2846 The Stephen Hawking Pin Up Calendar - Wednesday Call In Show November 19th, 2014

Are "buy-here finance-here" businesses ethical or do they exploit the poor? Does empathy actually make you weak? Why is it when I am open and honest with people I push them away rather than connect with them?Includes: The poor are not immune to being dicks, the importance of social trust, the cost of doing business, no such thing as a free lunch, paying the douche-bag tax, feminist response to scientist Matt Taylor’s “offensive” shirt, street harassment in NYC, preparing yourself for financial collapse, why it’s essential to be hated, welfare programs vs. open immigration, gender related empathy differences, empathy leaves you vulnerable to predators, authenticity is punished, the science behind empathy, disrespecting the idea of love, the disgusting suggestion that rape victims should love their rapists, pushing back against hallmark card myths, the vacuum of unanswered questions and dissociating through the use of marijuana.