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Penny Arcade - Comic - They Want What You Have
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Penny Arcade - Comic - They Want What You Have
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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Especially true if you join the military, mother was a recruiter and her number one piece of advice was to make sure stuff is in writing and signed cause them giving their word, verbal contract, or assuring you they'll get you what your asking or trying for means jack all unless it's on paper.
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Maybe with more proofreading they wouldn't get in contract trouble so often. :P
Also super frustrating when it comes to employment contracts when there are a number of clauses that aren't negotiable and are "industry standard." Sure, you can disagree, but you can also not have a job.
I'm looking at you binding arbitration agreements, for example.
If there is a God this is why he has in all likelihood abandoned us. Nobody can do anything nice without someone else using it to just take a big shit all over everyone and everything.
Kinda makes me wonder ho Mr. Rogers survived for so long. Maybe he was TOO nice and the vampires all died of diabetes when they tried to defile his works?
And going one step further, it is almost definitely that they intend to do that thing which you don't want them to do. It's not even like there's a 50/50 chance or anything.
Honestly though as with NDAs, covenants not to compete, and other restrictions on trade I just ignore it as unenforceable and make it a point to just not tell anyone where I go after I leave. That's the best protection. If nobody knows where you went then they won't be coming for you for violating an agreement. Security through obscurity.
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Somewhere along the line western culture confused the idea of "goodness" and "niceness". Where "niceness" is defined as keeping quiet, compromising your interests, and agreeing with things you might find distasteful in order to avoid conflict. That and the perverse idea of looking out for your own interests is somehow a negative, shamed as "selfishness".
If I had to hypothesize it would be that collective public education emphasizes getting along, to make thing easier on the teachers, more than trying to get the best deal you can for yourself.
People in general confuse the idea of being liked and being respected. And when those paths diverge they take the easier path of trying to be liked.
One of my favorite tropes: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoodIsNotNice
And is it still considered moral/ethical to seek the best deal for oneself at the expense of everyone and everything else? You gotta draw the line somewhere. 100 people shouldn't get fucked and suffer a shitty deal because 1 person doesn't care that they're screwing them for a better deal for themselves.
I don't think that was ever true unless your name is Ayn Rand.
I'm not sure how that is relevant to contract negotiations. The comic is pointing out how the process is inherently adversarial and "niceness" and "politeness" and "trust" self-imposed handicaps that prevent you from getting the best outcome.
Listen to the hedgehog; he knows hedges.
One of my favorite panels ever