Of greater danger than nobody knowing what to do is a broadly held presumption that somebody does.
Source: “‘Idiocracy’ is a disturbingly prescient reflection of our current reality, not because nobody knows anything but because everybody thinks somebody does." ~ Jared Bauer
Source: “‘Idiocracy’ is a disturbingly prescient reflection of our current reality, not because nobody knows anything but because everybody thinks somebody does." ~ Jared Bauer
Bauer's Rule of Idiocracy arises in part from characteristics discussed in Erich Fromm’s “Escape From Freedom,” including a desire to defer to a trusted figure to escape the burden of having to puzzle out matters for which one is ill-equipped, the learning curve is steep, or information is at best incomplete.
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Get the The Evelin Rule mug.The "Seven Minute Rule" states quite simply that if the meeting organizer has not joined the meeting within 7 minutes of the start time - the meeting is therefore officially cancelled.
It was designed by the British Upper Class to ensure punctuality and minimize time wasting.
With globalization and in particular the deterioration of Corporate Culture around the world - this rule is making a comeback and used throughout offices around the world
It was designed by the British Upper Class to ensure punctuality and minimize time wasting.
With globalization and in particular the deterioration of Corporate Culture around the world - this rule is making a comeback and used throughout offices around the world
"Mark set this meeting up, and he's not here, by the Seven Minute Rule the meeting is cancelled and we can go to the beach!"
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Get the Seven Minute Rule mug.Words of wisdom from Iron Ike during a trip to Southeast Asia after arriving in New Delhi on an 18 hour flight explains how things work in India
Iron Ike muttered that this situation followed the 70/30 rule 130% of the time before realizing the logic of the statement and it would forever be associated with his wisdom
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Get the 70/30 rule 130% mug.A type of labor action, somewhere between normal working conditions and a strike, where workers will do only what the collective bargaining agreement requires them to do, and nothing more, such as refusing to work overtime. It is a pressure tactic, designed to get an employer back to the bargaining table to hammer out a new contract acceptable to the employees. Also known as quiet quitting.
When teachers were not getting what they were asking for during contract talks, they went on work-to-rule, suspending extracurricular activities and after class student meetings.
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Get the work-to-rule mug.Jay Dyer’s Rule of Nutrition states that you should never eat anything that has cartoon characters on its package. Basically, processed junk food.
Dyer’s Rule of Nutrition would rule out:
>Cocoa Pebbles
>M&Ms
>Cheetos
>Flintstones Gummies
>Count Chocula
>Lunchly
>Cocoa Pebbles
>M&Ms
>Cheetos
>Flintstones Gummies
>Count Chocula
>Lunchly
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Get the Dyer’s Rule of Nutrition mug.the 5 second rule isn't even true like the food when you drop it the bacterias get on it under literally one second
You: did you try to just catch your food under 5 seconds because the 5 second rule is not true
Friend: yea?
You: because if you even drop your food the bacterias get on it in under one second even if you wipe it
Friend: yea?
You: because if you even drop your food the bacterias get on it in under one second even if you wipe it
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