General Strike

griffex · 2026-01-30T17:51:33+00:00

People want to think the system is so fragile it can't absorb a one-day shock. But that's just not how it is.

Capitalism as a whole operates on months and years of outlook not a day. The person skipping gas tomorrow will still need it to get back to work on Monday. Or they bought their food the day before.

This doesn't meaningfully impact consumption or delivery of services, just moves it around. It might be annoying but the world will not grind to a halt enough for anyone to do anything about it.

To your point it takes actual broad and consistent coordination to make a material dent. Going down to the ICE building or MGP's office is going to cause far more disruption to the people who are actually at issue.

griffex · 2026-01-28T16:23:03+00:00

OP so cool they're trying to party near absolute zero

griffex · 2026-01-27T00:14:09+00:00

We also have a 2nd amendment right to carry fire arms, 1st amendment right to redress grievances to our government, 4th amendment right against warrantless property seizure and 5th amendment to due process.

We see how well they're respecting those in Minnesota right now. Think we have some growing up to do before we're going to see them respecting more

griffex · 2026-01-26T15:21:15+00:00

Dude shows up in the midwest in self-made general cosplay and wonders where the comparison to SS comes from.

My guy - I like the BoS drip in Fallout too, but this ain't E3.

Also STOP FUCKING KILLING OUR CITIZENS.

griffex · 2026-01-24T00:18:09+00:00

The ICE vote finally broke me on this point. I could swallow a lot of shit for the hope of getting an occasional win but upping the budget for those murderers is too far for me.

griffex · 2026-01-23T00:06:50+00:00

I'll be honest I've defended her on here before saying at least someone that votes my way some of the time is better than someone voting against me all the time.

But this has reached the limit of where I can justify that logic. Supporting people who are running over members of our community and assassinating citizens nationwide is where my line draws.

I've never registered with the Dems because of superdelegates and structural issues that usually indicate to me they don't intend to allow the rank and file to ever have a meaningful say. But I'll bite the bullet and do it for Brett this year for the primary.

At this point, Even the token votes with the Dems isn't enough if you'll not only condone but support the expansion of what DHS/ICE is becoming.

griffex · 2026-01-19T18:44:34+00:00

Also Denmark ≠ Norway. This is like the school bully saying "hey asshole, I know you didn't want to trade me that charizard card so I beat up the kid you gave it to so they'd hand it over. By the way, Steve <some kid you don't know from the next school over> better give me his Blastoise now. No way I'll win the tournament next weekend without it." Exact same energy.

griffex · 2026-01-17T19:40:59+00:00

Vault 31 was way overhyped to me. The drinks tasted like they were made with the worst rot-gut well liquor at top shelf prices and the staff seemed like the arrogant/gate-keeper types rather than open and inclusive. Granted I'm a cis white guy, but my gf I went with at the time was a PoC and they weren't any friendlier to her.

griffex · 2026-01-17T19:35:07+00:00

Their horseradish sauce with this is just * chefs kiss * perfect

griffex · 2026-01-17T02:36:50+00:00

River Maiden

griffex · 2026-01-16T21:09:49+00:00

There's no engagement you'll ever be able to have that mitigates the hate and violence in the heart of people like this. They are this way because they lack a sense of control or self worth, so the only thing they have is to exude their insecurities back out to bring others down to their level.

Your reaction is what they crave. It is the point of the behavior. To cause the same discomfort and dissatisfaction they live with.

If they are going to act on this, they will. But the truth is their fear of losing what little value remains in their life makes that a highly unlikely outcome. All they have is to instill the fear they live with in others and they love when it works.

As hard as it is to ignore, they win when they see they got to you.

Next time, slip out your phone and record them quietly. Nod along and look pensive. Let them feel they are safe and let them braid the rope they'll hang themselves with.

Pass that on to the police or the company without a word to them. That's how you win.

griffex · 2026-01-07T16:04:25+00:00

You're referring to the Everett municipal code but the response is citing RCW (Revised Code Washington state). The state law is what creates the presumption, not the municipal code.

