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Ozy-dead41 karma

What are the biggest fiscal differences between a "straight" business and an illegal business? Legal costs, anticipating losses due to law enforcement, money laundering, etc?

I can answer that (not OP, but have experience). Biggest expenses are 1) generating shell companies 2) official papers for offshore firms 3) cash in-out rates in banks. Everything else is the same as any other business, and you usually pay close to 0 tax.

Ozy-dead33 karma

Does it take the same time to load/unload though on per container basis?

Ozy-dead29 karma

I read a blog series in The Guardian about a journey of MtF from ~2010 to ~2012.

1) She speaks of horrible number of problems in the British system of healthcare, as well as financing barriers that she faced when going up the ladder. Any comments on that?

2) She also spoke about how her employer at the time asked to reassign to another department because it was runing the atmosphere. Any problems u had with employment?

3) A bit philosophical. How do you define sex and gender? What are sex and gender differences between boy/girl and male/female to you? Some world languages don't have that distinct definition, and have one world that usually means "where you come from".

Ozy-dead14 karma

She can wave even though she's blind???

My psychology professor did a research in the 70s where he studied gestures of kids blind from birth. They concluded that some mimics and gestures are more innate behavior rather than learned. Amazing stuff.

Ozy-dead4 karma

It's a balance of speed vs strength. Byamba said in other questions that speed is more important in most cases, so he prefers to have less stiff muscle and more reach and flexibility.

I can relate to that as I do historical and saber fencing. Strong muscular guys are usually the easiest prey for me (I'm tall and very skinny), because I can have double the speed and flexibility.