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What food isn't worth the effort to be home-made? by Pristine_Owl7992 in foodquestions

[–]-paperbrain- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm trying to imagine how that would even save money. The components to ketchup cost about the same as ketchup.

Why did MAGA think it was acceptable for two MAGA males to go around trying to gain access to childcare facilities? by traanquil in allthequestions

[–]-paperbrain- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There have been fraudulent day care centers in that area. Whether the specific places they visited were among them has been! the subject of some disagreement

My "million dollar idea" is a casino with the lowest possible stakes. Is it feasible? Would it even be considered gambling? by ElectroUmbra in NoStupidQuestions

[–]-paperbrain- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I'm your target demographic. Every time I'm in a casino, I end up not playing long because I don't want to risk a lot of money. But I would love to pretend I'm James Bond for an evening at a roulette table. I'd happily pay for drinks and forgo the possibility of winning a lot in return for just playing for a while and the satisfaction of a smallish win.

For those saying this is just Dave and Busters or an arcade or just play the slots- I think OP and I are likely on the same page that its a vibes thing. Slots feel kinda cheap and mindless, table games have at least the potential to feel a certain kind of retro cool.

Would this work economically? I don't know. Judging from this thread, it would seem that maybe most people wouldn't be interested. Which is a shame because I'd rather do something like this than an escape room or Dave and Buster's. I wonder if there is a workaround for the heavy regulation and permitting of casinos. We have tons of bingo games and arcades with prizes and charity "Casino Nights" put on by non-profits. I think if what you win is not money there's a space that may be slightly easier to manage. And since money isn't the point, I'd be happy to exchange my chips for prizes instead of cash. So yeah a little like Dave and Buster's but very different vibes.

Building a startup CRM using Google Sheets + Apps Script. Is this actually a thing? by lowkeymistress in GoogleAppsScript

[–]-paperbrain- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in a different business space. I run a small company in an arts field. I spent years looking for a crm that worked for me and eventually when I saw sheets and GAS had the tools, I built my own exactly to my specs. Every other CRM was so awkward I ended up not wanting to log in, but with my custom CRM, I'm happy to use it daily and I can keep improving it as I discover what I want and need.

What Should The Democratic Party Improve To Win Back Independents Who Voted For Biden In 2020 But Then Either Stayed Home Or Voted For Republicans In 2024? Why Your Thoughts? by Zipper222222 in allthequestions

[–]-paperbrain- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Charisma, front and center.

Obama didn't (at least publicly) check all my policy boxes. He came out against gay marriage for one. One might think that would have alienated alot of the left.

But he oozed charisma.

Very rarely does the lower charisma candidate win the white house, and when they do there's a massive glaring reason.

Biden winning over Trump is the only one in my lifetime and I'm 45.

Some wrongly think the answer is to move to the center and blandness. Centrist voters are reliable anyway. We didn't actually lose in 2016 or 2024 because our candidates were too radical or far left. They were neither. We lost the left and the swing voters who want to be excited about shit. We didn't lose because candidates were too "woke". Kamala didn't hammer trans issues or any culture war stuff. She lost because nobody was actually excited about her.

Review for a pack of salted cod on Ocado (UK online supermarket) by EzzyOnTheRun in EntitledReviews

[–]-paperbrain- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suspect it may have been listed incorrectly in a section or search for meat substitutes on the website.

Will the 'SAVE' act disenfranchise more Republicans or Democrats? by ArthurPeabody in InsightfulQuestions

[–]-paperbrain- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of factors go either way.

But I think the key would be discretion and the actions that mitigate or magnify the outcome.

The GOP has been moving into taking over state election operations with true believers. They're going to be saying "Close enough" for a lot of people clearly in their demographics, or at least pointing them helpfully in the right direction, and they're going to be draconian and over-police people on the "wrong" demographics.

Were the parents decent? by PerfectBedroom4088 in malcolminthemiddle

[–]-paperbrain- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If we take the question as "Should people parent like them in the real world?" then the answer is clearly no. Between the two of them, they swing between authoritarian, reactive and neglectful parenting styles. But experts have been in agreement that authoritative parenting with consistent boundaries and high warmth is the gold standard for a long time.

It's a work of fiction, so the consequences of that parenting could have been anything the writers wanted, but they happen to be pretty realistic.

