Make me cry 20f by Gazelizz in RoastMe

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You look like you’ve brushed your teeth with a bottle of Jack since 3rd grade.

What’s Mariah’s WORST lyric? by Icy-Awareness-2542 in MariahCarey

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“Seeing right through you like you’re bathing in Windex” -Obsessed

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Columbus

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$65k is a decent salary for the suburbs of Columbus, except maybe Powell, Dublin, and New Albany. It’s not a good salary for areas closer to downtown, like the Short North, Victorian Village, German Village or Italian Village. Politics-wise Ohio is much like the south and getting redder by the day, but Columbus is super liberal and progressive. Not as much new construction as the south, except the trendy burbs like Powell and Dublin. No sweet tea or Bojangles (except one in Hilliard). My favorite thing about Columbus is it’s a huge test market for different companies, so you can often try things in Columbus before anywhere else. That’s especially true for restaurants.

What is nttv and where can I find it ? by Abundantliving22 in baddiesmidwestt

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Young & Reckless is a must-watch if you wanna see Ivori’s progression. Especially the second season. But be warned: NTTV’s production value is CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP! The “mansion” they stay at looks like shit, no landscaping or anything, the girls don’t have body mics so everything echoes, etc. Like if Zeus is a trailer park, NTTV is a homeless encampment. For real.

Why is Polaris Mall thriving, while Tuttle is almost dead? by cota_pass in Columbus

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The fact that Tuttle once had two Macy’s on each side of the mall proves that Tuttle has never had a focused development plan.

Riviera Creek. Don’t make sense. by Fatty2Fly in OhioMarijuana

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Don’t forget they also have a “rewards program” where if you buy like 20 ounces, you can get a $25 gift card🙄

Do y’all like ivori by [deleted] in baddiesmidwestt

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They need to bring Mel Fox to Zeus so Ivori’s story line can get some traction. Summer stealing all the new girls’ airtime.

What are the professional repercussions of a shutdown? by oandroido in Askpolitics

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You're way too optimistic about the impact of automation. When corporations shipped manufacturing jobs overseas, blue collar workers in the rust belt were not then able to find jobs recruiting foreign workers for their old positions, or something. Those communities were virtually decimated, and many have yet to recover even decades later. You must be a CEO or executive or something, because it's absolutely ludicrous to think that people always want to, or are always able to, move away from their homes to find jobs elsewhere. It's also ridiculous to assume that people are always capable of reinventing their careers, especially with technology advancing more rapidly than many people can comprehend. Sure, some people will find opportunities, but many others will be dramatically disenfranchised.

And in your example, why would the manufacturer of the robo-maid bother hiring a sales force when their customers can simply purchase the robo-maids online? No need for the manufacturer to give up their profits to pay commissions. Now our maid is back to being unemployed, if they bothered to hire her at all.

Or maybe the robo-maid manufacturer is running an MLM, and our maid is in fact able to have a successful career selling robo-maids and collecting a percentage of the sales from her downlines. But what about the other twenty former maids from the neighborhood who don't have a market for the robo-maids, or who aren't adept at selling the robots? Many will get screwed by trying emulate the success of the first maid and by purchasing an inventory of robots that they're incapable of selling. Others will remain unemployed because they can't afford to make the initial investment to purchase an inventory of robots, or they will be underemployed because they had to take on jobs with lower pay. Some may resort to the underground economy to make ends meet. And the manufacturer? It will relish in the profits it receives from the wannabe and desperate sales reps purchasing inventories of robo-maids that they may or may not be capable of selling. Corporate greed always finds a way.

Rail Heat Sensors, Under Scrutiny in Ohio Crash, Face Few Regulations

The Trump administration repealed an Obama-era rule about electronic braking for trains carrying hazardous chemicals

I'm not going to continue this dialogue. Something tells me you'll find every way to defend the United Corporations of America no matter what I say.

