Haha who cares if you're forgotten, not everyone reaches upwards simply to be remembered.

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Nah he'll just be forced to sell some shares before a big profit or they'll arrange a boardroom coup to take away some of his autonomy, CEOs be warned, acting out like too much of a wildcard can appear self destructive and irrational to investors and shareholders alike

One hell of a strange and interesting work story alright

Meh, I would bet that the average Muslim or American person would probably not be too bothered

Interesting. I don't fully understand the mechanics behind it but it certainly sounds a bit different then the usual

True, I think it's more the skepticism of my younglings being smarter or stronger than your younglings thing though

That's actually a good take

That's different though, the point of gay pride is recognising that your value in society and your person ought to be respected, against a larger imposing force or hivemind so to speak, just like black pride, etc, and valuing your open expression of pride, closeted queers could just as easily argue that being in the closet is about valuing your own person on an internal level rather than how others may expect you to express yourself - ie, you may value yourself in a way different from how society does. Just like how some sex workers view themselves as tools, not sex toys but rather as healers and value themselves as such, once you dig deep down on all this, you'll realise that gay pride is as much a "reaction" of the person to society as being closeted would be, one is preferable to individualist cultures, the other is more conformist, either way you pick your poison.

People who unironically feel conflicted about being proud of overcoming or experiencing XYZ, e.g. taking a big dump or something as simple as eating an extra large McDonald's double junior whopper, would like to dispute that pride is more often than not understanding that being ashamed of something is giving away your agency, by automatically saying, that was bad, the end, whereas being prideful at least gives you opportunity to reflect on the value of the experience itself rather than to simply paint it as inherently good or bad.

Can you imagine being God and actually giving a fuck?

Hey man, it's nerdy, it's like how some camgirls have a dildo collection, it's culture for people with money to spare and little time to invest