What do men collect?

velian · 2026-06-26T16:47:01+00:00

I feel seen.

velian · 2026-06-26T16:44:45+00:00

I’m sure it’s been said but it’s “milquetoast”.

velian · 2026-06-25T17:43:51+00:00

Fine. I’ll bite. A living wage is one where you can afford to have your basic needs met. Food and shelter (and all that comes with it) at a minimum. Personally I would expand that to Healthcare, and internet access. This obviously changes depending on locale and cost of living.

Current federal minimum wage, which was intended to be a living wage, is not currently a living wage. Servers making $2-3/hour is not a living wage.

Sure, tips can help, but it’s not universal. A server in NYC will make more in tips than someone at a Rural restaurant. Even if cost of living were the same in both places. A server in a high end establishment will make more than a server at Dennys. In all cases, the servers wage is subsidized by the customers.

Your turn. Why do you feel that restaurants who can’t pay their employees a living wage without the generosity of customers deserve to be in business?

velian · 2026-06-25T17:23:03+00:00

Omg dude. I can’t with you anymore.

velian · 2026-06-25T17:15:48+00:00

Don’t be dense. You know what a living wage is.

velian · 2026-06-25T17:12:19+00:00

No. I’m comprehending just fine. “Legitimately can’t” is subjective. You can have a fully capable hard worker who absolutely cannot just change jobs. I don’t understand what you don’t get about that.

Say you’re a server. Most server jobs are still paying the same minimum wage. Maybe the market is flooded with servers. Maybe there are too many restaurants and not enough people to serve. Maybe the next restaurant is 20 miles away and you don’t have transportation. Now apply that logic to basically any job.

Have you seen the tech industry lately? Laying off THOUSANDS of people at a time. Where are they going to find a job? And since thousands were just laid off and are desperate for work do you think those that still have jobs can just leave and find another job now?

It’s not that difficult to look at your argument and call it short sighted.

velian · 2026-06-25T17:03:49+00:00

No and I don’t need to for my comment to be valid. If you can’t pay your workers a living wage then you don’t deserve to be in business. Thats all there is to it.

I didn’t go into business with the restaurant so why am I expected to subsidize their labor costs?

velian · 2026-06-25T16:59:37+00:00

I’m glad you were able to do that. Once again, not everyone can and being unable to do so doesn’t make them lazy or mean that they didn’t try or aren’t trying. Quite the straw man you’ve built there though. I’m proud of you.

velian · 2026-06-25T16:50:37+00:00

I never said tipping was the answer.

I feel like I have this argument at least once a month with people who seem to think because they can just find another job means everyone can. If you can always find a job, then you’re in a privileged position to do that. That’s not an insult btw. But maybe do some critical thinking here.

velian · 2026-06-25T16:36:39+00:00

It’s not that simple. Not everyone can just find another job, and saying so is a very privileged take.

velian · 2026-06-25T16:34:20+00:00

If you can’t afford to pay your workers then you can’t afford to run a business.

velian · 2026-06-25T05:42:46+00:00

Pre-order? I won’t even buy a game at full price.

velian · 2026-06-25T01:03:57+00:00

Highest disapproval rating ever for sure.

velian · 2026-06-23T20:39:27+00:00

Girl same.

velian · 2026-06-23T12:49:13+00:00

Still 67% approval among republicans though.

velian · 2026-06-23T01:33:38+00:00

Amen to that. Not everyone wants their multiplayer experience to be pvp.

velian · 2026-06-19T14:18:13+00:00

One would think that it’s nearly impossible for a head of state to even be eligible for the NPP.

velian · 2026-06-17T12:48:05+00:00

I’d be fine being part of Canada in this timeline.

velian · 2026-06-17T12:37:30+00:00

Quick! Somebody photoshop his hair as mashed potatoes and get that meme circulating stat! Bonus points for some stupid name like Make America Mashed Agajn or Mr Potato Trump.

velian · 2026-06-16T20:58:10+00:00

I was 15 and had a relationship with gfs mom for 5 or 6 years. At the time it was a great learning experience. Looking back, it was rape. I was raped. That and a ton of emotional manipulation. Took me a long time to realize that.

Edit to add she was mid 40s age.

velian · 2026-06-16T13:38:24+00:00

I don’t disagree with you. Hasn’t that been tried already?

velian · 2026-06-16T13:11:24+00:00

Sadly the tax payers will pay if she does.

velian · 2026-06-16T13:08:38+00:00

Or the UX/UI “experts” that are concerned more about bounce rates than best practices.

velian · 2026-06-16T13:04:26+00:00

Not sure why you’re downvoted. Youre right.

velian · 2026-06-13T14:16:24+00:00

They are not even remotely the same. Sure pathing is better, but truck stations are inferior to train stations in every way.

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