#the peter principle

[mousathe14]

Which is definitely intentional. He’s been promoted into incompetence, or at least in a position where he can’t do what he wants to do or is best at because now he has to think about logistics and do paperwork.

One of the most powerful men in the world, one that the readers hate a thousand times over, now truly little more than a little red lap dog for the elder stars/celestial dragons. This loss of freedom is exactly the kind of thing Garp was definitely running away from.

But I agree, it would be hilarious if he tried to do what was “right” only for Imu to just erase him.

Do you think Sakazuki will ever come into conflict with the world government / Imu / celestial dragons?

I think it would be hilarious if Sakazuki tries to stand up for his justice, and then instantly gets murderkilled by Imu, who barely knows who he is.

As for what will happen…I don’t know. Sakazuki has been surprisingly unimportant and impotent post time skip.

[ileolai]

heaven doesnt know the details of how crowley has helped aziraphale, so from their perspective, aziraphale is this unfathomably powerful being who can survive hellfire and perform unprecedented miracles. they want him on their side bc they think there’s no way they’re going to get shit done otherwise

which is actually so funny. dude can barely handle talking to his own neighbours bc of his anxiety. he refuses to go to a meeting unless he can bring a chandelier and everyone dances. he barely knows how to ask his best friend of ~6000 years to move in. they put that guy in charge. lmfao

[lost-carcosa]

How many tens of thousands (hundreds of thousands?) of emails will this generate?

Who is going to review them? How long will that review take? What criteria is being used to assess the replies?

[samw3000]

BHM and Failing Up Fast

… So I said, “If money and power are supposed to make you attractive, why is Elon still pasty white with the physique of a deflating soufflé? I’d rather have sex with Trump. But seriously, why is he shaped like that?” I know I said I was taking a break from politics but … Lately, I’ve gotten the sense that Elon thinks you can run a country like you run a business. Businesses discard people all…

[kwebtv]

David Schneider, Claire Skinner, Janette Legge, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Moore, Daniel Flynn and Tracy Keating in "The Peter Principle"

[spideypoolsupremacythesecond]

I maybe managed to lose my main blog who in the good old days was called spideypool supremacy. Let's not worry about the details

LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT THE DETAILS

[lost-carcosa]

1. If anybody should be doing an audit of Fort Knox, it shouldn’t be the President, who – by all accounts – can’t even count his golf strokes accurately, and it definitely shouldn’t be his unelected disinformation-spreading billionaire adviser. It should be officials from the Treasury Department.

2. Officials from the Treasury department did carry out an audit. They do one every year, and the current Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has confirmed that they did one in September, and all the gold was accounted for.

Asshole wants to livestream secure places that are supposed to be kept secret for obvious reasons.

[bogkeep]

"whew that was a very intense test/exam, i should get a little treat"

-> "yay i passed the test! i should get a little treat reward!"

-> "oh no i failed the test, i need a little pick me up treat..." -> i must redo the test. REPEAT TREAT CYCLE

see it's all very strategic. this way i get more treat opportunities per treat event

[lost-coder]

The Zen of Python

Beautiful is better than ugly.

Explicit is better than implicit.

Simple is better than complex.

Complex is better than complicated.

Flat is better than nested.

Sparse is better than dense.

Readability counts.

Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.

Although practicality beats purity.

Errors should never pass silently.

Unless explicitly silenced.

In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.

There should be one—and preferably only one—obvious way to do it.

Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.

Now is better than never.

Although never is often better than *right* now.

If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.

If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.

Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!

[caffeinerabbit]

Mary takes Happy Hour very seriously.

[dylanpizzapie]

When I said physically abused, I didn’t mean kicking and punching, I meant his parents throwing spells and curses at him.

[smugaltruist]

This is how I predict Trump’s cabinet will act when he inevitably keels over. Living evidence of the Peter Principle: A bunch of incompetent fucks promoted above their abilities.

Speaking about Death Of Stalin, I’d love if Trump, Musk and Putin died on Stalin’s death day. That would be incredible. Like what happened to Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

[utilitycaster]

honestly there is little in the TTRPG/Actual Play world so predictably dull and annoying as people who are just deeply bitter that their favorite game isn't more popular (or relatedly that channels that have long used D&D continue to use D&D). idk man go pitch something to an indie channel. if I only hear about your favorite game when you angrily comment under more popular people's tweets i'm going to assume it sucks as much as you do. sorry you see actual play not as a storytelling format but rather as an advertisement or opportunity to Convert The Faithless I guess.

[earlgraytay]

I'm constantly fascinated by Sayers' worldview because in a lot of very important ways it's a lot closer to mine than most other authors, of her time or since

and in a lot of very important ways it's wildly different, and those differences are mostly Products Of Her Time

[kwebtv]

The Peter Principle - BBC One - September 4, 1995 - March 6, 2000

Known as "The Boss" in the United States

Sitcom (13 episodes)

Running Time: 30 minutes

Stars:

Jim Broadbent as Peter Duffley

Claire Skinner as Susan Harvey

Daniel Flynn as David Edwards

Stephen Moore as Geoffrey Parkes

David Schneider as Bradley Wilson

Janette Legge as Iris (series 1) 

Tracy Keating as Brenda Corrigan (Series 1)

Beverley Callard as Barbara (Series 2)

Wendy Nottingham as Evelyn Walker (Series 2)

Jim Broadbent is known by Harry Potter fans as Professor Horace Slughorn.

[fictionadventurer]

I am developing some theories as to what qualities make for good and bad children's educational television. (At least when it comes to shows that try to weave the educational material into the story.)

Good children's television is timeless. Technology or current events can be part of the story, but should not be the focus of it. The technology should be there to facilitate a story that's actually about a timeless lesson that can apply to children in any time period.

Bad children's television is timely or trendy. It makes learning about the new technology or trends the focus of the story. This makes for clunky storytelling that applies only to a narrow set of circumstances and becomes very quickly dated.

Good children's television puts story first. The story needs to come from character and be entertaining, and the educational content should flow naturally from that story.

Bad children's television thinks the educational material is the story. It preaches the information to the children so that it becomes adults giving information to children rather than adults engaging with children on their level.

Good children's television lets the child characters learn lessons for themselves. Adults can provide inspiration or help, but the children should take initiative for their own discoveries and come to conclusions based on their experiences.

Bad children's television has the adults tell the children all the lessons and information they should learn. The children are only there as stand-ins for an audience that the writer wants to preach this information to and passively absorb the lessons rather than taking an active role in their own story.