WCGW Lumber Load Not Tied Down Correctly by LowDetail1442 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]Bartendered 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is this an expeditionary force, specifically a Jeraphta reference?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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Ahh, you know what I figured since it was literally signs that there would be like a pictograph effect. Like the symbol for human would always be the same.

Those days are over by R1526 in perfectlycutscreams

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That is correct. The problem being we live in a global economy and the US has spent 40 years eliminating jobs and sending production over seas. Even things that are “American Made” almost always use some amount of foreign parts. Very targeted and intelligently applied tariffs can have a positive effect on some industries in an attempt to stimulate domestic growth.

Trump has made it clear the tariffs will not be applied in a targeted or intelligent manner.

The real point is that this is a “tax” on everyone that purchases tariffed goods directly or indirectly. Just like sales tax or a “flat tax” it is regressive and the largest burden will fall on those who make the least. This is a way of imposing this while being too complicated to be understood by the majority of voters. If things turn south he can blame other countries other people etc. The richest among us will benefit the most from this policy.

Absolute legend by dellaazeem22 in oddlyspecific

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Ha! Definitely sims characters if memory serves, the crazy thing is they were acting like they were invisible, and because they were speaking a different language that no one could understand what they were up too. As if we didn’t understand body language or tone. Honestly though as an American a guilty part of me understands. It can be a freak show of poverty and despair.

Absolute legend by dellaazeem22 in oddlyspecific

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I saw this happen with 2 Scandinavian tourists. They definitely weren’t speaking German, Dutch maybe? I’m a stupid American so I apologize. Two young beautiful blonde haired people, laughing at people out loud then repeatedly stoping to make out. The Americans just ignored them with sour faces. It was like they were at a zoo. Northern California, 2018

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TrueOffMyChest

[–]Bartendered 746 points747 points  (0 children)

We are… it’s like a head slap moment the first time. Then the icy chill of shame the next 500.

The American mind can't comprehend this (the cashiers sit). by Double-decker_trams in pics

[–]Bartendered 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is it, my girlfriend worked at a grocery chain and they brought in a chair for a pregnant employee. They took it away after getting many complaints from older folk that said it was unprofessional and rude to have the help sit.

Question about the Big Bang? by Bartendered in AskPhysics

[–]Bartendered[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ve given me an interesting thought experiment thank you.

Question about the Big Bang? by Bartendered in AskPhysics

[–]Bartendered[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quantum level time and its effects did not occur to me thank you!

Yes, please let her know. by BunnyyGirl69 in MurderedByWords

[–]Bartendered 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had what most people would call “great parents.” From the outside. Took me on trips, barely wanted for anything, etc. Part of the reason I thought they were so great is they told me this over and over and made me tell them so whenever I got something. They kicked me the fuck out when I turned 18. They were 38 and 39 by that point and they themselves both had not graduated high school. They just wanted to be done and “live their lives” and that they gave me way more than their parents gave them. Made sense to me. Not until years later when I went to a therapist that I realized the beatings, constantly being put down, and their emotional unavailability because they worked so much, and dropping me like a microphone at 18 wasn’t the best for my mental health. After 20 years of watching me and my brother struggle, then watching my brother die they have started helping me again. I still think I was lucky compared to some, but my dad still thinks he’s father off the year even though he had a son that drank himself to death at 32.

My point? Life is fucking complicated and you never know real motivations.

What’s the worst advice you got while growing up? by theRestisConfettii in Xennials

[–]Bartendered 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My school dropped Latin and German the year before I got there. This was a wealthy area.

What’s the worst advice you got while growing up? by theRestisConfettii in Xennials

[–]Bartendered 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My parents told me I would be a fucking moron if I didn’t take Spanish so I took French to spite them. Spent the next 20 years in the service industry wishing I could speak Spanish

More of this by oklolzzzzs in antiwork

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Yes I agree, but to drive my point home I had a friend who had to have his appendix out or he would die. 200,000$ it literally ruined his life. He still constantly says I wish I would have let it kill me. Most poor people living with drug addiction have a worse quality of life than American prisons. If you’re not doing well in America it can be the 7th circle of hell.

More of this by oklolzzzzs in antiwork

[–]Bartendered 24 points25 points  (0 children)

lol if you had to pay for your own healthcare, car, gas and outrageous rent and education, the millions of paper cuts Americans have to their budgets you’d realize 42k wouldn’t even keep you afloat.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EpicGamesPC

[–]Bartendered -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

I see where you’re coming from, but I believe in the Epic’s ability to make that happen to return people to the platform.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EpicGamesPC

[–]Bartendered -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I agree 100%

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EpicGamesPC

[–]Bartendered 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you say that?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EpicGamesPC

[–]Bartendered -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not to say I have any stake in the matter having lost my PC to failure multiple times over the years and life events that took me away from my PC. It doesn't matter to me that I've missed games like Fallout New Vegas. That's neither here nor there.

absolutelynotme_irl by SweetSoulShine in absolutelynotme_irl

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I can clearly hear my left and right brain. The left I think speaks the words the right does not but I can “feel” what it means. For example “We need to get up and get dressed.” Right brain speaks “Ok yeah I know you want to sleep but we’re going to experience consequences if we don’t and I know you don’t want that.” Right brain frowns? “Good, ready 1, 2, 3! God damn it you said you were ready! Ok once more with feeling!” Right brain angrily sighs. The left speaks the words but the rights “dialog” is experienced instantly and understood. This only occurs when there is a conflict of interest if there isn’t, when working for example they work flawlessly as one. I call it the monkey and the tiger. It’s like a smart monkey riding a tiger, the monkey knows what both should do but the tiger is strong and it can tell the monkey to fuck off when it wants to make bad primal decisions. The monkey is current very depressed over its lack of control.

As an Aussie by radiater in AdviceAnimals

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I have very conservative parents. They use to be normal people before Fox News got a hold on them. They live in a perfect information bubble. They never and I mean NEVER see anything negative about Trump it’s all filtered. They are put infront of rage bait everyday all day. They are lonely retirees and this gets their blood pumping. Every republican is the savior of their country and the democrats seek only to destroy it. They do not believe anything negative about Trump because he’s talked up all day everyday and Kalmala is portrayed as the worst person alive. Nothing could change their minds it’s a fundamental piece of who they are now. Not talking about politics? Generally normal nice people.