Sarmyth

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[–] Sarmyth 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I mean... it's hard to interpret "the problem is her messaging is she didnt come across as a white man with grievances..." as anything but claiming sexism and racism. There's hyperbole there, but blaming the loss on those factors assumes that people couldn't have possibly abstained from voting, or voted against her without those factors. I don't believe that's the case.

Too frequently we call people these things and basically lock them out of discussion. For example, if you called me a racist, I'd no longer trust anything else you said to me because I know myself and clearly you like telling people things you know nothing about. I think that exchange happened with a bunch of people, which is why there were so many people who just assumed many of the things said about Trump were just political lies made to discredit him. After they experienced the same hyperbole themselves.

That said... theres alot of bigots out there too.

[–] Sarmyth 9 points 3 months ago (4 children)

To be fair, that's not the actual alternative for the waiter. The waiter either accepts their income as it is with some people not providing a tip, or they can opt for other employment like the rest of the workforce that isn't tipped. They don't have to sit at home waiting for things to change like helpless puppies.

I'm in California though so we don't have any of that wage fuckery where they can be paid less than minimum wage if tips make up a significant portion of their income. It's $17.55 hour minimum plus tips where I'm at.

I'd really rather see tipping outlawed along with all other obscured fees and just pay what you need to pay to have waiters and charge what you need to charge to have a business transparently printed on the menu.

[–] Sarmyth 26 points 3 months ago (7 children)

I watched Last Action Hero a few years ago for the first time, and it honestly didn't even feel that dated. It held up!

[–] Sarmyth 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Would filbert also be an acceptable answer?

[–] Sarmyth 3 points 3 months ago

There were none. It had no opposition either.

[–] Sarmyth 2 points 3 months ago

I dunno, I voted for it, but California has HUGE conservative areas and the notion of working off your sentence isn't exactly new or seen as particularly cruel by most. Also the comparisons to slavery will fall on deaf ears because it's as much slavery as imprisoning people is kidnapping.

If you are OK with prisons, forced labor within them isn't going to seem significantly harsher.

[–] Sarmyth 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't have realy thought so, but since you are getting the downvotes, I guess you are right! I'll upvote you since you've apparently found a taboo subject.

[–] Sarmyth 2 points 3 months ago

Easy, don't make rules banning the subjects people want to talk about. Are we so concerned about people's thumbs we can ask them to just scroll past content that doesn't interest them but suits the theme of the community?

[–] Sarmyth 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

He doesn't owe any of them that keep letting him come back without paying his bill. Tabs are for bars, not cities. If they want the money, they need to be willing to make him look like a cheapskate and cancel the event. The local authorities must be supporters of his to let it keep happening. Which means they'll never make him pay the bill for any of this.

[–] Sarmyth 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, well at least we know where you stand on that. 😆

[–] Sarmyth 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, always an option. I mean it won't alleviate any of the world's problems but if you like chaos and death by America's hands it's an option counties can take.

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