Social WR Lounge v262: Pansy Division

[Deorum]

That dude got banned finally?

He has two other handles that aren't (if not more than that) so I'm sure we'll see him pop back up. The posting style is really distinct and he's incapable of suppressing his anger. The guy is clearly going through some kind of midlife crisis and coping through Asian prostitutes. In other news, I'm really surprised this isn't a WR thread yet.

 

[tonni]

He has two other handles that aren't (if not more than that) so I'm sure we'll see him pop back up. The posting style is really distinct and he's incapable of suppressing his anger. The guy is clearly going through some kind of midlife crisis and coping through Asian prostitutes. In other news, I'm really surprised this isn't a WR thread yet.

Calm down sir.

 

[Deorum]

Calm down sir.

AAY lmao

 

[tonni]

AAY lmao

That sounds literally like a South Park scene.

 

[tonni]

Nikolas Cruz, the famous school shooter, seems to have a very small skull I wonder if there's a connection.

 

[Deleted member 539235]

He has two other handles that aren't (if not more than that) so I'm sure we'll see him pop back up. The posting style is really distinct and he's incapable of suppressing his anger. The guy is clearly going through some kind of midlife crisis and coping through Asian prostitutes. In other news, I'm really surprised this isn't a WR thread yet.

the eyebrow reveal at the end fuckin floored me and lol @ "CommieDickGurl"

don't do meth kids

 

[Sketch]

Nikolas Cruz, the famous school shooter, seems to have a very small skull I wonder if there's a connection.

Oh man that’s a dangerous rabbit hole my friend. Skull shapes and sizes is no joke, especially when you realize the pre frontal cortex equation as well

 

[tonni]

the eyebrow reveal at the end fuckin floored me and lol @ "CommieDickGurl"

don't do meth kids

I remember in high school a teacher made us watch a small documentary and it was about how a "man gives birth to a baby". I was VERY excited, I thought they had a uterus transplant and they were gonna push the baby out of their ass or something.

Turns out it was a transman. I was incredibly disappointed, loudly.

 

[Deleted member 539235]

embarrassing to say i've actually just sat through half of that but i was trying to figure out if it was a blag, it's that comical...the glasses made it harder to be certain

then he took them off and it was like oh



that was from the twitter comments btw, this might've fucked up my youtube timeline more than @tonni lol

 

[Chillin' Nuts]

Sometimes ya just gotta listen to the clash and ram someone off the road ya know

Do you have a favorite artist for stabbing?

 

[Islam Imamate]

Why should you? Because that's how the system works. You change that through the ballot box, not through impoverishing service workers. And it's not like the average person is paying more: the restaurants are able to offer lower menu prices based on lower wages.

The/my biggest problem with it is that it's morally regressive rather than economically progressive. That is, instead of comfortable people tipping more and poor people tipping less, it tends to be decent people tipping more and indecent people tipping less.

Yup. My view is, if you live in a US state where tipped workers are paid a lower MW than the standard then you do have a moral obligation to tip. Some states don't have that tiered system and traditionally tipped positions get the standard MW, in which case I think its fine to take the @JDragon approach to tipping. But some others use the national tipped MW. If you think $7.25/hr is low, imagine being paid $2.13/hr.

The counter to this argument is that if tipped workers don't make the standard minimum wage they can go to their employer and get paid the difference but that puts them in an awkward position and I'd rather not do that to them.

 

[JDragon]

Yup. My view is, if you live in a US state where tipped workers are paid a lower MW than the standard then you do have a moral obligation to tip. Some states don't have that tiered system and traditionally tipped positions get the standard MW, in which case I think its fine to take the @JDragon approach to tipping. But some others sue the national tipped MW. If you think $7.25/hr is low, imagine being paid $2.13/hr.

The counter to this argument is that if tipped workers don't make the standard minimum wage they can go to their employer and get paid the difference but that puts them in an awkward position and I'd rather not do that to them.

Don't get me wrong. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Of course I tipped 20% and more in the US. But I found it highly disturbing and flat out wrong (I already elaborated why).

