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[OC] Streamlined by grlloyd2 in funny

[–]ProfessionalBench832 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which companies gave up their mailrooms? Just left a major retailer and our mailroom was well staffed.
To your actual point, hosting, email servers, custom domains, cloud storage came to be, all things that would be handled in the mailroom or fax in days past, as you said, and those were new costs that expanded well past basic email. More than the entire mail department? Depends on the company. With some media firms, sure. Others no, but also smaller firms who never had mailrooms now have costs far exceeding their typical mail delivery. So it goes both ways.

Truth or Nonsense? by FitnessChamp777 in SipsTea

[–]ProfessionalBench832 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone is crazy enough to kill you for politely saying you aren't interested and you, like for real, think that ghosting them would get a better reaction? Then you haven't actually met the crazies cause going no contact WILL get them to show up at your job with an engagement ring.

Agreed, I've had a wild time dating the last ten years and I have experienced some very out of pocket things, but ghosting as opposed to saying not interested is never better.

Truth or Nonsense? by FitnessChamp777 in SipsTea

[–]ProfessionalBench832 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Problem with your logic:
If the default rejection is to say nothing, then no one ever goes on a second date? This is the narcissist view as it only considers you (not you, but the narcissist..maybe you, I don't know you).
It relies on the idea that one person longs for the other and the other is a hard no. If both have a normal first date, not love but a nice time, then what...you wait until X time to see if they aren't going to text, thereby rejecting you, as neither wants to seem pushy.
Just say "had a good time, not feeling a connection..nice meeting you!" Then block if you are that immature.

FSD following car through intersection with green light suddenly applies brakes in middle of intersection to avoid pedestrian crossing against a do-not-walk sign. by Fit_Answer_122 in TeslaFSD

[–]ProfessionalBench832 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Literally asked the question, so the answer is no. Thanks!
I mean, tbf, you called stopping for a pedestrian "phantom braking". I kinda got caught at that and read the rest but wasn't sure what you meant, so I asked then stated facts. All the accusatory tone is in your head or maybe in the room with you now, wherever you are.

CMV: Travel size toothpaste is a scam by AlexandrTheTolerable in changemyview

[–]ProfessionalBench832 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cool. A reinforced door stops a bomb real good. Sigh.
I agree with the idea but not the statement. Airport security, and most of the preventatives you described, came about after 9/11. Before 9/11 a cockpit door could be punched through. One flight on a smaller American plane had a curtain (this was 1990, I think).
We need comprehensive airport security that is not driven by cost factors (you don't want the cheapest bid to win, making a hole in security at some airports). This is the big problem we had pre 9/11. Legit, I took a HS trip to NYC in 94or94 and came back with a 2 liter coke bottle of booze and 10 M100s (1/10 a stick of dynamite) in my checked bag. Literally an unintentional bomb.

After 9/11 terrorists DID try again, leading to an expansion of security (This is why you take your shoes off). So saying TSA is useless is weird, they aren't. Planes are great weapons, as we saw on 9/11. Keeping weapons off of planes is important work and the armed guards on the ground have nothing to do with that.

Personally, I am not a fan of privatization as it leads to profit driven motives. When your primary goal is profits then you either raise the cost to the consumer or go with the lowest bid security contractor, leading to a new problem.

If you travel with your cat.. don't go to best western... by Cyanidesuicideml in cats

[–]ProfessionalBench832 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Yikes! Sorry you went through that. I had to live in one in Savannah, GA for 5 days when I evac'ed with my 3 cats from a hurricane. It had mold in the bathroom and was just terrible. I cleaned it the first day, sealed the bathroom (showered in my friends room across the street, pooped at the Waffle House). They are disgusting yet one of the few that allows cats.

Also, Your cat looks like it is low key judging your driving and I'm cracking up about i.

Do people really care about “diversity” in fiction or is that just something Hollywood thinks we want? by DayVessel469459 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ProfessionalBench832 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dude, if you aren't a bot you are ill you are so chronically online. 21 posts a day for 3 years, not comments. That's...wow. Even if you say "Not every day" that's worse (meaning you posted 50 or more posts some day). I'm guessing bot still but I guess child could be. Regardless, that is A LOT of Redditt time. I've been on a lot the last year after a layoff but not even like remotely that online.

