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Don't worry, this NYT opinion piece assures us circumstances in Europe prevent fascists from being as fascist as they want to!

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/opinion/italy-giorgia-meloni-election.html

I'm so fucking tired of fake meat.

The "literally who" of blockbuster hits

Dan_Haren- posted...

This opinion is incredibly out of touch with reality. I was being facetious calling you a NEET but now I'm actually starting to believe it. There is a TON of demand right now in so many different areas. It takes effort on your part to find these areas and develop a niche, but there have been insane opportunities in the last 2 years.

Tell me how every single American of working age can successfully a small business simultaneously. You're also forgetting that large corporations are evil and will do whatever they can to crush the competition. Many are too big to fail barring something massive. They don't even need good customer service, safe conditions or happy employees to rake in money. See retail pharmacy.

And I'm not a NEET. I'm a prized employee of a popular local pharmacy, who is considering going back to school.

People shouldn't have to work hard in the right areas with the right skills just to afford rent, food, and medication. You'll call me idealistic, but we don't even live in a world where everyone has a fair opportunity to even take your advice. "But 1% of people raised in complete poverty become millionaires!" Great for them. That's the exception to the rule. We can't climb the ladder, then destroy it, cut the legs off those at the bottom and yell "I got here. Anyone can!"

Dan_Haren- posted...

Honestly yall shouldn't feel too bad. Google employees have some of the most cush work environments imaginable. They get paid well beyond average. Cheap/Free google products. They have tons of free amenaties, amazing work environment, tons of spending allowances.

Getting a few perks taken away is literally not a big deal at all. This is as if the Walmart CEO told its store workers that he's taking their health benefits, which is what yall make it sound like.

You're acting as if most of those CEOs aren't the same way. And all employees matter anyway. No one should get jerked around by their bosses.

0% because the PS3

"You don't need money to have fun!"

*awkwardly tries to block view of open vault full of gold*

kinetika_ posted...

I did exactly what you said in the other post you made, and what people don't realize is that you *will* fail and a lot, but then they get these shitty attitudes like you are seeing here and then that traps them into the reality they're in now.

I remember when I was working for walmart at $7.95 an hr, I'd try hard to find anything that paid more and I chased the $$$, not the title as most people do. As long as I made the money, I didn't care how unglamorous of a job it was. Also, at that time, I quit college because I didn't want to get into the debt I foresaw just for a degree -- as well as also seeing so many people at walmart with degrees... yet are there with me. Instead, I invested that money and eventually bought a bread delivery route, then another, and then another, and I worked damn hard, 80 - 100 hr weeks sometimes, to get to the dollar amount I make now. From $7.95 to six figures... essentially doing the same job: stocking shelves. That's how you work smarter and work the system.

This isn't feasible for most people. They're unlucky or stupid or lazy, but they're still human beings. No one should ever struggle to make ends meet. Provide for them so they can choose to pursue more skills and education comfortably if they would like to attempt to have their own business/six-seven figures.

Dan_Haren- posted...

Hard work is a very vague term, and thats why I keep emphasizing work smart and invest in the future. You may be the greatest construction worker of all time, be able to do the job of 3 people by yourself. You may get a small raise from time to time, but the job ends not far from where it started. What I propose is, look for ways to truly advance your career. Save up some money, buy your own tools, learn some new skills, and maybe do carpentry work on the side, start your own business. Take a loan if you need to to start up your business. As you work hard and your name gets out, you get more business. Then hire some employees. Keep expanding. Next thing you know you have a successful small business, make great money, and the sky is the limit if you want to keep expanding. Ultimately its your skills that will make your money, so invest all your free time early on to learning these new skills, so you can eventually breakout. Does that make sense?

This is such stupid advice. Statistically, the vast majority of businesses will fail quickly. You can blame it on not working smart, but it is physically impossible for most to succeed. There is only so much business to go around and business need employees too. Hundreds of millions of people will be left behind if we just go "welp should have learned new skills and run a smarter business".

It's a valid statement, but you're also still responsible for your actions.

People can't handle the former without accusing you of "making excuses for criminals"

Acting your wage

wtf

Ok, get back to me when they're expelling people for being straight or believing in God, not drinking alcohol, etc.

You know like Liberty, BYU, Oral Roberts, Bob Jones, etc do in reverse.

bigtiggie23 posted...

I was just making a reference to how Oregon treated BYU last time, I had no idea they played another team with the same name.

