Has Jamie Diamond caused anyone here to do a little self reflecting besides myself ?

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Anonymous wrote:His quote, not mine.

“I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they’re idiots. I always say they have big hearts and little brains. They do not understand how the real world works. Almost every single policy rolled out failed.”

I have been reflecting on it a lot.

- Did it really make sense for me to encourage my daughter to pursue her interest in college and thereby get a useless degree that she can not find employment in ? Instead she had to fall back on teaching HS with dismal wages and scant possibilities of buying a home in the next 10 yrs. Why did I not try harder to encourage her to think about the job possibilities instead of being such a pushover. Her only hope is to get the student loans dismissed after public service.

- OTOH my Son with an advanced engineering degree and almost 10 yrs experience was recently passed over for promotion in lieu of a lesser qualified minority with only a BS from a second rate school and less than half his experience on the job. His company explicitly began hiring based on DEI a few yrs back. It's so infuriating that after $220,000 in student loans, mostly straight A's, dedicated and enthusiastic employee is being overlooked because he can't change his skin color. How can my son even compete ?

- My husband bought a new Ford EV truck and mid-size travel trailer in March. We own land near the beach in South Carolina that we were looking forward to visiting during the summer. It turned out to be like a comedy movie. What should have taken us 6 hours drive time turned into 14 hours after having to charge the battery 3 times. Why didn't the salesman tell us the extra tow weight would zapp the battery that much !! We were all so disgusted that we traded the truck in at Myrtle Beach for a regular gasoline engine for the trip home. I think all this climate talk and the EV rebates has gotten ahead of reality.

Op, in your replies, you complain about the hate you are getting. But this entire post is based on a hateful quote, so that really set the tone. Like they say, nobody is more critical of democrats than other democrats. And therein lies the problem. We expect perfection from our politicians, and the right has no standards whatsoever.

I am still an advocate of following your passion in college. I am assuming your daughter, like mine, is majoring in fine arts, or something along those lines. Sure, it is going to be a tougher path, but she can get where she needs to be. Just not right out of the gate. Which is ok. Teaching for awhile to help with loans while (hopefully) finding a way to build credentials and network in her field is actually a very good plan. She is on the right track.

You don’t know the whole story with your son. Maybe he is a very valued employee, but they didn’t feel this position was a good fit for him. Maybe his interpersonal skills need some work. He could meet with management for feedback to give him a better shot at the next promotion.

The EV situation is on you. Most people I know who own EVs only use them for local driving/work commute. EVs have come a long way but still have a ways to go before they can replace our gas cars entirely. Which is why the transition to EVs is very gradual. Hopefully lesson learned, and you will do more research next time. Not judging. I just upgraded to a newer model of my car. Turns out, I don’t like it nearly as much as the older model, and it has some features I hate. I didn’t do enough research. That’s on me, not the democratic party.

+1 re the son. Promotions at higher levels become much more about social and interpersonal skills than job/technical experience. My own team has passed over hiring more experienced folks for someone with the right fit and social skills for the job. I also saw the same trend when I worked in a completely different industry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His quote, not mine.

“I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they’re idiots. I always say they have big hearts and little brains. They do not understand how the real world works. Almost every single policy rolled out failed.”

I have been reflecting on it a lot.

- Did it really make sense for me to encourage my daughter to pursue her interest in college and thereby get a useless degree that she can not find employment in ? Instead she had to fall back on teaching HS with dismal wages and scant possibilities of buying a home in the next 10 yrs. Why did I not try harder to encourage her to think about the job possibilities instead of being such a pushover. Her only hope is to get the student loans dismissed after public service.

- OTOH my Son with an advanced engineering degree and almost 10 yrs experience was recently passed over for promotion in lieu of a lesser qualified minority with only a BS from a second rate school and less than half his experience on the job. His company explicitly began hiring based on DEI a few yrs back. It's so infuriating that after $220,000 in student loans, mostly straight A's, dedicated and enthusiastic employee is being overlooked because he can't change his skin color. How can my son even compete ?

- My husband bought a new Ford EV truck and mid-size travel trailer in March. We own land near the beach in South Carolina that we were looking forward to visiting during the summer. It turned out to be like a comedy movie. What should have taken us 6 hours drive time turned into 14 hours after having to charge the battery 3 times. Why didn't the salesman tell us the extra tow weight would zapp the battery that much !! We were all so disgusted that we traded the truck in at Myrtle Beach for a regular gasoline engine for the trip home. I think all this climate talk and the EV rebates has gotten ahead of reality.

