Ronno

@Ronno@feddit.nl

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bring out the trumpets and pour out the beer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There are only three certainties in life (US edition):

  • Taxes
  • Filing your taxes
  • Death
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you encountered this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The answer is in your last sentences, employers should just pay a livable wage (mandated by the government really). In your first paragraph, all the things you explain to me are just part of the job. Nobody is going above and beyond to give me a better service/experience, it’s literally just people doing their jobs. In non hospitality services, people don’t get tipped for doing their job either, right? I’ve never seen anyone tip a nurse, teacher, police officer, etc.

  The whole tipping culture in the US is such a wild concept. In that aspect, I’m glad that we here in The Netherlands don’t have that culture (yet), that we are not expected to tip and that we only tip great hospitality. But meanwhile the times are changing, we also see a “leave tip” prompt more often and it is really starting to annoy me. I’ll decide if I want to tip, no need to shove it in my face, especially not considering people make a living wage without tips anyways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you encountered this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t tip for take out I have to pick up myself. But tipping culture here in The Netherlands is vastly different than the US. We basically only tip in restaurants, and only if the service was really good. Most people don’t tip for bad or average service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you encountered this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there an option to pick up my own food at the counter? I’d gladly do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too bad we can't have good public transportation⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If anything, shouldn’t that make it easier? The US has quite open and wide streets/roads. You have more space to build stations and rail tracks than for example Europe with much narrower streets/roads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hertz, showing the difference between science and engineering⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not always immediately obvious to what end you can use a new innovation. For instance, the Romans discovered and built a steam engine. But nobody connected the dots that it could be used to power a train.

  To me, it showcases the main reason why we need to collaborate. Only together, we can exponentially increase the potential of everything we build.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The solution to many problems⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Many people wouldn’t mind other people smoking, as long as it doesn’t impact non-smokers. But the thing is, smokers aren’t really all that considerate about non-smokers. I attended a couple festivals over the past week. It’s really annoying when you stand in packed crowd as a non-smoker and someone starts smoking. Sure, we are outside, but it literally makes breathing harder, especially for asthma patients.

  I don’t really see a way in which smokers and non-smokers can coexists without the smoker impacting the non-smoker. Even if you only smoke outside of the restaurant/bar, it will still be annoying and unhealthy to people entering the restaurant or bar.

  I’m very curious with how things will develop in France, where they banned smoking in area’s where children are present, which is virtually everywhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Comfy cozy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Today? Yeah sure. Next year? The way things are going…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 for me⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  18

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everyone is watching me⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you mean? I checked my doorbell camera and you always leave house at around 8 am and return around 5.30 pm, nothing out of the ordinary? /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Physicists vs Normal People⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s an Alfa, “Break” might be the correct terminology /s

  Joke of course, I love Alfa’s!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is 33 cents a small amount of money?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just in awe about those 28% and 33% tax brackets. I’m in the 49,5% bracket here in The Netherlands. That being said, I’m fortunate to be in it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mostly in the US though, but unfortunately the US is leaking :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ads are a plague⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The NCAP score for these should be -5, no way that is safe!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Speedometer, or Siegometer?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unironically, it’s better than we currently have. At least this speedometer would be right in front of me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta Censors #Democrat when searched for⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And so it begins, this might be the start of the digital war. Let’s hope they won’t make it into a physical one.