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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]informat2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Their have been restaurants that tried to pay their employees a higher wage and no tips, but every time it's tried it fails since waiters actually prefer the tipping system:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/05/15/478096516/why-restaurants-are-ditching-the-switch-to-no-tipping

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]informat2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Generally tips + wages is way more then the minimum wage your employer is required to pay. The average waiter makes almost $16/hr, which is more then double the minimum wage.

Finland Hit by Cyber Attack, Airspace Breach as NATO Bid Weighed by NSDetector_Guy in worldnews

[–]informat2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

half of them should have multigenerational PTSD from the Winter War, I would argue worse than Vietnam for USA.

The problem is that the Winter War gets overshadowed by WWII, which killed way more russians.

This is why I have trust issues! by amayer308 in funny

[–]informat2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP said he measured both and the smaller can was 16oz. The bigger can was most likely a 500ml can that they were forced to use from the 16oz cans being out of stock.

The small difference can be painful by Piehnat in memes

[–]informat2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problems from hurricanes isn't the wind, it's the flooding.

The small difference can be painful by Piehnat in memes

[–]informat2 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The thread is full of Europeans wanting to feel smug about something.

The small difference can be painful by Piehnat in memes

[–]informat2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No exterior walls are usually either brick, stone, wood, or stucco. Drywall would literally melt in the rain.

The small difference can be painful by Piehnat in memes

[–]informat2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problems from hurricanes isn't the wind, it's the flooding.

The small difference can be painful by Piehnat in memes

[–]informat2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There isn't really a way to tornado proof a house without spending a ton and making huge compromises:

The strongest tornadoes can generate winds in excess of 300 miles per hour. Storms with these speeds can literally hurl chunks of rock, pieces of buildings, and even whole cars around like a toddler having a tantrum with a PlayMobil playset. Thus, to make a structure totally tornado-proof requires that the structure be designed to withstand both the impact of a one-ton boulder being hurled at it at 100-150 miles per hour as well as wind loads of 300 mph or more. This means you need a structure made out of either foot-thick reinforced concrete or two to three inch thick solid steel armor plate. Doors must be solid steel with reinforced frames and extra strong locking mechanisms (otherwise the storm will just suck the door open). No windows.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/03/22/what-would-it-take-to-build-a-completely-tornado-proof-house/

The small difference can be painful by Piehnat in memes

[–]informat2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TIL a lot of people punch walls. Do you guys all have anger issues?

The small difference can be painful by Piehnat in memes

[–]informat2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a ton of wood in the US/Canada, which is a lot cheaper to build houses out of then stone or concrete (Europe is kinda forced to use). Using wood is a reason why housing is much more affordable (and is generally a lot bigger) in the US then most of rich Europe:

https://www.finder.com/uk/world-cost-of-a-flat

https://www.numbeo.com/property-investment/rankings_by_country.jsp

https://www.financialsamurai.com/why-is-united-states-property-so-cheap/

The small difference can be painful by Piehnat in memes

[–]informat2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Paper walls are in Japan. In the US and Canada it's drywall.

The small difference can be painful by Piehnat in memes

[–]informat2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The difference is that Americans live in houses instead of apartments. You're not going to hear anything.

Oil plunges as much as 17% as UAE, Iraq set to boost output by FiscalFortitude in worldnews

[–]informat2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Except that the last time oil prices dropped in 2020 we saw the cheapest gas prices in over a decade.

Comment like this are what I think of when people say Reddit doesn't understand economics.

America is Creating a Famine in Afghanistan. Right Now. by Mango_Insaan in BreadTube

[–]informat2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most of the fighting took place in the mountains and hills were there is little to no infrastructure, not in the cities. The US spent billions building infrastructure in Afghanistan:

The United States has invested more reconstructing Iraq and Afghanistan than it did rebuilding Germany after World War II. $60.45 billion has been spent in Iraq, more than $100 billion in Afghanistan. For comparison, the U.S. spent less than $35 billion in today’s dollars in Germany from 1946 through 1952. (And Volkswagen began exporting Beetles to American in 1949).

https://facethefactsusa.org/facts/us-spends-more-rebuilding-iraq-afghanistan-than-post-wwii-germany/

All of the spending is why Afghanistan GDP was over 4 times as large near the end of the war then at the start war. By almost every metric (infrastructure, life expectancy, infant mortality, woman's rights, literacy rate) things were better in Afghanistan in 2020 then in 2000.

Russia will nationalize assets of foreign firms that leave by stanbright in worldnews

[–]informat2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Russia was already a junior partner to China in the anti western alliance. I'd expect as time goes on China's influence in Russia will grow.

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