#associates

In my senior year and shortly after I graduated I had a few times that I considered furthering my education but with all the moving we did my grades were all over the place and I wasn’t able to really prepare and then I didn’t qualify for any scholarships. And my family was in a place financially where they had just enough to stay afloat so hadn’t been able to put anything aside for college funds but I also didn’t qualify for tuition aid. I was smart enough at that point to realize putting myself into 10s or potentially 100s of thousands of dollars in school debt wasn’t a good move. So I just figured higher education wasn’t for me.

Ever notice how Associates always manage to survive things that would kill just about anyone else?

Noise! #7 (August 5-18, 1982)

youre reinstall that, @charlotteduerrewatson !!!

i destroyed that in @2024mazdacx5 when i @winterrose13 @tessaelliott-blog ….

When you choose to keep your followers on social media, for example, to a minimal number and on occasions to run an account without followers altogether, you may ensure that your message does not branch out to reach "more than necessary" diverse audience where each can interpret it in a different way. When you intend to introduce a new concept, such initial branching out may blur the message so you might want to be selective at least in such initial stages.

Selectivity is a broad and important concept spanning many disciplines and filters to societal behavior where it is manifested to guard and grow wealth in particular where privacy becomes a reasonable supporting element. In other scientific contexts, it is sought after for the advantage it provides in some advanced industrial processes.

Selectivity - in physical plasma processes refers to the ability of a plasma-based technique (such as etching or deposition) to preferentially interact with a specific material while leaving surrounding materials, such as masks or underlayers, largely unaffected. In semiconductor manufacturing, high selectivity is essential for patterning, with ratios often ranging from 2:1 up to 1000:1, meaning the target material etches hundreds of times faster than the surrounding materials.

Back to societal behaviors where keeping close circles of friends and associates maybe considered an advanced form of selective communication or doing business which may come after a wide exposure first that could be derived from early education or career paths. In business context particularly, a company can be even formed nowadays with a minimum of one person with limited liability.

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It’s almost impressive that some Associate never damaged an artefact that the Inspector was supposed to collect.