That’s a real struggle for a lot of people. I’ll admit to habitually coming into the office at 8:15 or 8:30. But I found a career where that works, so it’s okay. In an old job where punctuality was more important (shift work), I had to buckle down a bit more.

Meanwhile, my parent’s housekeeper that comes in once a month or so for a deep clean absolutely cannot hold a regular job, because I’ve never known her to arrive within 3 hours of when she planned. The first time she was hired was for a make-ready on their house that was being built while we were all living in campers on their property during Covid. I went over to the new house to grab some ice from the freezer at like midnight, and found her dusting the master bedroom because she hadn’t arrived until like 5pm and make-readies take all day.

That being said, she does and I’d recommend her to anybody, so long as they’re okay with the housekeeper occasionally being there at like 7 or 8 at night when they were supposed to be there from like 10am till noon.

My school had a number you could call and they’d dispatch a golf cart with 2 student workers to take you anywhere on campus for free, 24/7 (minus holidays and breaks when University offices were cosed).

In poor countries, children are a long-term economic asset. They will eventually be able to work and contribute to the family’s income and can take care of their parents when they’re older.

In developed countries, children are an economic liability.

When we need to unite against a literal fascist, I’ll gladly stand with conservatives with whom I have serious policy disagreements. Telling them to fuck off will just strengthen Trump’s hold.

Once we’ve finished the fight against the MAGA cult, we can debate each other about policy without worrying about anyone getting disappeared.

Nope. When France didn’t join the invasion of Iraq, “Freedom Fries” was a thing.

It was truly stupid.

Do it to the Ice agents, attorneys, anyone involved.

Make it financial suicide to carry out their orders.

There’s an etymology section about it on the wiki article on mice.

2 reasons

1 - they kinda resemble a milouse with a tail 2 - the cursor on the screen used to be called a ‘CAT’

Criminal contempt can be pardoned by the president.

Civil contempt cannot.

Charge them each a million dollars a day.

I’ll buy the Flavor-Aid.

Same!

What ZIP code and CVV number did you get?

That’s not legal in any state.

I used to run gun raffles, and the way they actually worked is the organization doing the raffle would partner with an FFL, and what they actually won was a gift card redeemable for the exact value of the gun. That gift card would be used for the winner to purchase a firearm, including a NICS check.

If they’re gonna claim you have a gun and shoot you either way - you’d might as well have a gun.

Hiding true ownership.

Fun fact, when hunting down the history of a major bank, I was able to trace its origins to a rural Baptist church in the 50s.

I can’t go into detail, but I work in a municipal jurisdiction with unique circumstances. It’s a bit of an enclave for the super-wealthy and sir to media/security concerns, I have to be a huge PITA about paperwork establishing who can access and work on properties.

There are fairly unassuming properties in town that will get you tackled or shot if you don’t follow the proper procedures.

Try tracking down ownership of the property a bank sits on.

It’s wild. They’ll buy it under an LLC they dissolve, and the ownership transfers to an heir LLC in another state that’s also dissolved, rinse and repeat for 40 steps.

When I ask for a bank building to show proof of ownership in a development application, they usually just cancel the project because it’ll take 8 months and 150 grand in lawyers’ fees just to prove they own their own fucking building, and a new ATM lane just isn’t worth it.

Impeachment with no possibility of conviction isn’t productive. His previous 2 aquittals just made him bolder.

And if we make impeachment routine, they’ll lose their meaning. We need to hold out for one that will stick, which probably means waiting until at least 2027. And that sucks. A lot.

I get it, I’m on Lemmy and religious people, vehicle owners, and anyone who didn’t use Linux is bad on your eyes or whatever.

But if my free practice of my faith that doesn’t interfere with my professional or social obligations offends you, you can go right ahead and fuck off because I’m allowed to be as offensive towards you as I want so long as I don’t try to control your life.

This bullshit is why you assholes never achieve shit. If someone doesn’t perfectly fit your ideals, you dismiss them when you should see that they’re your ally on everything that actually matters.

If you decide that everyone is your enemy, you end up being correct.

My job is working in government. I also happen to be Christian.

But at church I’m not a government employee, and at work I’m not a Christian, because one has nothing to do with the other. Separation of church and state is good for both institutions.

That would make building a $2500 iPhone in the US even more difficult.

Because of the child laborers making 85 cents an hour?