Vanth
@Vanth@reddthat.com
- Comment on Foreign workers say they were paid less than $2 an hour to build a new US Consulate in Milan 1 week ago:
Friendly reminder Trump is tariffing countries he alleges haven’t done enough to mitigate slave-labor.
I’m now expecting some convoluted plan from Trump where he tarrifs his own country and routes the fees into his family’s bank accounts. Politicians and justifies will stand around with their fingers up their noses saying there’s nothing to be done, it’s only tradition that has kept presidents from doing this sort of thing previously. Would anyone here actually be surprised by such a headline?
- Comment on Why are American men leaving the workforce at historic rates? 1 week ago:
I nailed it.
So it’s B) women, with a twist of C) immigrants, because it’s the non-white people who would be scary immigrants if they were to come here 🇺🇸🦅
(This is a joke. I am making fun of my country’s systemic bigotry towards anyone who is not a white, male landowner. Safe travels to anyone coming here for FIFA, but I think you’re a bit crazy to do so.)
- Comment on Why are American men leaving the workforce at historic rates? 1 week ago:
Me either, TBH.
- Comment on Why are American men leaving the workforce at historic rates? 1 week ago:
Try here? The NPR article is just a copy/paste from this one.
- Comment on Why are American men leaving the workforce at historic rates? 1 week ago:
A) late stage capitalism B) women C) immigrants D) artificial intelligence
What shall it be today?
- Comment on What are some of the biggest continuity errors in Star Trek? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Wildfire Griffin 3 weeks ago:
Nah, I’m pretty skeptical. The authors website has like 150-200 book titles. Either someone using AI to pump them out, or several authors publishing under the same name.
- Comment on Wildfire Griffin 3 weeks ago:
And people say AI generated books are awful slop. This is pure artistry!
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Is that your actual AI prompt? “Your anatomy when you twerk”? That would be delightful.
- Comment on Billie Eilish In Talks For Movie Acting Debut In Adaptation Of Sylvia Plath’s ‘The Bell Jar’ For Director Sarah Polley, Plan B & Studiocanal; Focus Features Landing Hot Package 3 months ago:
Well. That’s an interesting entry into film acting. I wish her the best but I think that’s a steep uphill battle.
- Comment on Australia investigating Carnival luxury cruise line following allegations workers live in overcrowded conditions with no water, earning as little as $2.50 an hour. 4 months ago:
Anecdotally, I have a sizeable group of colleagues who cruise together. They’re old Gen Z thru to young Gen X. Some are partnered up, some bring partners from outside work. They call them “family trips”. Lots of queer couples, but not all. The queer inclusivity seems like a big element drawing then in.
I am baffled by it. I get how awesome it is to build a chosen family, but not why they’d find their people and then decide a cruise is where they want to spend time together. I don’t even try to decline politely anymore, I just straight up tell them a cruise is everything I don’t want to spend my precious vacation time on.
- Comment on PSA 4 months ago:
At a minimum, someone with really bad judgement, who cares more about making headlines than doing high-quality research, and who shouldn’t be trusted to treat the subjects of this study with respect.
Bailey was the Northwestern professor who had a live demo of a reciprocating sex toy, put on by a volunteer and her partner. It was optional to attend the demo, students were over 18 and allegedly informed on what they were going to see.
He’s also been repeatedly called out for not properly informing participants in his studies. One accusation of sleeping with one of his research subjects. And toed the ethics line on writing evaluation letters for candidates of sex assignment surgery when he didn’t hold a license.
His wikipedia article links to sources.
- Comment on Amazon Workers at DJT6 Facility in Riverside Join Teamsters 5 months ago:
“It is a crime that Amazon makes billions off their backs while they can’t even afford to buy a home near the warehouse.”
Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division and Secretary-Treasurer of Local 1932.
Can confirm, I considered an engineering job in Riverside in ~2018. The salary offered to me as an early-to-mid career engineer was barely enough for the cheapest 1 bedroom apartment I could find. When I asked for a salary study, I was told “people make sacrifices” to work in CA and that I could find something cheaper by renting a room under the table or by commuting an hour-plus. If they would do that to a “white-collar” professional, imagine the coercion towards an hourly laborer consider low or “no” skilled.
Good luck, folks working at DJT6. I’ll be cheering for you.
- Comment on those of you with good skills to defuse a tense situation at the workplace, what advice can you give me? 8 months ago:
I start by evaluating whether it’s 1) within my job responsibilities to be involved and 2) I feel personal obligation.
As you’ve described the situation, and also your personality with a strong avoidance of conflict, if I were in your shoes I might support my colleague by getting the person who is supposed to intervene. Maybe that’s a manager or security if there’s signs it might escalate to violence.
