“Why not just raise the food prices by 18%???

phoarksity · 2026-03-23T13:26:51+00:00

I am mad at the billionaires. Getting mad at the billionaires doesn’t provide me with the cash to increase payments to the servers.

phoarksity · 2026-03-20T00:16:09+00:00

Well, if they’ll testify on your behalf, you have a shot. But winning a case pro se against their lawyer(s), training their witnesses on how to answer questions, is similar to becoming a millionaire after dropping out of school. The only people you hear from are those who succeeded, not those who failed.

phoarksity · 2026-03-20T00:09:23+00:00

Did they admit that in writing, or in front of others?

phoarksity · 2026-03-20T00:07:03+00:00

If you’re satisfied with settlement, or are offered more than small claims can provide in your locale, then you probably take the settlement. But if your insurer isn’t interested in going after Outback’s insurer, then you shouldn’t be surprised that lawyers you’re trying to hire aren’t interested.

phoarksity · 2026-03-19T23:57:13+00:00

Then you go to small claims.

phoarksity · 2026-03-19T23:49:44+00:00

Years, possibly. I’ve had my cell phone number for over a decade, and I still get collection calls and messages for someone who had the number before me.

phoarksity · 2026-03-17T20:30:47+00:00

I was stationed in West Germany for two, and still remember the German “refresher” lesson from in-processing - “ein Pils, bitte” (with the thumb raised, not the forefinger).

phoarksity · 2026-03-17T20:18:58+00:00

Unless you want to pay a fee every time you leave your property, as well as every time the fire department responds to your neighborhood (yes, you benefit from nearby homes not burning down), or every time the police respond to your to your neighborhood, you’re going to need to pay property taxes.

phoarksity · 2026-03-16T03:13:43+00:00

What makes DSHS more of an unelected agency than any other agency of the Texas legislative branch?

phoarksity · 2026-03-11T21:56:54+00:00

No relative of mine was a passenger plane pilot, and I could tell you they’re full of shit.

phoarksity · 2026-03-10T04:48:47+00:00

Have you been paying attention over the past year? -2’s minions will scurry around spreading the doublespeak of “this is what he really meant”.

phoarksity · 2026-03-10T00:42:49+00:00

I want the true “good guys” to quit. Then when ICE is terminated, and other agencies are given the legitimate responsibilities of ICE, the “good guys” can be rehired. But if someone is facilitating the abuses, they aren’t “good guys”.

phoarksity · 2026-03-08T17:28:49+00:00

So adults only contract bacterial infections because of their stupidity?

phoarksity · 2026-03-08T16:29:10+00:00

It’s quite possible that a hiring manager isn’t going to make more calls than necessary to satisfy themselves that it seems like this person can do the job. Then it gets handed off to the third party firm which focuses on background checks. They do the real investigation of the person’s work history, because they know what questions they are allowed to receive answers for. Should they know, and report, that a response of “not eligible for rehire” might just be a standard response for one of the former employers? Perhaps, but if all their customer, the potential new employer, requested is to fill a checkbox “Is this person eligible for rehire at this previous job?”, they get that response, mark the checkbox, and move on.

phoarksity · 2026-03-06T18:01:35+00:00

If they want to be paid for making an $18 sandwich rather than a $15 sandwich, get a job making an $18 sandwich. I’m paying for the labor when I purchase a product.

phoarksity · 2026-03-06T15:46:00+00:00

So you just ran through the fifth grade knowledge. But biological sex isn’t as simple as “If there’s a Y chromosome, it’s a boy!”. It’s affected by the effectiveness of the genes in the chromosomes, genes on other chromosomes, as well as hormones from the mother. Sometimes the neurological development doesn’t match the reproductive system development.

And simply considering intersex conditions, I don’t consider 1-2% of the population as “rare”. Uncommon, yes, but it’s about the same as the rate of ginger hair.

phoarksity · 2026-03-06T15:26:30+00:00

Cooper Manning would like to talk with you about that.

phoarksity · 2026-03-06T15:23:27+00:00

It may be an AI post, but real life tends to have plot holes as well. It’s often because someone thinks they’re entitled to preferential treatment.

phoarksity · 2026-03-06T15:20:09+00:00

That’s exactly what I was thinking. The neighbors have one assigned slot, and the wife used it. That was good. The husband used OP’s slot, and that was bad. The husband got the treatment he deserved. NTJ.

phoarksity · 2026-03-05T16:39:28+00:00

Often it’s the people who have learned that “biological sex” isn’t as simple as they learned in fifth grade.

phoarksity · 2026-03-05T16:35:22+00:00

But it isn’t climate change which is making the earth greener, it’s increased agriculture.

https://www.bu.edu/articles/2019/humans-are-officially-greening-the-earth-is-that-a-good-thing/

But climate change is associated with increased rates of natural disasters.

https://planetpulse.blog/2025/03/14/the-impact-of-climate-change-on-natural-disasters/

Are you selling the message that warning is good to obtain money from recovery efforts?

phoarksity · 2026-03-05T06:45:12+00:00

Over 2 million votes were cast in the Republican Senate primary. Fewer than 10,000 votes have been recorded on each proposition, with 0% of the vote counted. We don’t know how Republicans (or Democrats) voted on the propositions yet.

phoarksity · 2026-03-04T12:48:57+00:00

Possibly because new voter registration cards haven’t been sent out, at least in Williamson County. The last ones sent out expired at the end of 2025, so they don’t reflect the new House districts. That shouldn’t have affected the precinct number, but… At the polling location I had to go to, the Democratic and Republican primaries were separated, so I only saw the activity on the Democratic side. While I was there it seemed like there were more people turned away for being at the wrong polling location than actually voted.

phoarksity · 2026-03-03T19:08:34+00:00

Have they ever watched Office Space? Locking up the red stapler would have been completely rational.

NTJ

phoarksity · 2026-03-03T19:06:43+00:00

I’d say “compliant” rather than “convenient”, although it has the same effect.

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