Comment on 31-year-old teacher quit her job. Now she works at Costco—and boosted her income by 50%: ‘I've never been happier' (these are not feel good stories, this is sad)

• princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ausbatteries.com/…/1-x-panasonic-18650-lithium-ba…

  www.18650batterystore.com/…/panasonic-ncr18650b

  For a set of 10 cells, you’re looking at A$150 (US$96) on the Aussie site, or US$89 on the American. Links are both for Panasonic NCR18650B cells.

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  • FordPrefect@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Aw man, that’s just enough difference to make me notice.

    Now I’ve got a weird question purely out of curiosity: Do you know of any makers of black denim cotton work jeans, in loose fit that isn’t stretch knit?

    Wrangler & Levi seem to have decided that black jeans which fit over one’s thighs, are not important enough to make in all sizes anymore… ?

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    • princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You: like star trek enough to make it part of your identity

      Also You: goes into a worker reform community to start shit, wastes people’s time as if you’re a Ferengi

      Are you one of those Star Trek fans that hates how Queer they made Discovery too?

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      • FordPrefect@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What shit did I start? I agree 100% with the sentiment of this post’s OP: Teachers moving to corporate marketing jobs just to get a survivable wage, is a tragedy of first order. The people who do our societies most vital work are not rewarded anywhere near commensurate with the importance of their work; hence my reading of this post.

        I was joking about needing 18650 cells as a point of reference for pricing… mostly. I really don’t have any sense of the prices of those other commodities you mentioned. Regardless, based on what you said, it seems like Australian teachers are better off than here, but still grossly undervalued?

        And no, I hated the musical episode of Strange New Worlds because it wasn’t up to my expectations based on their invoking of Buffy The Musical, but I loved most of Discovery & Stamets is freaking gold. I didn’t really think they could top the engineering hijinks until Tig Notaro as Jet Reno was introduced. She’s a treasure.

        I have had good luck finding what should be basic essential goods from overseas brands, when the major US brands stop making them. I was unironically, seriously, asking if you or anyone here could suggest a brand of jeans that still comes in loose fit black, as that’s literally all I can wear to work & need them for life as well. Sorry to derail the topic; I was leery of that, but Australia has good stuff sometimes so I figured I’d risk it!

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