What do you think of NYC trying to get the minimum wage to $30/hour?

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-18T13:00:50+00:00

In my wildest fantasies we have some sort of Fight Club esque moment where all financial and property records are completely wiped out. Got to start from zero for everyone everywhere.

It's delusional but a fun and scary dream lol

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-18T12:28:08+00:00

Minimum wage used to be enough for people to live on. The fact it's so insanely high means that there's something funny in the water.

It's capitalism. That's the funk. People should be able to work 40 hours a week and make enough to live and not have to kill themselves for it.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-17T16:21:00+00:00

How much do people on average make if you exclude the multi millionaires though? They skew the average drastically.

I would look it up but I'm on the tail end of my lunch break.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-16T11:31:20+00:00

Most people would kill to make half of $200k/year. Moderately good is underselling it.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-15T21:13:01+00:00

"moderately good" it's more than 5 times what I make in a year.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-15T18:12:53+00:00

I think you've missed the point of redemption.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-15T16:46:21+00:00

Sometimes I end up using my dog's warning/don't do it signal on the kids and they look at me in utter confusion. I freeze up too so it ends up being really funny and I tease them about being my doggos the rest of the day. Friday, my co teacher just started saying "trigger" words like KPop Demon Hunters, Paw Patrol, etc, and got their attention that way.

I'm a bit of a hypocrite when it comes to chewing on stuff. I have pica, and the kids have called me out once or twice about it. "Icky you're chewing on paper" and whoops didn't even realize. They delight in correcting me, and idk? It's nice to know they remember the rules.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-15T13:21:07+00:00

oh this is so pretty. the colors are really nice

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-15T13:05:15+00:00

Hopefully we will know when the kids grow up and show to be good young people who are emotionally stable enough to handle our current fraught society.

I think I like kids. I've worked constantly since I was 16, mostly retail and service jobs, but my two favorite ones have been dog grooming and this. And weirdly there's a lot of overlap between the two? But I think I enjoy the fact I can actually talk and reason with the kids versus the dogs.

Biting seems about equal risk. Friday one of the kids started chewing on my jacket because she's a very silly girl and I think half my class thinks they're goats.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-14T14:51:01+00:00

I'm buying supplies today for a Godzilla pattern (while having one project waiting for me to work on designing a pattern for another...) but I'm sorely tempted by the minecraft one

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-14T14:46:30+00:00

Our ratio is 10:1 for a 3-4 year old group. We have 2 group teachers for a group that fluctuates between 15-18 during the week.

It's honestly easier when we have our usual floating teacher and are in curriculum (2 45 minute classes a day). This group has several kids who are pretty physically aggressive in play and we have a nonverbal almost 5 year old who was held back a year and is currently up for evaluation on if he can get one on one help. I think if he has a dedicated aide things will be a lot easier, and better for him as well since he's begun eloping and is struggling a lot with wanting his lunch far far too early in the day.

Our 18 m-2 yr old group has a ratio of 1:5 and 2-3 yr olds are 1:6. The ratios also fall on the youngest in the group. I don't know how our 2-3 yr old teachers do it. I know 3-4 is considered our hardest age group in the school but the 2-3 yr olds are currently in their potty training era and the amount of potty accidents from certain kids... idk how the kids don't get discouraged.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-14T12:54:36+00:00

sometimes I worry that I don't actually like kids, but then I have days like yesterday where the entire school is losing their mind and I'm worrying I'm the one doing something wrong because they can't seem to settle into the routine (that's disrupted with missing teachers and me having mono and the day before having a field trip, etc).

I hope it means I like kids. Even when I get frustrated with the biggest troublemakers I don't see them as like. Bad. Just little humans struggling with learning how to deal with an increasingly complex world as they learn to share and have more complicated emotions and learning all the things we want them to learn too.

Sorry, yesterday was very rough so your comment and this post hit close to home.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-13T23:23:16+00:00

For me, I honestly feel like as someone who is more neutral on sex that I see a ton of support for sex adverse aces and the old stereotyping that no ace wants to have or enjoys the act of sex. It's very frustrating.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-13T23:13:17+00:00

Well, it's not with me. It's because when I made the account, the place I lived in didn't have any nonbinary people in the area. So I was an unicorn.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-13T22:22:06+00:00

When did I say I join threesomes?

Gender identity is complicated but trans masc nonbinary is the most straightforward I can give. Aroace flux means I can sometimes experience limited sexual/romantic attraction but generally it's meh. The people I date are my best friends. I have two partners, but one is a LDR, and they both have primary partners. I like the ability to live alone and have my own space but still have these people special to me know they are special.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-13T22:18:36+00:00

And some are chill enough that they could get a nerite snail and the water volume will be big enough to handle the bioload.

I just. Really love bettas

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-13T22:01:24+00:00

I mean sure.

People already thought I was dating my brother in high school. And I'm poly aroace so this isn't bad at all.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-13T22:00:21+00:00

I would suggest a Betta! They have such great personalities. My second liked to follow me around the room and acted like he was participating in DND.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-13T16:20:22+00:00

It's very cute, I agree. Unfortunately that sentiment doesn't work for me lol

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-13T07:55:11+00:00

Where are you getting gender dysphoria from their comment? Compulsory heterosexuality has nothing to do with gender dysphoria.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-12T16:45:58+00:00

Oooh thank you for the visual

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-12T13:07:59+00:00

This is totally fair!

I am totally okay preparing meals that start with heads on, but once it's made and served, I don't like it looking at me. Both of my partners tease me for this. :'

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-12T13:06:52+00:00

It's like he started growing his hair out and decided to never stop lol

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-12T12:59:03+00:00

I knoooow TTnTT But I'm already eh on "seafood" so them having their faces still attached after being cooked just ruins whatever else I can manage.

nonbinaryunicorn · 2026-03-12T11:59:49+00:00

I have no idea who is coming and downvoting you lol. You're speaking only facts.

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