Op, in your replies, you complain about the hate you are getting. But this entire post is based on a hateful quote, so that really set the tone. Like they say, nobody is more critical of democrats than other democrats. And therein lies the problem. We expect perfection from our politicians, and the right has no standards whatsoever.

I am still an advocate of following your passion in college. I am assuming your daughter, like mine, is majoring in fine arts, or something along those lines. Sure, it is going to be a tougher path, but she can get where she needs to be. Just not right out of the gate. Which is ok. Teaching for awhile to help with loans while (hopefully) finding a way to build credentials and network in her field is actually a very good plan. She is on the right track.

You don’t know the whole story with your son. Maybe he is a very valued employee, but they didn’t feel this position was a good fit for him. Maybe his interpersonal skills need some work. He could meet with management for feedback to give him a better shot at the next promotion.

The EV situation is on you. Most people I know who own EVs only use them for local driving/work commute. EVs have come a long way but still have a ways to go before they can replace our gas cars entirely. Which is why the transition to EVs is very gradual. Hopefully lesson learned, and you will do more research next time. Not judging. I just upgraded to a newer model of my car. Turns out, I don’t like it nearly as much as the older model, and it has some features I hate. I didn’t do enough research. That’s on me, not the democratic party.

+1 re the son. Promotions at higher levels become much more about social and interpersonal skills than job/technical experience. My own team has passed over hiring more experienced folks for someone with the right fit and social skills for the job. I also saw the same trend when I worked in a completely different industry.

+1 I was just passed over for similar reasons and at 50, I realize they were right. I just don’t’ care enough to couch my words to make the palatable when I think people are making mistakes. Staying where I am, I can keep plugging away instead of having to do corporate speak.

[Anonymous]

If you're UMC or above, it makes sense to carefully consider how your life will be impacted if the democratic party comes back into power. This is especially true given the increasingly socialist tendencies of the party.

The reality is that party aims to convince you that you are not entitled to the money you make, to take it from you, and give it to people they consider more deserving. In some cases that means that people who are sick or helpless will get it. But it also means that lazy people who simply choose not to work, or to work hard (and that is a huge portion of the nation right now) will get your money so they can buy an additional box of wine for the week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His quote, not mine.

“I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they’re idiots. I always say they have big hearts and little brains. They do not understand how the real world works. Almost every single policy rolled out failed.”

I have been reflecting on it a lot.

- Did it really make sense for me to encourage my daughter to pursue her interest in college and thereby get a useless degree that she can not find employment in ? Instead she had to fall back on teaching HS with dismal wages and scant possibilities of buying a home in the next 10 yrs. Why did I not try harder to encourage her to think about the job possibilities instead of being such a pushover. Her only hope is to get the student loans dismissed after public service.

- OTOH my Son with an advanced engineering degree and almost 10 yrs experience was recently passed over for promotion in lieu of a lesser qualified minority with only a BS from a second rate school and less than half his experience on the job. His company explicitly began hiring based on DEI a few yrs back. It's so infuriating that after $220,000 in student loans, mostly straight A's, dedicated and enthusiastic employee is being overlooked because he can't change his skin color. How can my son even compete ?

- My husband bought a new Ford EV truck and mid-size travel trailer in March. We own land near the beach in South Carolina that we were looking forward to visiting during the summer. It turned out to be like a comedy movie. What should have taken us 6 hours drive time turned into 14 hours after having to charge the battery 3 times. Why didn't the salesman tell us the extra tow weight would zapp the battery that much !! We were all so disgusted that we traded the truck in at Myrtle Beach for a regular gasoline engine for the trip home. I think all this climate talk and the EV rebates has gotten ahead of reality.

Op, in your replies, you complain about the hate you are getting. But this entire post is based on a hateful quote, so that really set the tone. Like they say, nobody is more critical of democrats than other democrats. And therein lies the problem. We expect perfection from our politicians, and the right has no standards whatsoever.

I am still an advocate of following your passion in college. I am assuming your daughter, like mine, is majoring in fine arts, or something along those lines. Sure, it is going to be a tougher path, but she can get where she needs to be. Just not right out of the gate. Which is ok. Teaching for awhile to help with loans while (hopefully) finding a way to build credentials and network in her field is actually a very good plan. She is on the right track.

You don’t know the whole story with your son. Maybe he is a very valued employee, but they didn’t feel this position was a good fit for him. Maybe his interpersonal skills need some work. He could meet with management for feedback to give him a better shot at the next promotion.

