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I am theKevin Smith. I came from cum and made CLERKS once. Ask Me Anything. by ThatKevinSmithin IAmA

[–]srikanthmeenakshi 0 points1 point ago

Kev,

Thanks dude, Clerks was awesome, Dogma was awesomer and J and SB strike back was awesomest.

Mallrats and that lesbian movie were A-Okay...

Thanks for making me laugh plenty. Hope you do more fun things in future.

Entrepreneurs of Reddit, what is your product? by capitalletterin Entrepreneur

[–]srikanthmeenakshi 2 points3 points ago

FundsIndia.com - online mutual fund investment platform in, well, India...

We recently switched wholesale to twitter bootstrap for our layout....working out great so far...

Just finished my pitch deck - looking for feed back by afunnyfunnymanin Entrepreneur

[–]srikanthmeenakshi 2 points3 points ago

Thanks...

At the end, "Marketing Personal" should be "Marketing Personnel"...

Just finished my pitch deck - looking for feed back by afunnyfunnymanin Entrepreneur

[–]srikanthmeenakshi 2 points3 points ago

Looks awesome - submitted an info request, not sure if you got it...

Should the "industry" tab be renamed to "Market"?

Good luck!

What would be the last song you'd want to listen to before you died? by Wootensin AskReddit

[–]srikanthmeenakshi 0 points1 point ago

Freaky - I just thought about this question for the first time in my life earlier today and I see this here...wow...

Mine would be an Ilayaraaja classic - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITIoPoefjz0&feature=fvst

Young Asian/Indian entrepreneurs, do you find your parents are supportive or unsupportive of your decision to start a business? More and more I'm finding my parents to be incredibly unsupportive and discouraging, meanwhile my partner's parents are incredibly supportive. by RationalArgumentManin Entrepreneur

[–]srikanthmeenakshi 1 point2 points ago

Indian entrepreneur here, although my situation has a significant difference - I did not start on my own until after several years of successful "normal" career.

Even so, I fully understand your situation - my parents/in-laws have little control over what I do, so their opinion/support does not matter much to me. They know this too, so they are pretty reserved with their criticism. However, zero support thus far and I can clearly sense that they are not gung-ho about the risks.

My advice to you would be along these lines:

  1. Don't expect any moral support, and you won't be disappointed.
  2. Don't expect any financial support, period. Keep family and business separate. Don't mean to be harsh, but if you can do this in your head as well as in your actions, buddy, you are not ready to be an entrepreneur.
  3. Use their cynicism as a motivation. You will get your moment when they realize that they were foolish.

Good luck!

Twice a day, e'ery day. by drdeathmnin tea

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My twice a day, everyday is the same brand, different flavor

Stopped they must be; on this all depends. by redditin blog

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Blackout day

Also known as Get Some Work Done Day :-)

Seriously, thanks and good luck, folks!

Can people with access to Siri answer my curious question? by srikanthmeenakshiin apple

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Agreed. Just thought it would be fun and interesting to have Siri double as a decision support system replacing the magic eight ball :)

Can people with access to Siri answer my curious question? by srikanthmeenakshiin apple

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Thanks for the quick response...

I was hoping that Siri would be a trifle more smart :-)

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Using, right now. Great guys, good service, a little bit expensive. We think we are getting what we paid for.

Dennis Ritchie has passed away by charlesgrodinfanin programming

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absolutely. I read it too early in my career to really appreciate it. I had to read many other programming language text books to understand its greatness.

Spiderman Ganesha! by srikanthmeenakshiin pics

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Not entirely sure, but I would be surprised if it were not Mumbai (Bombay). September 1 was the big Ganesha birthday bash, and this was most likely a part of that.

Why is it so hard for normal people in developed countries to be happy? by IThinkitsFunnyin AskReddit

[–]srikanthmeenakshi 1 point2 points ago

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When I was a kid (in India), I lived in what we call a "portion" - a big house divided into parts and rented out to different families. We were 7 families plus the owner who lived upstairs. We were all lower middle class families - blue collar workers with some working wives.

There was very little that a family did not know about every other family in the "colony". There was a lot of give and take - from food stuffs to magazines to utensils to hardware to what-not. The kids were of varying age, but again, all of us were friends - studying together, playing together etc. Apart from the perennial end-of-month cash crunch issues, people were happy as heck to be raising their families together.

Most importantly, each family needed the support of one or more other families for some reason or the other - there would always be a situation where someone needed either a small loan or some sugar or some coffee powder etc. It would be terribly inconvenient to live isolated socially or keep away from the community. That was not even a consideration.

Today, most of our city (Chennai, in south India) lives in modern colonies - apartment complexes with 8-20 apartments in each building. I live in one of them myself. Honestly, I hardly know anyone else in the building. In passing, yes. But zero social contact beyond the hello and smile.

We are all upper middle class, and have very little "need" for each other.

I would daresay that the social co-dependence of my earlier colony was kept us in constant contact and that was what led to our communal happiness. Now, with wealth, that need has gone away, and with it the incentive for social connections, and the resultant isolation has substantially lessened the happiness quotient.

I know the OP's question was about developed nations, but I think my anecdote is relevant.

The movie "crash" dealt with the issue of social isolation from an immigration perspective, but there are parallels there too. There was an article in New Yorker about 10 years back about the revival of Marxism which spoke about how Marx pointed out that increase in individual wealth will result in an isolation which will cause social unrest. I don't know about unrest, but unhappiness, I think, yes.

Educate me on Indian/South Asian tea, please! by DiKetianin tea

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In my experience,

Darjeeling - weak Assam - strong Ceylon - stronger.

I have tasted a variety of Assam teas, but only Dilmah from among Ceylon teas.

There is also tea from south of India - the Nilgiri tea. About as strong as Assam, but more flavorful.

The Yerba Mate megapost nobody asked for. by Kupukain tea

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Excellent write-up! Thanks!

What ending to a movie has greatly disturbed you? by PrincessLinkin AskReddit

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No man's land.

spoiler

They just left him there!!

Try not to cry by srikanthmeenakshiin reddit.com

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This was a million times hard for me to read since I have an autistic daughter...

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Procrastinator here. How do you get motivated? by nongolozain AskReddit

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