Can confirm

I needed bottles with the snap lid things so I got an 8 pack of grolsch

But imagine if it wasn’t there. Ever think about that?

The walls impregnated with the smell of cheap burned coffee

The only democracy in the Middle East

The concentration of rabid fascists has increased

Study after study has shown a strong link between employee engagement and productivity—and the Great Detachment threatens both.

Engagement is so pernicious. It always just means how much employees are willing to work for free

Ultimately my question was about the concept of a token economy that I knew I had read about in an education-related essay and not about the merits the author’s argument.

That’s it. Holy shit. I’ve been unable to formulate a search that could possibly get the right results

The other commenter sent me this essay which is what I think I read like 5 years ago https://archive.is/2023.04.22-195633/https://medium.com/s/story/school-is-an-economy-and-its-currency-is-the-grade-bbb11962858c

Omg this has to be it

Unpaywalled https://archive.is/2023.04.22-195633/https://medium.com/s/story/school-is-an-economy-and-its-currency-is-the-grade-bbb11962858c

Yes I think false economy is incorrect in how I mean it but I feel like there is a more specific term that I’ve heard or read that is different than simply perverse incentive. I might be losing my mind tho

Edit: alternatively, whatever I read or watched misused or redefined false economy to mean something else from what it is commonly understood to mean.

Real estate maybe

What a dumb motherfucker

Even in Europe the fees they can charge customers is capped at like 1/10th of US fees

Unintentional burning and crisping is underrated

Confirming what we already knew: Israel was blocking humanitarian aid and the US did nothing but sell it more weapons violating its own laws

He’s a Catholic convert. Repression is the name of the game

One of the worst things about our RTO mandate is that to many people don’t wash their hands after using the toilet

The hyperreality of pizza