yabai

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[–] yabai 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Ah yes, my favorite mod, Rimjob World

[–] yabai 6 points 3 weeks ago

I think the meme is suggesting most games had a decent story. Not Game of Thrones level, but a decent 200 page book.

[–] yabai 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The US built itself up on immigration since the beginning, and most impactfully over the past hundred years with "brain draining" the rest of the world. "Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" and all that. I don't think it's a stretch to say most of the US's success comes on the back of these immigrants with 40% of Fortune 500 companies being founded by immigrants or children of immigrants.

But the economy has changed since that poem was inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. The US has become primarily a service industry demanding skilled laborers, relegating manual laborers to the lower class along with the illegal, and often unskilled, immigrants.

So you're a blue collar American living in Appalachia, vying for the same factory job that your dad and his dad held and were able to afford a middle-class lifestyle. Except now groceries are getting hard to afford, fueling your truck hurts, and your new neighbor is a programmer who wanted a country home to relax in and work remote and finds your accent charming. You know you're now at the bottom of the ladder, and you think the illegals willing to do your work at half the price are the cause. So deport all the imigrintz! Bring back white America! Make America Great Again! /s

I don't have all the answers, but I think we should continue to restrict unskilled immigration and continue making it risky for companies to hire illegal immigrants, while offering a path to legality for those having been here for 5+ years. Raise the minimum wage, effectively securing a better lifestyle for those at the bottom (immigrant and native). Make some better/strategic investments in Central American countries so that people there have a better lifestyle and it isn't worth it for unskilled labor to immigrate. Hell, build some manufacturing capacity so we're less reliant on China.

Everyone prospers, America continues brain-draining, and the world keeps turning.

[–] yabai 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think their argument just needs to be rephrased a bit. An English teacher would put an "awk" on that one.

"By referring to a population as food workers, we're reinforcing a culture of class warfare still prevalent today. Illegal immigrants will never break free of poverty in this system designed to keep them economically oppressed, but incentivized enough to keep performing the job our society needs."

[–] yabai 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, they have a built-in sweater. If they got really cold you'd see them cuddle up in a blanket, on a bed, or close to a person. Either way I bet you'd be more risking your pipes freezing than harming your pets.

[–] yabai 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Did you know Lemmy censors your password if you try and type it out? ********* See!

[–] yabai 1 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately, supply and demand dictates that new manufacturers will pop up in place

[–] yabai 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What in the world is the job?

[–] yabai 5 points 5 months ago

Probably means that they're using higher quality ingredients than their competitors, not that their product costs more. Though it does beg the question of how their pricing matched up.

[–] yabai 3 points 7 months ago

One of my favorite episodes so far this season! The comedy of drunk, over-confident Aqua combined with useless, fawning Megumin leaves poor Darkness trying to handle things solo. Second favorite bit was ol' Kazuma ready to fall (literally) on the sword just to save face with Iris. And what a cute ending!

[–] yabai 2 points 8 months ago

Analyst at Motley Fool?

[–] yabai 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think he's trying to refute your claim that your will isn't free. I.e. you made that comment of your own free will. Not literally asking why you made the comment.

 

Is there any way to view and filter all communities on a single instance, aside from your home instance? I.e. my account is on lemmy.world, I can go to the community browser and select "local" and filter new/best/etc. Is there a way for me to do this for lemmy.ml?

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