jpreston2005
@jpreston2005@lemmy.world
- Comment on ‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living 3 weeks ago:
not a company town if the employees own the company, then it’s just the employees town.
- Comment on ‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living 3 weeks ago:
The salary differential between the highest and lowest paid workers in Mondragón, for example, remains about six to one; for the largest 500 listed companies in the US, the gap is closer to 272 to one. At the year end, members of Mondragón’s co-operatives also decide collectively on whether they should pay themselves bonuses and, if so, how much. This profit-sharing comes in addition to a base pay rate that, on average, is 40% above Spain’s minimum wage.
Man where do I sign up??
- Comment on Live Nation/Ticket Master won't give you your tickets unless you install their app 4 weeks ago:
where do you buy your tickets?
- Comment on Conan just did Hot Ones 5 weeks ago:
God Bless you Conan O’Brien, tears of laughter from how hard you went on that. You didn’t have to go that hard, but god bless you for it
- Comment on Next on the hydraulic press channel! 5 weeks ago:
Lock Out/ Tag Out what? Just post a handmade sign, dude
- Comment on Draymond's own March Madness run continues: attempts to kick Grant Williams in the groin 1 month ago:
You know, with the amount of trades and moves that happen in the NBA, one can imagine (or hope) anyone joining their favorite ball club. I’ve pictured my Cleveland Cavaliers with Steph at point guard, with KD, among others. Just imagining the level of hype and excitement it would bring.
Never have I imagined draymond being anywhere but thrown out of the league. I’m consistently bewildered as to his continued involvement with the warriors franchise.
I’m also a fan of the Steelers, and one thing I love about Mike Tomlin is he knows how to deal with divas. He drops them before they become a problem. Mike Tomlin woulda tossed this dude YEARS ago.
- Comment on Watch Draymond Green grabbed Patty Mills by the neck and pulled him to the floor | Streamable 1 month ago:
if his arm got “stuck,” then he would have extended his arm to get around Mills. Instead he flexes his arm, and pulls Mills into a backbend, stressing his spine. He then does that sidestep shamble move, trying to indicate to the ref that he wasn’t in control of his movements because “look! he’s stumbling a bit too!”
Nah, this is classic bitch ass dray. just toss him from the league already.
- Comment on Why do people wear shoes inside the house? 2 months ago:
pair of slippers and flip-flops that stay indoors, just for indoors. I just hate getting bits of whatever stuck to my socks/feet in between sweeping sessions. Though after a good sweep, I will do a stride of pride sans socks/shoes, just to feel how clean the floor is
- Comment on Dude almost lost his life 3 months ago:
From my perspective, looked like he was goin for a kiss on the cheek. I dunno. the whole thing seems a lot more innocuous than is being portrayed here in the comments and most definitely in the title. “Dude almost lost his life?” Dude talked to a gay guy and almost got kissed on the cheek
- Comment on Dude almost lost his life 3 months ago:
I mean. dude is obvi standing with a bunch of other queens outside a gay bar. Nobody was in danger, and everyone acting like this was so crazy, is probably just reacting to the fact that he was asking a big black dude. What, y’all saying black guys are inherently more violent or something? get tf outta here with that racist BS
- Comment on real 3 months ago:
and that cautionary tale would be…?
- Comment on A true shitpost 4 months ago:
you can see how uncomfortable he is by how he changes his seating position, like he’s trying to duck under the spray of weaponized discomfort
- Comment on Task failed successfully? 4 months ago:
another article for this incident, guess he came to the door during crisis negotiations, cop saw him with a gun, shot him. Did you think he’d be threatening to kill himself with an eggbeater, there, 15 year vet cop Sgt Jessie Hartsock?
- Comment on I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD** 4 months ago:
is there a retailer I can buy gently used ones you know of?
- Comment on Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid? 4 months ago:
I dunno. I’m pretty smart in some things, but I’ve also made some real bone-headed mistakes. Sometimes I’m rushing, sometimes I just truly don’t think about it. Sometimes while talking through what I think is the best solution, I figure out I’m wrong.
two things I’ve done.
-gotten a 3.9 GPA with honors through two years of medical school -didn’t realize “Penn State” was in Pennsylvania until I stopped and thought about it
like, sometimes we don’t think about things enough. Sometimes we have a brain fart. Sometimes we’ve just never been introduced to a particular concept or factoid (being ignorant).
I think the only true stupidity is when people don’t learn from their mistakes, when people refuse to update their ideas to fit new facts, and when people remain willfully, maliciously, ignorant as a point of pride.
- Comment on Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid? 4 months ago:
easier to a fool a man, than it is to convince him he’s been fooled.
- Comment on Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid? 4 months ago:
omg you had an angry older customer actually admit a mistake? what’d you do, place a loaded gun on the counter as you were talking??