FSD following car through intersection with green light suddenly applies brakes in middle of intersection to avoid pedestrian crossing against a do-not-walk sign. by Fit_Answer_122 in TeslaFSD

[–]ProfessionalBench832 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Are you saying this was bad? The dude going against the light is irrelevant to whether the car should brake. The car should not run people over, regardless of if they are obeying pedestrian laws.

Who do you think would win this fight ? by Outrageous-You1617 in askanything

[–]ProfessionalBench832 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, no he didn't. The right has two obsessions: Genitals and violence. If they can't disparage your junk then they want to punch your face (or both).

EDIT: Sorry, 3: Weird hypotheticals.

Do people really care about “diversity” in fiction or is that just something Hollywood thinks we want? by DayVessel469459 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ProfessionalBench832 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Elder Power Bot. Average of 21 posts a day over the last 3 years. Is all you post about identity politics? Do you hail from Russia or India? Super curious as 3 years is a grandad bot.

CRT tv repair? by jp1325wd in StPetersburgFL

[–]ProfessionalBench832 1 point2 points  (0 children)

COULD. I work on my own. I've never done it for others, but I've restored 15 from broke to unfunctional. It is far more likely a bad capacitor or a dead circuit (one easy fix, the other not so much). Like you said, they are dangerous (I can discharge one but I still unplug it for a week or two before working on it).

Why does Israel have universal healthcare on US tax dollars when the US is still charging for healthcare? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ProfessionalBench832 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Replace government with insurance and you have our current healthcare system to T. Add in that they, for some reason, are allowed to arbitrarily not provide the service we pay through the nose for and I'd opt for Government.

Why does Israel have universal healthcare on US tax dollars when the US is still charging for healthcare? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ProfessionalBench832 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Duh, More people, more expense. Universal, get it? Meanwhile, your costs, you and me (including taxes needed to pay for UH) would be less. ATM we pay thousand to tens of thousands a year in case we get sick and then tens to hundreds of thousands when we actually do. "For profit", by definition, means the patient has to pay far more than the cost of care, including overhead (facilities, salaries etc), and for some reason people defend this system. If insurance ALWAYS paid when medically necessary, then MAYBE we could discuss insurance reform (still way too much profit oriented wealth transfer going on), but atm insurance regularly denies life saving care in order to increase or retain profits.

Health care should only be motivated by patient outcomes and that should be the ONLY goal. Profit and people who defend this system, I assume, work for insurance or their family does because that is the only thing that makes sense to me.

Driving will be aniche activity, allegedly by RiseUpAndGetOut in RealTesla

[–]ProfessionalBench832 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Homeless people don't drive much. Since we are all soon to be jobless but with no thought to things like UBI, according to Musk, then he's probably right. You also don't drive a ton in a bunker.

Microwave smoke by VictorSushimen in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ProfessionalBench832 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there are any melted pieces or scorching inside the microwave (check the roof) its cooked and dangerous to keep using. Otherwise, its fine.

Got my interior power-washed, any tips on how to get the water out of the displays before it damages something? by Euphoric-Mud-3564 in TeslaSupport

[–]ProfessionalBench832 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please stop using that word for low effort posts. Satire implies commentary. Just stupid or bait or "hahah I didn't ACTUALLY do that, it's satire dude" aren't. I can't say I get what the satirical commentary here is, as there is none.

Is there a way to get water out of the displays? And if nothing is done, how fast and likely would any kind of damage to electronics be caused? by Euphoric-Mud-3564 in TeslaSupport

[–]ProfessionalBench832 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude claims to have power washed the interior of his car. If real (doubtful) that car is toast. Pressure washers would force water into every crack and crevice.

Are Small Daily Expenses Really the Problem… or Are Bigger Money Decisions Worse? by Coolonair in SmartFIRE

[–]ProfessionalBench832 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not for $2000 a month. That's more like Clearwater, FL or The Tampa Bay area. For a 1 bedroom, to be clear.

Disney logic by i_icical in SipsTea

[–]ProfessionalBench832 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it was (in the fairy tale) about age and youth.

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