sunbrrnslapper
@sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world
- Comment on Oh the weather outside is frightful! 2 days ago:
I live out in that big red blob and our power was out for like 5 hours, which wasn’t bad. There were a couple of downed trees, which made it difficult to get around. It is windy here every year. People who didn’t grow up here (like 75% of residents) seem shocked every October.
- Comment on Discuss 1 week ago:
You can totally deep fry at home with a Fry Daddy. My experience is that no food is worse deep fried and some foods are substantially better. Saltines? Not worse. Bacon? A bit better.
- Comment on Commercials seem to be normalizing an unhealthy work-balance more. 2 weeks ago:
I personally find the thinking on this is too rigid. I get putting boundaries in place so people are not abused. But it isn’t a moral failure of a person if they don’t fit into this box. I work a ton, but it is from home, with family, and supported by a stay at home husband. It isn’t right for everyone, and people should be protected from this if it isn’t right for them - but there isn’t anything wrong with it. Likewise, my maternity leave was 8 weeks, because I was ready to work and my work situation allowed for it. The American system is absolutely misogynistic, but the fundamental problem underneath both issues that we have managed to get ourselves into an economic situation that requires a two income household or to work a crazy amount.
- Comment on Commercials seem to be normalizing an unhealthy work-balance more. 2 weeks ago:
Work-life balance is super subjective (what works well for one person may be debilitating for another) - and using it to make weird jokes like this is probably alienating for many in their audience. Poor choice all around.
- Comment on So I told that librul teachin' lady that the only letters I need to know is U-S-A 2 weeks ago:
I am definitely getting a shirt that says “The only letters I need to know are U, S, and A.” That’s hilarious.
- Comment on Dangerous crow 3 weeks ago:
I think my second wolf are the first one. The crow continues to be a problem.
- Comment on The reason there aren't more women on panel shows is we're less willing to put up with being dicked about on set for two hours 5 weeks ago:
What are panel shows?
- Comment on if you're a landowner, then you defacto own the people on your land because people are categorically defined as existing in a time & place and you literally own the place so you own their existence 5 weeks ago:
The flaw in this argument is that Beingness isn’t defined by whether or not someone is on my (or anyone else’s) property.
Besides, land ownership is a cluster of rights (land surface, subterranean, air, etc.), none of which are owning humans. Did you know you can sell your land, but keep some rights, such as mineral rights? Crazy! And typically a functioning society has public lands like roads and forests and parks - and because of the way the market works, shops want you on their property to buy stuff.
Is your big complaint that non-landowners (unhoused) have no place to go?
- Comment on if you're a landowner, then you defacto own the people on your land because people are categorically defined as existing in a time & place and you literally own the place so you own their existence 5 weeks ago:
Isn’t it just trespassing?
- Comment on THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come 1 month ago:
I feel like there are parts of the country where it does need to be clarified. Utah may be one of them. 😉
- Comment on When you're a child, cake for dinner feels great. When you're an adult, cake for dinner feels bad. 1 month ago:
Agree to disagree. 😉
- Comment on If only some of our tax money went to firefighting 1 month ago:
I was out in Wenatchee and Leavenworth today (to be fair represented by a Democrat) and it is VERY smoky. We have it easy on the west side.
- Comment on Why aren't you creating more workers?? 2 months ago:
I don’t think I mean a complete stop. I mean like a managed approach of tax incentives that over time encourage smaller families. Predicting and paying for degrees or training so we have a workforce that can fit into the economy easily. And a targeted immigration policy scaled to supplement gaps in the workforce or population.
- Comment on Why aren't you creating more workers?? 2 months ago:
I think it is worth figuring out how to manage it - the alternative isn’t super sustainable. The other thing is that it is like a 50 year challenge, which isn’t insurmountable.
- Comment on Why aren't you creating more workers?? 2 months ago:
Dumb question: do we really need more people? It feels very much like technology/productivity will allow us to support a good lifestyle with fewer people.
- Comment on Dodged the maga family visitors on 4th July by happy accident, now trapped with them at wife's birthday celebration. 2 months ago:
Solid advice. Will apply myself.
- Comment on Losing my resolve 2 months ago:
It’s probably not playing nicely with your operating system. I don’t have those kinds of issues - all the basics work in the latest Windows. 🤷
- Comment on Losing my resolve 2 months ago:
I like Teams. A huge chunk of it is that it is rolled into an overall subscription that includes a bunch of other stuff I need - and is WAY less expensive than piecing alternative apps together. But I also use it to create a central workspace for myself by embedding things like, dashboards, apps/automations, and lists (which can subsquently be attached to automationsnand dashboards). More recently I’ve attached it it Agents to the library of content to help speed up my work. The fact that the share and leave buttons in a meeting are right next to each other and I regularly leave meetings instead of sharing is actually a bonus. I don’t think any of us really want to be on that call.
- Comment on Two weeks notice 2 months ago:
They should. Or at bare minimum give the employees enough visibility into the company performance that employees can make good informed decisions (like the company has lost money 3 months in a row and the sales pipe is light - employees can at least determine if they need to start looking).
- Comment on Two weeks notice 2 months ago:
I think all businesses should be prepared for this, which is totally legal in the US AND sometimes just has to happen for the employee (family emergencies, health issues, sudden interest in not working there anymore). Any business that can’t handle this is not well run.
- Comment on anyone have personal experience with industrial tourism? 2 months ago:
Not sure. I was on a tour that saw the F150 lines.
- Comment on anyone have personal experience with industrial tourism? 2 months ago:
They don’t even care if you finish!
- Comment on anyone have personal experience with industrial tourism? 2 months ago:
Boeing has an awesome factory tour. So does Ford. Just buy tickets and for the day and time you want to attend.
- Comment on Great Advertise 2 months ago:
- Comment on Great Advertise 2 months ago:
I’m old. Help me not fall victim to AI slop again. How could you tell it was AI?
- Comment on As an American, I'm offended at AliExpress' portrayal of my people. 2 months ago:
Yeah this guy should be wearing flip-flops.
- Comment on Welcome to petty lane 3 months ago:
I live out in the sticks, and if I don’t go 70, it will take me forever to get where I need to go. Also everyone else is going 70, so the people doing 50 are creating an unsafe situation. It’s the wild west out here.
- Comment on Why do so many homes in rural areas have a front yard full of junk? 3 months ago:
You can make the purchase contingent on junk removal.
- Comment on Chocolate chip is a great cookie, but only if it's melty. If it's crunchy, it's just an average cookie. 3 months ago:
Agree to disagree.
- Comment on Why do so many homes in rural areas have a front yard full of junk? 3 months ago:
Near me - lots of homes have junk in the front yard. No idea why. Those homes also appear to be more likely to burn their garbage in the yard. 🤷