 

[tonni]

embarrassing to say i've actually just sat through half of that but i was trying to figure out if it was a blag, it's that comical...the glasses made it harder to be certain

then he took them off and it was like oh



that was from the twitter comments btw, this might've fucked up my youtube timeline more than @tonni lol

Culminating in the final product:

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

I realize I have a lot of political triggers, and I'm not working on it, but I don't think there is any argument that pisses me off more than "server and fast food jobs aren't supposed to be able to support a family - they're for teenagers!" Saw some guy comment that with "if we pay them career wages, cheeseburgers will cost $21.50!" added on top at the end.

Beyond being just stupid and never based on actual realities of the industries, it's explicitly saying that you want to exploit someone for convenience. That cheaper cheeseburgers mean so much to you that you want other people to live in poverty in order to provide it.



Biggest issue that comes to mind is the excess energy consumption, like JDrag implied.

Btw, on the topic of lactose intolerance, I tried what was (IIRC) lactose free milk last year and it was super disgusting. Smelled exactly like unseasoned baked chicken breast. Which is not a good smell imo.

Somebody on our neighborhood Facebook page was complaining because nobody showed up to work at a local McDonald's one day last week, but was pleasantly surprised that the bulk of the comments were "uhhhh.... maybe they should pay more" but there were a number of comments blaming the bonus unemployment.

Which gets you thinking that about UBI and negative tax rates are the real way to raise the minimum wage.

 

[BEER]

Somebody on our neighborhood Facebook page was complaining because nobody showed up to work at a local McDonald's one day last week, but was pleasantly surprised that the bulk of the comments were "uhhhh.... maybe they should pay more" but there were a number of comments blaming the bonus unemployment.

Which gets you thinking that about UBI and negative tax rates are the real way to raise the minimum wage.

I'm pleasantly surprised that most of the comments were good. I think we're starting to see people become more conscious of exploitative labor practices. There is a local McDonald's advertising that they're hiring starting at 12 bucks an hour, but since the sign is still up, it seems like they're struggling even at that rate to get people to work for them.

If the fed is refusing to raise the minimum wage, people refusing to work for anything less than 15 dollars an hour is the next best path.

Kinda strange that the "free market" crowd seem particularly upset at this phenomena.

 

[sickness2.0]

Wow diego is losing it. https://www.mmamania.com/2021/5/5/2...rame-it-as-suicide-im-fearful-for-my-life-mma

 

[BEER]

Wow diego is losing it. https://www.mmamania.com/2021/5/5/2...rame-it-as-suicide-im-fearful-for-my-life-mma

That dude has always been a little nutty, but his decline has been extraordinarily sad. He needs real help.

 

[sickness2.0]

That dude has always been a little nutty, but his decline has been extraordinarily sad. He needs real help.

Yeah he shouldn't have been fighting for as long he has. I can seem getting Parkinson's at a young age.

 

[sickc0d3r]

I realize I have a lot of political triggers, and I'm not working on it, but I don't think there is any argument that pisses me off more than "server and fast food jobs aren't supposed to be able to support a family - they're for teenagers!" Saw some guy comment that with "if we pay them career wages, cheeseburgers will cost $21.50!" added on top at the end.

Beyond being just stupid and never based on actual realities of the industries, it's explicitly saying that you want to exploit someone for convenience. That cheaper cheeseburgers mean so much to you that you want other people to live in poverty in order to provide it.

That one always bugged me, too. Like, are they supposed to be closed during school hours? Also, why is cooking fast food less worthy of an adult wage than, say, driving a truck? Or operating a forklift? Or any other job that requires mastery of some simple equipment and a few repetitive tasks? Frankly, I’d like the people handling my food to be well compensated.

 

[danny23]

I'm pleasantly surprised that most of the comments were good. I think we're starting to see people become more conscious of exploitative labor practices. There is a local McDonald's advertising that they're hiring starting at 12 bucks an hour, but since the sign is still up, it seems like they're struggling even at that rate to get people to work for them.

If the fed is refusing to raise the minimum wage, people refusing to work for anything less than 15 dollars an hour is the next best path.

Kinda strange that the "free market" crowd seem particularly upset at this phenomena.

It’s disgraceful how little they pay the workers yet their CEO made millions. It’s mostly in stocks but his salary is over a million and the other executives have similar earnings. They’ve also made billions in profit despite the pandemic.
I support the free market but this is beyond that and is exploitation.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/08/mcd...-made-more-than-10point8-million-in-2020.html