Seems like an easy subject. Just saying.

The whole thing stinks of socialism.

Like we should, idk, pool our resources to “improve” our lives or something…

Nah, I’d rather burn prehistoric forests in my trukk because I’m so free.

America, fuck yeah

This is the way.

Straight facts:

I am a straight man. Hello everyone. I hope you’re all having a wonderful day.

Also a fact, I support all peoples choices in terms of what they like and how they identify. Not sure why I would care if someone else wants to be gay, bi, trans, hereto/cis, queer, lesbian, etc. I’m not those things, I’m not sure why it would bother anyone that someone else likes things? Whatever.

Also a fact from a straight guy, aka, straight fact.

While I can recognise that some masculine figures are handsome/good looking, I do not… And I can’t stress this enough… I do not feel any attraction to men.

They can be rather good looking, but that doesn’t make me want to get them naked and fool around.

If you have excitement in your pants for someone of the same gender, well… I have news for you… And there’s nothing wrong with that.

Be who you are. Anybody who gives a shit is probably not worth knowing.

It’s not a serious problem. Needs of the one vs needs of the many and all that.

It’s still discourteous.

But at the same time, people who do that kind of work, generally understand how annoying it is when their relief shows up late, so that kind of thing usually works itself out naturally… Or the chronic late person ends up needing to find a new job.

That’s exactly my point.

Some jobs, it’s extremely important to be on time… A fireman is an easy and obvious answer. Also nurses and people who work 24/7 coverage positions. Though, a lot of those will inconvenience one person because the previous shift person will need to cover; then there’s arguments about the one vs the many, etc.

But I’m also not taking about 20+ minutes of lateness here. We’re taking about <10 minutes. Honestly, it still wouldn’t matter that much for most. Even if you’re relieving someone.

You should absolutely do everything you can to show up on time, so that nobody is put out because of you, but shit happens.

Anything that demands less, meh?

I had a specific exception for if you’re relieving someone.

I recognised this exact issue in my original statement.

Some of us still try to heed our neighbors.

Unfortunately that usually results in all of us, just chilling at the bottom of the pile, because while we were helping eachother, everyone else used us as stepping stones to get closer to the brim.

It certainly never died.

Over time the gap on Justice has only gotten wider. The rich will literally bankrupt someone with legal fees long before any kind of judgement can be enforced; even if they’re completely in the right, they can’t get justice because companies have enough money to throw at the problem that they can effectively ensure that any judgement against them is squashed.

Most will settle out of court at best, so that the whole experience can be over, while the rich barely need to show up for court when they’re charged with anything. Their lawyers take care of everything.

The police are just an extension of the same problem. The whole idea of police has been hostile to the common man from the start. It’s basically boiled down to, if you don’t do what you’re supposed to, then we’re going to fine you money you don’t have. When you fail to pay up, we’re going to throw you in jail.

Even if you can pay, is kept on your record and held against you for years to come. Forget getting decent employment if you’re convicted of any crime.

But the rich are barely affected by any of this. Punishments are usually a joke to them, like, they need to pay a few grand? Sure, in the time they the cop decided to do that, they probably made more money than the fine is, from their investments.

Everything is balanced towards those with money are affected the least, or completely unaffected, when they commit crimes, yet for commoners and poors, we get fucked for the rest of our lives.

This is the system. Working at intended.

I think the only way to realistically fight back is if all the tradespeople refuse to work on a foreclosed property.

It’s possible, or the land owners could simply bring in someone from out of state (or province, or whatever it is where you are)…

Canadian Tire?

Why am I not surprised.

Unequivocally no.

We live in an era of being able to buy things, sight-unseen. In that era, there was no way for an investor to bid without physically showing up, so if they did, and aggressively outbid everyone else, then they already have a noose set up for them.

Now? People don’t need to be at the auction in person, there probably wouldn’t be an auction to begin with. The Bank would hire a real estate agent, who would pass it off to whomever makes the highest bid. Simple as that.

I’d like to think we would, as communities, as a society, but in this society is also money hungry, faceless corporations that will do whatever they can to make a dollar. There are so many layers of obfuscation between the person who is buying the property, and the person who ultimately owns it.

I just can’t see it happening with the Internet.

Okay kids, this is what we call, micro management leading to a hostile work environment.

I don’t think I’ve worked for a company that gave a shit if I was 10 minutes late.

One company had a time clock that only kept time records to one decimal place of an hour. The clock literally couldn’t differentiate between someone clocking in 5 minutes early, or 5 minutes late.

Anyone who cares about how trivially late you are, isn’t someone worthy of your labor.

Yeah. It definitely depends on the job.

If you’re relieving someone, they might be annoyed if you’re late but nobody is going to die or anything. If your work isn’t extremely time sensitive, nobody should give a fuck…

If things can’t go because you’re not there, and it’s very time sensitive, then there’s a problem. Everyone is waiting on your ass to show up.

How exactly does one suck a fuck?

Neat.

Thank you for your unsolicited opinion.

Idk, I’ve never tried to run 30 year old games on modern systems.

I’m just not that nostalgic.

And? How does this indicate the daily active player counts for the games supported and not supported?

I see why people have a problem with this. I get it.

But we need to realize that all of our “elected officials” do this kind of pandering quid pro quo shit.

The struggle isn’t Democrat vs Republican. It never was.

It’s rich versus poor, and if you’re not sure where you land, welcome to the poors. Additionally, “poor” in this context isn’t even what most people would consider to be “poor” … If you can’t sit on your ass and make 6 figures per day, you’re probably closer to poverty than you are to the people who run the country.

What everyone needs to acknowledge is that it’s us (poors) vs them. And we have the numbers. They turn us on eachother in the name of the Lord, or democracy, or freedom, or whatever the fuck… But not money. Let’s never talk about the money. As long as they can keep us fighting amongst ourselves, then they will continue to win. Every day that goes by that we continue to allow these chucklefucks to stay in power and stroke eachothers dicks with the money from the public purse, is quite literally another day of labor they’ve stolen from us.

We’ve been taken for all that we’re worth. As long as we can still bleed out some money that they can take, they’re going to keep squeezing.

The argument isn’t Republican vs Democrat or liberal vs conservative. It’s us vs the 1%.

The faster everyone accepts that, the faster we can fix this shit.

Is this quid pro quo?

Because it sure feels a lot like quid pro quo.