman said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”

Yes, because it is up to the owner/manager. If I want to hire a maid, should I hire anybody who shows up who can wipe the floor? Or am I allowed to choose which person I want to hire? And if my gay neighbor wants to hire a maid he has the same free choice for himself. And the same principle applies IMHO to companies.

What other criteria should be used about fairness? I.e. if you look at all US states, was there at least on judge from each state over the years? And if not, should there be? There are so many possible criteria to which group people belong. The skin color is obvious, because it's plain to see. Is that reason enough to choose that as a criteria? Personally I think they should always look at the best qualified person at that time - regardless of "membership" in any group.

Crypto only goes up if there is a high demand. It's not exactly a Ponzi scheme but there are similarities.

I wonder if you would have lived in a location nearby and you were black. Would you expect many white people in the street where you lived? Would you expect many white people in your school? Obviously part of that is racism, and probably mostly racism of the white people. But I am sure lots of people just feel more comfortable with "similar" people.

You are wrong! Many people, including me, have no problem with gays, lesbians, transgender and others. Live and lets live. They are who they are. We can all live happily together and words like mutant are just derogatory. But, for many of us who accept these not straight people, there is a huge difference between accepting them and supporting them to get always what they want. I.e. if I know a gay guy who is a computer expert I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to my friends or business partners. But if I know a guy who is gay and just an average computer guy then I won't recommend him to anybody only because he is gay minority and he thinks he should be supported.

Sure. If it is his business or the shareholders gave him the job to run that business then why not? And this applies to many people, races, gender, etc. Try to go into a Japanese club. They won't let you in unless you are Japanese. Go to a disco and find out if the bouncers like your face. Will you complain if they don't let you in because they don't like you (for whatever reason)?

No. People live in houses and they use cars. And maybe they get a dividend on those shares. What to people with crypto currencies can do with those blockchain entries? Nothing.

Thanks, I get your point and in principle you are right. Let's look at that US supreme court for a moment. The president decided he wants to nominate a black woman, obviously for political reasons. According to one politician (who I don't like) that means 94% of the possible candidates don't even have to apply because they are not black and female. Is that fair? Personally I don't mind if a woman or a man or anything in between gets that job and I also don't care about the person's skin color. But I think it would be best for everybody if the person is the best qualified person for that job. And it seems qualification is often best case 2nd priority for some social worriers.

That's one part. I don't know what she will decide next week. Lia Thomas: Transgender UPenn swimmer sparks outrage (nypost.com)

That's what I thought up to now. If someone is gay or lesbian or a man born in a woman's body all that is possible. And IMHO they should all live the way they want to live. But how about if a guy decides one day that now he is a woman? Use the woman's toilet, compete with women in sport, etc.? And maybe in a month he decides again now he wants to be different again. Maybe this time non binary or whatever. It seems that is what the current activists suggest. It's crazy!

No, I don't think it is fair to get employment percentages by race/gender/whatever to match population distributions. I think people should be employed according to their qualifications and according to other criteria how they fit into an existing team. If 7 out of 10 employees are white and male, fine, and if 5 are trans and 5 are gay that is also fine, it depends on whoever hires them. I.e. if I would hire people then it is less likely that I hire trans people. If a trans person hires people then I am sure he/she will more likely hire other trans people. It is up to each boss who they want to hire. What was the job? Lets say a group of 3 black rappers are looking for somebody to join them, what do you think who would have the highest chance to join them? An old white man? Probably not. And why? Because they will likely feel more comfortable with another black person with similar background. And why not, it's up to them. There are enough jobs out there for all of us. Why should any of us even try to work for anybody who doesn't want us (for whatever reason)? If I would apply to work as a waiter for Hooters I am pretty sure they wouldn't invite me for a job interview. Should I cry now? Or think about another job?

Dr. Jordan Peterson has a good point when he talks about that many gay people say they were born that way and they can't change who they are. So far fair enough. But then now many activist talk about gender choices and that the gender is independent of the sex organs and that gender is fluid. So what does that mean? Are people "born that way" or can they decide every morning what gender they want to be on that day?

That office job must be really boring if it is less boring to watch grapes grow.

Crypto only makes money for the current investors if more and more people buy crypto. So they have to promote it if they want to make money. Imagine how fast the price of crypto currencies would drop if nobody would buy it anymore.

You asked for "Covid Bar Scene" Yes, there is a lot of Covid in the Bar Scene.

I am not whining. I work with lots of people in lots of companies with any color, age, gender, whatever. I have no problem with any of them. The USA has a history of suppression of black people. Many other countries don't have that problem. Especially your last sentence is revealing. Do you want fairness? Or do think that is is payback time for women and black people and maybe others because some people didn't treat them as equal in the past? Payback does absolutely not sound fair and it does not make the situation any better. In fact payback is the kind of behavior which makes the situation worse. But maybe that is what some activists want so they can be activists forever.

Maybe you think this is laughable. I think it's sad. Recently I spoke with a Dr. engineer who told me that he spoke to universities who try to fill up as many positions as possible with blacks, gays, trans, etc. ore of less independent of their qualification. Because that makes the university look good in the eyes of some people. Another reason they do this is to be able to hire a top qualified person for the top job - even if that top qualified person is white and male. I am qualified and I have enough work and opportunities so for me personally it doesn't matter. But I think it's sad to see how crazy this world is already and it's even worse to see that the situation gets worse all the time.

Is their personality not related to their gender? If you have a web developer sitting alone at home then this all doesn't matter. But if a team works together then it matters that they work smoothly together. Obviously there might be women and men and trans and gays and whatever in one team and maybe they work just fine together. But maybe there is a team i.e. of a couple of mechanics repairing cars. Should the boss add a trans person to that team no matter what? Or should the responsible boss/manager look that the new person will fit into the existing team? This is of course only an example and there might be a car mechanic team somewhere in this world who welcomes a trans person.

Are you sure you are allowed to call this person "he"?

Look at the USA and Canada. I hope Thailand will never get as bad as they are.

As far as I am concerned at least small companies should be able to decide what they want for whatever reason including race, gender, age, whatever. Nobody has the right to be employed anywhere he/she/it wants. With large companies there might be rules. I never liked working in a large company and I don't know or care about the details. You write "What if the reason was because you were black?" and you are right I am white. Let me ask: "What if the reason was because you were white and/or male?" Because it seems that is what is happening more and more. Some companies don't want white males anymore. They want women, blacks, Muslims, I guess best case is a transgender black Muslim or something similar. It happens now more and more that companies and organizations select their new employees not according to job related knowledge but because of other reasons to show that they (the company) is somehow politically correct. I am all for equal opportunities but I am not for equal outcome. I.e. women and men and black, white, whatever can apply to be nurses and pilots. But a hospital does not need the same amount of male nurses than female, etc. People are different in many ways. I will never get a job at hooters. Should I sue them for discrimination?

Why should companies not be allowed to choose who they employ? Obviously there are job qualifications but if one person is better qualified does not mean automatically this person will be the better choice. People in companies should work together and there are many factors which help or hurt. If I apply for a job and the boss or HR guy doesn't like me for whatever reason why should they employ me? And if they had to employ me for whatever legal reason would that be a fundament for working efficiently and happy together? I don't think so.