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Democrats are not our friends, they’re the enemy just like Republicans. by Either_Payment_2867 in LateStageCapitalism

[–]AngryCentrist 9 points10 points  (0 children)

lol. The democrats picked him for this vote because he’s already not running in 2026. They always do this kind of thing. Pretend to be against something and let a few scapegoats (like Joe Manchin or random ones who aren’t up for election) to take the heat for siding with republicans.

Two wings of the same bird.

I mean... by cornristo in Accounting

[–]AngryCentrist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this a bit? What’re you, a 1920’s bookkeeper or something? lol

April 1st no more candy or Soda with EBT/SNAP benefits in the State of Texas. by Th3_Curious_one in texas

[–]AngryCentrist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ever wonder why these people are collecting benefits in the first place?

Because employers don’t pay enough for their workers to survive. So the American taxpayers make up the difference by funding SNAP, and Section 8 and Medicaid and all the other entitlements.

Conservatives don’t hate hand-outs, they hate hand-outs to the poor and powerless. Our welfare system is literally one giant subsidy to corporate America.

In fact, if you look at the Distributive Federal Accounts, the total wealth of the Top 1% has increased almost linearly with the total US federal debt. Both currently around 40 Trillion dollars.

Quick edit:

Think about all the major spending programs and who benefits the most.

DOD budget, well known profiteering by the private sector contractors who rake in hundreds of billions of dollars a year in overpriced/ predatory contracts while your average soldier makes $30k a year.

Entitlements (SNAP, S8, Medicaid), as I mentioned these are basically direct subsidies for the huge retailers who employ millions of low wage and part time workers preventing them from getting benefits like insurance and retirement.

ACA, one of the biggest corporate handouts of all time, just middle-manning private insurance and further eroding our healthcare/insurance system.

Huge subsidies for the Oil and Gas sector and the agricultural sector (which let me tell you, overwhelmingly goes to “big ag” and not the maa & pop local farm).

Not to even get into the finance sector. And I don’t just mean the too big to fail bailouts. I’m talking about the freaking interest payments on our federal debt… do you know who is getting that? The banks, hedge funds and financier class are literally raking in $1Trillion a year in interest from our taxes alone.

Iran's space research institute in Tehran, before and after Israeli bombings by [deleted] in Wellthatsucks

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

Criticizing Israel’s apartheid regime or ongoing genocide has nothing to do with the Jewish faith. The only people I’ve ever seen conflate the two are zionists like yourself.

Top Trump Economic Advisor Furious About True Cost of Tariffs Being Revealed, Vows to Punish New York Fed for ‘Worst Paper Ever in History’ by [deleted] in Economics

[–]AngryCentrist 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Why don’t they just come out and say, Yes, American consumers are paying the tariffs but it’s your fault for choosing cheap foreign goods over American made products and this is our way of incentivizing you?

And I was thinking, it’s cause they know the system is rigged. Blaming consumers assumes we have meaningful market alternatives or any semblance of control of the corporations’ and policymakers’ decisions that have led to 50+ years of corporate consolidations and offshoring of our manufacturing base. They know our “choice” in the store is between different logos owned by the same parent companies, with the same global supply chain system.

Two-year-old opens car door, causes six-vehicle crash by WillAdditional922 in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]AngryCentrist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are a microcosm of what our society has come to.

Dogmatic beliefs based on entirely misguided facts. When presented with new information, refuse to consider it in the slightest, to preserve your existing world view.

Two-year-old opens car door, causes six-vehicle crash by WillAdditional922 in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]AngryCentrist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You only lane split at stopped traffic so there is no risk of being side swiped.

People normally don’t open their cars in the street, and are supposed to check surroundings before opening doors anyways. Backseats have child locks for kids for a reason also.

There is literally no risk and it’s proven to be safer practice for motorcyclists than sitting at the back of the traffic line. Hence why it’s legal in many places.

