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spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Bombadilillo posted:

Veterans in particular can have huge toxic masculinity problems as see it as weakness to "talk about their feelings". You can get like 6 secret counseling sessions that wont show up on your medical record by calling a secret number. But even that might be too much for some macho minded types.

So I agree. This could actually be really good step against a bad cultural thing.

Also the military is doing annual mental health evaluations now. But you can just lie on those forms. An Avenue that is perceived as a zero judgment anonymous source for help is a super good option.

Tis true. I had to sneak to visit MH on lunch breaks.

The doc would let me in the side door.

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Salt Fish
Sep 11, 2003

Cybernetic Crumb

Fashionable Jorts posted:

This isn't that wild of an idea. A lot of people are better at opening up to non-human therapy, since you don't feel judged. There's a few programs out there that give veterans with PTSD a dog, because they can confide all of their fears and anxieties into a cute dog.

Hopefully this chatbot would just be the first step in someone's therapy, where they would then eventually go talk to a person, but it's definitely a good idea if it's built right.

Pro: you don't feel judged
Con: your medical data is smeared all over the internet and amazon starts suggesting herpes creme

Araenna
Dec 27, 2012




Lipstick Apathy

bag em and tag em posted:

The only chud in my family who totally hates all the dirty libs just wanting hand outs lives on disability after a work injury

See, but that's different! He wants to work. Not like 90% of people on disability who are just faking it because they're lazy.Or those welfare queens who just have babies to make money. Or those addicts who only did it to themselves and deserve to die in a gutter. Or the illegals taking up all the welfare while stealing our jobs at the same time somehow. Just like it's different that my girlfriend in HS had an abortion. She was too young and stupid to understand BC, and also too young and stupid to raise a child. Not like all those other sluts who are too young and stupid to use something other than abortion as BC.

It's the monkeysphere+racism+propaganda to blame the poor for everything basically.

The Bloop posted:



There are certainly people who would be perfectly happy if fast food workers and paramedics made the same amount of money if it was a real living wage, but barring Full Communism Now or some other pipe-dream, that's not what would happen. Jobs that need a scarce skill set and jobs that really suck to do will get paid more than other jobs simply because if an employee is doing a super stressful job that they don't really love and they can make the same money for doing a throwaway job, the stressful job is not going to be able to hire or keep anyone employed. So they are going to have to sweeten the pot somehow, and the simplest way is with higher pay.


I can't understand this! If you worked a really stressful job, and then learned that a job you consider super easy and is always hiring is lobbying to get paid more than you are, why wouldn't you rally behind them? At worst, wouldn't you want the chance to quit your stressful job and work that one you think is super easy? Apparently not, because for some reason people don't consider a job being lovely as gently caress in and of itself to make a job harder and worthy of more compensation, while at the same time refusing to work it themselves because it doesn't pay enough to work such a lovely job.
If the minimum goes up for everyone, then wages will go up for everyone. It seems so loving obvious. Why do they think they get paid more than minimum wage now? How is this poo poo hard to understand, even when spoon fed to you?

Bombadilillo posted:

Veterans in particular can have huge toxic masculinity problems as see it as weakness to "talk about their feelings". You can get like 6 secret counseling sessions that wont show up on your medical record by calling a secret number. But even that might be too much for some macho minded types.

So I agree. This could actually be really good step against a bad cultural thing.

Also the military is doing annual mental health evaluations now. But you can just lie on those forms. An Avenue that is perceived as a zero judgment anonymous source for help is a super good option.

I'm pretty sure that is a reason behind some mental health professionals trialing using ecstasy for PTSD. Basically, the idea is it makes you feel connected to people much stronger and more quickly. And once you start opening up to someone, it becomes easier to talk about those things with them.

Kullik
Jan 5, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH_xupZf3X0 :thermidor:

HugeGrossBurrito
Mar 20, 2018
All these capitalism images you guys are posting sure do have a lot of text.

