spongebue
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- Comment on I have to fly back home. My brother was forcebullay taken to the hospital for thirty days do to a mental attack. My quest is I have not carry on's or anything beside the ticket. Will the TSA target me 1 day ago:
TSA will probably assume you just checked your luggage at the ticket counter. But they won’t care either way.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
I think you answered your own question in the title. You identify as someone of mixed ethnicities and races. No big deal! Anyone who thinks that you should be any one thing in particular probably thinks you should act a certain way as well. Those are not people you want to go anywhere near.
- Comment on marketing 1 week ago:
Edit: wtf I looked it up and
They actually posted that?!?
we actually have one lol
…oh
- Comment on Why don’t more people start profit-sharing companies or co-ops? 2 weeks ago:
The kind of people who would start a business (to enrich themselves) and the kind of people who value co-ops and employee-owned businesses (to enrich others) does not have much overlap. I love the idea of coops, but I do not have the skills or ambition to start any kind of business.
- Comment on I live in the green part 2 weeks ago:
Yup. Go to high elevations, and until you acclimate you’ll feel a little off. Go to low elevations, and for the equal but opposite reasons you can run a marathon and outdrink anyone.
- Comment on Binary search 2 weeks ago:
Turn off half the breakers. See if you still have power where you need to go. That will tell you which half it’s on. Turn off half of those breakers, repeat.
- Comment on Anon visits the Philippines 3 weeks ago:
It’s funny, because usually when the fries aren’t included at a sit-down place it’s because the restaurant is trying to squeeze a couple extra dollars out of you (maybe the sandwich is $2 cheaper than you’d expect but then you pay $5 for the fries because of course you want fries!). That stinginess mentality seems to go hand in hand with a smaller than average sandwich. But maybe my fat American ass can’t scale portion sizes.
- Comment on Damages elevator; the 4 weeks ago:
My friend is an ESL teacher. I sent this to her and said it’s probably the most cruel thing she can post in her classroom
- Comment on Anon tries programming in Java 5 weeks ago:
I only had one job that used C#, and it was the worst job I ever had. Even with the worst possible way to be introduced to the language, I still love it.
- Comment on There are Minimum Wages, Why Not a Maximum Wage? 1 month ago:
My favorite is “do you know the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire? About a billion dollars”
Like, being a millionaire is a pretty sweet spot to be in if you’re lucky enough. Not quite like a millionaire of decades ago but still good. But if you’re a billionaire, a million dollars is basically a rounding error.
- Comment on AI Summary 1 month ago:
It’s a solution in search of a problem. And boy are they searching.
- Comment on Being an already decided voter in a swing state is swell 1 month ago:
Hmmm. Do pineapple and anchovies go together?
- Comment on I found the Lemmy bar in Reykjavik, Iceland! 2 months ago:
My friends (one of whom was vegetarian until fairly recently) went to Iceland recently and said that puffin was absolutely delicious
- Comment on Harris wants to end subminimum wages for disabled workers—if they're not behind bars 2 months ago:
every employer should be prepared to make accomodations for any qualified employee who may have a disability. We don’t have that
Employers are required to make reasonable accommodations for disabilities. Not every position/disability combination necessarily has a reasonable accommodation that can be done (a quadriplegic probably couldn’t be a baggage handler, for example) but I think you realize that with your “qualified” employee qualifier
- Comment on Harris wants to end subminimum wages for disabled workers—if they're not behind bars 2 months ago:
Accept the carve out for prisoners, not sure what’s up with that
You don’t have to accept it 😉
- Comment on M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusable 3 months ago:
And here we are, not on TikTok or Instagram, and still seeing it
- Comment on M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusable 3 months ago:
Yeah, that Franch dipping sauce in Breaking Bad was crazy!
- Comment on What's going on in Colorado? 3 months ago:
I live near Aurora. One of those city councilperson’s background is in owning a restaurant of all things. Totes an expert in international gang activity.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Depending on what exactly they’re doing, that could be practicing without a license
- Comment on Anon interviews for a job 4 months ago:
That’s a false choice if I ever heard one. Surely reasonably-paced increases in productivity could spawn job creation in other areas? And while modern-day capitalism is not exactly encouraging this, maybe we can take advantage of less manpower needed to make society function by having less time working (with a similar quality of life) for all? If there were only so many employment hours available, there are ways of distributing that other than raising the unemployment rate or artificially lowering it.
- Comment on You a sales bargain hunter or do you pay normal? 4 months ago:
I usually consider myself frugal, but try to get decent quality (a major part of the difference between frugal and cheap) and occasionally I splurge. Yesterday I bought 4 shirts. They came from a medium-high end store (Dillard’s, for those who have one nearby and know what I’m talking about). This is the time of year when lighter summer shirts are getting marked down. I’ve needed some more of them for a bit but waited for this moment.
Also, I’m a sucker for fancy cheeses and desserts from our Kroger variant. But it’s rare that I buy something that isn’t on manager’s special.
I browse Facebook Marketplace all the time for stuff.
Sometimes I want something and dream about it, and it takes an excellent sale to get me to actually buy it. Like the shades I got for my house last year (50% off at Home Depot)
I also brought a brand new car in 2022 when the market was bonkers. Not the fanciest car in the world (Chevy Bolt EUV) but it was a hell of a value, gas prices were going nuts with Russia having invaded Ukraine, and my 2005 Ford Focus wasn’t going to last forever (still serving my wife’s cousin’s stepdaughter well though)
I’ve also gotten furniture and stuff over the years. Maybe I’ll smile at the idea of a sale, but realistically so many things are “on sale” more often than not (even if that sale rotates between 25% off and BOGO half off)
I once saw a meme saying that being a Midwesterner means that if someone compliments something you bought, you need to explain that it was a good deal. That resonates with me.
Anyway, I’m procrastinating my nightly chores before bed. Thanks, but I need to work on that 🙂
- Comment on PSA: Libraries 4 months ago:
They don’t already? My library system has since at least the early '00s.
- Comment on Applied for a job and was asked to do a live interview. But all I get is this. 4 months ago:
I was thinking AT&T just provided whatever teleconference system they use
- Comment on I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07. 5 months ago:
That’s true, I have generally gotten my pizza elsewhere (not that I’m an anti-chain purist snob, but there are several options and Domino’s is my least-favorite). If Domino’s is particularly egregious, why was that your choice? Surely you knew that and a coupon wasn’t the only way they could do it?
- Comment on I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07. 5 months ago:
In my experience, damn near every pizza place has had combo deals and coupons and stuff. And no, I never had to give any extra information or data or app install or whatever that I wouldn’t have had to give for the order anyway. Just say “yeah, add that special to the cart”
Kinda like if you order a cheeseburger, fries, and drink instead of a #1 combo.
- Comment on I'm am myself and myself is bad at fitting in 6 months ago:
😟
- Comment on Anyway to make $20 a day online consistently? 6 months ago:
I believe you typically get the money withheld, and if when you file are determined not to have any tax liability, you get a refund between what you paid and what you owe. That’s just like anyone else, but that second number happens to be zero. I swear there’s an option in a W4 that you had/expect to have your tax liability be zero as well, but of course if you turn out to be wrong you’re in for a world of hurt
- Comment on Anthropomorphic 6 months ago:
English pronunciation can be difficult, though through tough thorough thought, it can generally be figured out
- Comment on Anthropomorphic 6 months ago:
dessert climate
- Comment on Who doesn't love Kit Kat's? 6 months ago:
In the US, it’s made by Hershey. At least the bigger complaint about that company is chocolate that’s not nearly as good as opposed to points at everything
