SippyCup
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- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
Got lots of 65 year old factory or construction workers, do ya? And I’m talking about laborers, not supervisors etc.
Yes.
The oldest guy on our seniority list has had one job his entire life, he’s 72. He refuses to retire. The entire first page of seniority is guys in their 60’s. To be clear, if they’re on the seniority list, they’re not supervisors, they’re machine operators, welders, paint line guys, and tradesmen.
I, at 40, am one of the younger people in the building.
We recently started sucking up as many students as we could for the trades jobs because of how dangerously close to retirement most of the workforce is.
These jobs are not nearly as bad as people think. It’s not construction, which absolutely can and does destroy bodies. Factory work is engineered around being ergonomic and safe. If for no other reason than there simply isn’t the workforce available to replace people that leave young. But there’s actually lots of reasons. It’s legally required, it’s watched closelt by more than one federal agency (at least it WAS…). The factory literally can’t make money if these guys are getting injured all the time, and it’s way easier to make something safe to do than deal with constant injuries.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
You’d be surprised. Most industrial jobs are not all that physical anymore. I felt the same as you did at your age and I spent 20 years grinding jobs I absolutely hated because I too had no ambition coming out of high school. I ended up bouncing around call centers while trying to find something I enjoyed at college enough to be successful at, all the while being passed over by people who actually enjoyed what they were doing.
I’m a tool maker now, I do a little troubleshooting, a little machining, and my job is immensely satisfying. It’s not for everyone but that’s every job.
Honestly even if you’re opposed to industry, I wouldn’t bother with an expensive education until you have some idea of what you want to do. Find some place that’ll give you an entry level job and provide tuition reimbursement, get your core studies out of the way while you figure stuff out.
- Comment on Beans 5 days ago:
I WISH. hahaha I’m in danger
- Comment on Beans 5 days ago:
I love eggs. I eat an omelette every day. Lots of butter. Yumm
- Comment on Valve's invite-only Deadlock has an even more exclusive top-secret hush-hush version 6 days ago:
The best times I had with any PVP shooter were always in the middle of the day on weekdays. It was always a bunch of working age guys like myself and that was the only time they had to play. Dudes were always friendly, games were always fun. 3pm Eastern hit and the fun was over, if it was Friday you were done playing for the weekendb unless you stayed up really late, even then, it was never as good.
- Comment on TRUCKIN' 6 days ago:
The man loves 3 things. Beer, himself, and trucks. He’s clearly drinking the first and fucking the other two, hard to judge a man who’s obtained the kind of success in live that allows him to indulge in his hobbies.
- Comment on Rev up those 3D printers! 1 week ago:
Oh noooo… Which frogs tho?
- Comment on Feces is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. 2 weeks ago:
Humans may be unique among mammals for not eating our own shit, the shit of others, or just any random shit we find.
- Comment on Infinite Monkey Theorem 3 weeks ago:
A great one at that
- Comment on Infinite Monkey Theorem 3 weeks ago:
Since monkeys tend to hit the same keys repeatedly, rather than trying them all out at random, I’d say your second order monkey business is actually more likely to succeed than the first set of monkeys ever typing out Shakespeare is.
- Comment on p r e s s u r e 4 weeks ago:
It’s how they turn the frogs gay
- Comment on Rocky rock rocking 5 weeks ago:
This implies that you can both see where the electrons are and where they’re going. Obviously that’s impossible.
- Comment on Is Baldurs Gate 3's voice acting so great that it ruined other games for me? 5 weeks ago:
mass effect and the first few dragon age games had great acting, Kingdom come has great acting, most of the Sony exclusives have great acting, it’s out there. It’s just rare.
- Comment on There is a curfew in effect 1 month ago:
Sir I am at work.
So obviously I’ll take a nap
- Comment on Starbucks continues to be terrible 1 month ago:
THAT’S NOT TRUE
THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE
- Comment on Starbucks continues to be terrible 1 month ago:
Fair warning, if you’re brewing coffee at home it’s still possible to buy Starbucks.
Most of the coffee at Costco is just rebranded Starbucks beans. A lot of dark roast coffee is secretly shitty Starbucks beans. If it smells like cigarettes at any point, you’ve probably got Starbucks coffee.
- Comment on Waking up an hour before you intend to 1 month ago:
It’s very surreal seeing a screen cap that could have been taken from your phone, but definitely wasn’t.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
I sent her my prized collection of shoelaces.
- Comment on Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you 1 month ago:
Land is land. We don’t get any more. Some land is inherently more valuable than other. We should be disincentivizing ownership of land unless it’s being cultivated or contributing in some way.
By saying that farms don’t pay property tax, we’re creating an avenue for billionaires to create “farms” and skirt taxes.
Instead what we should be doing is guaranteeing that crops will sell. Pay the property tax, use the land, and if your harvest fails at market, then the government covers the gap. But not before. I’m even cool with the government buying the seed and feed. That’s all renewable and contributes to a bountiful harvest. Having taxes to pay on the value of the land encourages it’s use, and pushes the wealthy billionaires away from wanting to own it just cuz. They’ll naturally look for the least valuable land if they just want a big ass estate. Who cares if they build a mansion on a pile of worthless rock?
- Comment on Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you 1 month ago:
If you’re retired or disabled, you’re not working a farm.
If you are working a farm, then you should be paying taxes anyway.
- Comment on Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you 1 month ago:
You realize there are literally dozens of examples of dense urban environments flooded with small private businesses right?
- Comment on Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you 1 month ago:
If that was satire, it was incredibly well done. If it’s red sincere, it’s a great example of why property taxes should still apply at a certain point.
- Comment on Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you 1 month ago:
at the primary residence up to .25 acres. Anything more than that should be taxed as normal.
- Comment on Prepare For Discord To Get Way Worse [Kotaku] 1 month ago:
I would like to contribute labor to developing a discord alternative.
I also don’t know shit about fuck. Is this not something that can be made open source?
- Comment on Lightning bugs!! 1 month ago:
It’s not just the leaves, it’s humans fucking with the environment, on a macro and micro scale. But that’s harder to convey in a single panel
- Comment on Let me paint a picture 2 months ago:
I feel no regrets for anyone that takes a stall next to me and dares to stay on the phone.
They’re gonna know what you’re doing, and you’re going to know what I’m doing. Loudly.
- Comment on Lightning bugs!! 2 months ago:
We are in the middle of an insect apocalypse.
Remember when you were little how many fucking moths there were? Couldn’t keep the porch light on at night or they’d get in the house and you’d be finding moth carcasses all summer.
Now there’s just a few. Hardly see any anymore.
Same for house flies, and bees. I used to have to go and spray for wasps every spring, I don’t remember the last one I saw.
- Comment on Billionaires shouldn't exist 2 months ago:
Could you imagine the talent pool the most profitable companies would have if all net profits over X billion dollars were automatically redistributed to it’s labor force? Suddenly the wealthiest middle class on earth would be in the US until then somehow clawed that money back.
- Comment on Sun God 2 months ago:
Almost 30 million miles closer to us than the sun is.
- Comment on 1987 2 months ago:
Can I ask you to explain it crazy then?