I’m not a bouncer, I’m not a security guard. I have no job obligation and no personal obligation to cut into a violent interaction. I can be more helpful by getting someone trained for and paid to deal with the situation.
If I’m the manager, I have more responsibility to intervene. If the person getting yelled at by the Karen is like, a family member or a close friend, I would be more likely to intervene. Work colleague does not invoke the same personal responsibility I feel towards friends and family. I would also not say this to my colleague in the way I’ve described in my paragraph.
- Comment on Don't forget to turn purple and remove your arms 8 months ago:
Having something under my lower back sounds awful. Head and knees, yes, but back?
- Comment on Jason Bateman In Talks To Direct Universal Feature Take Of John Grisham’s ‘The Partner’ With Tom Holland, Rideback & Aggregate Producing 8 months ago:
Check to see what else Bateman has directed. The ones I’ve seen:
Hell of A Summer. I logged this to my Letterboxd in June 2025, apparently. I do not remember a single frame of it so take that FWIW.
Lessons In Chemistry tv series. This was good. Better than expected. I didn’t really notice much chatter about it, so glad a friend recommended it to me. It also comes with Internet Male Rage^TM^ against Brie Larson, always fun to read.
- Comment on Flight attendants overwhelmingly vote against Air Canada wage offer 9 months ago:
I am using this story to introduce so many colleagues to the concept that maybe labor unions are a good thing. Knowing these workers aren’t getting paid while they deal with boarding and all the crap has been an empathetic trigger for so many.
- Comment on Millions of Gen Zers are jobless—and unemployment is mainly affecting men 9 months ago:
Cue the pivot for some “women’s jobs” becoming more “manly”…
an AI bot can’t be trained to take over their daily tasks like sterilizing surgical equipment
…until someone realizes how much of this can be simple automation, AI not needed.
- Comment on i just think they're neat 9 months ago:
I kinda want to get a gourd and stencil “Stanley” on the side.
- Comment on Read AT&T CEO's frank response to employee feedback about a 5-day RTO mandate — and much more 10 months ago:
"He also described the company’s transition as a shift away from some elements, including “loyalty, tenure, and conformance with the associated compensation,” to “a more market-based culture —focused on rewarding capability, contribution, and commitment.”
Rewarding “commitment” has such Trump vibes. Word salad with the underlying message being “do whatever the boss man says, unquestioningly”.
- Comment on get sum 10 months ago:
(touche)
- Comment on Video of migrant worker tied to forklift sparks outrage in South Korea 10 months ago:
My first thought was “👐🌈 toxic masculinity”.
Thank goodness no US factory I have worked for would tolerate this kind of crap. Hazing at best, absolutely a lawsuit waiting to happen.
- Comment on Kate Aronoff spent the week talking to UPS Teamsters from around the country about what it’s like to deliver hundreds of packages in a heatwave, in a country without workplace protections for heat 11 months ago:
Compared to my USPS driver, who is driving a new Mercedes van with good A/C and altered routes over the summer months to shorten drivers’ time in heat.
Before anyone flips at “Mercedes”, their work vans are very cost competitive with Chevys.
It’s almost as if being in a union might be a good thing.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
- Comment on good morning bitches 1 year ago:
Ah, thanks to those clarifying who this schmuck is.
At first I wondered if it was the meme author? Lol at getting your headshot out there. Random Asian scientist? Eeeeeh, tip toeing into racist undertones with the repeat posts.
IRL jackass running unethical and illegal human experimentation? Bring on all the memes and then some.
- Comment on Caption this. 1 year ago:
Young Bobby was so eager for his beard to grow in, but this is not what he had in mind. being 15 is rough.
- Comment on modern psychiatry be like 1 year ago:
My uncle, from the time he was a little boy, liked nothing more than farming and gardening. He has one friend and they talk exclusively about growing stuff. He had to be forced to finish high school because all he wanted to do was wrench on a tractor. He barely talks unless it’s farming related.
He apparently takes after other men in the family, always one or two per generation, who were pretty much mute except when it came to their special interest. And they were 100% focused on their special interest.
Back in the day, it was “Uncle Bob just has those family genes. We get one of them every once in a while. He sure is a helluva good farmer.” Today he would be diagnosed with autism.
- Comment on is this how extroverts function? 1 year ago:
You know women does not equal extrovert, I hope?
“Women be bitchy unless I am bitchy first” is just too neatly packaged for internet woman-hating bait. Is this AI or someone trying to karma-farm reddit style?
- Comment on Unionized 1 year ago:
My initial thought was “would chemists theoretically be less into labor protections than plumbers”?
I guess that puts me in a third bucket.
- Comment on neotropical cockroaches 1 year ago:
Like my mom always taught me, don’t get into the back of a stranger’s van, not even if they offer you pretty blue cockroaches.
