OT: Thread About Nothing (part # who cares)

[Satans Hockey]

I feel like we can talk about this without getting into the red vs blue team stuff since they both let it get this far but if this gets fully passed I'm never, ever tipping again. I've always hated tipping culture and visiting several countries that have no tipping at all made me hate tipping even more.

Its a 25k limit and only applies to jobs that were were deemed as tip recieving jobs in 2023 so the rest of us can't just ask for a $25k "tip" even though a "bonus" is the same thing.

They can fvck off with this, companies and restaurants should just pay their damn employees and not make us do it...

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5311702-no-tax-on-tips-act-what-to-know/

 

[thebeernerd]

All I'll say is that tipping is a management trick to make sure they can pay employees less than minimum wage. They don't do it in other countries because they don't treat labor with the same level as contempt as we do. Do with that information what you will.

 

[Satans Hockey]

All I'll say is that tipping is a management trick to make sure they can pay employees less than minimum wage. They don't do it in other countries because they don't treat labor with the same level as contempt as we do. Do with that information what you will.

Problem is how do we change it? There's 2 options that we have control over, not supporting businesses at all that do this or going and not tipping. Both hurt the employees in the long run.

I've grown to hate going out to eat as it is and have only done it 1x this year so far. Between the price hikes in everything and the tipping culture I'm done with it.

Bright side is I've learned to cook more new things than I ever have before and for less money.

 

[My3Sons]

I feel like I need more details before I judge. Did he just have a rash that went away in an hour? Then yeah whatever, if he ended up needing an ambulance and a hospital stay then it's a different story. Some people have some severe allergic reactions to thing.

There was a woman at a Disney Springs restaurant not that long ago that died over a severe allergic reaction after she was reassured her food was cooked correctly.

I received an email today that the latest litigation craze is video game addiction. Our civil litigation system is broken. We cannot second guess everything idiots complain about to give them large cash awards.

 

[Mr Bojanglez]

Person may have spread measles at Shakira concert in MetLife Stadium, health officials say

A person who attended a Shakira concert at MetLife Stadium on May 15 was infected with measles and may have spread the highly contagious virus.

www.northjersey.com

awesome!!

 

[Satans Hockey]

Person may have spread measles at Shakira concert in MetLife Stadium, health officials say

A person who attended a Shakira concert at MetLife Stadium on May 15 was infected with measles and may have spread the highly contagious virus.

www.northjersey.com

awesome!!

You would think they would give at least a little more information out. Like I don't expect them to post about the persons exact seating location but something like if you sat in *put 1-3 sections* please keep an eye out for symptoms.

 

[My3Sons]

Person may have spread measles at Shakira concert in MetLife Stadium, health officials say

A person who attended a Shakira concert at MetLife Stadium on May 15 was infected with measles and may have spread the highly contagious virus.

www.northjersey.com

awesome!!

When was the measles vaccine introduced? While I understand that parents may have reservations about the large number of vaccines kids get today there are ways to deal with it that don’t involve skipping them outright.

 

[Mr Bojanglez]

When was the measles vaccine introduced? While I understand that parents may have reservations about the large number of vaccines kids get today there are ways to deal with it that don’t involve skipping them outright.

1963

 

[thebeernerd]

An old online friend of mine reached out to me this morning and I've been splitting time between doing work and being her emotional support. As I was taking the train to work, it became clear that she was reaching out to me because she was having a crisis from being on social media and the content posted to there, and seeing people losing their humanity because of it. It got even worse when she found out that last night, someone she had talked with in group chats did something... newsworthy, let's just put it that way.

I feel like social media and AI are bringing humanity back to the Middle Ages with the amount of superstition it spreads and lies it makes people believe. It wasn't supposed to be that way.

 

[njdevils1982]

this was shown on screen before a three's company episode...

