obinice

@obinice@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you know your boss is an insane moron⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly! Plus, I always despise having to stay after everybody else has left those extra few minutes (if I’m 3 minutes late in the morning due to the bus or such) to ‘keep working’, it does nothing but make me dislike the management.

  That said, I’m also never staying late to help with anything, it goes both ways. If they don’t want to let me work with some leeway by a few minutes here and there, I’m not giving them an inch either. Especially given that it would be unpaid extra work!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you know your boss is an insane moron⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Given that I make it clear that I personally disagree with corporate nitpicking over small time stuff like this, and point out that their imagined loss in company profits are stolen production value of the proletariat anyway…

  can I take your swearing at me and telling me to be silent to mean that you yourself support the company in its demands that employees make up lost time by working late?

  Or, do you agree with me, but Lemmy perhaps is more like Reddit than we would wish it to be, where sometimes we don’t actually read what people say, not taking on onboard the content of their message, unless it’s very short?

  (I get that a lot to be fair, I’m told ADHD makes me a little verbose - I just like to lay my thoughts out with no room for misunderstanding haha)

  I think I made my stance against this anti-worker practice clear. I began by laying out my own experience here in the UK with my previous employers (who I note consider us wageslaves) which, while it may not be your own experience, doesn’t change what has happened to me, and went on to explain their perspective (flawed and at odds with the proletariat as I show it is), then went on to make clear that their perspective isn’t my own.

  …Is it a social crime to try to understand why our adversaries think the way they do?

  …Should we all simply shout about how much we dislike the evils brought about by our late stage capitalist overlords, but never once pick apart why they do what they do, why they think the way they do, and discuss it amongst ourselves?

  I’m not deep or particularly smart, nor do I stand out in any meaningful way in my understanding of worker’s history, laws, or how to fight for our rights.

  But if I, an average worker who grew up in Manchester, a labour movement hotspot, one who reminds their colleagues of the Peterloo Massacre lest we forget those lessons, one who invites them to visit our People’s History Museum to see our history of unions, strikes, and fights for our rights, …if I can’t join the discussion with any allowed response other than “They’re evil, but let’s not try to understand why so that we might better fight for each other”, what have we, as a workers movement, become?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you know your boss is an insane moron⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This is normal, no?

  Sad, but normal. I’ve never had an employer that would find it acceptable for their staff to leave two minutes early. They wouldn’t even accept us beginning to get ready to leave until our clock out time, because up to that point we are supposed to be working.

  Two minutes doesn’t sound like a lot, but I suppose they see it differently to us, the wageslaves.

  If 20 salaried staff members regularly leave work 2 minutes early, that’s 40 minutes of lost productivity/paying wages to staff that aren’t even there, per day. 3 hours 20 minutes per week, 10 hours a month.

  That’s assuming they didn’t stop working a few minutes earlier in order to actually be at the door clocking out 2 minutes early. In reality, they were probably getting ready to go, packing their stuff, grabbing their coat, going to the loo, maybe 4 minutes before actually leaving.

  So, it’s more like 6 minutes of lost time per person, and now that’s 2 hours lost PER DAY across all 20 employees, or 10 hours a week, 40 hours a month.

  Obviously I wouldn’t nitpick about such silly things, but an employer, who is paying out of their own pocket (in as much as the stolen production value of the proletariat is their money), is going to be looking closely at the timesheets and finances, do long term calculations like this, and will dehumanise their employees to save money.

  So, when they see one person leaving 2 minutes early, they see a slippery slope, and the potential for dozens of hours or more of wasted wages per month if they don’t nip it in the bud.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Target mainland’: planned Troubles board game condemned in Northern Ireland⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  What a bunch of cunts, wow 🤦‍♀️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pope Leo XIV brings not peace but a sword to AI oligarchs and a slop-mad world in new address, says it's 'Turning people into passive consumers of unthought thoughts'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “Passive consumers of unthought thoughts”?

  You mean… like a religion brainwashes you into becoming as you’re indoctrinated?