The EV situation is on you. Most people I know who own EVs only use them for local driving/work commute. EVs have come a long way but still have a ways to go before they can replace our gas cars entirely. Which is why the transition to EVs is very gradual. Hopefully lesson learned, and you will do more research next time. Not judging. I just upgraded to a newer model of my car. Turns out, I don’t like it nearly as much as the older model, and it has some features I hate. I didn’t do enough research. That’s on me, not the democratic party.

+1 re the son. Promotions at higher levels become much more about social and interpersonal skills than job/technical experience. My own team has passed over hiring more experienced folks for someone with the right fit and social skills for the job. I also saw the same trend when I worked in a completely different industry.

Ok. If DEI policies have no effect on hiring practices, why are people boycotting Target for canceling them? You cant have it both ways. Either these policies give minorities a leg up or they dont.

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Op should support the democrats because her teacher daughter is more likely to earn a living wage, have a sustainable career, and be able to buy a house with D policies.

For the son, I know it’s frustrating but as PPs have pointed out, promotions are often based on soft skills like people management. In my long experience, drinks used as a tie breaker but no one is promoting a less qualified person for an important role just due to dei.

And the truck thing is …. Not the democrats fault. There are probably lots of ways you can lead a more environmental life but buying an EV truck for hauling is not a great idea.

I do think the Dems have some problems with some of their policies and even more some of the packaging. Like the phrase defund the policy was just idiocy. But the R party is the party of hate and chaos and is now completely anti-science. I don’t see how any rational person can support them.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. What rude behavior some of you have ! So close minded and bigoted. I expected some insight and frankly a little compassion, not unchecked hate. That's precisely my issue with the democrat party now. Where are the nice people, where did they go ?

OP, I just want to say I feel and validate the hate you are receiving on this Board. I don’t get either other than you are tangential criticizing DEI, which I agree is rampant in large corporations.

But, the truck is on you. I would never buy a new model like this until it had 3-5 year track record, especially from Ford.

DEI is “rampant in large corporations” because study after study after study has shown that DEI improves profitability. Period.

Plz cite a few of those studies.

https://mbs.edu/news/why-diverse-teams-are-more-profitable

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-matters-even-more-the-case-for-holistic-impact

https://online.uncp.edu/degrees/business/mba/general/diversity-and-inclusion-good-for-business/

McKinsey study has been called into question.

Gartner seems to be saying that outsourcing to Asia IT to get more diversity makes you more profitable(both their methodology is not clear). Duh? Foreign labor is cheaper.

Other studies from controlled environments purporting to show diversity leads to better decisions have suffered from methodological flaws and non-replication.

Here’s the thing: if DEI really leads to more profitability and better decision making, you already have the best lab to test and prove the theory: if your theory is correct, the market will punish those actors who don’t adhere. But for some reason you guys need to push this with crappy studies rather than letting the market sort it out.

The US is running out of mediocre white men. Get with the program! You can’t put the genie back in the bottle.

I'm really getting fed up with hearing you idiots piss on white people. Why don't you start a blog for your own people instead of coming on here to insult and piss on us. Don't try telling me you're white. Clearly you have only disdain and contempt for us.

I think most are taking a potshot at mediocre white men, not all men, not all white men, just the whiny mediocre white men.

And would it surprise you that not all who recognize the short comings of this particular demographic are POCs? Why do you think this is your blog anyway. I thought it was Jeff’s DCUM. The title itself doesn’t seem to suggest that mediocre white suburban and rural men are even the target.

So why don’t your people get your own blog… might I suggest FFX Underground?

You people are tiresome.

[Anonymous]

You fell for the liberal media propaganda. A handful of morons with a ton of influence over the airwaves and internet and you believed what they were telling you because you heard it with high frequency. Your brain confused frequency with fact. Like many people that belong to religious cults.

Reality hit and you woke up.

In regards to your daughter, I’m sorry you both got scammed. I hope things turn around.

Maybe your son deserved the promotion and Maybe the company hired the other guy because they could pay him more cheaply (probably the case tbh)


In regards to the truck, that’s on you. You trusted the salesman too much (caveat emptor) and didn’t bother to research on limitations of electric vehicles and weight.

Basically you put your faith and trust the wrong things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You fell for the liberal media propaganda. A handful of morons with a ton of influence over the airwaves and internet and you believed what they were telling you because you heard it with high frequency. Your brain confused frequency with fact. Like many people that belong to religious cults.

Reality hit and you woke up.

In regards to your daughter, I’m sorry you both got scammed. I hope things turn around.

