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- Comment on Not saying this is Hell, but it's pretty fucking close 48 seconds ago:
The funny part is that the second you actually need disability coverage, the companies are all too happy to throw you over to the government for that as fast as they can.
- Comment on Not saying this is Hell, but it's pretty fucking close 2 minutes ago:
It does in the US too. I’m not sure what the previous commenter is talking about with companies cutting off funds. No company I’ve ever worked for paid workers for disability time. They throw you over to the government for that at the first opportunity, though they may be involved to the extent of validating yes this person works here, etc.
The issue in the OP is the amount paid, if we actually read it. Of course all the comments are just going in the usual directions of “fuck capitalism / corporations / the USA” and sadly nothings going to change that.
- Comment on The reason the right are so anti Mamdani is obvious: they don’t want you to see what your tax dollars being put to work the right way would actually look like. Then everyone would want it everywhere. 4 hours ago:
Slavoj Zizek calls the Democrats “capitalism with a kinder face - LGBT rights and so on and so on.”
That’s really it. They think the core economic system is working. They’re fine to greenlight social policies that don’t challenge it, especially if they think it will win them votes. And that’s all they are.
- Comment on Gap Year 🧏 6 hours ago:
I’ll never forget borrowing $500 from my parents in 1997 because after 30 days in the big city I still hadn’t found a job. These were the days when I was a real whiz kid for using my modem to send a scan of my resume directly to fax machines. Dice.com was not a website but a Telnet service.
I don’t think I ever paid them back…
- Comment on We live in a society... 4 days ago:
I’m fairly washable.
- Comment on We live in a society... 4 days ago:
My driveway? I think not.
- Comment on Bleep bloop 5 days ago:
I’ve noticed this “feature” disappearing from most self checkouts.
- Comment on Languages have rules and follow predictable patterns. French: 2 weeks ago:
Your point, she is not making sense.
- Comment on Languages have rules and follow predictable patterns. French: 2 weeks ago:
English is a wreck of three other languages but at least we escaped gendered nouns and adjectives. That’s got to be the most pointless language feature of all time.
- Comment on I'm right and the other vegans are wrong 2 weeks ago:
Again?
I just meant that you were replying to a comment about not being able to discern someone’s true opinion and it was kind of hard to discern the true opinion behind your very reply. That was the “again” part - recursion. I thought perhaps you were being deliberately witty. I would honestly appreciate that kind of humor, in all sincerity. I didn’t mean to make fun of you like haha you’re funny you clown.
I guess you actually meant yet another interpretation, which is that you simply never knew this was a thing and hadn’t imagined it, so were surprised. Fair enough!
- Comment on I'm right and the other vegans are wrong 2 weeks ago:
Honey seems similar to milk - we’re harvesting a secretion. But I think vegans care about more than just killing animals - it’s also about enslaving them, for lack of a better word. Cruelty. And I don’t know enough to argue whether bees are free. It seems like they are - they leave their hives and then return. But their Queen does get moved around by the beekeeper and they are bound to her… its an interesting one.
- Comment on I'm right and the other vegans are wrong 2 weeks ago:
Again, can’t tell if that’s because you think it’s an insignificant issue, or if you think the answer is obvious, and if so which answer you think that is. Are you being funny on purpose? If so bravo.
- Comment on The sickness of infinite greed cannot be sustained on our finite planet 4 weeks ago:
Rebuild all the schools in my local district? Set up a permanent endowment for the Freedom from Religion Foundation? Turn as much land into nature preserves as I can possibly afford?
Maybe these aren’t “things” you “buy” but it doesn’t take much creativity to blow a billion. I think I just blew a whole bunch of them.
- Comment on An American city has been without power for 2 weeks, unacceptable. 4 weeks ago:
It’s not especially on-topic but it’s not completely unrelated either. I think it’s fine as an edge case but that doesn’t mean a ton more like it should also be allowed.
- Comment on Well if that isn't just about the most evil thing you could openly admit to doing. 5 weeks ago:
I’m sure Europeans everywhere are offended at you referring to their colonies like that.
- Comment on Well if that isn't just about the most evil thing you could openly admit to doing. 5 weeks ago:
Is that a “both sides” argument?
- Comment on Well if that isn't just about the most evil thing you could openly admit to doing. 5 weeks ago:
They’ve done the decades of work to turn people against unions, convincing MAGAts that unions are proto-communist organizations that extort unfair wages though dishonest practices while sitting around not working. They have people looking over at them saying “how come you get paid so much?” Instead of “I should get paid that much too.”
People are dumb. Whatcha gonna do.
- Comment on Tbh I get it 5 weeks ago:
This is like some deep deep agro-economy hustle culture. Yo don’t be complaining about things - go out there and git them soybeans!!
