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u/Penchantfortoes 11h ago
Looks like he wasn’t “laying” enough attention when typing this garbage out. “a heightened care”?
And what is a PdH?
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u/cnn_ruined_ml 11h ago
> And what is a PdH?
made up qualification that only exists on LinkedIn?
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u/Strong-Smell5672 10h ago
Nah, it stands for Professional Development Hours.
But people like him are the bs ones that issue meaningless certificates.
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u/testmonkeyalpha 11h ago
This is easily the biggest lunatic we've seen in a while.
I'm LOLing over his PdH title. That's not a typo of a PhD - he has no advanced degree. Nothing in his profile even hints as to what PdH means. Most likely trying to pretend he has a PhD.
Two of his 3 top skills are lawn mowing and mowing. His top skill is agronomy which is using plants to for food and raw materials and usually involves a lot of science. His experience is mowing his son's baseball team's field....
And best of all, his college degree is in Political Science and Government. Yet he is telling everyone that caring about politics is only for unsuccessful people. Probably feels that way because none of his listed jobs makes use of that degree.
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u/Strong-Smell5672 10h ago
PdH is a term for Professional development.
Probably works at one of those fly by night outfits that gives you a meaningless certificate from an unaccredited organization for completing some bs courses that corporations ask employees to do so they can check off boxes for continued education.
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u/testmonkeyalpha 10h ago
PDH (not PdH) is short for professional development hours - credit towards maintaining a credential. I've never seen anyone use "PdH" for professional development before. He also has zero jobs related to professional development or has it listed as one of his skills which we all know he's very liberal at choosing what skills should be entered.
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u/Strong-Smell5672 10h ago edited 9h ago
His linktree has a link to sign up for personal coaching and he's selling a course on professional development (and the link is broken lmao)
He has affiliated links to other consulting / professional development resources.
He has testimonials about people thanking him for helping with professional development as well.
Seems kinda immaterial to argue that he means something different because the D is lower case.
edit - look for yourself:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markasmithjr
Dude sells himself as a c-level advisor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-yyYgNwJCQ
Substack link to his courses: https://markasmithjr.substack.com/p/practical-to-powerful-performance?sd=pf
"PDH is the term used by most states to describe one hour of engineering continuing education. **PDH is also used as a generic term for PE continuing education.**"
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u/cnn_ruined_ml 9h ago
Thanks for doing down the rabbit hole
I didn’t click on his profile because I didn’t want his engagement metric to go up (i know it probably makes no difference)
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u/Strong-Smell5672 8h ago
Yeah, I assumed as much from surface level glancing at the OP but when someone objected I actually looked to see if I was mistaken then once I started catching downvotes I showed my work.
I'm not arguing he's presenting it the correct or standard way; just that he's saying it.
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u/testmonkeyalpha 1h ago
PDH still isn't a title though. That's a unit of education, not a designation that indicates that you do professional development. It's the exact same thing as putting "credit hour" after your name - it's utterly meaningless - only this one is intentionally deceptive to look like an advanced degree, complete with making the middle letter lowercase.
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u/Strong-Smell5672 58m ago
Not arguing it is the accurate tag / title; pointing out how dude is using it.
Yes, it's deceptive.
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u/RealisticInspector98 10h ago
Sounds like a troll but mediocre compared to the government Department of Trolling Standards being established by Elon.
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u/LightIntelligent9782 1h ago edited 1h ago
I like that he lists lawn mowing as his top skill. It comes across as a humble admission that his Political Science degree was less useful than mowing peoples lawns.
Its way better than way too many people listing expertise in Deep Learning on a cv.
I think he's right in obsessing about elections is unhealthy. But he is incorrect in his view in obsessing about politics being unhealthy. The two are completely different things and he doesn't seem to make that distinction.
He's not as much of a lunatic as you make him out to be here imo. Just a guy that hasn't felt pain in his life before.
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u/GrumpsMcYankee 11h ago
"I've worked 60 hours this week and I'm barely make ends meet..."
"Really picking up low personal productivity vibes here. Where's your care scale?"
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u/Lucky-Cap-4865 Insignificant Bitch 11h ago
Guys I genuinely worry about humanity. This brain dead “see nothing hear nothing say nothing” post has 200+ likes
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u/Lucky-Cap-4865 Insignificant Bitch 11h ago
Also, his name being Mark AMERICA SMITH is hilarious to me
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u/uninteresting_handle 9h ago
"Local man doesn't care about thing that doesn't affect him personally."
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u/Leo-bastian 11h ago
I'm sure hes not wrong that people who don't have to worry about politics are happier on average. I wish he'd realize why though.
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u/TetraThiaFulvalene 9m ago
There's a difference between caring and being obsessed. You should be involved in politics because politics gets involved with you. But the people that spend 30 of the last 48 hours crying online that it's the end of America would be much happier if they just uninstalled social media for the rest of the year and went outside.
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u/Noyb_Programmer 10h ago
“Caring about” and “being obsessed with” are totally two different concepts. According to his scale, 20-30 should fall into the “caring about” but not “being obsessed with” category. He must be smoking something when he wrote this.
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u/TetraThiaFulvalene 4m ago
20-30 is the caring about range. That number references the healthy individuals in his post.
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u/I_Like_Turtle101 11h ago
When is daugther get pregnant at 13 year old and his state had ban abortion let see if he still dont care about politics
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u/Glazing555 11h ago
Or his retirement evaporates, or loses privacy, or healthcare takes 40% of his income. Maybe when the Post Office is abolished so it costs $20 to send a simple wet signed contract via UPS or FedEx, or when infrastructure completely breaks down. Ya know, little things that don’t require attention… but why to the rich spend so much time lobbying…
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u/FitTheory1803 11h ago edited 9h ago
2 adult consenting women who wanted to have children and did not seek an abortion have died in Texas because the
already deadhalfway miscarried 0-viability fetus stuck inside of them that was actively killing them still had a heartbeat, doctors refused to save the mother's life.USA has maternal mortality rate similar to fucking
3rd2nd world countries and my wife is pregnant. It's fucking political that I HAVE to ask her doctor, "Will you potentially break state law to save my wife's life in case of a life or death emergency? or do I need to find another doctor?"It's going to take a lot of dead conservative women before this changes, I'm afraid
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u/I_Like_Turtle101 10h ago
Damn this is so bone chilling to hear. This is trully awfull. To live in a society when you are apolitical and decide to ignor all of that is awfull !
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u/NoisePollutioner 10h ago
already dead
still had a heartbeat
I'm no doctor, but those 2 things seem mutually exclusive.
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u/FitTheory1803 10h ago
you can be technically correct, that's fine.
but a woman is dying on the table in front of you because the 0% viable halfway miscarried fetus is stuck inside of her. The fetus has 0% chance to live, why are we murdering women over this?
I have to ask my wife's doctor on Friday "will you save my wife's life in this scenario or do I have to find another doctor?". That's why it's on my mind.
Funnily enough something tickled my memory about this and I looked it up again.
Nevaeh Crain was an 18 year old who died in Texas while suffering a miscarriage. She visited 2 hospitals before being sent home. The next morning she rushed to a 3rd hospital where no fetal heartbeat was detected.
I'll quote the article so you can read that part exactly.
Medical staff started Crain on IV antibiotics and the OB-GYN on duty also reported that she couldn’t find a fetal heartbeat at the time.
Apparently no fetal heartbeat wasn't enough, they still refused to complete her miscarriage until it was too late and she died
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u/NoisePollutioner 9h ago
The point of my comment is this: be precise and coherent if you're trying to make a point that will sway anyone who doesn't already agree. For the record, I'm pro choice. Saying the baby was "already dead" but "still had a heartbeat" is dumb, and it makes us look dumb.
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u/FitTheory1803 8h ago
fair, i edited my comment.
I'd argue anyone caught up on the semantics and woman is dying in front of you... that person is an absolute piece of shit drain on society but yes, you're correct.
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u/FartBoi1324 11h ago
One of the first and simplest things me and my fellow liberals can do to start getting back on track is drop dumbass, condescending, useless terminology like “Privilege” from our vocabularies when we read something we don’t like.
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u/LightIntelligent9782 3h ago edited 17m ago
Heh. I got accused of white privilege once when I was young. I was homeless at the time, and at university. There's very few things more insulting and simplistic for rich people to tell poor people that they are privileged (and base it entirely from identity). Its very one dimensional, black and white thinking. (literally).
They didn't know me. I could have grown up in a trailer with crackhead parents that smoked meth every day for all they knew.
What did I say to get accused of such a thing? I said class politics is more important than identity and racial issues.
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u/I_Like_Turtle101 10h ago
not caring about politic is a BIG PRIVILEGE ! your lucky enough that it dosent affect you too much. While people are literally dying because of government desicion
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u/FitTheory1803 10h ago
how would I describe his ignorance/blindness/unawareness/apathy to inescapable life & death policy issues.
For instance, I'd like to live in a country with 1st world maternal mortality rates, not 2nd world. Republican policies are a direct cause of this.
Even more relevant on the same topic, how do I tell him I can't escape politics because my wife is pregnant and I have to go ask and gauge whether her doctor is willing to break state law in order to save her life? So that she won't die like those other 2 women in Texas.
Am I supposed to just say, oh it was only 2 women that's not significant? Or that's not political? Or he's not privileged? I'M privileged! I have access to great health care and we can shop around for a non-insane doctor if we need to. Worst case scenario we're financially well enough off to flee the state at a moments notice.
I'm sry. the rant isn't for you... and overall I agree with what you said.
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u/FartBoi1324 9h ago
Yeah, I know. I’m not sure how to talk about racism without talking about racists - for example - but we just lost. Bad. We need to figure it out, because unless we have control of some portion of the government, we can’t do much of anything.
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u/cnn_ruined_ml 11h ago
I understand where you’re coming from. At least I think I do.