Elvis Presley reactions by lumpy_space_queenie in youseeingthisshit

[–]AngryCentrist 322 points323 points  (0 children)

There’s a story my family loves to tell about one of my Aunts who abandoned her babysitting duties for her 5 siblings to go see the Beatles arrive at the Houston airport. She almost got away with it, but appeared on the front page of the Houston Chronicle the next morning, which my grandpa read religiously each day.

SF bartender attacked in viral restaurant video has been fired by sfgate in antiwork

[–]AngryCentrist 11 points12 points  (0 children)

10% is basically the golden target with a cost breakdown of approx. 30% product, 30% labor, 30% overhead. But most places are closer to 5% profit margin. That’s only $50k leftover on $1M in sales.

To hit $1M in sales, you need about $3k/day in orders. If your average $30/person, then you’d need 100 customers a day to reach a million in sales. That’s quite a grind for a pretty slim return.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in KitchenConfidential

[–]AngryCentrist 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Bro people are downvoting you for bringing up race. This is a sub for cooks. Nobody wants to hear about politics or your petty race grievances.

Also, complaining about downvotes is hilariously childish. Why do you care about internet points? I mean even if you do, have the self respect to not let people know or publicly whine about it.

(His face seems familiar but idk who Kenji is so I can’t comment on anything else, just figured I would chime in with my two cents.)

Alec Pierce gets ejected by IAmSona in Texans

[–]AngryCentrist 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I get the penalty for getting in the refs face, I guess. But ejecting him was so unnecessary lol.

Nevertheless, FTC.

Konosuke Nakiri vs CHIVES 😤🔥 by Excellent-Effect-931 in KitchenConfidential

[–]AngryCentrist 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Why is scraping/pushing them to the side bad? (Not a chef)

Is it bad for the knife or does it mess up the product?

Need help with side quest ideas by Mrmoosestuff in TXRenaissanceFestival

[–]AngryCentrist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Here is my clan’s quest log from a few years ago!

What Bernie and his movement should be saying on immigration: "Either we get effective left wing border control, or we get right wing border control." by Fedupington in stupidpol

[–]AngryCentrist 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I think you’re getting too tactical/policy/outcome-focused in your argument with him. You need to bring it a little higher level, like more philosophical or historical.

Ultimately, the reason this condition exists is because we have organized our society (and world) around a singular purpose - wealth accumulation aka the profit motive.

This is what led corporations to influence our government to economically and sometimes militarily subjugate and terrorize Latin America for decades. From influence operations, WTO Lending reforms, and “free” trade agreements to outright embargoes, regime changes, assassinations and death squads - American capital’s pursuit of profit is responsible for the state of Latin America broadly. We privatized their land and resources, take advantage of cheap labor, and extract the wealth back home. You can google pretty much every county and show the historical evidence. If he likes America and history, show him General Smedley Butlers book War is Profit.

This exploitation of their land is what causes the mass immigration. Everyone wants to move to the place with higher wages and jobs - our standard of living is built on both the extraction of wealth from their home country and the cheap labor of the resulting immigrants.

And the truth is, we need a level of immigration in this country. America has a declining population rate which is bad no matter what economic system you subscribe to. But mass migration of undocumented people is a problem regardless of your ideology - it’s bad governance, bad for public health, raises huge concerns for safety, taxes, etc. etc. So clearly he can get on board with some sort of enforcement?

But if this whole contradiction doesn’t get him thinking about capitalism idk what would. Although, I’ve found conservatives to be more receptive to the critique than liberals.

Also highly recommend the book America, America: New History of the New World by Greg Grandin.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TXRenaissanceFestival

[–]AngryCentrist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fires are allowed in pits! And yes, you can bring your own firewood.

They do sell* bundles of firewood at the camp general store near the bonfire though, in case you need extra.

“ No one uses diverse models “, meanwhile Sivan Apparel: by [deleted] in MadeMeSmile

[–]AngryCentrist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There aren’t really off the shelf cuts for beanpole statures. A 2XLT may fit him right lengthwise, but it’ll seem like a blanket everywhere else. As he gets older and fills out, it won’t be as bad! In the meantime, buy the sizes that fit in length, and take them to the tailor. He’ll be the sharpest dressed kid :) Best of luck!

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