  Maybe this guy is being decent, or maybe he just sees a threat to his monopoly?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes being tight is not a good thing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck censorship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I would also be confused⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  People are capable of being annoyed by something but still make peace with their feelings and get on with their day.

  Can some people not do this?

  Not to mention that their partner is annoyed, but that doesn’t mean they suddenly don’t love them any more.

  People weirdly paint each other as black and white, completely this or completely that, and don’t consider maturity and complexity. It’s odd.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Noooooo⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How is a phone call any different from speaking in person?

  You’re talking to each other, only the phone call is more convenient as it can be placed from anywhere :-D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Le Tits, Now!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fire ze missiles!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This New Android Smartphone Is For Everyone Who Misses the Blackberry⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  lol imagine having two phones, takes years to save up just to buy one!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Underrated comment ^

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  DDR3 isn’t still what everyone’s using anyway?

  Huh, I guess it has been a few years since I looked in to RAM…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops: Reports | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is that dumb?

  I encrypt my drive to protect my data from burglars and thieves who might steal my laptop, how would they obtain the recovery key from Microsoft? O_o

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lawks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Stop censoring swear words, this is the internet, we’re adults (and children who have their internet time and usage monitored and protected appropriately), not babies.

  I didn’t even read whatever the post was supposed to be, the censorship jumped out and was so egregiously all over the place.

  Whoever made this seems to think we’re all weak little babies who can’t handle a naughty word. I’m sick of it.

  Fuck censorship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Be fabulous⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This would have been quite poignant and an historic image, had some child not copy pasted pictures of cartoon eyes onto that brave woman’s arse, making a mockery of their fight against fascism, presumably to discredit her and support the US Gestapo.

  These people are everyday heroes, I don’t think I could do what they do, as much as I would want to. I have nothing but respect for people like her <3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The boy who was relentlessly bullied by his uncle⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for (poorly?) censoring the word “died”, I was scared that I might see a reference to mortality online today. Phew, dodged a bullet! Aah!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The void can be loud sometimes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The trick is to imagine a box in your mind, and placing all the bad feelings in the box. It’s such a weight off when they go back in the box!

  Then you imagine shoving the box deep into the back of your mind where you won’t accidentally open it.

  That’s my pro tip anyway, it’s what keeps me sane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Librarians Are Tired of Being Accused of Hiding Secret Books That Were Made Up by AI⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t it be batein?

  It’s important we get this right

  for the new national anthem

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, did you use a secure encrypted connection to make that treasonous remark? I’ve got 999 on speed dial, I’m on to you, you encryption terrorist!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Denmark wants to ban VPNs to unlock foreign, illegal streams – and experts are worried⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Denmark seems to want to fuck everything up lately, what’s their problem?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i told you so⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  …Explain how I gave myself ADHD and Autism?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Surely if you want to kill disabled people, it’s a good idea to start by making them feel shunned and their lives extremely difficult first, no?

  That way, a lot of them die off, lose their power and voice in society, and are way easier to purge when the time comes!

  You can’t build a Christiofascist Oligarchy without obliterating a few societal eggs, after all!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨4 reasons Plex is turning into the thing it replaced⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing it replaced… XBMC? O_o

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Night walk is at 8:00 its now 8:02⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks a lot like my Labrador Lurcher!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does "DNS" work on the dark web?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Who is this bloke and why does he look terrified

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I should know this? Probably not, given that it’s something that local government should be informing people that live in that city in flood areas, vs me who lives thousands of miles away.

  Rather than informing the entire planet Earth of flood preparation info that is for a very small corner of the world, maybe a better use of time would be writing to your local flood management representative to ask them to improve public messaging and preparedness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The British Empire⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not why they’re doing it, they want to tightly control and track what everyone does, limit their freedoms and so on. But yeah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What did I forget?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Stupidly large murika style cars are gonna be a no from me dawg

  Look at that thing, the bonnet comes up to this stomach!

  Not autism approved nu-uh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy DB Cooper Day to those who celebrate!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some… …thing!