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Just a heads up, I'm hearing that there are a bunch of videos going around social media today with poo poo like cat pictures interspersed with serious gore, so be cautious as you trawl around for thread content.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:I think we just take any recipe and tart it up to taste. You cook like i get dressed, that's rad.
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Sep 7, 2020 23:48
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Silly Newbie posted:Just a heads up, I'm hearing that there are a bunch of videos going around social media today with poo poo like cat pictures interspersed with serious gore, so be cautious as you trawl around for thread content. You can tell which pictures these are because they’ll flash their headlights at you as part of their gang initiation
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Sep 7, 2020 23:55
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Incelshok Na posted:The cool thing about instapots is that they have three things: a pressure regulator, to control and maintain pressure inside the cooker; a vent pipe, which allows excess pressure to be released; and a sealing ring, which creates a pressure-tight seal between the lid and the body. im gonna try this thanks. i love butter chicken but i can never make the sauce good. Frog Act posted:You can tell which pictures these are because they’ll flash their headlights at you as part of their gang initiation LOL
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Sep 8, 2020 00:41
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Frog Act posted:You can tell which pictures these are because they’ll flash their headlights at you as part of their gang initiation No, apparently a guy ended his life on tiktok last night, and people are blind sharing it.
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Sep 8, 2020 01:22
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Silly Newbie posted:No, apparently a guy ended his life on tiktok last night, and people are blind sharing it.
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Sep 8, 2020 01:31
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snergle posted:im gonna try this thanks. i love butter chicken but i can never make the sauce good. Go with God into glory brother! https://twosleevers.com/instant-pot-butter-chicken/ Feel free to use that take on my recipe if you want to actually make butter chicken. It tastes extra good next to mail boxes.
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Sep 8, 2020 02:00
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Sep 8, 2020 03:39
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Pretty mild IOSM but in this discussion about whether or not ~young people~ should get jobs picking fruit to justify welfare payments, someone says 'there never used to be such a thing as backpackers' (because they are the ones who usually get offered these jobs since they can be paid poo poo money with no workers rights) and then goes on to describe what is essentially a backpacker. They also ignore the fact that Australia is currently in a recession, and multiple states are on different levels of Covid19 lockdown, with one state having complete border closure 'But if you didn't like it move on, there was always plenty of work'. loving kids these days don't realise they're missing the best time of their lives, get outside and enjoy the sunshine!
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Sep 8, 2020 03:46
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TheMostFrench posted:Pretty mild IOSM but in this discussion about whether or not ~young people~ should get jobs picking fruit to justify welfare payments, someone says 'there never used to be such a thing as backpackers' (because they are the ones who usually get offered these jobs since they can be paid poo poo money with no workers rights) and then goes on to describe what is essentially a backpacker. If a farm can't attract workers to pick the fruit then they aren't offering enough remuneration. It's called the Free Market.
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Sep 8, 2020 03:50
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Inceltown posted:If a farm can't attract workers to pick the fruit then they aren't offering enough remuneration. It's called the Free Market. I don't think they want young people doing this because there's not enough people to pick fruit, they want young people doing this so they can abolish the welfare state (which is mostly not used by young people).
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Sep 8, 2020 03:53
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Make the old age pension dependent on fruit picking
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Sep 8, 2020 04:56
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Skwirl posted:I don't think they want young people doing this because there's not enough people to pick fruit, they want young people doing this so they can abolish the welfare state (which is mostly not used by young people). I don’t know about Australia, but the US is really hosed right now when it comes to fruit and vegetable picking because of the whole COVID thing. This article suggests that Australia is having a significant shortage 
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Sep 8, 2020 06:26
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Skwirl posted:I don't think they want young people doing this because there's not enough people to pick fruit, they want young people doing this so they can abolish the welfare state (which is mostly not used by young people). For sure, I was just using their own market forces rhetoric to have a go at them. AlbieQuirky posted:I don’t know about Australia, but the US is really hosed right now when it comes to fruit and vegetable picking because of the whole COVID thing. Australia is definitely having problems. We normally use foreign travellers who can extend their visa if they pick fruit for a while and Pacific Islanders who get flown in to get their wages stolen too. Covid has destroyed the normal workforce.
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Sep 8, 2020 06:31
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Speaking of idiots on social media, whatever happened to that psycho Maoist/brony/furry from Oakland, Alluvia Havel or something like that?
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Sep 8, 2020 14:11
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They’re the same picture.
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Sep 8, 2020 14:16
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vdarknight posted:So is there scope for a thread on discussions of class? Not d&d - I haven't the intellect, but I seem to think that Americans think they are classless, but from my twisted UK vision, you are so class-ridden, but believe the propaganda and think you're equal which frankly is hilarious. Ours is blatant but ignored and yet, some of you think that the USA doesn't have a class system? You so do - how do you claim otherwise? I know some rich people are aware that classes exist in America, but they have a comically-skewed idea of what it means to be poor here. I remember my dad printing me out a copy of a thinkpiece he liked. (I tried to find it online, but it's been too long for me to remember much more than a couple of keywords.) The piece explained that we don't need welfare programs anymore: poor Americans are not truly deprived because they have access to lower-quality versions of all the things the rich enjoy. For example, rich Americans vacation in Tuscany every year, while poor Americans vacation at Disney World. That point stuck out to me because Disney trip costs have ballooned out of the reach of many middle-class Americans, let alone poor ones. Yes, technically you can pay for a Disney trip on a modest salary if you scrimp and save for months or even years. The same is true for this pizza-shaped handbag, which retails for $5,695. But I wouldn't call either of them "affordable."
