I’ve always been curious about this. Do you have more info/data?

Yes, but there’s also vodka involved haha do you live in mostly single-family suburbs?

Giving me Rugrats flashbacks. Remember the housewarming jello molds?

Over it, or all over it? Those mean opposite things bc English is wack.

Wow, do parents take shots at your door? This is not the Halloween I remember, but good on you.

Like, the people who work to redo the high-end kitchens every couple of years, maintain the gardens, nanny the kids, and clean the toilets. Those normal people. Rich people are terrified of them.

Edit: “terrified” isn’t quite the right word. There’s definitely fear involved though.

Dunno bud, I’ve met and heard about a lot of rich people in my life (my partner builds high-end houses), and they’ve all been absolute assholes, though some more overly than others. I know exactly 2 nice rich people out of dozens.

My theory is two-fold: one, to get rich you probably screwed somebody else over, and two, once you get rich you feel an inherent need to protect your resources without ever actually feeling satisfied (gated communities, voting for your own self-interest, suspicion towards normal people).

I do think that having large sums of money almost always lead toward personal corruption, and I wish we all just had enough resources and societal support to be healthy and happy.

I got got. Germany is exotic to me, and I’m gullible.

Fun fact, cow licks feel like being rubbed by low-grade sandpaper.

2:30 pm or 14:30, that’s just an 8 hr day plus lunch.

I’m interviewing for a job that has a similar set-up: 8:30 - 5:30 with a required 1 hr lunch break. Any idea why that lunch is required?

The hours are a red flag to me, but I’ve been a teacher for the last 6 years so I’m not sure exactly what I’m getting into. I have a 2nd interview coming up, but I can’t get a read on whether they’re trying to make sure I’m taking the job seriously, or if I’m headed into an abusive work situation. Any ideas?

What do you mean the tech was destroyed?

I have three middle names, and somehow have ended up with about half of my government docs using all three, and some using only one. I feel stupid about it, but I’ve never had a problem and have flown internationally many times.

What

Hahaha yes, thanks!

Love your local library. The Lemmy app is a good way to access content.

Also pirating… I live in the southern US, where they keep underfunding my library.

That’s cool, dude. I like your dog. But maybe think about the next pig you eat as ALSO being a sweet, intelligent, and inherently valuable critter.

There’s no reason to save a dog that doesn’t also lead to saving a pig, just as there’s no reason to eat a pig that’s not also a reason to eat a dog.

I’m interested, and I don’t know anything about South Korean meat production.

To be clear, I’m not arguing that people should eat dogs. I’m arguing that meat production tends to be horrific, and treating dogs any differently is ignoring some major issues in favor of human bias. I do know something about US factory farming, and it’s horrific: cruel to animals, environmentally unconscionable, and a social justice issue for humans working in and living near plants (for example, hog farms in North Carolina). I’m not sure how much worse dog farming could be. We just have more sympathy for them.

I don’t know, but let us know how it goes.

Like gym bros putting spray butter on everything because it has “zero calories,” hahahha.