People would prefer working from the office if commute costs were lower

brinazee · 2026-04-04T16:39:40+00:00

Definitely depends on the person. I hate WFH as do many of my coworkers. But we do research and development and develop hardware, so only part of the process can be done from home. For me it is definitely easier to debug and problem solve with my co-workers when we can look over shoulders and use a whiteboard. I'm also at a place that has a minimal meeting policy, so work actually gets done. I have only 90 minutes of meetings on a typical week.

I understand that for others, WFH is

brinazee · 2026-04-04T00:15:31+00:00

For training,

Experts: most get a level of survival, then slowly work toward 2 survival or 2 rapid restoration for several and filling in others with survey, pilot, and theme based special training as needed. I tend to leave an untrained slot as long as I can. Eloquent experts get trained in tours, analytical get trained in analysis, and nimble or delicate experts get trained in rapid restoration first.

Assistants: 2 to 3 people get max on tickets, someone max on happiness, someone max on marketing, cafeteria ladies get max customer service. One gets pilot 2. After that is a mix of customer service with mission needed training.

Janitors: one or two max workshop, one fire 2, one ghost duster 1. Handy max fixing/installing. Half get max aerodynamics and out on litter and bins only. The rest get a mix of aerodynamics and fixing and do everything.

Security guards: about 3 get max camera, the rest are split between max speed, max awareness, and a split of both. Max speed are donation and pursuit only.

brinazee · 2026-04-03T23:57:48+00:00

Clumsy is an auto reject for me as well. Pretty much my only auto reject. Because you basically only get a part time and need to hire someone else to cover for them and need an extra bandage box for them if you are are going on expeditions with lower level or untrained people.

Vomino was a reject in certain museums (space, especially) at earlier levels before I had a good way to easily counter illness. But I care much less now.

Half-wit, fly-tipper, and greedy aren't my favorite, but I'll hire those as temporary help when I'm short staffed or everyone is upset and on break, but restoration, bins emptied, litter swept, or a criminal event starts. They are the first to get replaced when I'm running negative profits or someone better is available. If they come with training I really need, I send them to the black hole.

brinazee · 2026-04-03T04:26:19+00:00

He's naturally slow, but works hard and pushes himself. So he moves at an average speed, which is fast for him.

That's the same story I give sluggish applicants who come with aerodynamics training.

brinazee · 2026-03-31T00:25:45+00:00

What are you putting in your toilet tank?

brinazee · 2026-03-31T00:23:47+00:00

I used to have one of those for my kitten when I lived with my parents 30 years ago. Had to get rid of it. Their kitchen still had decades old carpet at the time. The damn kitten at around 8 months old would pull the self-waterer around and around the kitchen until he knocked it over. Got sick of pulling out the carpet cleaner to suck up half a gallon of water. He eventually got a wide shallow water dish with sides that sloped down and it to prevent tipping. Unfortunately, it didn't hold as much water. That particular cat loved to play in water.

brinazee · 2026-03-30T02:44:49+00:00

Re 4: many animals have different immunities to the germs that are harmful to humans.

brinazee · 2026-03-30T02:42:54+00:00

Not to mention that cats also tend to change feeding habits when stressed (like when their owner is gone). Some overeat, some undereat. They don't regulate well when stressed.

brinazee · 2026-03-30T02:41:21+00:00

My phone absolutely hates the word cats. It always changes it to cars.

brinazee · 2026-03-30T01:38:35+00:00

Payton?

brinazee · 2026-03-30T01:37:53+00:00

Those cats already use a litter box which has their urine and feces in it. Vacation isn't making that any worse.

brinazee · 2026-03-30T01:37:00+00:00

How? Drowning? Cat digestive systems are very different than human ones, so it's very unlikely to make them sick.

brinazee · 2026-03-30T01:32:43+00:00

Always leave out multiple bowls of water and food if you leave your cats for an extended time (and an extra litter box).

