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April 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

In Japan, where “lifetime employment” contracts with large companies are widespread, employees who can’t be made redundant may be assigned tedious, meaningless work in a “banishment room” until they get bored enough to resign (article)

In Japan, it has long been the slightly passive-aggressive practice to promote such employees to a “banishment room”, mainly to avoid outright firing them and thereby having to pay severance and benefits. Put them in a room with a computer loaded with nothing but a spreadsheet and assign a bogus task, or give them hours of mind-numbing security camera footage to look at, and eventually the employee will crack and resign, releasing the employer from the act of pulling the trigger themselves.

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March 25, 2020 Leave a Comment

Romans were known to create tombs for their dogs and gave them epitaphs to remember them by. One such inscription read, “I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home with my own hands 15 years ago.” (article)

A few others:

Surely, even as you lie dead in this tomb, I deem the wild beasts yet fear your white bones, huntress Lycas; and your valor great Pelion knows, and splendid Ossa and the lonely peaks of Cithaeron.

Myia never barked without reason, but now, he is silent.

My eyes were wet with tears, our little dog, when I bore you [to the grave]. So, Patricus, never again shall you give me a thousand kisses. Never can you be contentedly in my lap. In sadness, I buried you, as you deserve. In a resting place of marble, I have put you for all time by the side of my shade. In your qualities, you were sagacious, like a human being. Ah, what a loved companion we have lost!

Issa’s more pert than Lesbia’s sparrow love, Purer than kisses of a turtle-dove, More sweet than a hundred maidens rolled in one, Rarer than wealthy India’s precious stone. She is pet of Publius, Issa dear, She whines, a human voice you seem to hear.

27 Horribly Depressing Facts That Will Ruin Your Day

March 5, 2020 Leave a Comment

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1. There is one person who is 7x more likely to kill you compared to everyone else. Yourself.

2. There is a whale called 52 Blue that only sings at their frequency meaning it can’t communicate with other whales. It is nicknamed the loneliest whale on the planet.

3. The first people the Nazi’s gassed were the disabled and mentally ill, not the Jews. They were family members of normal Germans who were at mental hospitals. The families would get a letter that their family member was being transferred then about 6 weeks later they would get a letter saying that they had a heart attack or something and died. It got to the point where it became common knowledge that the transfer letter was advance notification that their loved one had been killed.

30 Amazing Facts That Will Show You How Far Humans Have Come

December 31, 2019 3 Comments

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November 26, 2019 Leave a Comment

Gay Turkish men can avoid military service by providing photographs of themselves having sex. But only if they are the passive partner, and their face is clearly visible in the photo. (article)

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October 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

Nike had conditions before giving rookie Michael Jordan a record contract: Either be rookie of the year, or average 20 ppg, or be an all star, or sell $4 mill worth shoes in a year. Jordan was rookie of the year, scored 28.2 ppg, named all star, and Nike sold $100 mill of shoes in 1984-85. (article)

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July 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

In 1999, Philip Morris attempted to convince the government of the Czech Republic that smoking was highly beneficial to the country, as more people would die earlier as a result, thus letting the government save millions on pensions, hospitals, and housing for elderly citizens (article)

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June 25, 2019 Leave a Comment

Many of the fee-based pornography sites were bought by a man named Fabian Thylmann and were made free to watch, gaining revenue through ads instead. He is the reason we have access to so much free online porn.

Fabian Thylmann (or rather his company Manwin) owns YouPorn, PornHub, Tube8, XTube, ExtremeTube, SpankWire, Brazzers, Digital Playground, Mofos and Twistys. They also manage the websites of Wicked Pictures and became an operating partner of Playboy.

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June 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

Asia Carrera chose to be a porn star despite having an I.Q of 156, receiving a full scholarship to Rutgers University in which she double majored in Business and Japanese, and being a talented piano player who played at Carnegie Hall twice by the age of 15. She ran away from home, in her teens, because she hated the academic pressure her parents put on her.

She also has a prodigy daughter who went to college at 11

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June 11, 2019 Leave a Comment

Stan Lee, had a contract awarding him 10% of the net profits of anything based on his characters. The film Spider-Man (2002) made more than $800 million, but the producers claim that it did not make any profit as defined in Lee’s contract

“There is no net.” Ever. That’s Hollywood Accounting for you. A film cost 200 million to make, it grosses 500 million at the box office (hypothetical figures) but the studios spent 400 million on advertising and promotion (at least, that’s what they claim) – sorry, no net profit, no payout.

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In Japan, where “lifetime employment” contracts with large companies are widespread, employees who can’t be made redundant may be assigned tedious, meaningless work in a “banishment room” until they get bored enough to resign (article)

Romans were known to create tombs for their dogs and gave them epitaphs to remember them by. One such inscription read, “I am in tears, while carrying you to your last resting place as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home with my own hands 15 years ago.” (article)

Gay Turkish men can avoid military service by providing photographs of themselves having sex. But only if they are the passive partner, and their face is clearly visible in the photo. (article)

In 1999, Philip Morris attempted to convince the government of the Czech Republic that smoking was highly beneficial to the country, as more people would die earlier as a result, thus letting the government save millions on pensions, hospitals, and housing for elderly citizens (article)

Many of the fee-based pornography sites were bought by a man named Fabian Thylmann and were made free to watch, gaining revenue through ads instead. He is the reason we have access to so much free online porn.

Stan Lee, had a contract awarding him 10% of the net profits of anything based on his characters. The film Spider-Man (2002) made more than $800 million, but the producers claim that it did not make any profit as defined in Lee’s contract

The dark world of Hollywood accounting