Nonsensical Math

[ysabetwordsmith]

Here's an example of the nonsensical math in municipal budgets. 

Now I'm bad at math.  I'm lucky to get the same answer three times running on a calculator.  I know this, so I've chosen a career that requires little math, and have other people who can do math for me when necessary.  I understand basic stuff like "don't carry more money than you can handle" and "don't buy things you can't afford." The scary thing?  I'm in the top third nationally according to school tests.  That means two-thirds are worse than that.

Apparently, they are not also smart enough to avoid careers that require math.  They just half-ass their way through it.  They do things so stupid that even I, with my anti-knack for math, can see that this is bad economics.

You know, if we had more women and more poor people in politics, I think less of this would happen.  They damn well know how to stretching a dollar until you could play it like a rubber-band guitar.

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Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

That is a fundamental failure mode of human history, particularly common in modern America.

Humans may be clever apes, but the planet is bigger.

Re: Yes ...

[(Anonymous)]

Now I want to see a disaster movie where Action Hero Dude is busy pitching a fit about the disaster...but meanwhile in the background the women, POCs, ex-refugees, and some old retired war veteran have juryrigged a field hospital / method of escape / 'Here We Are!' bat signal...etc.

It is bad for planning solutions when leaders believe themselves to be infallible gods.

Re: Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Well, that's most of the Daughters of the Apocalypse, and I'm guessing that Mr. Testosterone will soon be dying of the Grunge.

Re: Yes ...

[(Anonymous)]

And that's why I like that series so much!

:)

Re: Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Well, prompt for more of it. :D Next up will be the Creative Jam on June 19-20 with a theme of "identity crisis."