Anyway here's some beef jerky but for women.

upload image

hackbunny
Jul 22, 2007

I haven't been on SA for years but the person who gave me my previous av as a joke felt guilty for doing so and decided to get me a non-shitty av

Kazak posted:

I'm imagining a lot of you 'engaging' with real life offline folks and cursing under your breath when they speak their dissatisfaction with the status quo in a way you find abhorrent

no I curse quite loudly. suffer not trash to live

Kazak posted:

What draws you to socialism or communism if not a compassion for workers?

better conditions for myself, a worker. you absolute imbecile

Danaru
Jun 5, 2012

何 ??
https://twitter.com/juanbuis/status/1034314525309263872?s=19

HugeGrossBurrito
Mar 20, 2018

hahaha oh my god


HugeGrossBurrito has issued a correction as of 20:14 on Aug 28, 2018

Microplastics
Jul 6, 2007

:discourse:
It's what's for dinner.

"building"?

SpacePig
Apr 4, 2007

Hold that pose.
I've gotta get something.

Yeah like a log cabin diorama or something.

Accretionist
Nov 7, 2012
I BELIEVE IN STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Elderbean posted:

Yeah, it's distressing watching working class people actively root for WORSE working conditions because Tomi Lahren told them workers rights and fair wages are communism. I've seen a lot of people defending loving Amazon and if you ever criticize Jeff Bezos or suggest that his labor practices are like something out of a dystopian novel they'll get mad and say that you just hate successful people.

I think some people fall into this trap of taking perspectives that aren't their own.

INNER MONOLOGUE:
I'm angry, broke and 100% demoralized so why add insult to injury by viewing life through that lens?

Why not look at life through the lens of a rich and powerful person? Have one foot inside my overcompensation fantasy.

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


Kazak posted:

It's a good question, I'm excited to hear what your response is

A $15 minimum wage doesn't ONLY apply to fast food workers. Harder jobs need to compensate workers more relative to easier jobs to attract employees, and therefore a paramedic will probably always be paid minimum wage + $X. Everybody who works a full time job deserves to earn enough to live on, that's the purpose of the minimum wage.

https://www.indeed.com/salaries/EMT-Salaries,-Arizona

"why should somebody i deem to be beneath me be able to feed their kids" is not a good question.

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Araenna posted:

I can't understand this! If you worked a really stressful job, and then learned that a job you consider super easy and is always hiring is lobbying to get paid more than you are, why wouldn't you rally behind them? At worst, wouldn't you want the chance to quit your stressful job and work that one you think is super easy? Apparently not, because for some reason people don't consider a job being lovely as gently caress in and of itself to make a job harder and worthy of more compensation, while at the same time refusing to work it themselves because it doesn't pay enough to work such a lovely job.
If the minimum goes up for everyone, then wages will go up for everyone. It seems so loving obvious. Why do they think they get paid more than minimum wage now? How is this poo poo hard to understand, even when spoon fed to you?

I assume you are just mad at the issue and not at me as you appear to be?

Because, yeah we seem to be on the same side. Raise minimum wage to $25 right now and also give me a BI

Tetracube
Feb 12, 2014

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Fashionable Jorts
Jan 18, 2010

Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you




HugeGrossBurrito
Mar 20, 2018
:911:


School Nickname
Apr 23, 2010

*fffffff-fffaaaaaaarrrtt*
:ussr:
Found this in UKMT lol.

HugeGrossBurrito
Mar 20, 2018
tfw you dont know if you should post something in the cursed images thread or the capitalism thread.


Shame Boy
Mar 2, 2010

Powershift posted:

A $15 minimum wage doesn't ONLY apply to fast food workers. Harder jobs need to compensate workers more relative to easier jobs to attract employees, and therefore a paramedic will probably always be paid minimum wage + $X. Everybody who works a full time job deserves to earn enough to live on, that's the purpose of the minimum wage.

"But if everyone's wages increase then prices will just increase the exact same amount and we'll be back to square one!"