 

[Patrik26]

An old online friend of mine reached out to me this morning and I've been splitting time between doing work and being her emotional support. As I was taking the train to work, it became clear that she was reaching out to me because she was having a crisis from being on social media and the content posted to there, and seeing people losing their humanity because of it. It got even worse when she found out that last night, someone she had talked with in group chats did something... newsworthy, let's just put it that way.

I feel like social media and AI are bringing humanity back to the Middle Ages with the amount of superstition it spreads and lies it makes people believe. It wasn't supposed to be that way.

Influencers. Sheep. The ruination of society. Think about it.

 

[HBK27]

An old online friend of mine reached out to me this morning and I've been splitting time between doing work and being her emotional support. As I was taking the train to work, it became clear that she was reaching out to me because she was having a crisis from being on social media and the content posted to there, and seeing people losing their humanity because of it. It got even worse when she found out that last night, someone she had talked with in group chats did something... newsworthy, let's just put it that way.

I feel like social media and AI are bringing humanity back to the Middle Ages with the amount of superstition it spreads and lies it makes people believe. It wasn't supposed to be that way.

If she's in group chats with the person I think you're referring to, then it sounds like she's in gotten herself in some rather toxic and potentially dangerous online activities. Hopefully for her sake, she can pull herself out.

For all the possibilities that the internet and social media offer, it is rather depressing to see how most people actually use it. Sucks getting older, but I'm glad I was a kid in 80's & 90's before the internet and smart phones took over.

My 16 year old is doing outward bound this summer, which includes two weeks in the woods with no phone - should be a good experience for him for a number of reasons, including being about to completely disconnect over that period.

 

[Satans Hockey]

If she's in group chats with the person I think you're referring to, then it sounds like she's in gotten herself in some rather toxic and potentially dangerous online activities. Hopefully for her sake, she can pull herself out.

For all the possibilities that the internet and social media offer, it is rather depressing to see how most people actually use it. Sucks getting older, but I'm glad I was a kid in 80's & 90's before the internet and smart phones took over.

My 16 year old is doing outward bound this summer, which includes two weeks in the woods with no phone - should be a good experience for him for a number of reasons, including being about to completely disconnect over that period.

I don't know why parents these days just don't give their kids flip phones, especially really young kids. To me that would be the best of both worlds. That allows kids and parents the ability to keep in contact with each other in case of an emergency via calls or texts but it keeps them away from all the stuff that kids shouldn't be using if they had a regular smart phone with unfiltered access.

 

[My3Sons]

I don't know why parents these days just don't give their kids flip phones, especially really young kids. To me that would be the best of both worlds. That allows kids and parents the ability to keep in contact with each other in case of an emergency via calls or texts but it keeps them away from all the stuff that kids shouldn't be using if they had a regular smart phone with unfiltered access.

The answer is a combination of ignorance and desire to make your kids happy. Basically you are pushed to sink to the level of parents that don’t care and have no oversight of their kids. Your kids tell you all the other kids are doing it and you ask some of thr other parents and some really don’t care. You have to be on top of what the kids are doing and work things out with them. You also have to decide what you can live with knowing kids will get into mischief no matter what. Find some reasonable boundaries they can live with and then gone them to it. The threat of taking away the phone and the switch and the Xbox or whatever is pretty powerful.

 

[MadDevil]

I don't know why parents these days just don't give their kids flip phones, especially really young kids. To me that would be the best of both worlds. That allows kids and parents the ability to keep in contact with each other in case of an emergency via calls or texts but it keeps them away from all the stuff that kids shouldn't be using if they had a regular smart phone with unfiltered access.

Hell, I'm 41 years old and kind of wish I still had my old flip phone. At least then my time killing was just poker or solitaire instead of raising my blood pressure doom scrolling.

 

[My3Sons]

Hell, I'm 41 years old and kind of wish I still had my old flip phone. At least then my time killing was just poker or solitaire instead of raising my blood pressure doom scrolling.

41 years old? Are you posting from a nursing home? Can the human body last 41 years without withering to a decayed husk?