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Not yesterday since I was working, but I did on Saturday

Seriously? Just pay for some

kind of agree. dating someone who is still developing mentally (like a 19 year old) is kinda icky though.

if she were normal i don't think they'd have much to talk about.

hate going "that route" but i feel like if their sexes were reversed more people would be agreeing with jen.

She doesnt need to get on her knees

Most women are shorter than 5'7.

Yeah, I get you, and when I was in my 20's and 30's (well 30's if I hadn't been married which I was), i would have been down for longer shifts, especially if it meant I could have another day off.

Also would have happily always skipped lunch.

They really should offer longer shifts more, but while they do, it's usually not so you can work less days, it's just longer shifts for all 5 days lol. It's kinda my point above, that I'm not making so well, which is you don't need to work people so hard, and more people would be willing to work at all if they didn't have to give up so much of their waking life to do it.

But you are right, it's not an easy change, i just am saying it makes more sense then setting up UBI, at least to me.

4 10's suck.

spend most of the first day off recovering.
far less time after/before shift to do anything.

Well 10 hours is 1 less day of work. For a family especially one parent can work 3 days and the other 4 days in that scenerio and someone is always home with the child. Even if both work 4 days that is only 1 day a week the child needs to be watched.

Also even just 8 hours less is 1 day less a week, or 20% less over all working. If it was 10 hours, and you removed the half/hour lunch as well (unless requested), that could effectively remove 2 days a week, meaning only needing to work 3 days with 10 hour shifts.

As far as prices go, those are based on supply and demand, the more money people have, the higher the prices rise. People working less wouldn't neccesarily increase prices unless less of everything was produced. The actual wages most companies pay are such a tiny portion of their costs that even doubling wages wouldn't have a huge effect on the end price (other than companies taking advantage of it of course).

I think we do have the resources and technology to reduce the required work week from each citizen, and I think that is a far better plan then setting up UBI (where a portion of citizens don't work at all, but the rest still have to work 40 or so hours to get by).

Anyway I doubt anything is going to change in the near future anyway. I would just like to see the wealth spread around a bit more, the huge profits many companies see shared with the employees that create them, and the stress on families especially be reduced. While a solution for that is free child care, or supplimented child care (also creates more jobs), a better solution in my opinion is to allow the family itself to watch the children by at least allowing those with 2 parents the ability to have someone home at all times with the child and only require a babysitter/child care center if the family desires that.

As it is now, I have a friend who works for the government but pays almost as much as she makes (after taxes) just for her child care (daughter is just turning 2 years old). Child care in this area for a adult babysitter (nanny) is about $25 an hour, so if you are making around 30 an hour, you break out about even. That is crazy and even if you pay for centers etc it's still a good $1500 a month or more.

I really feel for single parents today, you certainly are not gonna have an easy time of it working any job near min wage /15$ an hour.

I mean, there is a difference. A 40 hour a week job with (in todays world) probably at least an hour commute (30 each way), and a half hour to hour lunch (mandatory), means you spend a good 10 hours a day getting to or at work.

I propose that is too much and not necessary anymore. It might have been in the past, but we could automate alot more than we already do, and with what we have now, I still think 90% of Americans at least shouldn't need to work that much.

If you dropped it down to 30, and jobs paid enough to live comfortably at that level, people who wanted to work less, could, they just wouldn't be as comfortable. They could rent a room etc and work only 3 days a week for instance.

But most people, instead of working 40 hours or more, and spending at least 10 hours a day m-f (leaving very little time left for family etc), could actually have more free time. They wouldn't complain about that (at least not for a long time) as it would be ALOT better.

I mean that is one whole day less they would need to work on average, or fewer hours per day (so that days at work don't feel completely wasted.)

It wouldn't solve everything, but it's fairly common in other countries (less hours worked per week that is, or longer lunches, more time off etc).

I mean, yeah, you would still have people upset they have to work at all while some Americans don't have to (due to being rich, disabled etc), but I still think the majority would be happier, less stressed, and have more time for their families....which would be a good thing.

sure that sounds good. why do you think that's bad

on weekends I would skip breakfast until after my morning ride

Maple Story 2: Shutdown

There is no reason someone working 30 hours a week shouldn't be able to rent their own place, eat fairly well and be entertained.

Every morning.

You guys are crazy if you can work like 12 hours without eating.

So you're up like 8 hours before eating?
That's crazy.

Teenagers deserve money, too.

As well as the hoardes of adults who work those jobs, too. After all, these places are open when school is in session.

the cereal needs to soak for a bit first, so that wouldn't work

no, because cereal goes before milk

I want to watch it and the sequel, I just can't find anywhere to rent it

I enjoyed both....

Which one? what?

If it was like flavored tobacco in a pipe or hookah, on occasion?

This is literally impossible.

God forbid someone doesn't want to end up with some trailer trash. I mean, I know some people have zero standards, but Christ.

And since we're dwelling on your levels of making idiotic statements, smoking + drinking + history of criminal violence + tattoos = professional fighter now?

You can drink rice?

cereal

I think the issue is I don't like the premise.

tf are you doing in those games for that long

A friend gifted me the first game because I like story heavy games, and I found it horribly boring. I put in like 5 hours or something.

I don't know that anything in my library is missing a store page.

tf are you doing in those games for that long

I'm pitching a tent right now

You're right - I was mistaken about the situation, where if a crime is in progress the criminal is reponsible for tangential damage - but serving a warrant in no way counts as a crime in progress

It's pretty easy to prove. "Was this marriage forced?" "Yes".

I have not seen a C/D thread in years.

Why are lawmakers too lazy to make this illegal?

my friends know not to invite me due to my thoughts on weddings and marriage in general.

though you are an adult now, buy one

Makeup is powerful. That's pretty impressive.

Trucker convoy coming to the US. Looks like it isnt just some vocal minority.

If Spectacular Spider-Man came back I would shit bricks