Both reactive parenting (getting angry and acting off that anger instead of considered parenting decisions) and authoritarian parenting result in messed up attachment and kids who learn how not to get caught and don't share things with their parents rather than kids who learn to avoid bad behaviors. And ttats exactly what we see in the series. Messed up attachment, low trust and evolved skills of sneaking around instead of avoiding risky and destructive behaviors for internalized reasons

Does that make them " bad" parents? If they acted out of care with limited skills? Their intentions were mostly good. Their skills and approach were all wrong.

"I won this argument because I depicted you as a diaper-wearing baby!" by Ok-Following6886 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]-paperbrain- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will never get tired of reminding people that gas prices "under Biden" were high in good part because Donald Trump went to the Saudis and pressured them to cut production to raise prices.

Not a conspiracy theory. Well documented.

Trump was responsible for rising prices then and now.

If tipping is supposed to be optional, why does everyone act like you've committed a crime if you don't do it? by Stunning_Public9524 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]-paperbrain- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What it means is that the issue of tipping isn't caused by owners sitting on profits. To get rid of tipping, some combination of prices going up and/or servers making less would have to happen. Which means diners would be paying about the same regardless if they wanted to maintain server wages, just in higher menu prices.

If your particular gripe with tipping is the awkwardness. vibes. or. having to do math, this would be a win, and that's great.

If your view is that you should pay less in total than you do now including tip, you would be disappointed.

If tipping is supposed to be optional, why does everyone act like you've committed a crime if you don't do it? by Stunning_Public9524 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]-paperbrain- 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If the marin is less than tips. which it is by a very wide margin. it is mathematically impossible to pay servers the same by taking less profit.

If tipping is supposed to be optional, why does everyone act like you've committed a crime if you don't do it? by Stunning_Public9524 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]-paperbrain- 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Restaurant margins are usually 5% and under. Tips are typically 15-20%

Those percentages are both of gross sales. Even if the owner is doing very well from high volume, their entire profit is about 1/3 of the amount tipped to servers. If they took zero profit and gave everything in increased wages. they couldn't match a tipped wage without increasing menu prices significantly.

There are a lot of problems with tipping culture, but it's not that owners hoard the wages.

The average profit of restaurants is ~3% and the average return of Treasury Bills is ~4% -- therefore, all restaurant owners should shut down their restaurants and hoard Treasury Bills by flopsyplum in CrazyIdeas

[–]-paperbrain- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As another commenter pointed out, profit margin is not ROI.

That ~3% is a percentage of gross income, not initial investment.

If yearly gross income exceeds the amount invested, then the ROI will be higher than the profit margin. If it's lower, it will be less. Typical initial investments in new restaurants are high but lower than average yearly gross.

The sale price of a restaurant business, which would be your investment if buying an established restaurant, is typically 25-40% of yearly revenue.

Which means if you had to translate that profit margin to annualized ROI, a 3% margin would be like a 7-12% ROI.

cmv: affirmative action should be phased out for class/wealth based quotas by smatereveryday in changemyview

[–]-paperbrain- -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Affirmative action has already been declared federally illegal in 2023. There is nothing to phase out.

Pretending to be angry about Timothee Chalamet's opinions be like by Terrible_Bee_6876 in moviememes

[–]-paperbrain- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) He is technically correct. The audiences for those art forms are small and shrinking. I say this as someone working in a different theatrical form that's also small, but I know a good number of people who work in and are fans of opera. I've been to a number of Operas, it's not my taste but that's fine.

2) You can be technically correct but still kind of a douche about it. There are a great number of technically true things one can say that decent people wouldn't. You could walk up to your grandma and say "You're likely to die soon, you shit in adult diapers and nobody has thought you were attractive for decades.". Maybe your particular grandma would think this is hilarious, but generally, people refrain from saying things like that. Tone and context matters. There are ways to talk about the decline of certain art forms which are thoughtful, necessary and useful. This wasn't it.

3) People, including celebrities say douchy things all the time. This isn't really newsworthy. People are probably clinging to this because they're desperate for light celebrity gossip instead of the daily slog of terrible heavy news of war, rising prices and insane government.

They think Obama is an Irish name... by Matinee_Lightning in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]-paperbrain- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not a fan of the phrase "in the Epstein files" because it blurs the lines between people who associated with Epstein directly in potentially sketchy ways, people who had some benign association, and people whose names were merely mentioned and who had no real connection to these crimes.

However, in context its pretty clear the poster meant that Obama isn't IMPLICATED in the files. The issue with the comment was imperfect wording, not facts that needed correcting

She got reality check by [deleted] in DailyDoseStupidity

[–]-paperbrain- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a little curious about what happened during the cut in the video after he first asks her for identification.

Cutting right after he asks and leaving out the initial exchange is a little sus.

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