So it still works beautifully

The 80s are such an odd choice to make a fashion come back. I can’t get past the current young people dressing like the white collar parents of my day. But I also see a bit of the 90s at play and it is interesting to see how fashion plays around like that

Dingleberries

One shudders at the thought

I actually kind of hollered at the ACLU. I did a one time, small donation a few months ago. I am poor folk.

They have been blowing me up since. I ended up picking up the line on a sunday (I’m sorry, I’m not religious, but don’t business call me on a fucking sunday). It might have been Saturday, statement stands either way.

But I was about to have a panic attack. This woman on the other line let me know she was wofh the ACLU and looking for donations or whatever, but I gave her the news. I’m poor, you are blowing up my phone, I gave a one time donation to do my part and now I feel attacked. You want more and more and more, and I can’t. I said, this behavior from y’all makes me regret donating. She tired to say something, I just repeated, I can’t do this, please don’t call me, and hung up.

These politicians in their photos wear suits that probably cost as much as my entire wardrobe, it’s rude to beg money like this. I hate it.

I worked at four US manufacturing gigs before landing at an Employee Owned Company that actually paid living wage ($19/hr to start with benefits).

Prior to that, these four manufacturing companies I was hired at paid minimum wage, you were lucky to get a ten cent raise after a year. The work was grueling, health insurance was basically nothing, no paid time off, just shit conditions with mandatory overtime and zero workers’ rights.

Not to mention something like injection molding or QA off a line and into a box, is the most boring work there is. I hate injection molding. Even the aerospace department at my decent paid EO company was repetitive boring work, but at least they cared about ergonomics an employee well-being. This is not true in the majority of manufacturing.

There are some decent manufacturing jobs in the US, but the ratio of decent paid “good” ones, to shit companies who just beat every ounce of labor out of you before you destroy your body to pay you pennies is not great. Worker Unions and Employee Owned companies are where it’s at, but there is less of them than shit manufacturing companies beholden to their white collar, red tie shareholders.

Edit, for expamle, I actually got laid off by a company making car parts two weeks before Christmas. I was just temping there, had been four months. They told me they really liked my work, I was one of the better employees (wasnt hard at this place, the night shift all drank on the job and half the day folks didn’t give af). I wasnt going to stay with the company anyway, I just needed work for that winter. So they complimented my work ethic and skill, and then told me, a 26 year old single mom to one, that they had to lay me off because they couldnt afford to hire me until the new year, sorry its just before Christmas. This company was running more than half the year in the red.

Annoying as hell. I went back to the temp agency and they found me a job for a different company just for two weeks, cutting back scrap for this other company. I said sure. This new company was the employee owned one. I got lucky, one of the guys in the department was on thin ice already, so when it came out he was sharing a disgusting misogynist nickname for both me and the only other female (engineer) in the department, he got fired as his last strike. Guess who swooped in to take his job? Guess who got to smuggly tell the staffing agency there was no fucking way I was going back to the car parts place when they asked about me in January :)

Trump may have never happened if the fucking dnc supported bernie in 2016…

I’ve hooked a trailer to my fuckin jetta, my sister still has a trailer hooked to her civic. There are other countries that have workers who do the same thing you are doing, but with practical sized vehicles.

Growing up we had a 1950’s model ford, and a 1990’s Chevy s-10 as our two farm trucks. I drove that S10 starting at 11 years old. We had the big tractor and the little one. More than enough to get the job done. Dont know why you’d want to move used oil in the same truck you drive to the clinc, but that’s a choice.

I grew up likely with similar people/way of life you did and yet my opinion is different. Doesn’t mean I’m not informed. My jetta pulled a motor boat to a lake. Little vr6 with big fuckin balls. My sister is building her own house by hand, and uses her civic with a trailer. Other nations/cultures favor vans to harbor tools and such.

Im mostly seeing vanity trucks with four foot beds out in my small rural community, bordered by university “small city”. My redneck uncles back in the 90s even agreed extended cabs were for yuppies, and my god how the culture has changed.

Most of these new trucks might as well be

I play a game if I’m ever like, waiting at a red light with one. Could I fit my couch in their truck bed? This massive, beefy truck that may have cost nearly a 100k…

I dont think my couch would fit in most of their truck beds. And I laugh at the idiocy of owning such a machine that is useless.

I remember my redneck hick uncles talking so much shit when extended cabs became a thing in the 90s. I don’t know the bigots anymore but I think they called in right with this non practical trucks.

As a five foot tall person, I’ve been in love with Kei trucks since I frist saw one. I don’t have one (I don’t have any car), but I would if I could.

It’s taller than my old mk4, and similar size to a standard 4 door sedan. I think I saw a video comparing the bed of a Kei truck to the bed of a new monster drive.tough.mydickisbig.I can’t see children ahead of my bumber so they become projectiles, type trucks… and the Kei truck holds more cargo.

Isn’t there a sin against vanity? These giant trucks are more dangerous than these smaller ones, and they dont serve a purpose outside of vanity.

“My opinion is that general failures of liberal parties to actually make life better, and reduce corruption. People have lost faith.”

They absolutely have lost both faith and hope. Our institutions lack integrity.

I’d love to see a conversation of smart people discussing how we solve the underlying problems of fascism

I also only one time donate, as I can. No shame in it, I think it’s appreciated just the same

That means we fix the loopholes and find a streamlined way to reach efficiency. It doesn’t mean we exploit the system because “well they do it too” while continuing to complain the system sucks. No, we actually fix the standing problems within our systems. Thats what should happen.

Tax the fucking rich.

Nor should PBS

Dude isn’t an American, he didn’t didn’t grow up with PBS- he’s not from here, he definitely doesn’t understand the cultural significance of PBS in the United States.

It does! I only buy this kind now, my picky son will only take lettuce on his sandwiches, and it keeps them from being dry, and adds a nice crunch

I’ve been cooking with lamb for the first time recently. My favorite was a stew. I used shoulder chops with the bone in. Absolutely great flavor if a person doesn’t typically like or use lamb.

Making Julia Child’s Beef Bourguignon should be attempted by any curious cook, and is a wonderful sunday meal. I had so much fun making it, and the flavor really was devine.

Oh lawd that looks amazing!

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