jubilationtcornpone
@jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Can the state minimum wage be changed by a ballot initiative? 14 minutes ago:
Depends on the state. The last minimum wage increase in Arkansas (my state) was implemented by ballot initiative. Naturally, the Republican controlled legislature began immediately having a collective seziure and scheming harder than ever to hamstring the ballot initiative process.
Always baffles me that people vote for initiatives while voting for politicians that vehemently oppose those initiatives on the same ballot.
- Comment on Valid point 4 days ago:
Checking out at the liquor store
Cashier: “Can I see your ID?”
Me: “Awww. I hardly ever get ‘carded’ anymore. It feels kind of nice.”
Starts to pull out wallet
Cashier: “Oh, nevermind. You’re good.”
Me: “…Listen here you little shit. You started this whole thing. Now I’m going to show you my ID anyways and you’re going to act surprised like ‘OMG! I could have sworn he was 22! I didn’t even notice his bald spot.’”.
- Comment on Sound of silence 2 weeks ago:
Well, Budweiser and Busch are both owned by AB InBev. But I guess that’s that level of awareness one can expect from bigots.
- Comment on Sound of silence 2 weeks ago:
Chugs can of Bud Light. Tosses can in water.
- Comment on "Linux? Those guys who like to talk about themselves?" 3 weeks ago:
The average Linux evangelist on Lemmy vastly overestimates the tech-saviness of the average person.
- Comment on 10 Careers Once Considered Stable Are Now Seeing Major Layoffs (Latest Data) 4 weeks ago:
Construction, manufacturing, and other related industries are already experiencing rapidly slowing demand. Tarrifs and the Iran war made a huge dent there. As soon as the “big shot” investors finally realize that they’re going to get nothing more from the AI craze, they’re going to bail and the collapse will be fast and furious.
- Comment on 10 Careers Once Considered Stable Are Now Seeing Major Layoffs (Latest Data) 4 weeks ago:
healthcare
Lots of rural healthcare systems in the US have been circling the drain for years at this point so YMMV.
- Comment on Buzz off 4 weeks ago:
I once cut down a dead tree, not knowing that it contained a bees nest. They chased me until I jumped into a nearby creek. That was not fun.
- Comment on Why exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly? 5 weeks ago:
“Nobody wants to work anymore” == “I pay so shitty wages that no one can even afford to come work for me.”
- Comment on Why exactly are nursing aids paid so poorly? 5 weeks ago:
I’ve served on the board of non-profit daycares and I [vaguely] know at least one person who actually owns a for profit daycare.
Only a complete idiot would think they were going to make any money on a daycare. The overhead is nuts – even when paying really shitty compensation – and the competition is relentless.
- Comment on poverty is a choice 5 weeks ago:
If you’re having fun at your job, you’ll never work a day in your life.
- Comment on Hail power! 1 month ago:
- Comment on Fuck the man. 1 month ago:
- Comment on The face of dang ‘ol killer, I tell you hwhat 1 month ago:
The many faces of Kristen Stewart
- Comment on Aussies are a strange beautiful people with ways that are alien to me... 1 month ago:
- Comment on The open seas be the only place for Steve 1 month ago:
I was really disappointed when Resident Alien was cancelled. It’s a good show.
- Comment on 🫡🫡🫡 1 month ago:
You joke, but some gullible idiot will buy that.
I know people who get their phone service through “PureTalk” to escape the “liberals at AT&T”. I’m still not sure which is the greater irony: the fact that AT&T is an extremely conservative stick in the mud Corpo of the fact that PureTalk is an MVNO whose network is provided by – wait for it – AT&T
- Comment on Thot shit 1 month ago:
- Comment on Just animal noises 1 month ago:
“Get your feet out of you brothers mouth.”
One of many phrases that I never thought I would have to say.
- Comment on I hate when people call me a "hero," but I get the inclination. 🫡 🇺🇸 1 month ago:
🎶Jody, Jody, Jody, Jodddyyy. I’m beggin’ of you, please don’t take my woman. Jody, Jody, Jody, Jodddyyy. Please don’t take her just because you can."
- Comment on Photoshop 2 months ago:
Now hold on on a minute. Are you seriously trying to tell me repeatedly prompting an AI agent with, “That person is supposed to have FIVE fingers. Not four. Not six. Five. People have FIVE fingers. What the hell is wrong with you!?” doesnt constitute “effort”??
/s
- Comment on Nobody tell him 2 months ago:
It should be fine. We hope.
Pretty much the COVID strategy from the first Trump administration.
- Comment on Nice tree 2 months ago:
🎶Do you know how Christmas trees are grown?🎶
- Comment on 6 in 10 workers say they have a toxic boss, study finds 2 months ago:
The average corporate environment essentially rewards anti-social behavior. The people who get promoted into “leadership” are rarely the best ones for the job.
They’re often people who ruthlessly pursue power at any cost or “yes men/women” who excel only at ass kissing. Those two types often go hand in hand and they are both highly destructive in their own ways.
Generally speaking, the corporate world is motivated only by greed and does not value good leadership. Companies with good leadership are not able to sustain severely overinflated stock prices.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Kind of sums up the mating ritual of the striped bark scorpion.
- Comment on Deal with it, Libby. 2 months ago:
I see you’ve met my inlaws.
- Comment on Servers go Brrrrrr 2 months ago:
Whoa. A really bad month for me is 2500 kwh.
- Comment on Thanks for coming to my TED talk 2 months ago:
Harmonia axyridis AKA “Asian Beetle”. Native to Southeast Asia. Artificially introduced to the US for aphid population control, which they allegedly do very well.
And that is their single redeeming quality. Other than that, they are an incredibly annoying pest. I remember being a kid, when they really started to take off in the Midwest, and having to vacuum up thousands of them out of, well, everywhere. I quickly learned that if you used a vacuum cleaner where the dirt gets drawn through the impeller, they would die instantly and that would lessen the awful smell.
We had this antique Hamilton Beach hand vacuum with a large bag on it that was perfect for the job. The distinctive “ping” sound of those little bastards getting obliterated by the cast aluminum death machine was sweet revenge.
- Comment on My Country music collection 2 months ago:
Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton.
- Comment on You Stooge! 2 months ago:
Oh. A wise guy, eh?