I mean, BYU fucking deserved it.

Dan_Haren- posted...

I will say that alot of the mega rich are investors in this country. Investing is a high risk high reward game that takes alot of skill. The best come out on top but theres obviously some luck involved.

If you truly believe in yourself and think you're a harder worker than all the billionaires combined, then why don't you guys take out student loans and go make a new career. Its obviously risky but if you succeed you'll be in a better spot than where you were.

I'd rather we force the rich and the government to take care of it all. I'll take a tax hike myself too, just make theirs far bigger.

Are these job creators truly benefiting society if people can't live off the jobs and need to take huge risks and hope to get lucky to actually be able to live with any semblance of comfort?

You're a supposed healthcare professional who think it's okay that healthcare runs like a lucrative business. These people in charge wouldn't know patient care if it bit them in the ass because all they see is profit.

Dan_Haren- posted...

If your goal is to be a billionaire you're already fucking up. Your goal should simply be to develop a career that you can live comfortably on...aka...pay a rent/mortgage, basic necessities, support a family, pay for leisure, save for retirement.

These plenty of people simply aren't doing it right, I dunno what to tell you.

I will say this, one of the big advantages that kids born wealthy have over kids born poor is that the wealthy parents can teach their kids HOW to succeed. The kids are equipped with that knowledge that guides them through the right path. Poor kids have to find that on their own. These people simply aren't going on the right path, which sucks for them. But some do go down the right path and those are the success stories. These disadvantaged people simply have to work harder and smarter than others.

Everyone has access to the internet these days, so literally anything is possible.

The government and corporations literally work together to keep the disadvantaged down. The solution to unfairness is to force fairness, not to accept it like it's some fact of life.

Hard work is meaningless in our society.

But gotta say it's funny that people think it's okay for people to leech off the government when they have "fuck you" money. People will debase themselves to defend billionaires that don't give a fuck about them, but cry foul when someone "has it easy" by living on food stamps.

Dan_Haren- posted...

Gotta combine it with working smart and make it happen across time...

...like I said in my previous post.

Reading skills are valuable, as well, to the whole process.

So people can just eat shit and die if they don't work smart, whatever the fuck that means? CEOs rob their workers blind every day and it simply isn't possible for everyone to come up with a revolutionary idea and be the head of a company. There have to be workers and they are far more important to the everyday operation of the company. They don't need to all be billionaires, but they shouldn't be struggling to pay rent. I bent over backwards, went above and beyond every day for years for a thankless corporation and you're bright solution for people like me is "herp derp should have worked smarter too!!" If everyone worked the right way in the right fields, you'd still need millions of people doing grunt work. Should people in that world just be screwed because fate didn't select them to be in an executive position?

Dan_Haren- posted...

Thats the beauty of capitalism. If the warehouse dude wanted to be a billionaire then maybe he should've started amazon.

Bezos also didn't have as cush of an upbringing as alot of other wealthy people. He worked hard, became highschool valedictorian, graduated summa cum laude at princeton, and the rest is history.

Ah so hard work does mean jack shit if you are 99% of workers. So remind me why people should work hard? I'm glad you're a fake doctor because no one would benefit from you helping them, not that you help anyone.

Yes, but also the American way of life has kind of resulted in these assholes.

MrWingnut posted...

Did you have fun?

I did. I saw a lot of happy people that thanked us for being there. I'm not the most talkative, but I wanted to have the experience.

ElatedVenusaur posted...

Oh neat! I went to Pride once, but it was at the very *very* beginning of my transition, so it was hugely overwhelming. I feel like I would vibe if I went to a Pride event now though. Especially if I went with the lady.
Did you have a good time? And what were you vending?

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Pharmacy handing out swag and sharing info on our services. We're a small business that was surrounded by a lot of corpo stands.

AzNDarkSamurai posted...

all yall talking shit saying like the rich and wealthy dont deserve what they have yet yall cant even say why you think they dont

yall are just straight up jealous and hating haha

Every hard worker should eventually be a billionaire then. If you don't come up with a revolutionary idea or get born into money and connections, you get jack shit for working hard, except more work for the same pay.

I want to know what Disney movie some non-rich people live in where doing your best typically results in success. I guess that means they are bad workers who hate money.

Go ahead.

Do you think Jeff Bezos worked 5000% harder than the average Amazon warehouse employer?

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I saw that very shirt today

Yes, for GERD

and also

MrResetti posted...