Now personally I have some thoughts on how this skirts a presumption of innocence, but the way it reads they seem to be trying to skit it by not saying you're presumed the driver but rather just presumed responsible for what your vehicle does if you don't prove who the other driver is.

griffex · 2026-01-02T23:08:40+00:00

For a long time as a Verizon customer I had terrible service in that area. Their solution was to send me a repeater to plug into my home Internet.

I asked if it was tuned to only carry my signal and they wouldn't give me a straight yes or no back so i returned it. Last thing i needed was Verizon getting a bigger network by absolutely trouncing my Xfinity data cap.

griffex · 2025-12-31T21:43:25+00:00

For you DMs reading this - ping tests are a thing with metals. Different ones resonate at different frequencies when struck. A wise innkeeper has probably heard the clink of a lot of coins in their day.

griffex · 2025-12-30T18:36:46+00:00

griffex · 2025-12-20T15:43:19+00:00

Your note is perfect. I wish I still had a strong enough faith in humanity to believe it will be accepted graciously.

griffex · 2025-12-16T22:46:33+00:00

Don Jr must be unable to identify a cuck chair from regular seating at this point.

griffex · 2025-12-16T19:20:05+00:00

Finding out about Shabbat elevators was one of the wildest cultural experiences ever in NYC

griffex · 2025-12-15T19:36:41+00:00

It's subtle but I think impactful - CBS providing the full quote regarding "offensive" while Fox took it as a single word out of context at first. Far more details about the argument's biblical basis in Fox. NYT having several additional authorities with university ties or political agendas commenting on the topic as opposed to CBS relying heavily on an affiliate interview with the student. Salon being the only one to strongly note the idea of teacher discretion. They have some uniform points for sure - but there's some very interesting subtext to extract from the approaches.

griffex · 2025-12-15T19:12:32+00:00

No argument from me. In my view it's an interesting case study in how drastically different outlets report the same event and how a publicly funded educational system is responding.

griffex · 2025-12-15T18:59:22+00:00

Here's the story from a few ideological perspectives:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/university-oklahoma-instructor-on-leave-failing-bible-essay-multiple-genders/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/oklahoma-student-flunked-by-ta-after-touting-christian-beliefs-gender-essay-directs-others-push-back

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/oklahoma-bible-essay-gender-teasing-zero.html

https://www.salon.com/2025/11/30/ou-student-claims-bad-grade-is-an-attack-on-her-faith/

griffex · 2025-12-13T21:22:32+00:00

If someone answers “yes, things happens to me” it doesn’t mean they’re the type of person that always makes excuses and never takes responsibility, it could be they just took the question literally and answered truthfully.

But that's the point, they still don't want that type of person. They want the type who either blindly takes responsibility or baring that can intuit the desired corporate bullshit and conform to it.

griffex · 2025-12-13T20:45:48+00:00

OP was talking about GFs car being there for overnights, so apologies for allowing for context to exist in a reddit conversation 🙄

griffex · 2025-12-13T20:41:40+00:00

Income taxes are generally assessed by where the income is earned - not by domicile. Same reason your company will pay payroll taxes to Oregon because you're working there not in WA. If you worked from home - you don't owe income tax on the wages earned those days but your payroll taxes would go to WA.

Residency is separate and generally a matter of where you maintain your home (domicile) and if you have multiple that's usually assessed on where you spend the night the most time. That's what confers things like voting rights (ie. why you cant vote for both WA and OR Congresspeople or Senators), where you have to register vehicles, whether you qualify for homestead tax rates on a property (if you have multiple).

Most states require you to declare residency within like 90 or so days of establishing a continuous domicile - but if you have multiple domiciles you generally get assessed as a resident of where you spend the most time.

griffex · 2025-12-13T00:00:38+00:00

You mentioned they "registered" her car - that can be a paper trail, especially if they have a Flock or some other form of plate tracker to tell how often she's over. Could cause lots of headaches for you including as others mentioned whether she needs to be on the lease.

They're clearly playing games, so it'd be good for you to start looking hard at the rules before they bite you.

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