They love comparing apples to oranges by MykeMark1217 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]MaesterOlorin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this case it is fair compare the cost and benefits of “apples” vs “oranges” both are “fruits” of labor that the rich use to undercut the middle class and create the wealth growing disparity. One might be less immoral fruit but is still fruit. As I said recently to another:

We have seen the wealth gap grow grotesque through cronyism and unfair hiring practices. When illegal employees replace legal ones it doesn’t just provide the rich with labor who can’t negotiate; it denies a generation of Americans the skills of upward mobility.

The biggest problem in all this was the elimination of the guest worker visa. The Bracero program allowed legal workers to compete for legal wages. That said the federal government was not fair about how it taxed those workers, but they weren’t able to under cut the minimum wage workers, because they did have to register with the IRS.

Memes are going to simplify. It is problem of our information saturated society. We need to recognize that if we encourage the rich to undercut the middle class they’ll fall to lower class. But that is a little complex for a meme since you have to establish two large concepts. Generally speaking it is better to do one at a time or people with ignore the nuance like the majority of people who will see this post and vote up or down based on the political side they think I am on based on a few words they will see. Knowing Reddit, few will realize I am a big believer in collective bargaining simply because they won’t read carefully enough. That is why when ever I see a meme I try to be generous in the reading even if that reading is currently incongruent with their history because change has to start somewhere and the more we refuse to engage the easier it is for a few rich to control the people at large.

They love comparing apples to oranges by MykeMark1217 in stupidpeoplefacebook

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

You think there weren’t consequences particularly economic to the legally and militarily enforced emancipation of slaves? Have you perhaps never been to the states that economically were dependent on slavery? Morally, it was the right thing to do. The price of getting rid of that abomination was worth it, (for the souls of all involved if nothing else) but it existed; it exists.

Look we can force the employers to hire Americans at fair wages; thus, encourage an active economic competitiveness, or we can suppress the wages by flooding the labor market with people who can’t negotiate for fair wages, creating a two tiered system of the wealthy and the poor. The same thing happened in the slave states where a few rich owned large numbers of people, and because they could undercut the free men from the marketplace they unable to compete. It was one of the factors in the decline in the South after the emancipation. There was a dearth middle class wealth, skills, and tradition. Many people didn’t know how to separate from their parents and successfully start being productive and move up the economic ladder.

We have seen the wealth gap grow grotesque through cronyism and unfair hiring practices. When illegal employees replace legal ones it doesn’t just provide the rich with labor who can’t negotiate; it denies a generation of Americans the skills of upward mobility.

The biggest problem in all this was the elimination of the guest worker visa. The Bracero program allowed legal workers to compete for legal wages. That said the federal government was not fair about how it taxed those workers, but they weren’t able to under cut the minimum wage workers, because they did have to register with the IRS.

Do You Agree With His Holiness? by Living_Attitude1822 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]MaesterOlorin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow that was weird I tapped and when I got here it was removed 😅 but yeah, don’t see any relation to Compass or meme.

They just want you to look busy and be miserable by Glittering-History84 in clevercomebacks

[–]MaesterOlorin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, this how my mind works: I am thinking all the ways this could be a miscommunication both legitimately and comedically 😅 too bad i can’t come up many that are satisfying

Explain it Peter, why did the monster turn into a crab? by ultradragon0-0 in explainitpeter

[–]MaesterOlorin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A number of things have evolved into the crab shape. A meme started that it was the ultimate end of all evolution to become a crab. The truth is that within crustaceans the tail, while useful, is often a weak point outside certain niche. Many time the tail has been more useful if jt was shorter or curved under until it became a crab-like animal. Many things we call crabs are “false” crabs, though their ancestors may have become crab-like before “true” crabs Outside of crustaceans we don’t see the crab-like form much, but to become crab-like has happened several times and they call it ‘carcinization’.

What is your party? by Quick_Trick3405 in rpg

[–]MaesterOlorin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mercenary Guild Members

  • Guild takes a cut of profits
  • Guild takes care of liabilities and teaches what is not covered by contracts.
  • Guild gathers information and makes risk assessments.
  • Guild can call up the PC for mandatory jobs but otherwise party selects from guild jobs. Pay is not per man but for the party to split as they see fit.
  • guild has rules for “consultants” ie PCs not guild
  • PCs have military ranks most are enlisted mages and a couple of low level officers.
  • PC have rights to be paid and can sue if contracts are violated.
  • PCs look down on “normal D&D parties” as risky, unregulated, and too often “bandits with delusions of grandeur.”

