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Friday Fun Thread for November 11, 2022

Be advised; this thread is not for serious in depth discussion of weighty topics (we have a link for that), this thread is not for anything Culture War related. This thread is for Fun. You got jokes? Share 'em. You got silly questions? Ask 'em.

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INTRODUCTING: you must be able to throw a baseball at least 50 mph in order to work for the government.

Seriously, this would change everything. Can anyone come up with a rule superior to that in simplicity and efficiency in blocking bad hires?

Problem is government jobs suck. Which is why people who aren’t the brightest or most motivated do them.

If you institute this rule nobody will work for the government.

Why? Most normal healthy native born American men (and Dominicans, Japanese, Cubans) can throw a baseball 50 already.

Have you ever worked with local government? Half of it is 60-80 year old ladies who've been there for 20 years.

Exactly. Requiring basic physical fitness would prevent senile employees from hanging on forever. It would encourage people to treat government service as a phase in their life rather than a lifetime gig.

You must be able to squat (barbell, set of five, with good form) the weight of your salary in single dollar bills.

One bill weighs one gram, so not enough nerds will work for NASA when they can get bigger salaries without squatting them elsewhere.

I can squat 30kg 15 times, so 5x50 is possible. Squatting 100kg would require intensive training.

Yes. Only hire people who are very good at playing EVE online.

Do you think a 70 year old could throw a baseball 50mph? Do we want to block the majority of those 70 and older from working for the government?

I think that's half the point.

Sounds good to me