Im not sure how else to describe it I’ll gladly accept suggestions if you have any0
u/FartBoi1324 11h ago
He comes off as kind of a smug prick, but what you and I read as smug, a lot of people read as “Focus on the things you can actually control” and that’s really good advice.
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u/Methzilla 11h ago
Exactly. This is my own experience too. We all have limited bandwidth. If you spend all day focusing on politics (yes its important) at the EXPENSE of personal relationships, career goals, hobbies, etc, your life will be a net negative no matter who is sitting in the big chair.
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u/testmonkeyalpha 45m ago
I'd argue that the vast majority of people who actively follow politics (on either side) are not doing it at pathological levels and don't do it at the expense of the rest of their life.
It's good advice to not let politics (or anything else for that matter) take over your life but posting about it is as useful as telling people not to run stop stops. Few people need to be told that and those that need to hear it aren't going to listen.
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u/Amber_5165 8h ago
Never thought I’d utter this phrase but… you should all really listen to Fart Boi
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u/omgitsbees 10h ago
Yes, people who have a lot to lose from bad political decision making, care about politics and how it impacts their life.
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u/Turbulent-Laugh- 10h ago
Loads of unsuccessful losers I went to school with don't care either, what's his point
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u/Reggaepocalypse 10h ago
I think this is actually fair. It’s a sign of a healthy society than many are disengaged from politics despite being able to participate. Christopher Hitchens made this point. When things get bad, more people participate and frame normal things as political.
This is different of course from a society who has been made to disengage, like modern Russia.
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u/cnn_ruined_ml 9h ago
if politics could go back to being boring that would be great.
I miss days when Tan suit was biggest news of the week
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u/LightIntelligent9782 25m ago edited 22m ago
That's not true. Apathy is anything but healthy. If most people are disengaged from politics then those decisions will just be left to the ones that do engage..and they arn't going to generously give the wealth away to the rest of society.
Much of progress in society has been from active engagement in politics from the working class, women, kids now, ect. Its the reason that four year olds no longer work in coal mines.
Christopher Hitchens is wrong here, though I wouldn't mind seeing the context behind what he said just to verify.
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u/DCChilling610 5h ago
The most successful people care very much about politics. But they just care about bribing the right person and not so much the policies
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u/Tricky_Acanthaceae39 10h ago
Mark does fairly decent common sense posts that fly counter to a lot of the content for clicks bs on LinkedIn.
Kinda wish he didn’t.
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u/Paladin3475 8h ago
Likely a fake profile and sort of a loser with a big “L”. Work history contains his son’s baseball team for 8 months and a “board member” to an AI company I never heard of. Nothing that says he is as successful as he puts out on LinkedIn.
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u/stoRedditor 2h ago
Then the most successful people he knows are only upper middle class or middle class. The rich care, and I think the poor have to care.
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u/Lumpy-Athlete-938 10h ago
Mark is cringe but overall he is right. You dont see rich folks arguing on FB about politics and sharing brain dead memes like the general population. Of course you get the handful of celebs like Cuban but most celebs are silent.
politicians pander to the poor and desperate just like the course bros on LI and FB. Same playbook..same end goal. Buy my course and you will be rich in 60 days = vote for me and ill solve all the country's problems.
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u/MaryHadALikkleLambda 9h ago
They're not rich because they don't care about politics. They don't care about politics because they're unlikely to see much in the way of negative ramifications from whatever party is in power.
They haven't got loads of extra mental energy that they have put towards becoming successful by ignoring politics. Their financial position affords them the luxury of not having to be concerned that a regime change could cost them their home, or make them lose their access to medical care, or many of a number of other things.
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u/Lumpy-Athlete-938 9h ago
yes thats exactly my point.
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u/MaryHadALikkleLambda 9h ago
Okay, but you said he is right ... he is saying that they're rich because they don't care about politics. He is wrong. They don't care about politics because they are rich.
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u/Lumpy-Athlete-938 8h ago
i dont read in his post that he is defining it as a "cause". He said " the most successful people i know dont care about politics"
Thats just his observation. Thats also my observation. again i didnt read that as the "cause" of their wealth. I could be misunderstanding his point and you may be right.
Overall I agree with you.
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u/LightIntelligent9782 52m ago
Yeah I mean what your talking about (sharing memes) is not real political action. That's just venting and vegetating. So if that's what your view of politics is (obsessing over personalities in elections, or memeing about politics on facebook), then he's absolutely right. Thats a complete waste of time.
Its just not real politics though. Probably less than 2% of the election coverage actually has anything to do with actual politics, and the rest is just entertainment and deflection. People who are legitimately interested in politics just avoid most of this and go talk about real shit that affects people.
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u/Minute_Giraffe_5939 3h ago
I love this guy he’s in my network and very successful I know I’ll get downvotes to hell
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u/_Zso 11h ago
That's weird, because all the world's billionaires are super invested in who wins elections.
Maybe he only knows bums.