Fashionable Jorts
Jan 18, 2010

Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you



ate all the Oreos posted:

"But if everyone's wages increase then prices will just increase the exact same amount and we'll be back to square one!"

I love those arguments and people who adjust the price of mcdonalds burgers to reflect an increase minimum wage. It's always great because they seem to assume that literally ever cent of the cost of a mcdonalds burger is minimum wage labour. Those minimum wage ranchers are so generous to donate the beef to mcdonalds for free, and the minimum wage truckers ship the lettuce across the country in magic trucks that use no fuel! Who knew!

mycomancy
Oct 16, 2016

HugeGrossBurrito posted:

tfw you dont know if you should post something in the cursed images thread or the capitalism thread.




I would be all for this product if it had no nose or mouth holes and couldn't be removed once worn.

Bombadilillo
Feb 28, 2009

The dock really fucks a case or nerfing it.

ate all the Oreos posted:

"But if everyone's wages increase then prices will just increase the exact same amount and we'll be back to square one!"

*Noddes sagely for 50 years as inflation happens.

Teaches children this lesson at home.

Teach children this lesson in basement

Teaches children this lesson in basement

* become upset children are still at home


Bombadilillo has issued a correction as of 21:28 on Aug 28, 2018

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


ate all the Oreos posted:

"But if everyone's wages increase then prices will just increase the exact same amount and we'll be back to square one!"

Rinse and repeat, Inflation is healthy, there should be no incentive to hoard cash.

The Bloop
Jul 5, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

mycomancy posted:

I would be all for this product if it had no nose or mouth holes and couldn't be removed once worn.

This is now a cursed item in my D&D game

Shame Boy
Mar 2, 2010

Powershift posted:

Rinse and repeat, Inflation is healthy, there should be no incentive to hoard cash.

No, we can only ever increase the minimum wage a fixed amount one time in 20 years for some reason!

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


ate all the Oreos posted:

No, we can only ever increase the minimum wage a fixed amount one time in 20 years for some reason!
okay, just add a zero every 10 years.
$7.25 2008
$72.50 2018
$725.00 2028.

Fashionable Jorts
Jan 18, 2010

Maybe if I'm busy it could keep me from you



Powershift posted:

okay, just add a zero every 10 years.
$7.25 2008
$72.50 2018
$725.00 2028.

Isn't that what Zimbabwe does? Except its a zero every two weeks?

mycomancy
Oct 16, 2016

The Bloop posted:

This is now a cursed item in my D&D game

You're welcome.

SEX BURRITO
Jun 30, 2007

Not much fun

HugeGrossBurrito posted:

tfw you dont know if you should post something in the cursed images thread or the capitalism thread.




To be fair, if you remove the Bazinga tshirt and add some lederhosen, you could also dress up as the Emcee from Cabaret.

hackbunny
Jul 22, 2007

I haven't been on SA for years but the person who gave me my previous av as a joke felt guilty for doing so and decided to get me a non-shitty av

HugeGrossBurrito posted:

tfw you dont know if you should post something in the cursed images thread or the capitalism thread.




don't worry my job here is to cross-post stuff across image threads forums-wide

Memento
Aug 25, 2009


Bleak Gremlin

Excellent choice of colour for those streaks of piss

ToxicSlurpee
Nov 5, 2003

-=SEND HELP=-


Pillbug
Yogurt got mentioned and yeah some guys get really weird about that. I blame marketing as yogurt gets heavily marketed toward women. Why I have no idea and gendering food has always baffled me.

I've actually had a few dudes give me poo poo for eating yogurt. I've heard "you're eating yogurt? What are you, a woman?" more than once. It's like gently caress you I like yogurt so I eat it.