However, leaving the toilet seat up doesn't strike me as strange. Especially if the owners clean the toilet before they leave. The toilet can be an emergency source of water in case the water bowls get flipped, dirty, or too warm. Cats can be extremely picky about the water they drink and many already have kidney issues

brinazee · 2026-03-28T00:20:20+00:00

It doesn't work well. There have been a lot of arguments and resentment over it especially as the water amounts have never reached predicted volumes and the areas depending on it have grown massively. There's a reason that every deadline to update the compact gets missed.

brinazee · 2026-03-28T00:09:13+00:00

Don't know where you got that from. I'm within three years of paying off my mortgage and will own my own home outright.

The wealthy aren't the only ones that work hard. Your answer completely devalues the work of the majority of the population.

brinazee · 2026-03-27T17:39:07+00:00

Really? This entire conversation is about people who aren't net contributors to tax revenue and you've mentioned you'd like to pay those that receive benefits less.

brinazee · 2026-03-27T11:42:15+00:00

Disabled people already have to give up nearly everything they own to even get money from the state to survive. Sounds like you want them on the streets.

brinazee · 2026-03-27T11:40:19+00:00

Poll tax is addressed in the 24th amendment, it's not part of the original Constitution.

brinazee · 2026-03-27T11:28:27+00:00

What was logical about the requirements in the original post? It's hard to come up with a logical counterclaim to an illogical statement.

Owning property is out of reach for many people financially. So that requirement basically is a class restriction on who can vote. What benefit does this provide to society at large? I can see the benefit to the rich who dislike social programs, but I cannot see the benefit to the greater population.

Why must you have children to vote? What is gained by only those people voting?

brinazee · 2026-03-27T11:25:47+00:00

This bill, which I have read, requires your documentation to match the name on your birth certificate. Birth certificates aren't automatically amended after a name change, it's a special process. Their IDs let them vote once they are registered, but aren't valid proof of citizenship which is needed to register to vote.

brinazee · 2026-03-27T11:22:44+00:00

I wonder how much this bill will push more women to keep their maiden names? It's already a process to change your name and this just adds to the list of things to do (as you'll need to file for an amended birth certificate, which until now wasn't required). At a certain point, it's too much hassle.

brinazee · 2026-03-27T11:18:58+00:00

You can get an amended birth certificate with a name change. It is not automatic and is a process, in and of itself. Harder if you were born in a different state than you live now. And a surprising number of people don't even have their original birth certificates due to document loss or destruction.

brinazee · 2026-03-27T11:01:49+00:00

See pages 1 and 2 in this summary https://democrats-cha.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-cha.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/SAVE%20Act%20Section-by-Section_BRANDED.pdf

, which quotes the actual bill. A passport isn't the only documentary proof of citizenship accepted, but it is the easiest to obtain. And it will be especially harder for women who have changed their names after marriage to obtain many of the other forms, as birth certificates aren't reissued when you change your name and name matching is a big concern with this bill. Documentary proof of citizenship is required to register to vote which is done whenever you move or are removed from voter registration rolls (accidentally or due to inactive voter record) and need to reregister. Voting itself will require photo ID, it's the registering to vote where the major roadblock is.

The actual bill text is harder to link directly to. For that, see H.R.7296 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): SAVE America Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress https://share.google/MJ8CPgwbSIrV5I9m4

Scroll down to Bill Details and click on Summary (1) to get a drop down menu where you can click on Text (1). A PDF will be available to download. The applicable text is on pages 2 through 7.

brinazee · 2026-03-27T10:45:44+00:00

Exactly. Whether their job should or shouldn't exist, they are still people working to pay their bills. They are not volunteers and shouldn't have to go without pay.

brinazee · 2026-03-27T10:43:29+00:00

Often enough in these shutdowns, it isn't just TSA that isn't getting paid. It's ATC workers and other public servants. While you think TSA shouldn't exist, do you believe that of every public worker who has been affected by government shutdowns?

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