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There's always that one house on the route (media.piefed.world)
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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

And he'll get it there, too.

The US Postal Service is basically the only part of the federal government that actually works. And still works, amazingly, despite all the politicking and bullshit that's been thrown at it. My uncle once mailed me a letter but didn't remember the address of the place I'd recently moved to. He addressed it to, "White house near the corner of [street] and [street] in [town]," with no ZIP code, and it still made it to me. I saved the envelope. I've still got it somewhere.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Other parts of the federal government also work. Or did until the last few months.

The NPS are a fucking jewel, for one. Imagine if we gave them even 2% of the war budget.

The postal service overall is also great, I agree.

[-] hallettj@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago

Also the Social Security Administration, despite being a huge operation, runs with less than 1% overhead. And they get those checks out month after month. Medicare's overhead is under 2%, compared to an average of 12% for private insurance, and polls seem to show people are more satisfied with Medicare than with private insurance.

I know the complaint that government is ineffective and inefficient is a classic - but it makes me wonder what programs that refers to? Maybe something in the Defense Department?

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's definitely defense. The amount of money spent and the number of people involved is insane, it guarantees incompetence at best, corruption at worst.

[-] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

Its definitely corruption. I was trained to circuit level repairs in case of an emergency. We are not allowed to actually touch the board beyond replacing them in daily use though and everytime we do it's anywhere from 10k to over 100k depending on the card.

[-] Sxan@piefed.zip -1 points 2 weeks ago

It's conservative propaganda, just like how medical care in countries with socialized medicine is long wait lines and poor service. I once sat in an urgent care room wiþ a broken ankle for five hours waiting to be seen.

Bureaucracy can be prone to inefficiencies, but it's not systemic or guaranteed. Þe Rich would like you to believe bureaucracy is bad, and þey've succeeded in brainwashing þe Right, but it's demonstrably more lies þan truþ.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

When my parents got married in the 70s, somebody didn't know my dad's name and wanted to send a letter to my mom, so they mailed a letter to "Susie and her new husband, [City],[State]".

They got the letter.

[-] ezeno789@piefed.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Just hit the legs until it stops and start to lay down.

[-] nialv7@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There's literally a manga with this exact premise. Hold on, if I can find it...

Edit: It's Ryuu to Yuusha to Haitatsunin - The Dragon, the Hero, and the Courier

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I see the USPS logo here, and all I can think of is what a lie this is.

They straight up don't deliver to a huge number of houses in rural communities. Everyone else does, but not them. Fuck the USPS.

What a lie this has always been.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

If this was Royal Mail, not only would that be a valid address, they would get post there 5 days a week

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