I really wonder how much toxic masculinity just comes from marketing. THIS IS MAN FOOD FOR MEN IT IS MADE OF NOTHING BUT PROTEIN AND SAWDUST IT MIGHT LITETALLT KILL YOU YYYEEEAAARRRRGGHHHHH EVERY BOX COMES WITH A POWER TOOL AND WE WILL ONLY SELL IT TO YOU IF YOU HAVE A TRUCK

MRC48B
Apr 2, 2012

Kazak posted:

I'm imagining a lot of you 'engaging' with real life offline folks and cursing under your breath when they speak their dissatisfaction with the status quo in a way you find abhorrent

What draws you to socialism or communism if not a compassion for workers?

https://mobile.twitter.com/stavvybaby/status/1025416397072068608

The ONLY reason these guys got away with this is because they are skilled labor. Welders, Millwrights, installers. All high-demand work, with a low supply of peeps who can do it.

If they were fast food or retail, they would have gotten stomped.

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth
I use Chobani Non-fat Plain Greek Yogurt. It has no fat, almost no sugar, and is very high in protein content. A man's yogurt!



I put that stuff in a cup with healthy granola and fresh strawberries to make a beautiful parfait and I proudly take it to work. I'M A MAN AND THIS IS MY PARFAIT AND IT'S GREAT.

ToxicSlurpee
Nov 5, 2003

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Pillbug

Chomp8645 posted:

I use Chobani Non-fat Plain Greek Yogurt. It has no fat, almost no sugar, and is very high in protein content. A man's yogurt!



I put that stuff in a cup with healthy granola and fresh strawberries to make a beautiful parfait and I proudly take it to work. I'M A MAN AND THIS IS MY PARFAIT AND IT'S GREAT.

Not going to lie that sounds good. But granola is another one of those foods that apparentky is unmanly. But screw that granola is tasty and is damned good in yogurt so I'll gleefully chow down on that poo poo despite what marketing says.

Edit I MEAN NO I DON'T EAT PLANTS AT ALL I SUBSIST ENTIRELY ON RAW STEAKS I EAT IN MY TRUCK

Elderbean
Jun 10, 2013


I love it when dudes force back bland and lovely beer because anything else is for effeminate hipsters.

Meme Poker Party
Sep 1, 2006

by Azathoth
Fact: when the Mongol Empire was in it's ascendancy (as in, before conquered lands varied their diet and they were still eating their native food), a mongol warrior's primary source of nutrition was milk and related products. Mongols were all about milk and and yogurt and cheese. Their primary (only, really) alcohol was milk based. Occasionally they had some meat.


If it's manly enough for Genghis Khan it's manly enough for me.

FeculentWizardTits
Aug 31, 2001

ate all the Oreos posted:

Lmao what country have you been living in, it's trivially easy to buy a gun right now in a lot of states and definitely federally dude. They're not even like, registered or tracked past the initial purchase.

Source: my wife is a weirdo who collects guns and it's shockingly easy for her to buy as many as she wants with virtually no restrictions or oversight

You'd have a point if the current ratio of guns to people wasn't a paltry 1:1. The minimum for true freedom from tyranny is 3:1.

Kazak
Jan 10, 2012

Powershift posted:

A $15 minimum wage doesn't ONLY apply to fast food workers. Harder jobs need to compensate workers more relative to easier jobs to attract employees, and therefore a paramedic will probably always be paid minimum wage + $X. Everybody who works a full time job deserves to earn enough to live on, that's the purpose of the minimum wage.

https://www.indeed.com/salaries/EMT-Salaries,-Arizona

"why should somebody i deem to be beneath me be able to feed their kids" is not a good question.

Yawn!!

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Colonel Cancer
Sep 26, 2015

Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Chomp8645 posted:

Fact: when the Mongol Empire was in it's ascendancy (as in, before conquered lands varied their diet and they were still eating their native food), a mongol warrior's primary source of nutrition was milk and related products. Mongols were all about milk and and yogurt and cheese. Their primary (only, really) alcohol was milk based. Occasionally they had some meat.


If it's manly enough for Genghis Khan it's manly enough for me.

Imagine how nasty their shits must have been and how constipated they were all the time from all that cheese! No wonder they murderered all those people.

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