- Comment on "No precedent in American history!" NYT would have defended child labor. 5 weeks ago:
The direction that’s moving is probably more significant than where the issue has spent most of its history.
- Comment on "No precedent in American history!" NYT would have defended child labor. 5 weeks ago:
“Abolish?” Pshaw. People even have private insurance in the EU under full government healthcare.
- Comment on Why are Republicans undoing worker heat protections? 5 weeks ago:
Here. Since I’m complaining about this empty phrase, it’s only fair to offer something better:
To a greater degree than during any other presidency, the Trump administration (and by extension Republican politicians generally) have not always needed a reason to inflict cruelty on Americans other than who they are.
Trump has governed not by allying with others who share his ideals or philosophies but rather those who show him personal deference and loyalty. In kind, he has won the votes of several groups of disgruntled Americans simply by hurting the groups they hate. The broad polarization of America sometimes called the “Culture War” has pitted Americans against each another across many real or imagined dividing lines, including race and religion but also more trivial matters such as whether you like the new Odyssey movie, in which a trans celebrity plays a part.
Trump has taken policy action against trans people, the country of Canada, blue states within America, specific companies he perceives to be “woke” and groups such as organized labor, since many Trump supporters consider Unions to be entitled proto-communist organizations that benefit unfairly through mass economic extortion.
It’s possible that with this backdrop, a ban on worker heat protections is simply a business-friendly gesture that Trump has made on behalf of a wealthy acquaintance who complained to him about the annoyance of following these regulations. Or it could be another in a series of actions taken along “culture war” lines to injure the perceived enemies of Trump voters, in this case workers rights advocates and laborers. An odd feature of the culture war is that, while many Trump voters themselves may be laborers at risk of heat injury, they may cheer for an action like this because they focus on the perception that it will harm illegal immigrant laborers or laborers in California, etc.
In this way the culture war takes precedence even over voting in self-interest. And this adherence to “helping our group” while we “hurt the other group” resembles one feature of many Fascist regimes: the belief that one group in a country are “pure” and must defend their purity from domestic enemies, practical interests be damned.
Another possible explanation for Republicans many seemingly arbitrary action is what conservative strategist Steve Bannon dubbed “flooding the zone,” a kind of media blitzkrieg approach that disorients/ drowns out political opponents and scatters the public’s attention by bombarding them with a constant stream of various outrageous actions, statements, and demands. As with many past Trump actions, the question “why is he doing this” is commonly answered “to distract from the Epstein files.”
So why attack worker heat protections? Pro-business corruption, a salvo in the culture war or just more “flooding the zone.” Ang of these could always apply to any Republican action that seems arbitrary with no immediate tactical purpose.
- Comment on Mama didn't raise no quitter 5 weeks ago:
Probably, yeah, because as the casuals drop out, only hardcores will remain, and they are frankly willing / compelled to pay more. So they will.
- Comment on Why are Republicans undoing worker heat protections? 5 weeks ago:
It just says nothing. They are doing this cruel thing to be cruel. They are cruel so they are being cruel.
Just because you hear everyone saying it doesn’t give it meaning.
- Comment on Why does butt hole have that icon ? 5 weeks ago:
The number 18 is not allowed up that cat’s asshole.
- Comment on Why are Republicans undoing worker heat protections? 5 weeks ago:
Cruelty already implies intent so even if this comment weren’t trite from being plastered absolutely everywhere, it adds nothing.
- Comment on My hands are filthy, burned and calloused so hers can be filled with chicken nuggets. 5 weeks ago:
One way to fuck roads is to not fix them very much, so I guess we are on the right path?
- Comment on VR controls are the worst 5 weeks ago:
This reminds me of that weird MAGA couple who stood in their driveway brandishing their guns as a protest went by. I know little about guns but someone pointed out that he was holding it in the wrong direction such that hot shells would be ejected directly into his chest if he were to fire. I guess in addition to other things, Seagal is guilty of that one here too since he’s holding the gun both ways.
- Comment on VR controls are the worst 5 weeks ago:
When you’re a perfect match for the “mustachioed cop” look, no need to mask. He could be anyone.
- Comment on They call me the problem solver 5 weeks ago:
There are three ways to finish faster:
- start earlier
- do less
- get help
I know this seems obvious but I’ve had to go back to it a million times at work when some project is behind schedule. All options tend to boil down to one of these. Notice it doesn’t say “go faster” it says “finish faster.” Reducing the scope of what you’re trying to do will bring the finish line closer without accelerating you at all.
- Comment on Team Car! 5 weeks ago:
Yeah… I hate to say it but cyclists take to the sidewalks in my neighborhood even though we have bike lanes everywhere. Obviously they are trying to be safer from cars which I can’t fault them for, but they do become a danger to pedestrians. Basically pedestrians are in a lose lose situation. Unless we want to start counting the bugs they step on.