

Life hack and Consumerist used to be two of my favorite reads and forums. Then they were absorbed into the Borg and stopped putting out anything useful.
Life hack and Consumerist used to be two of my favorite reads and forums. Then they were absorbed into the Borg and stopped putting out anything useful.
It was dumb speculation until he took down all regulatory apparatus, and grabbed the national checkbook while trump made himself a puppet king. Now any money not in Tesla is crazy.
Divorced from reality? Teslas CEO controls Treasury payments as of a week ago.
I cannot think of an easier bet than on a dictator’s personal interests rising. Trump is just a sock puppet for a bit. Musk, Vance, etc. are the next Gen of uglier.
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No, did they do that?
Refrigerated trenchcoat sales on the subway.
Because the problems they raged about are systemic, and the system didn’t change.
So will be every federal agency left, kept solely to silence dissent and force obedience.
The right wing nutcases will finally have what they were long fed to eat; big government to be scared of. I look forward to their acting to dismantle the fascist state…
Rich and powerful doesn’t mean wise.
Everyone always thinks they’ll be on the life raft. That they’re on the “inside” group.
History, statistics and economics would show the vast majority will not be, but they are willing to give up everything everyone else has, as well as risk all they own, to guzzle down the hopium that they’ll hit the jackpot and be even filthier richer than they already are.
The shoe drop and leopard face-eating is inevitable, as is the fact another asshole will immediately start claiming if we just give him all the power and wealth that will be the fix.
There is still no federal vacation required. Many employers offer it but pathetic number don’t. The “good jobs” used to be salaried, but unregulated capitalism has pushed tons more work on them while cutting employee numbers, many of those jobs now work 10-12 hour days–and are then expected to be “always on” from laptop, phone, etc. no mental rest. Add in insanity of commuting and traffic and it’s physically and mentally exhausting. Those are the good jobs. The federal minimum wage hasn’t increased since 2009. It’s currently way below poverty wages, so government approved poverty. As a result, many Americans work for companies who pay them poverty wages, take tax incentives for hiring “the poor”. Government sponsored poverty because government long ago was captured by lobbiests for capitalists. On top of that, medical care is unattainable expensive.
I don’t know if that means it’s “harder” than in other countries, but even in poor countries there is less focus on work, more time off, social healthcare or better mixes of the above options. It’s truly now the most raw, unbridled survival of the vicious countries now. And that was the case before the developments of the last few weeks and the next 4 years, which will exacerbate all of the above items.
Very common to talk about at work now, because everyone is exhausted, burt out or incredibly disengaged, but strangely still not common in social or family circles.
The medical industry aggressively denies, discourages and inhibits ease of care for all services because profit, and mental health care is no different. During the pandemic carriers were required to provide telehealth services for the first time and the carriers and their providers were completely swamped. Americans are overworked to the point of dying from it and don’t have any time to drive to an appointment but video therapy sessions are quite possible for more people. Even getting an appointment, because you have to often go through a carrier network leaves you stuck with therapists who often might not be that compatible. Waitlists can be 3-6 months. So like everything else in america, it’s “dealt with” at the emergency level (suicide hotlines, police 911, prison industry or funeral industry).
Employers are now advertising access to “work life balance apps” /gag like “Calm” as part of their mental health offerings as they know their actual medical care services are unavailable, unaffordable or both.
The last few years watching the hype train and thinking that Nigerian prince emails, lottery winners and everything else still makes it through their pathetic email filters and they want to launch rocket ships with their omnipotent AI? GTFO
And they’re always the victim.
Can you keep it down? I’m getting mine at any cost while devoting an even greater amount of energy to ensuring those below me suffer harshly.
Fire the HR team too, if they even have one, I mean how does a glaring liability like ability to feel shame or a conscience make it even into the resume pile?
Why have I not heard “Old Spice” before now? Much better than using that sack’s given names.
This is the opportunity the Fediverse was waiting for.
So how would you propose to have a discussion about legal topics that you opened without tangentially discussing politics? Laws are passed by politicians, appointed or elected officials, through ballot measures by voters, or by mandate of autocrats.
Genuinely curious how you think your thread could possibly not break the rule you’re citing as law, by definition, comes out of a political process?
You should remove your own thread, it sets up discussions the community claims it doesn’t want to host .
Cheese, cured and uncured dried meats, dairy…actual food standards that protect consumers and aren’t pumped full of antibiotics, they just taste so much better.
Careful, will get you promoted to head of an agency you’re not qualified to run with these fascists.