Maybe your son deserved the promotion and Maybe the company hired the other guy because they could pay him more cheaply (probably the case tbh)


In regards to the truck, that’s on you. You trusted the salesman too much (caveat emptor) and didn’t bother to research on limitations of electric vehicles and weight.

Basically you put your faith and trust the wrong things.

Is this satirical? It has to be. The poster is describing Maga to a T.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:His quote, not mine.

“I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they’re idiots. I always say they have big hearts and little brains. They do not understand how the real world works. Almost every single policy rolled out failed.”

I have been reflecting on it a lot.

- Did it really make sense for me to encourage my daughter to pursue her interest in college and thereby get a useless degree that she can not find employment in ? Instead she had to fall back on teaching HS with dismal wages and scant possibilities of buying a home in the next 10 yrs. Why did I not try harder to encourage her to think about the job possibilities instead of being such a pushover. Her only hope is to get the student loans dismissed after public service.

- OTOH my Son with an advanced engineering degree and almost 10 yrs experience was recently passed over for promotion in lieu of a lesser qualified minority with only a BS from a second rate school and less than half his experience on the job. His company explicitly began hiring based on DEI a few yrs back. It's so infuriating that after $220,000 in student loans, mostly straight A's, dedicated and enthusiastic employee is being overlooked because he can't change his skin color. How can my son even compete ?

- My husband bought a new Ford EV truck and mid-size travel trailer in March. We own land near the beach in South Carolina that we were looking forward to visiting during the summer. It turned out to be like a comedy movie. What should have taken us 6 hours drive time turned into 14 hours after having to charge the battery 3 times. Why didn't the salesman tell us the extra tow weight would zapp the battery that much !! We were all so disgusted that we traded the truck in at Myrtle Beach for a regular gasoline engine for the trip home. I think all this climate talk and the EV rebates has gotten ahead of reality.

How do you know he got passed up for a DEI hire? People forget that schools and sometimes experience is not better. I am a COO. Schools mean NOTHING! I also know really talented people with less experience. Maybe people don't like your son. Maybe he's not great for the culture. Maybe he really wasn't a fit for what they wanted. I cannot begin to tell you how many white men think they get passed up to lesser qualified people when the reality is that we just don't really like them and don't think they are that good. You are his mother. You have NO idea what people at work think of him. I see this all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His quote, not mine.

“I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they’re idiots. I always say they have big hearts and little brains. They do not understand how the real world works. Almost every single policy rolled out failed.”

I have been reflecting on it a lot.

- Did it really make sense for me to encourage my daughter to pursue her interest in college and thereby get a useless degree that she can not find employment in ? Instead she had to fall back on teaching HS with dismal wages and scant possibilities of buying a home in the next 10 yrs. Why did I not try harder to encourage her to think about the job possibilities instead of being such a pushover. Her only hope is to get the student loans dismissed after public service.

- OTOH my Son with an advanced engineering degree and almost 10 yrs experience was recently passed over for promotion in lieu of a lesser qualified minority with only a BS from a second rate school and less than half his experience on the job. His company explicitly began hiring based on DEI a few yrs back. It's so infuriating that after $220,000 in student loans, mostly straight A's, dedicated and enthusiastic employee is being overlooked because he can't change his skin color. How can my son even compete ?

- My husband bought a new Ford EV truck and mid-size travel trailer in March. We own land near the beach in South Carolina that we were looking forward to visiting during the summer. It turned out to be like a comedy movie. What should have taken us 6 hours drive time turned into 14 hours after having to charge the battery 3 times. Why didn't the salesman tell us the extra tow weight would zapp the battery that much !! We were all so disgusted that we traded the truck in at Myrtle Beach for a regular gasoline engine for the trip home. I think all this climate talk and the EV rebates has gotten ahead of reality.

How do you know he got passed up for a DEI hire? People forget that schools and sometimes experience is not better. I am a COO. Schools mean NOTHING! I also know really talented people with less experience. Maybe people don't like your son. Maybe he's not great for the culture. Maybe he really wasn't a fit for what they wanted. I cannot begin to tell you how many white men think they get passed up to lesser qualified people when the reality is that we just don't really like them and don't think they are that good. You are his mother. You have NO idea what people at work think of him. I see this all the time.

"aren't better"

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Anonymous wrote:If you're UMC or above, it makes sense to carefully consider how your life will be impacted if the democratic party comes back into power. This is especially true given the increasingly socialist tendencies of the party.

The reality is that party aims to convince you that you are not entitled to the money you make, to take it from you, and give it to people they consider more deserving. In some cases that means that people who are sick or helpless will get it. But it also means that lazy people who simply choose not to work, or to work hard (and that is a huge portion of the nation right now) will get your money so they can buy an additional box of wine for the week.