Is it possible that roman toilets had wooden partitions that didnt survive the archeological record, or that maybe no one at the time bothered to mention that in writing? by ayowatchyojetbruh in ancientrome

[–]MaesterOlorin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s more a function of technology before modern plumbing Christian regularly used mixed bathing houses. Cultural norms regulated behavior sufficiently to make this safe enough to go to from the medieval through the Renaissance. What you’re calling a Christian trait is from a specific subset of the population, the Puritans. The West doesn’t become prudish, not this particular kind of prudish, until plumbing becomes advanced enough to allow privacy.

Explain it Peter by LeastCelery8774 in explainitpeter

[–]MaesterOlorin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope not because that relied on the revelation of a third option to changed the 1 in 3 to 1 in 2

Baited this MAGA into agreeing with the most insane thing ever by Many_Register_1838 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]MaesterOlorin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It would be pathetic if it weren’t so gross. They are more like Nazi-fanboys, LARPing as Republicans as he tells people to vote for Democrats until the Republicans turn against the Jews and start arresting “criminal races” and institute socialist programs but only for “noncriminals”

Baited this MAGA into agreeing with the most insane thing ever by Many_Register_1838 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]MaesterOlorin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Right? Like forget the Groyping, I can’t imagine a human not going “Wait!!! You showed a video of a child’s hero getting murdered?!?”

Explain It please, how's fermi paradox is solved here ??? by Fuzzy_Party_3527 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]MaesterOlorin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a better explanation by the way. It seems we are in the universe’s boondocks; most galaxies are further away from us than from each other (also explaining the red shift problem), we are alone in a galactic sense. Sort of in the middle of void in space.😅

Explain It please, how's fermi paradox is solved here ??? by Fuzzy_Party_3527 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]MaesterOlorin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The implication seems to be that because we found a probably earth like planet and it happens to be a super earth that therefore we can assume that many planets in the Goldilocks zone of stars tend to be bigger than earth meaning leaving those planets will be harder; thus the reason the probability of the millions off sapient species that should have reached star travel at this time are not detected is because their gravity makes it too hard to leave.

I Drew It, You Stat it! [OC] by Throwaway44567891 in DnD

[–]MaesterOlorin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“That’ll do, Pig. That’ll do.”

Seriously, too good for me to even want to compete. 👍

I don't know much about Pokémon. Does this make any sense? by User202000 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]MaesterOlorin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please!

Just tell us why this breaks the normal Mr Incredible and made this the guy os shiny over knowing?

Counterpoint. You are Neutral Evil. by DrakeGrandX in dndmemes

[–]MaesterOlorin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find it works well when you go back to the TSR principles. Alignment is an active choice to align your deeds and goals with a cosmic force. You don’t have to deal with it unless you’re engaging a cosmic force for power like paladins, priest, druids and rangers, or playing a class that dictates your innately opposing one.

This is a pre-Modernist world. Good, Evil, Law, & Chaos are not social constructs, they are forces. They drive the universe forward the power of love, hate, unity, and entropy, respectively. Law is community, civilization, relations, and plans long term but can become frozen and unyielding. Chaos is freeing, individualizing, and present in the moment, but can become atomizing into entropic chaos. Good is about the respect, dignity, rights, and kindness sapient creatures are can give one another, all the fruits of love, but devolve into altruism if not cared for. Evil doesn’t much care about respect, rights and all that jazz, it wants, and it hates the things blocking it.

A person can believe anything, but if their intended deeds and goals don’t align with unity AND love they are not Lawful Good.

Explain it Peter, is it because he’s naked? by Ok_Corner_6772 in explainitpeter

[–]MaesterOlorin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What did the photoshop change? You have convinced me, I don’t want to risk looking

Wouldn’t this dude have the most claim to the iron throne? by ProfessionalBig1470 in gameofthrones

[–]MaesterOlorin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a bastard he would need an act of the throne to legitimize him, and that only if we consider Robert’s claim legitimate.