ah yeah, maybe I can't read as well as I thought I could

I feel like this is a new phenomenon though? I grew up with Taylor Swift, like I was in 8th grade when the Kanye VMAs things happened, and I definitely remember her being a huge artist and a lot of people being into her, but on this level? Like Beyhive, Barbz level, defend her to the death stans? That I don't remember.

shoes on is the norm, but some homes prefer shoes on

lol, better keep those shoes on i guess

I don’t understand how one can argue minimum wage + tipping is a better system than paying someone a living wage. There are very few and quickly decreasing places in the us where minimum wage = a living wage, and further the tipping system is often used by restaurant owners to justify paying less than minimum wage. So people’s incomes are wholly dependent upon their unique set of circumstances and attributes and how well they can milk money out of customers. It individualizes restaurant work, since suddenly you’re not making a low wage because your boss refuses to pay you, but because of your own failures in convincing your customers to give you more money.

Further this ignores two things. 1) according to the story they instituted this system because people weren’t tipping. Tipping as a system won’t work if individuals refuse to tip. 2) the crux of the issue seems more to be that they were promised full time work, but work is currently part time 3 days a week with no plans in place to open for full service, not the tipping.

I’m not against people working their way up to higher wages, nor am I against people getting payed differently based on seniority or something. But the way this story is written suggests a desire to return to a minimum wage+tipping system, which I am against. However reading the rest of the story and the workers’ petition, I’m not even sure that’s what the workers are suggesting.

left of the bolsheviks 😤

Hogg posting

Alright but if this guy is disabled because he was defending the right to sit during the pledge, shouldn’t he be glad someone is excercising that right?

Checkmate imperialists

Damn Lewiston has a large Somali population right? Is it possible this was racially motivated in some way?

I’ve always liked ublock but it’s always just been a thing in the background. Been extremely impressed with them these last few weeks

I have condemned hummus, tabbouleh, falafel, baba ghanoush and just about every Levantine food I can think of. Please let me know if there are some other foods that must be condemned.

Edit: have just condemned all olive oil and bulgur wheat in my house. Will be condemning fava beans later today.

I worked with a woman who did instacart as her second “job.” One of the reasons I will never use that. She lived with her parents though so fortunately didn’t have to live out of her car.

I also once said to my white, middle class family when instacart was brought up - “oh, I knew someone who used to do that,” not even thinking about the phrasing. After a minute or two of talking past each other, I realize they think I used to know a woman who used the service, not someone who actually worked for them. The middle classes do not even recognize the people who maintain their lifestyles, they do not even figure into their worldview.

To go the opposite of the prepper direction, you’ll want to move somewhere that has a high potential for communism to take root and get building, because what’s gonna save you is community.

But given the state of the left, at least in the us, maybe getting out will be better. Look up American resiliency on YouTube. In the us, she lists 3 regions. Probably best is the upper Midwest, Duluth is an especially popular location, and Minnesota is probably a good state to be in. Also the inland northeast, eg upstate New York. She also lists the eastern part of the Pacific Northwest (eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, Idaho). I don’t agree with her here however since, going back to community, this region, esp eastern Oregon and Idaho, not sure about eastern Washington, is a hotbed for American fascism. Also wildfire issues there - of course the Midwest and upstate ny got hit pretty hard this year with wildfire smoke so I’m not sure if you’re actually gonna be able to avoid that.

Outside the US, I’ve seen Ireland, Tasmania and esp. New Zealand floated as good places to go. Ireland or New Zealand would probably be my choices there.