I do sell em

OpenlyGator posted...

Okay some posters here find current age of consent laws not sufficient enough. For example, in the west.

What's your proposed solution to the issue regarding western policies? What course of effective legislation do you recommend to fix the issue in say the U.S.? Because that's what it would take. Laws would have to be voted on and changed in order to encourage people to shift trends. What do you suggest?

Something like raise the age of consent to 21 across the board for everybody in the U.S.?*
*(applied equally for both male and female participants, because otherwise it won't work)

Have you brainstormed ways to convince more people to side with your position and take it to legislation? Or have you just given up and accepted that it's a lost cause?

Do people have to ban things you want to do to be allowed to criticize them? I don't know why "Well it's legal" is the go-to defense when people can't handle their beliefs being attacked.

stoltenberg11 posted...

Because they'll be fertile for as long as possible or attractive and youthful for as long as possible perhaps?

Most women don't even want to be pregnant that young. And can we not call women "fertile"? They're human beings, not baby factories for thirsty men that don't want to settle down anyway.

Giblet_Enjoyer posted...

No one can explain why it's specifically not ok to be attracted to an 18 year old without sound like they think grown women are infants

Also I hate to ruin some of ya'll's day but the magic 18 number isn't even the most common one, IDK why it's spoken about like it's so universal
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/3/4/AAXQ7ZAADtQ6.jpg

What do you find so attractive in women that were legally children last month that you can't find in their late 20s or whenever?

I never said 18 year olds aren't adults. I said people whose type is those who just turned legal are creeps.

Tyranthraxus posted...

It's a literal massage technique it does exactly what it says on the tin.

And the chart doesn't even put it in the pseudoscience circle

It doesn't claim to be science, but it does claim to do more than give you a nice massage.

FaultyCircuitry posted...

But why does it bring about such fucking hatred? It's harmless silly fun for most people and for people that take it seriously they're mostly just substituting it for any other spiritual practice

Is it really hated much more than any other popular fake nonsense? It's not real and the time people were born defines nothing of them. It's incredibly judgmental.

stoltenberg11 posted...

It's pretty normal to be attracted to attractive people imo

But why specifically those who have just become the AoC within a certain society?

Is the age of consent the only thing holding people back from their "normal, natural urges" to pursue even younger people?

FaultyCircuitry posted...

its not real, but it only gets such aggressive hate towards it is because its viewed as a 'woman thing'

even if its not real, it isn't hurting anyone like 'man things' like crypto and jordan peterson so fuck off with this constant hate boner you get over it

If only there were any people around these parts that hated crypto and Jordan Peterson...

Astrology is stupid bullshit.

ClockworkHare posted...

Nothing "whatabout" regarding this. No need for you to gaslight. I simply pointed out a blatant and common double standard in people's reactions to said issue.

Not hard to find posters here triggered by the idea of older people preferring to legally date young women. However, the same critics rarely make a peep about older people seeking young men of legal age for dates and sex. It's like they only consider these conditions an issue when it involves a young woman, which would be a dismissively sexist perspective.

It's a bit contradictory to only hold a preference of one as a "creepy" offense and not the other. Really dilutes their credibility on the matter.

Haha you figured it out! Society just hates men!

You happy? Now shut the fuck up.

I know it's crap

No one can explain why they are specifically attracted to barely legal women without sound like a creep.

Seems like it

Good for them. Wonder if I'll get to see some dumbass protesters outside.

DoDontTry posted...

You lean your head right to look left?

The back of my head is turning that direction. If you operated a human being like a puppet, you'd use inverted X.

Incredibly.

furb posted...

Keep thinking that. I will just keep leaning my head back to look up like a well adjusted person.

So you invert the X-axis too?

wanderingshade posted...

Start > Options > Return to Title Screen > Mute TV.

There you go.

But I'm in a multi phase boss fight

Vyrulisse posted...

People in this thread celebrating lol. Fuck Rockstar and Take Two, they deserved it.

So do banks, but bank robbers should still get thrown in prison.

4 Moderna

ViewtifulJoe posted...

Would people not just pause to extend the amount of time they have to anticipate attacks?
Centipede Demon does a flail, pause, sit there and think Okay uh, that one means it's gonna be the grab, unpause, easy dodge. And that's not even accounting for easy parries.

But, like, it's a video game and sometimes life gets in the way.

Or are we going to argue that having a life filters the noobs?