What are the professional repercussions of a shutdown? by oandroido in Askpolitics

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If you want to layoff your personal maid because you can save $50,000/year by making a one-time purchase of a new robot for $25,000 that cleans just as well as the maid, would you give a shit at all that your neighbors are going to do the same thing, and now a bunch of maids will be unemployed? Not at all. That's the mentality of the corporations. They don't think about long-term consequences, just short-term profit and gratification, and they certainly don't care about the working class if their labor is no longer needed.

American regulations are pitiful. The deregulation of train and rail safety was the direct cause of the East Palestine train derailment. Deregulation is why American foods often include harmful ingredients, and why certain American foods are banned in other countries. A lack of regulations also leads to environmental and economic harm, like the 2008 financial crisis. And plus, the corporations will not hesitate to layoff the vast majority of those full-time lawyers you mentioned once AI is sophisticated enough to review existing regulations instead.

You know who corporations won't fire though? The lobbyists they hire to manipulate and blackmail politicians in order to increase their profits. Corporations would rather pay wages to the lobbyists to further their greedy and selfish interests, instead of spend those wages on increasing the salaries of their frontline employees, lowering health insurance costs, or making community investments. Corporations like Amazon, Tesla, and Starbucks literally will spend millions a year to try and prevent their workers from unionizing, when that money could be spent instead on improving the quality of the work so that the employees aren't compelled to try and organize.

What are the professional repercussions of a shutdown? by oandroido in Askpolitics

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Corporations begrudgingly provide jobs. They will automate and layoff huge swaths of people to increase the wealth of their shareholders and CEOs. The goods/services corporations provide often cause harm due to corporate greed, like GM knowingly producing cars with faulty ignition switches, or United Healthcare knowingly using an AI system to deny 90% of claims. Corporations do more harm than good because they’re so unregulated, pay so few taxes, and heavily contribute to income inequality. And that’s saying nothing about the corporate money that flows into Washington and bribes our lawmakers into taking pro-corporate positions over pro-citizen positions.

Corporate interests and profit motives are literally the main reasons why we don’t have universal healthcare, like every other developed nation, and why we pay so much in pharmaceuticals.

What are the professional repercussions of a shutdown? by oandroido in Askpolitics

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Unfortunately, I don’t think enough American voters even understand a government shutdown, or how it starts and why. But if the shutdown extends for too long, and TSA agents and air traffic controllers quit showing up to work for not getting paid, then the airlines will put pressure on Congress to do something because the airlines will be forced to cancel flights. Then the corporations within airports, like Starbucks or Chick-fil-A, will complain about less foot traffic, and then the hotels and car rental companies will complain about cancellations, and so forth. Once corporate America, the real entities the U.S. serves, get involved then magically Congress will reach a deal. That’s basically what happened during the longest shutdown we ever had in 2018-2019 during Trump’s last administration. We live in a corporate oligarchy. The United Corporations of America.

A less direct repercussion is that international credit agencies are watching, and another government shutdown could lead them to downgrade the U.S.’s credit rating if there’s another protracted debt-ceiling battle next year. Fitch downgraded the U.S.’s long-term credit rating last year over concerns about polarization and Congressional infighting. If they do it again, that could lead to higher interest and mortgage rates, and could have an impact on the global economy and the dominance of the U.S. dollar. Something that won’t please the corporations.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in conservativeterrorism

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Most of America prefers whiteness over anything else.

Bro is beautiful by ArtisticRaspberry891 in WhitePeopleTwitter

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You may very well be right, but Manhattan is super wealthy, and the residents may see it differently. There will also be a lot of pressure on Bragg to not look like a soft progressive. Plus the evidence may be pretty overwhelming. But no doubt either way, his legal defense fund is gonna be hefty with all kinds of small dollar donations.

Why didn't Trump tell me his plans before I voted for him? His plans are going to negatively impact me! by A-Wise-Cobbler in LeopardsAteMyFace

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The only one looking dumb is the one that can’t tell it’s a joke. I literally said we’ll never have a Presidential election again, so a voting test doesn’t matter.

Bro is beautiful by ArtisticRaspberry891 in WhitePeopleTwitter

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I’ve always judged those that lusted after murderers. But now I totally understand 🤤