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Editorial Life Work

Your regular reminder

I disagree with hustle huckster Gary Vaynerchuk on a whole lot of things, but I do agree with him on the topic of comfort zones.

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funny Work

I’ve gotta admit it: that’s pretty risqué

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Stranger than Fiction The Current Situation Work

Stop believing the “job creators’” lies

Screenshot from Fortune.com: “The Great Resignation is effectively over. We’re now in the Great Talent Stagnation, where employers’ biggest concern is the lack of qualified applicants”

Not that long ago, they’d cry, moan, gnash their teeth and whine “Nobody wants to work!”

Now, they’re still crying, moaning, and gnashing their teeth, but the tune has changed: “Nobody’s qualified to work!”

What they’re really complaining about is that nobody wants to work for at the level they want for the pay they’re willing to offer.

👀 You can read the article featured in the screenshot above here.

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Work

Smooth move, old-timer!

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funny Work

Job interview answer of the day

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Words to Live By Work

The best use of the “Stop Doing X” meme format

Most of the “Stop Doing X” memes are meant to be nonsensical, but Stop Doing Offices is different. Every point it makes is 100% spot-on!

Need context? Here’s the original meme, Stop Doing Math:

It spawned a number of memes using the same template, such as Stop Playing Music:

Here’s Stop Doing German:

You’ll find dozens more on Know Your Meme’s page for the Stop Doing Math meme.

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Geek Work

Was your Christmas bonus as small as Spider-Man’s in 1979?

The panel above is from 1979, and more specifically, issue 79 of the comic book Marvel Team-Up, a regular series that featured Spider-Man teaming up with another Marvel character. This issue featured Spidey collaborating with Red Sonja, who’s from the world of Conan the Barbarian.

But what’s of more interest to me is the ten-dollar Christmas bonus J. Jonah Jameson gave to Peter Parker. Is it as measly as it sounds? How much would a $10 Christmas bonus in 1979 be worth today?

Fortunately, we live in an era where finding out is pretty easy. There’s no shortage of inflation calculators online, and the one provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis says that $10 in 1979 is equivalent to $41.47 in 2023 dollars.