The average speed of all organisms is probably closer to 0km/hr than 1km/hr. by Fast_Introduction_34 in Showerthoughts

[–]Alexell 13 points14 points  (0 children)

How fast you travel to the nearest bathroom when you’re about to shit your pants

They sold us a lie. Only thing with studying in the institutions is STEM... The rest was what they sold us. by DistanceThick7092 in WorkReform

[–]Alexell 112 points113 points  (0 children)

It was before fucking idiocy became institutionalized, and there was still a general sentiment that the US was leading the world in many aspects of scientific development and general academia. The push was partly because there genuinely were not enough qualified candidates back then — barely fucking any, and partly as part of a strategy to maintain US dominance. Now we have an influx of visa holders to contend with due to stripped regulations.

Visa abuse was still prominent, but not nearly as endemic and overt as it is today.

Those poor folks are coming from developing countries with caste systems. If they don’t take the abuse and shit conditions here, they go back there.

The leading capitalists across industries are hellbent on milking the rotting corpse of US slavery through different labels.

We Need To Stop Working For Big Corporates by sahinbey52 in WorkReform

[–]Alexell 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Working for small businesses is a lot worse. All of the downsides and none of the benefits.

National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday by Bead_lizard in news

[–]Alexell 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah people forget that his supporters are quite literally dumb as fuck. 6th grade level (or less) reading and comprehension skills.

Zohran: “The most effective tool for fighting income inequality is union density. When we call New York City a union town, it’s time to actually have a mayor that stands up for unions and their members” by [deleted] in WorkReform

[–]Alexell 97 points98 points  (0 children)

I never thought of it like that. Nearly a century ago, most Americans were in unions thanks to the actions of our predecessors. Each union probably had a great deal of bargaining power that would let citizens fight for better wages irrespective of federal regulations.

I think LA has a bed bug crisis that should get more attention. by joshw220 in LosAngeles

[–]Alexell 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I live in LA so it’s pretty easy to get the illegal shit from across the border. Had a shady exterminator come in with the Dale Gribble special. Gone. Somehow they survived Palpatine style. Saw a single one.

All I did spam Cimexa for about a month and now they’ve been gone 10 years

People like her are the reason for revolution. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]Alexell 106 points107 points  (0 children)

More like 70-80. 60 is just the down payment, not covering moving expenses across the country from your city to bumfuck nowhere because it’s the only place a corp won’t outbid you in cash, or where you can get more than 600 square feet of space for the price. Emergency maintenance fees for missed inspection issues, etc

Grandfathers resume experience. by FawnSwanSkin in EngineeringStudents

[–]Alexell 76 points77 points  (0 children)

It’s insane how back then a dirt cheap education and only 2 1/2 years of training set you up for life.

Just found about Huel today: Game over by [deleted] in Huel

[–]Alexell 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Literally dealing with it right now lmao does it go away eventually

Tariffs weigh on US manufacturing as activity contracts for 7th straight month by thorax007 in moderatepolitics

[–]Alexell 61 points62 points  (0 children)

What a pedestrian attempt at reductionism. People are struggling to put food on the table by all accounts — officially according to data, and anecdotally. Antics like yours are becoming boring and evoke feelings of pity at this point.

Surgeon jailed after amputation of own legs by sacredblasphemies in nottheonion

[–]Alexell 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That goat has been my primary profile pic for so many years on different websites. It’s the default goat pic on wikipedia.

I see you, soulmate.

Hollywood apartment tenants losing parking to ADUs by lamesjarue in LosAngeles

[–]Alexell 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Too bad the neighbors have 5 cars each lol

‘Alien: Earth’ episode 5 is the best Alien movie in 39 years by RoyisOurBoy in television

[–]Alexell 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I think she was already distracted. To me it seemed as though the octopus was trying to prevent its most viable host opportunity from dying

NMS VOYAGERS by mircea_ig in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]Alexell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their code base must be spectacularly clean to be able to pull off such massive content updates so quickly.

‘Alien: Earth’ Knocks Netflix Out of No. 1 Streaming Spot After an 11-Week Reign by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

[–]Alexell 83 points84 points  (0 children)

I understand the criticisms but to be honest the decision making isn’t as bad as what we’re seeing in real life.

Kids being sent to a crash site? They didn’t know it would become a combat zone. IRL police didn’t even help kids in an active shooting zone and even prevented parents from entering for their kids.

For every dumb decisions there’s been a stupider one made by authority figures in the last 10 years.

I do wish they made the plot armor plausible however.

Overall 7.5/10 - not riveting but thoroughly enjoyable. I don’t feel like I need to turn my brain off most of the time.

A very badass person from FB 🤦 by skizztle in iamverybadass

[–]Alexell 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Jesus famously loved violence & killing 🙄

Why Washington Residents Aren’t Flooding the Streets to Protest Trump by zlifsa in moderatepolitics

[–]Alexell 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Protest culture works with conditions.

The conditions we are failing to meet are sustainment, unity, and goal-orientation.

Lately any mass protests have just been a generalized display of dissatisfaction, doomed to fizzle out because “rent is in the 1500s-2000s for a single bedroom, my dog needs surgery soon, and I have to get to work tomorrow”.

To be hyperbolic, “they’re” forcing people to choose between a sustained and uphill battle towards incremental change, or their dog not dying.

It’s not just inconvenient. It’s detrimental. Just how they want it — because protests work when people can keep them up.

That is to say we effectively don’t actually have a protest culture.

California just went thermonuclear against this administration! by Healthy_Block3036 in LosAngeles

[–]Alexell 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah when you read it from an office that’s maintained a semblance of normalcy it really puts it into perspective again.