this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know it's written by someone who isn't American when they think your employer will allow you any of your rights. Recently there was a fedex building shot up and the workers couldn't call the cops because Fedex had them lock their phones up and you're not allowed weapons.

Our employers don't give us shit over here and in most states you're not even entitled to a fucking break, sick days, vacation, time off to vote... and it goes on. You can be fired for any fucking reason even if it's just that you wore an orange shirt and that is not ok in most states. Then you have to prove that you deserve unemployment and the company can drag their fucking feet about it for fucking months even if you eventually win.

[–] Thteven 61 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I knew it was written by a non-american when the hospital bill for shooting himself was under a million.

[–] KairuByte 15 points 1 year ago

Right? What, did he only stay one night?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is what I assume americans live like from what I have seen on reddit/lemmy

[–] WindInTrees 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As an American, can confirm

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only thing anon forgot was having to drive fucking everywhere, all the time, for everything.

[–] WindInTrees 1 points 1 year ago

Fucking right? It's awful

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

How Americans think they are:

How they actually are:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Nobody clapped. Completely unbelievable

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You forgot the part where they get offended on your behalf. Like, fuck off man, I can defend myself if I'm offended. Stop acting like you're the moral compass of the world

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I've never heard of anyone being offended on platysalty's behalf

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

More like fuck capitalism, especially the ones that have little to no regulations.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago