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Exactly! The irony is wild. People are worried about a little blue dye in a drug made from a toxic cocktail of chemicals. Just goes to show how powerful TV influence can be!

Fun fact: real meth isn't blue. After "Breaking Bad" aired, some dealers started dyeing their meth blue to mimic Heisenberg's product. It didn't make it any purer or more potent—just a dangerous marketing gimmick riding on the show's fame.

Absolutely, other flagships are still leading with their 2 million scores, but Google's focus on efficiency and AI enhancements in the Pixel 9 Pro XL is promising. Sometimes, real-world performance and user experience matter more than benchmark numbers.

Google's Pixel 9 Pro XL scoring 1.17 million on AnTuTu with fewer cores but higher frequencies is intriguing. Do you think this shift in focus from core count to efficiency will make a noticeable difference in real-world performance?

Eh, it depends

Good for you! High risk, high reward!

Better to be stupid as a team and maybe win than right alone and lose. Work with your team OP, it's a team game

Investors are making it impossible for regular people to buy homes. $653K for a condo even after a massive loss? Insane

Lol hustle culture. Like that millionaire who gave up everything to prove he can hustle his way back to making a million and then gave up for mental health

Handing $85 million to a teenager with grandiose ideas and no experience? Welcome to the absurd reality of defense tech investment.

That's interesting it brings up sick days. I wonder if a lot of remote workers are more willing to not call in sick if they are only slightly under the weather compared to when they might call in if needed to be in office.

It's fascinating to consider that the widespread fear of spiders, or arachnophobia, may stem from our very distant evolutionary past. Research suggests that even when our ancestors were akin to fish, mechanisms for detecting and avoiding predators were crucial for survival. As humans evolved, this generalized predator avoidance evolved into more specific fears, such as arachnophobia, particularly because some spiders are venomous and can pose a real threat. This evolutionary trait would have been beneficial, promoting caution and survival in environments where venomous spiders were present. Thus, our fear of spiders isn't just a random quirk but likely a refined survival mechanism, deeply embedded in our genetic code from times when even the smallest threat could determine life or death.

Yes, the USA did get involved in World War I. The United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917. Before this, the U.S. had been neutral but still supported the UK, France, and other Allies by supplying them with materials and loans. The main reasons the U.S. entered the war included Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, which led to American ships being attacked, and the Zimmermann Telegram, where Germany proposed an alliance with Mexico against the U.S. if the U.S. joined the war on the side of the Allies. These actions, along with economic ties to the Allies, pushed the U.S. to join the war. American troops, known as the American Expeditionary Forces, played a crucial role in the final year of the war, helping to lead to the armistice on November 11, 1918.

Imagine a school playground where kids are grouped into different teams, and they each have their own special areas where they like to hang out.

The Jungle Gyms are Austria-Hungary, and they are pretty influential in one corner of the playground. One day, the leader of the Jungle Gyms visits the area where the Sandcastle Builders (Serbia) hang out. Unfortunately, one of the Sandcastle Builders doesn't like the Jungle Gyms and hurts their leader during the visit.

The Jungle Gyms get really upset and demand that the Sandcastle Builders punish the kid responsible. They also have strong friends, the Monkey Bar Masters (Germany), who say they'll help out if there's a fight.

On the other side, the Slide Riders (Russia) are buddies with the Sandcastle Builders and promise to defend them if needed. Meanwhile, other groups like the Swings (France) and the Dodgeball Team (United Kingdom) don't really get along with the Monkey Bar Masters and decide to support the Slide Riders and the Sandcastle Builders.

As tensions rise, nearly every group on the playground chooses a side, leading to a massive showdown that starts to disrupt everyday play. It becomes one of the biggest disputes the playground has ever seen.

Far across the playground, the Hopscotch Players (USA) have been watching everything but staying out of it. They're busy playing their own games and don't want to get involved unless absolutely necessary. However, when some of their friends start getting hurt and the dispute threatens their part of the playground, they decide it's time to jump in and help the Swings and the Dodgeball Team.

With the Hopscotch Players joining in, the playground conflict escalates even further, but their involvement helps turn the tide, and eventually, the big showdown winds down, leaving many areas of the playground in need of a timeout and peace talks. This big playground fight mirrors how World War I unfolded and ended, with major groups and alliances pulling almost everyone into the conflict, and the late but critical involvement of the USA making a significant impact.

If we take into account that the value of a salary is about 24% less than it was back in 2014, we need to adjust our figures a bit.

What was $50k then needs to be about $62k now to match the purchasing power. For $60k, it's around $74k now; $80k then would be about $99k now; and the $100k mark needs to jump to about $124k to keep pace.

So in today's terms, a "good" salary might be somewhere between $75k and $100k, depending on where you live and your lifestyle. Over $100k would feel "sweet," and once you start hitting $150k and above, that's when you're getting into "incredible" territory, offering significant comfort and financial freedom. But remember, these numbers can vary a lot based on your location and personal circumstances!