I am friends with a South Korean man, and asked him about this once. From his experience with North Korean people, he said they really did buy into the Kool-Aid and really did think of Kim-Jong Un as a glorious leader and all that jazz. Not that they are all fanatical, but there's a level of enthusiasm for it all that's really there.

I am 23, work at a startup, and also never drink, but definitely disagree with the implications of this post. Startups don't have any sort of particularly entrenched alcohol culture in the US- everyone does. And it's not really a problem, either. You can't ask for planet earth to be a safe space so you never get tempted by your booze urges again, just continue refusing, it's not something that can- or should- go away entirely.

There is a big difference between work being a safe space where no one drinks, and one where your boss berates you harshly for not drinking. The article depicts the latter situation. I drink; I don't care if people don't drink. I would never, ever respond to someone asking for water the way this writer's boss did. The boss acts as though he has been personally insulted. That's garbage.

Infrastructure, national defense, paying off the national debt, from least to most desired for me.

Too senior? I'd say there's really no such thing, so long as the engineer is suitable for the job in terms of what she's looking for and what areas of expertise she has.

Haha can't handle the limelight, this fella reminds me of the Flappy Bird creator.

I think he's BSing as well.

Genuinely don't understand how the medical systems in place throughout Europe are also socialized but so much more stable than ours. Is their quality of care lower? Fewer patient needs being met? Relative spending higher? It looks like Americans are moving towards socializing medicine more and more yet the further we move towards it, it seems like efficiency is only getting worse.