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Sep 8, 2020 16:17
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Pththya-lyi posted:That point stuck out to me because Disney trip costs have ballooned out of the reach of many middle-class Americans, let alone poor ones. Yes, technically you can pay for a Disney trip on a modest salary if you scrimp and save for months or even years. I feel like they could have made the same point without including the cost of buying an SUV as part of the cost of Disney World because 'you need to be able to get around.'
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Sep 8, 2020 16:29
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Dienes posted:I feel like they could have made the same point without including the cost of buying an SUV as part of the cost of Disney World because 'you need to be able to get around.' But then they wouldn't have an article
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Sep 8, 2020 16:36
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Pththya-lyi posted:I know some rich people are aware that classes exist in America, but they have a comically-skewed idea of what it means to be poor here. I remember my dad printing me out a copy of a thinkpiece he liked. (I tried to find it online, but it's been too long for me to remember much more than a couple of keywords.) The piece explained that we don't need welfare programs anymore: poor Americans are not truly deprived because they have access to lower-quality versions of all the things the rich enjoy. For example, rich Americans vacation in Tuscany every year, while poor Americans vacation at Disney World. That point stuck out to me because Disney trip costs have ballooned out of the reach of many middle-class Americans, let alone poor ones. Yes, technically you can pay for a Disney trip on a modest salary if you scrimp and save for months or even years. The same is true for this pizza-shaped handbag, which retails for $5,695. But I wouldn't call either of them "affordable." speaking of clueless rubes, my wife's friend just got super offended we made fun of her for buying $1200 Gucci boots and immediately fired off with the ubiquitous "you're paying for the quality!!!!" line that makes people think they're smart for paying $1200 for boots or $200 for athleisure pants
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Sep 8, 2020 16:50
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It is baffling that makers of those ridiculously overpriced clothes still rush to save fractions of a cent on production. Why even care at that price point when you're barely improving margins?
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Sep 8, 2020 17:07
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You don't get to be rich by giving money away.
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Sep 8, 2020 17:14
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Ruffian Price posted:It is baffling that makers of those ridiculously overpriced clothes still rush to save fractions of a cent on production. Why even care at that price point when you're barely improving margins? I think it's caused by a couple of things, based on some discussions I had with people adjacent to the space: - the production lines are set up with certain suppliers and techniques, and changing them to be higher quality can involve a lot more cost and delay than just the increase in materials or slight additional time to produce - the person who is responsible for managing to a budget for production is often very far from the person who "gets" the money from sales, organizationally, and may have fixed budget elements for components of production independent of the item, except for the elements that are "supposed to" be invested in I have no way to actually evaluate whether any of that is accurate, but the fashion-production-adjacent people I talked with left me with that impression, many moons ago
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Sep 8, 2020 17:21
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Sunswipe posted:You don't get to be rich by giving money away. Ebenezer Scrooge is real.
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Sep 8, 2020 17:45
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Pththya-lyi posted:The piece explained that we don't need welfare programs anymore: poor Americans are not truly deprived because they have access to lower-quality versions of all the things the rich enjoy. 
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Sep 8, 2020 17:53
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You can buy a coffee maker for $30, it's not exactly an unobtainable luxury. 
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Sep 8, 2020 18:33
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real poor people salt their meat and store it in the cellar.
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Sep 8, 2020 18:34
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RoboRodent posted:You can buy a coffee maker for $30, it's not exactly an unobtainable luxury. So you are poor and manage to scrimp enough money to buy a coffee maker. But now you gotta buy coffee and creamer and sugar and that NEVER ENDS for the rest of your life you’re an rear end in a top hat
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Sep 8, 2020 18:37
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my dad once told me it was cool that all Americans can have a top of the line phone and that's why America is great I said if they have to essentially take out a loan with their provider and pay like 35% interest and then never actually end up owning the phone, it's not a "good" system and it isn't "working" the market is so shamelessly predatory and regular people get hosed so hard because they feel like they need these luxuries to the point that they're willing to take out usurious loans to have them or culture is absolutely sick to the core
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Sep 8, 2020 18:38
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RoboRodent posted:You can buy a coffee maker for $30, it's not exactly an unobtainable luxury. Oh yeah why do only less than half of poor households have one then, smart guy?
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Sep 8, 2020 18:44
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hawowanlawow posted:my dad once told me it was cool that all Americans can have a top of the line phone and that's why America is great 
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Sep 8, 2020 18:45
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And how do you classify refrigerators anyhow? There’s a big difference between one that’s actually capable of holding a decent amount of food and a glorified water cooler.
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Sep 8, 2020 18:46
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I grew up poor. We had appliances, sure. But no power to use them.
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Sep 8, 2020 18:53
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The thing is, every single apartment I've ever rented had a refrigerator. There's probably laws about it for places with a certain square footage.
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Sep 8, 2020 18:56
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Refrigerators are especially stupid since if you rent, and a lot of poor people do, they typically come with the place you rent, same with the stove.
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Sep 8, 2020 18:57
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yeah, same, every apartment i have ever lived in just had one. i have even had the fridge break in one and my landlord replaced that poo poo i've never had to shop for a fridge in my life and i've never lived without one
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Sep 8, 2020 19:02
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Pulsarcat posted:Refrigerators are especially stupid since if you rent, and a lot of poor people do, they typically come with the place you rent, same with the stove. This is absolutely the case. I "have" a refrigerator, but I rent it, not own it. The microwave in a hand-me-down from when my dad and his woman were retiring to a condo and had an extra, and the coffee maker is an old keurig that was a birthday present from my mom that I only use reusable filters in, and occasionally it makes alarming noises so I'm not sure how much longer it will last. But according to this, I am not "poor" because I have such a luxury as a place to store my food so it doesn't go bad.
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yeah, eventually i learned the innards of my coffee maker and how to repair it as the heating element frequently went haywire and i was not buying a new one until that one bit the dust this is a $30 coffee maker i fought to preserve
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