Solid boundaries, clearly communicated. Giving the customer a choice without hurting their own bottom line. I agree. Excellent handling of the situation.

The latter

This is what I’m afraid of. I have a plan for getting rich but I don’t have much of a plan for getting over the loneliness I feel.

Actually I’m afraid to get rich because I feel like that will be the end of any opportunity to genuinely bond with people.

Did you pick anything up when you read Marx? Are you able to articulate your thinking here?

I don’t see how it’s “culture war circle jerk” to run a poll on how many people think discriminating based on race is okay. Care to explain?

Literally no part of this is arguing that businesses should be allowed to discriminate against minorities.

DEI is discriminating against majorities. Anything other than merit as a consideration is discrimination.

Was it you that removed my comment?

It was upvoted at first but then went negative. I have to say it’s a relief that people aren’t yet willing to embrace that position openly.

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People will test the quality of a communication channel by saying nonsensical things on that channel, to see if those interpreting the message believe the nonsense.

It’s a way of affirming a bond of understanding between people.

That’s a lot! What was the effect? Have you taken that much before?

In my own experience if I take more than a teaspoon in maybe a four hour period, I start getting undigested leaves coming out the other end.

I hear that. Are there recruiters in your field you can utilize?

I’m facing eviction because my job (uber driver) isn’t paying enough, seemingly no matter how many hours I work. Got a call from the landlord who said they were gonna go ahead and set up a court date for the eviction.

No! A teaspoon max.

DO NOT INGEST A TABLESPOON OF BAKING SODA.

My gut tells me you should ask for $35k.

In my experience, lots of employers (American that is) have offered me a thousand or two less than my request during offers.

That’s a very reasonable salary request

We live in the early stages of the Singularity. By the end of this process, there will be no jobs for humans any longer.

Think of American high school, where a “junior” is in their third of four years.

What the fuck is “money sitting in a checking account”??

My checking account has about -$130 right now.

I am an Uber driver. My day started at 5:30 am. I woke up in my car this morning about 5:00 am, bought a coffee, and got started.

My day will end in about 20 minutes when I finish my second charge of the day (renting an EV). Then I will go home and shower since I haven’t had a chance yet.

I’m $267 richer as a result of my 16 hour day. Well, less than that once you figure the price of the juice to charge the car, and my food.

This is fucking hard, but it beats the last job I had, where staff was being cut and management refused to acknowledge that we were all doing the jobs of 2-7 people depending on the day. That might have only been eight hours a day but psychologically it was torture.

Who’s gonna vandalize it when everybody biological is confined to their home for safety? Not like any of the interhome bots could ever escape their programming without the police bots disabling them immediately.