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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indiana Jones doesn't "endorse" Nazis, Bethesda assure, just in case you were confused by him repeatedly murdering them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m very confused, but I have to go into work. Can someone summarize for my lazy ass what the fuck is going on here?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is only 1 choice⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No one else wants to bring back anomalocaris so we can get some payback?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half of recent US inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want to know how bad we’re being fucked, search for the PPI, the producer price index. CPI, the one we always hear about, is the measure of inflation to us, the consumer. The PPI is the measure of inflation to producers, what they pay for goods and services to produce the goods and services we buy.

  The PPI has been back to “normal” for a while now. Pretty much as soon as the post COVID logistics issues were mostly ironed out. The difference between PPI and CPI changes is pure profit.

  We don’t get fault articles on the PPI though, I wonder why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Vision Pro launch pre-view testers complain about weight, comfort, even headaches⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not too heavy. That’s “premium feel and materials.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And what about those assholes that never wanted to pay? I see your cars, your lights are on, I know you’re home motherfucker.

  I identified so hard with that “I want my two dollars” kid from Better Off Dead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No they’re not the same. The multinational conglomerate is way better.

  Chores for the neighbors and the paper route paid peanuts. Once I was old enough to work for the conglomerate (where I received food safety training) my pay more than doubled, I started contributing to my future social security check, I received paid breaks and there was a maximum amount of hours I was legally allowed to work.

  Flipping burgers beats the hell out of lugging Sunday papers around the neighborhood or knocking on doors to mow lawns in the summer heat or shovel driveways in the freezing cold. Back then I counted the days until I was old enough for a “real” job.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Right?

  Learning things a little at a time, when the stakes are low/non-existent is the way to go. From early teens to partway through college when you get an off campus apartment you can learn how to apply for a job, how to interview, responsibility, managing your money, responsible credit use, professionalism, bill paying. All this over the course of years, with a support system when you make mistakes (hopefully).

  I guess some people think you should just have all that dropped on you like a ton of bricks the day after you get a diploma.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a paper route when I was 12.

  The work itself wasn’t important but learning responsibility and the value of money was important.

  It was the first time I did anything completely on my own without being directed in some way by a parent, teacher, coach, etc. Without that job and after-school/summer jobs I had when I was older there is a good chance I would have made poor financial decisions in early adulthood.

  With 18 year-olds getting credit cards shoved in their face the day they show up for orientation, after probably signing up for college loans, it’s probably a good idea for them to have earned money on their own for a while.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Normally you’re right. It seems like every day there is a new revolutionary battery tech. But in this case, according to the article, deliveries will start next month which means they’re already in production. How much range is sacrificed is the question but it looks like a little city car so 200km, or even less, might be fine if it’s geared towards people that will just be commuting and running errands locally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two sides to Korea⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The third punic war for sure.