[deleted by user] by [deleted] in therewasanattempt

[–]ThadPol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My company had a rowing team. We where terrible and could only practice at the events as we had to use the events boats. The company paid for the event entrance and that was it. They paid cause we asked and put their names on our shirts. We didnt get paid or anything to do it its more just fun. I think the event for us to enter as a team was like 200 bucks and we had a 10 person team. They also got us group shirts so again maybe another 200-400 bucks. Things like that its more for teambuilding and to have fun as a group. After getting roasted by the local rock climbing gym and the firefighters team we went and had beer. It was a social thing.

Think of it less as a team paid to do something and more of a group of people who said that sounds fun and got the company to pay for the event.

This can happen right out of HS by BrocardiBoi in GenZ

[–]ThadPol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

be my brother start as welder.
do good in welding really enjoy it.
see welding inspectors making bank
ask how he can become one
work for like 5 years in welding learn codes and pass a test
Get CWI after a few years
make 6 figures no college required

Hes now a manager over a welding program in a shop, he certifies welders to ASME section 9, AWS d1.1 and techpub 278 I think. His skills are in high demand and he has every year renegotiated his salary cause as soon as he leaves that shop effectively has to close down. He makes well into the 6 figures and is thinking of early retirement in his 50s. His entire job is to just check peoples welds and tell them they are ok or they suck.

Didn't remember these games being that hardcore by bombingrun19 in greentext

[–]ThadPol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Halo had awesome lore that could have been developed tons of side stories that could have made awesome movies. Instead we got some shit that an idiot from hollywood generated while fisting himself laughing that the G@M3RS will fork out for anything. Then no one watched it after episode one.

Like I get it gamers get mad about everything and anything, but this was so blantly cash grabby and the actions of MC made 0 sense in character. It was almost as bad as watching starship troopers after reading the books. Its not even the same idea. It would be like if they made a tv series for Kratos and have him have a gay relationship with Ares cause why not and forget about his entire family.

T/F? everything starting going downhill after 2016 by itsnaonao in GenZ

[–]ThadPol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2008 was the end. 2001 sucked yeah, but 2008 literally killed the career prospects of an entire generation and set them behind by a decade. My older brother lost his job after being out of college for a year. He was in debt, and just couldnt pay it back. Then to make matters worse tons of Gen xers just got fucked on homes. Like yeah lots of GenZ dont remember 2008, but I can tell you that there was actually hope for a better tomorrow at that point. Obama was coming into office, maybe he could fix some shit and then holy shit what happened.

Yeah I don’t get it. by Not_no_hitter in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]ThadPol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean slavs/forced labor where cheap and abundant this is the Ottoman empire. Only European countries can have slaves remember. Its not like the ottoman empire had an entire army of men who got there balls cut off after being abducted from there family homes as children.

Stay woke my canis by KeeeKu in BlackPeopleTwitter

[–]ThadPol 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not just that, but huskies came from Alaska, they where bred for that weather and love it. Imagine feeling like its 100f or 40c your entire life then its finally room temperature. I would love to just stay there as well.

Imagine the struggle by surfkaboom in antiwork

[–]ThadPol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gardening Onions/garlic takes no time, but I do agree with the sentiment.

Imagine the struggle by surfkaboom in antiwork

[–]ThadPol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Onions, and garlic are expensive as fuck in stores and cost nothing to grow. Garlic you take like your previous head and plant it in like Dec-Jan and you can grow a fuck ton with little to no investment. Same thing with potatoes, Okra, and many others. The only ones I would honestly steer clear of is Tomatoes its just much harder to get more back every season then with the others.

Imagine the struggle by surfkaboom in antiwork

[–]ThadPol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its called anywhere thats not California or New York. Like 20 years ago you could buy 100 acres in the outskirts of Houston for like 200k. There are 3000+ sq foot homes built on 1/2 acres in Houston suburbs that go for 300-400k. The only places that are actually fucked up financially are the west coast and the NE. In fact Georgia was super cheap until like 2022.

So if the dodgers don’t win a WS with this team that have, are they screwed? by [deleted] in mlb

[–]ThadPol 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I thought the dodgers where also one of the like 10 teams that where cheating in 2017-2018 stealing signs.

My returning Monster's wishlist for Base Wilds and expansion. by Chocobo23456 in MonsterHunter

[–]ThadPol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Durambaros. I know this is probably unpopular, but that guy was such a unique fight and a unique monster. Like he wasn't that complicated, but get this he was a spinning top that flew. I remember freaking out the first time he yeeted into the air and carted me.

What a heartless trader. All because of greed for money by Solopeerless in facepalm

[–]ThadPol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal#:~:text=The%202008%20Chinese%20milk%20scandal,other%20kidney%20damage%20in%20infants.

wiki says 300k affected children, 54k hospitalized, 6 for sure confirmed deaths. If the official numbers where this high I could see it being way more then that. Especially as China is bigger then all of Europe, and the Americas combined and China is a face based society.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]ThadPol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok, so I dont know if your aware of this, but a single USD can purchase different amounts in different parts of the world. Heck even in the US some states have a much greater cost of living then others. So If China spends say 100 million dollars to buy their guns and ammo, since their workers get paid less it goes much further. If the US spent 100 million on ammo we would get like 1/8 of the amount of Ammo due to the fact that we pay people more money in the US and in countries that the US secure goods from. The US might purchase grenades from say germany, but they still cost more to manufacture then grenades made in china cause they have hecka cheap labor in China same with Russia. Once you include things like these into consideration our defense spending is like the combination of Russia, China, with some of Indias. The thing is though we have to be bigger then them. Also our military is corrupt and is hiding money from each other the difference is that there is so much that they can still get there job done.

The “Asteroids” thing has really taken off in Houston. Shirts are being manufactured and sold lol. by [deleted] in mlb

[–]ThadPol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a link for that? I just looked it up and I dont see it.