mkhopper

joined 2 years ago
[–] mkhopper 1 points 1 year ago

This is a bit misleading.
Workers that are laid off do get unemployment pay. They're not just thrown into the wind.
But this was definitely a calculated move by the union with the targeted strikes, forcing the auto companies to dip into their unemployment funds to pay those workers who were laid off rather than let the union foot the whole bill with a wholesale strike.

[–] mkhopper 6 points 1 year ago

You? You're all right.
This one? Real fuckin' ugly.

[–] mkhopper 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can this shitshow please be over? I mean, just when you thought things couldn't get any stranger, another day comes around.

[–] mkhopper 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish she would secede from the planet.

[–] mkhopper 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can shake and you can dance, but the last two drops end up on your ... face.

[–] mkhopper 10 points 1 year ago

This looks like an IRL Far Side comic.

[–] mkhopper 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having your own router/access point can't be stressed enough.

And, you don't even need their modem. Sure it's an additional outlay of cash, but buying your own modem gets you a nice upgrade and no worries about someone connecting to the Xfinity access point that's bundled in their equipment.

[–] mkhopper 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, and I don't miss it at all.
I've used BT headphones even when my last two devices had jacks and wouldn't want to go back.
Prior to that, I can't count the number of times I would snag the wires on something or get them tangled in some way.

Now I use my BT bone conduction headphones everywhere.

[–] mkhopper 8 points 1 year ago
[–] mkhopper 3 points 1 year ago

It could be in large red flashing neon and people will still ignore instructions like this.
Even if the trash dumpster is a mere 50 feet away.

People just don't care. Once it's out of their hands, no matter where it ends up, it's someone else's problem.

One complex where I used to live, our trash dumpster was a full on compactor, very nicely concealed behind a small hill. Signs leading up would say, "No cardboard!" Signs plastered all over the machine, "No cardboard!" Yet, at least once, if not twice a week, the thing would be clogged because people would toss in boxes by the truckload. Not even broken down.
Meanwhile, just around the corner, a specific dumpster meant for cardboard only that would take all of 10 more seconds to get to.

[–] mkhopper 5 points 1 year ago
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