I'm not saying those are the exact techniques that were used to build the pyramids, but they demonstrate that massive stones can be easily lifted and accurately placed using only "primitive" resources and leverage.
One of the most depressing parts of getting older is seeing how many of your peers just stop mentally developing at some point -- middle age people for which highschool never ended.
It isn't "terrible", it's ugly because of purely aesthetic design choices: specifically that Fiat Multipla style "forehead ridge". It's a styling problem -- not a form factor or price point one.
The US only occupies countries hostile to the US. Guyana is already allowing US companies to extract their oil under license: they're going to get the Kuwait deal.
-- and "stabilizing element" in the middle east. Israel gets a lot of leeway because they've proven they have a capable military, intelligence agency, etc. And they're not at all squeamish about using them.
-- to make it less offensive to the Republicans and a handful of "moderate" Democrats so it stood a chance of actually becoming law. It didn't even pass in its original form due to a Republican led filibuster: the Bill's backers didn't have the votes to overcome it, so they had to make concessions. Unfortunately that's how Congress works.
The idea Democrats could have passed a bill for universal healthcare is absurd. Any serious attempt to pass it would have been shut down. The parties aren't homogeneous entities: they're made up of individuals with their own agendas.
Your example is from one of this industries notorious for being toxic -- that doesn't make it right.
"Why would you think that's even remotely acceptable? Now I have to go apologize and possible comp a meal." Depending on the circumstance: take them off that table, send them home, or fire them. Being in control of themselves is one of the defining aspects of leadership, and being abusive is the sign a "leader" that isn't.
If they start being a dick: sure, game on -- so long as you're not demeaning yourself doing it. But most people are capable of a degree of self reflection and accountability once you make the situation clear to them, and they deserve that chance. Sometimes people don't even realize they're the ones that screwed up, even when it's obvious to everyone else.
It's possible to be assertive and assign responsibility for a screwup without being a dick. "Being a dick" is the nothing else has worked option, not step one.
If there's water available you don't have to carry it in. Treatment tablets and filters are lighter than water, and let you make potable water as you need it.
A private company is absolutely more efficient than a government. The boss simply says "this is what we're doing" and that's it -- it's just a question of what goal they're efficiently pursuing.
The problem is that intelligent, empathetic, and selfless people rarely rise to those positions. The few that do usually get pushed out of business by ruthless assholes.
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Here you go.
I'm not saying those are the exact techniques that were used to build the pyramids, but they demonstrate that massive stones can be easily lifted and accurately placed using only "primitive" resources and leverage.