You mean like how the current administration is threatening to "take back" patents to blackmail institutions? Or where the current president calls out private companies and expects them to behave how HE wants, rather than to conform to free-market conditions? That kind of socialism? Or the kind of socialism where dear leader received a brick of gold from a CEO and relieves his private company of $100 billion in tariffs? That kind of socialism? exactly what is your complaint about Democrats?

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Anonymous wrote:You fell for the liberal media propaganda. A handful of morons with a ton of influence over the airwaves and internet and you believed what they were telling you because you heard it with high frequency. Your brain confused frequency with fact. Like many people that belong to religious cults.

Reality hit and you woke up.

In regards to your daughter, I’m sorry you both got scammed. I hope things turn around.

Maybe your son deserved the promotion and Maybe the company hired the other guy because they could pay him more cheaply (probably the case tbh)


In regards to the truck, that’s on you. You trusted the salesman too much (caveat emptor) and didn’t bother to research on limitations of electric vehicles and weight.

Basically you put your faith and trust the wrong things.

How are Rush Limbaugh, Levine, Hannity etc liberal propaganda?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you're UMC or above, it makes sense to carefully consider how your life will be impacted if the democratic party comes back into power. This is especially true given the increasingly socialist tendencies of the party.

The reality is that party aims to convince you that you are not entitled to the money you make, to take it from you, and give it to people they consider more deserving. In some cases that means that people who are sick or helpless will get it. But it also means that lazy people who simply choose not to work, or to work hard (and that is a huge portion of the nation right now) will get your money so they can buy an additional box of wine for the week.

People living in la la land. This is exactly what the GOP is doing. Giving your hard earned money to the .01%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:His quote, not mine.

“I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they’re idiots. I always say they have big hearts and little brains. They do not understand how the real world works. Almost every single policy rolled out failed.”

I have been reflecting on it a lot.

- Did it really make sense for me to encourage my daughter to pursue her interest in college and thereby get a useless degree that she can not find employment in ? Instead she had to fall back on teaching HS with dismal wages and scant possibilities of buying a home in the next 10 yrs. Why did I not try harder to encourage her to think about the job possibilities instead of being such a pushover. Her only hope is to get the student loans dismissed after public service.

- OTOH my Son with an advanced engineering degree and almost 10 yrs experience was recently passed over for promotion in lieu of a lesser qualified minority with only a BS from a second rate school and less than half his experience on the job. His company explicitly began hiring based on DEI a few yrs back. It's so infuriating that after $220,000 in student loans, mostly straight A's, dedicated and enthusiastic employee is being overlooked because he can't change his skin color. How can my son even compete ?

- My husband bought a new Ford EV truck and mid-size travel trailer in March. We own land near the beach in South Carolina that we were looking forward to visiting during the summer. It turned out to be like a comedy movie. What should have taken us 6 hours drive time turned into 14 hours after having to charge the battery 3 times. Why didn't the salesman tell us the extra tow weight would zapp the battery that much !! We were all so disgusted that we traded the truck in at Myrtle Beach for a regular gasoline engine for the trip home. I think all this climate talk and the EV rebates has gotten ahead of reality.

How do you know he got passed up for a DEI hire? People forget that schools and sometimes experience is not better. I am a COO. Schools mean NOTHING! I also know really talented people with less experience. Maybe people don't like your son. Maybe he's not great for the culture. Maybe he really wasn't a fit for what they wanted. I cannot begin to tell you how many white men think they get passed up to lesser qualified people when the reality is that we just don't really like them and don't think they are that good. You are his mother. You have NO idea what people at work think of him. I see this all the time.

Yeah, the only employer who might care about what school you went to is your first one. After that, nobody cares!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A little off-today topic, but Dimon himself was passed over for promotion at Citigroup in the late 90s and actually asked to leave, which he promptly did to eventually become CEO of JPM. JPM is considered vastly superior to Citigroup, and has had much better stock market returns over the years. C basically went bankrupt in 2008 financial crisis, whereas JPM sailed right through.

OP, you might want to tell your son, Dimon’s whole story for some guidance.

JP Morgan was culpable for the 2008 subprime mortgage fiasco! They were bailed out, along with Morgan Stanley, and other big banks. Dimon is a total hack.

OP, tell your son the truth. He lost out on a promotion because the other candidate was a better fit for the role and company. Maybe his degree wasn’t as prestigious as your son’s degree, but do not denigrate someone because they had a certain je ne sais quoi.