- Comment on Roadtrip in a Homemade Bike House! 5 months ago:
For my birthday one year I packed up a burly with all the supplies I’d need to go camping for a week as I bicycle up and down the Beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. But oh lord, just like these guys, it was way to heavy. not as heavy, but around ~150lbs. My god, were hills miserable. I made it about 150 miles in 4 days and I was DONE. The only positive was I put up “baby on board” placards on the burly and didn’t get buzzed once. so…
- Comment on Are there any prince movies for kids? 7 months ago:
Treasure Planet is DELIGHTFUL
- Comment on Why is the legal system so expensive? 8 months ago:
no, but surprise, surprise, this one was a BIG big fan of that certain well known individual.
- Comment on Why is the legal system so expensive? 8 months ago:
I have personal experience in this. once had a small business, where a 1%er approached me with the biggest order I’d ever received. before I started we had to negotiate the price, and sign a contract. they agreed on $60k as the price of their order. then they added to the order, despite me telling them it was inadvisable. so they eventually racked up closer to $100k of services. I wasn’t silly, I got 20k upfront so I actually had enough money to make this order possible.
then, after months of work, I’m about to finish, so I hand them the final bill, which was about $80k. they said no. I bent over backwards trying to find a reasonable price, offered as much as a 70% discount if they would just pay and fuck off. nope. they offered 10k. Went to a bunch of lawyers with our signed contract that had the price negotiated and asked what my options were.
you know what every single one of them said?
“Too rich to sue.”
“sure, you could sue, they would extend the suit out for probably a decade, and then even after all the heartache, headache, and legal bills, even if I won they still wouldn’t pay. because they’re rich enough to not have anything in their name. it’s all in their wives names, some other company.”
“you cannot win.”
it’s a group of rich, entitled, evil people that our society is catered to providing for, and the other 99% are the ones subsidizing their lives.
- Comment on What is the secret to a happy social-media experience? 8 months ago:
i dunno. if you have to put a bunch of effort into making an application NOT cause you distress, then it’s probably best to stop using it. if that limits your ability to keep up with people, well, focus on keeping up with the people you can, and check in with everyone else once in a blue moon. Humans just aren’t capable of maintaining like 20+ friendships. limit it to your close circle/family.
Dunbars number suggests we can maintain a working knowledge of the relations of ~150 people, but that is NOT the number of people in which we can maintain active friendships/personal relationships. It suggests that we can know of around 150 people, and how they relate to one another.
all this to say that in my eyes, social media has been built in such a way that it’s not worth the effort of making it psychologically inert.
- Comment on Lady calls 911 to scare her boyfriend, proceeds to dig herself a massive hole. 8 months ago:
jesus christ. This woman… The cops show up at your door, and instead of copping to the fact that you’re an idiot who shouldn’t have called the cops, she instead escalates every sentence uttered with obstinate screaming. This woman is just so sure of her white female privilege, that nothing could possibly go wrong for her, that she tries all of this dumb shit. coming out yelling, saying she didn’t call (after calling them a second time lmao), giving a fake name, feigning suicidal thoughts, telling the cop she’s currently begging for leniency that all cops should be shot?? wtf??
This shows that she’s bought into the narrative that cops aren’t people, but a monolith. that they’re all bad and all out to hurt you and make your life worse, when in actuality, they got a random call from a woman who anyone would mistake for a potential domestic abuse victim, and they wanted to make sure she was OK. she returns their concern for her well-being, with as much ‘fuck-you energy’ she can muster.
The cops actually did a great job here. They used non lethal force on the random dude who just bursts out of the apartment, a few feet from them, in a fighting stance. Then homeboy chills out, is respectful and calm, and he’s left alone! meanwhile screammaster moron shakira off-her-meds just keeps yelling like she’s gonna karen her way out of a police encounter. Like, I’m not gonna lie, if I was a cop, I’d be super lenient on the people who make my job easy. While every karen and douchebag is gonna get ALL the shit thrown at them.
- Comment on Why does “come here” bother me so much? 9 months ago:
tell him to stop issueing the command of “come here,” and instead offer up alternatives.
“Hey, you got a second to see this?”
“Honey, you gotta check this out!”
“Honey, drop everything you’re doing and run to me”
“Hey babe, come experience this crazy thing with me!”
- Comment on bullshit! working from home increases productivity and life quality 9 months ago:
Most people enjoy the social climate of an office? what??
- Comment on Dude Uses Rice to Show How Much a Billion Dollars Is, Then How Rich Jeff Bezos Is | NowThis 9 months ago:
people need to learn that 99% of the populations health, education, freedom, and happiness is being actively sabotaged by 1% of the people. If that 1% was anyone but the rich and powerful, we’d have done something about it by now. You shilling for our continued subservience is pathetic.